Learn Japanese for free with Yomikko: hiragana, katakana, kanji, Japanese vocabulary and everyday phrases, from your very first kana to JLPT N1. Study with flashcards and quizzes, see meanings in your own language, and keep learning even offline.
MASTER HIRAGANA & KATAKANA
• Full hiragana and katakana charts: basic, dakuon, handakuon and yoon
• Tap any character to hear how it sounds
• Learn each kana in four steps: watch the strokes, see their direction, trace it, then meet words that use it
• Kana quizzes for every row and kana flashcards
• Word Builder: spell real Japanese words from kana pieces
LEARN KANJI STROKE BY STROKE
• Kanji for every JLPT level, N5, N4, N3, N2 and N1
• Animated, numbered kanji stroke order
• On'yomi and kun'yomi readings, meanings and example words
• Kanji flashcards and kanji quizzes
JAPANESE VOCABULARY WITH REAL EXAMPLES
• Thousands of Japanese words sorted by JLPT level and topic
• Furigana over every kanji, plus romaji
• Polite (masu) forms for verbs
• Real example sentences with translations
• Listen to any word or sentence
• Glossary of word groups to browse by theme
JAPANESE PHRASE BOOK
• Everyday Japanese phrases for greetings, food, shopping, trains, directions and more
• Casual alternatives where they matter
• Play a whole category aloud, or practise it as flashcards
UNDERSTAND EVERY SENTENCE
• Open any sentence to see the words and kanji inside it
• Jump from a word to its kanji and back
QUIZZES & FLASHCARDS
• Japanese vocabulary, kanji and kana quizzes
• Retry the questions you missed
• Flashcards with audio, auto-play and shuffle
• Practise by JLPT level, by topic or from your saved items
LEARN JAPANESE IN YOUR OWN LANGUAGE
• Meanings and sentence translations in Nepali, Hindi, Bengali, Indonesian, Filipino, Burmese, Sinhala, Khmer, Thai and Vietnamese, built in with no download
• 60+ more languages with on-device translation, offline after a one-time download
• Japanese, readings and romaji always stay as they are
MY COLLECTION
• Save any word, kanji or sentence with one tap
• Add your own notes
• Turn your saved items into flashcards or a quiz
HANDY JAPANESE TOOLS
• Number converter: numbers to Japanese and back
• Date converter for Japanese date formats
WHY YOMIKKO
• Free, with no account needed
• Works offline
• Light and dark mode
• Designed for phones and tablets
Whether you are just starting with hiragana and katakana or preparing for the JLPT, Yomikko has everything you need to learn Japanese in one app.
頑張って! Ganbatte!