Learn to read Japanese.
New to Japanese? Start with hiragana and katakana. Build up to kanji, everyday words and short signs, a few at a time.
Free to start: all hiragana and katakana, the first 100 kanji and 100 starter words.
Android first, iOS later.
How it works
Learn
Meet a few new characters, with their readings and audio.
Review
Kimariji brings back what you’ve learned for review.
Read
Read words, signs and menu items as you learn their characters.
Learn a few at a time
A few new characters per lesson, each with audio.
Recognise, then recall
Pick the sound first. Type it later.
Meet it in a sentence
Most words come with a real example sentence.
Read the real thing
Signs and menus made of what you know.
Recognise kana in different typefaces.
Station boards, menus and game screens draw kana differently. Practise recognising the same character in several typefaces.
- ようこそTextbook
- ようこそPrint
- ようこそPen
- ようこそBrush
- ようこそRounded
- ようこそSign
- ようこそScreen
Try one kana
No Japanese needed. Start here.
This is ne, a hiragana character. Look at its shape, then try it in another typeface.
How do you read this kana?
Same kana. A different typeface.
Both read ne. In Kimariji, you practise characters in different typefaces and return to them in later reviews.
Free to start. One payment for the rest.
Keep learning and reviewing the free content for as long as you like.
Free
No time limit, no account
- All hiragana and katakana
- The first 100 kanji, all of JLPT N5 included
- 100 starter words
- Read signs and menu items as you learn their characters
- Tests, certificates and the mastery map
Full
€9.90 early-bird lifetime · €14.90 regular lifetime
- Every kanji tier, up to all 2,136 jōyō kanji
- All 888 words, including the Everyday Core pack
- More characters to learn, opening up all 60 signs, menu items and station texts as you progress
One payment, no subscription.
See your progress, character by character.
Follow your progress on the mastery map, based on your practice and reviews.
- No streaks, no XP.
- A missed week is fine.
- No account.
- Progress stays on your phone.
- No ads, no tracking.
- Details on the privacy page.
Get one email when Kimariji launches.
Android first, iOS later.
No other mail, ever.