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Learn Japanese the beautiful way.
Hand-drawn kanji cards, every word spoken aloud, and a coach that keeps you going.
Tell me when it launches →Coming to the App Store · one email, nothing else
No stock icons, no clip art — 1,026 pictures so the meaning sticks. Tap a card.
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Not just flashcards — a complete course that grows with you, from your first hiragana to reading a newspaper.
1,026 school kanji, each with its own hand-drawn picture — plus all 2,136 on Japan's official list with readings, stroke order and finger-drawing.
105 categories from survival phrases to izakaya slang, onsen and sumo — plus the 1,000 most common words in order, so study time goes where it pays.
Every word, phrase and story spoken aloud in studio-quality AI voices — a man and a woman for the conversations.
The konbini, the ramen shop, the doctor, making plans — hide your lines and role-play your half.
Spaced repetition surfaces what you're about to forget; streaks and a heatmap keep you honest.
Twelve short stories, easiest first — from a cat named Tama to Momotarō — one sentence per page.
Also: a verb trainer · sentence puzzles · prices, times & dates at listening speed · printable worksheets · light and dark mode · works offline.
Japanese Deck started as one learner's own study deck — built card by card, checked character by character. It's the app I wanted on my first trip to Tokyo.