Learn Japanese

Words that open a door.

An editorial path for starting without feeling overwhelmed: play for your first kana, a method for kanji and listening to bring it into real life.

Two people practise speaking Japanese during a conversation inside a FamilyMart.

Our starting point

Japanese Memory Game

A simple web app for learning the basics through play: choose a writing system, make associations and return to the cards you want to remember.

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Japanese Memory Game

The learning toolkit

Four resources, four ways to practise.

Updated · September 2026
Japanese Memory Game screen with cards for learning Japanese

Play and review

Japanese Memory Game

The lightest starting point: match hiragana, katakana and kanji, search a word and turn it into a small daily challenge.

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Build your kanji base

WaniKani

A structured path for radicals, kanji and vocabulary when you want continuity and long-term memory.

Go to WaniKani

Listen to Japanese

Japarrot! — Let's Learn Japanese

Video lessons to place between games, connecting characters with sentences and pronunciation.

Open the channel

A second voice

SUSHI ROOM (Japanese Lesson)

Another channel to explore for guided listening, explanations and video review.

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A sustainable routine

Twenty minutes are enough to begin.

  1. 5 minOne hiragana or katakana game.
  2. 10 minOne WaniKani lesson or review.
  3. 5 minOne YouTube sentence, repeated aloud.