Kimariji決まり字

Learn to read Japanese.

Kana, kanji and everyday words, a few cards at a time. Spaced repetition brings each card back when it is due.

Get the launch email Try one kana

Coming to Android first. All kana, 100 kanji and 100 words are free.

The Kimariji home screen: Learn, Test and Progress, with the share of everyday words you can read
The Learn screen: the katakana path row by row, with the next lesson, タチツテト, ready to start

What you learn

  • Kana

    Hiragana and katakana, with audio for each sound.

  • Kanji

    From the first 100 to all 2,136 jōyō kanji.

  • Words

    888 words, 778 of them with an example sentence.

  • Real reading

    60 signs, menu items and station texts.

How it teaches

  • Kanji lesson: 四, four, taught in the word 四つ, yottsu, four things

    Kanji, taught inside real words

  • Katakana lesson step Tell them apart: シ, shi, beside ツ, tsu, with a note on which way the strokes run

    Look-alikes, side by side

  • Word lesson: 安い, yasui, cheap, in the sentence これは安いです, This is cheap

    Words, with an example sentence

  • Real reading card for the station sign 東口, higashiguchi, east exit

    Signs open once you know the characters

  • Mastery map: every hiragana as a cell with its progress

    Your progress, character by character

Recognise kana in different typefaces.

Signs, menus and screens draw kana differently from a textbook.

  • 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

Textbook
ね

This is ne, a hiragana character. Look at its shape, then find it in another typeface.

Price

Free forever

  • All hiragana and katakana
  • The first 100 kanji (all of JLPT N5)
  • 100 starter words
  • Signs and menus you can read with the free kanji
  • Tests and every review of free content

Full version adds

  • 2,036 more kanji, 2,136 in all with the optional tiers
  • 788 more words, 888 in all
  • All 60 signs, menus and station texts, as you learn their characters

Planned prices: €9.90 at launch, €14.90 regular

One payment, no subscription.

Good to know

  • Works offline. Lessons, reviews and audio are inside the app.
  • Meanings in English. Example translations are in English too. The menus also come in Finnish, German and Spanish.
  • Reading only. No handwriting or stroke-order practice.
  • No account, no ads, no tracking. Your progress is stored on your phone. Privacy details
  • No daily streak. No XP and no leaderboard.

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It comes to Android first.

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