Apps/sites for learning Japanese
Can’t believe how high quality these free resources are!
Last updated: 2025-01-05
コース
Minato
Free high-quality interactive self-guided courses.
It also has live courses (I haven’t tried it yet).
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TUFS Language Modules
From Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
The English version currently only has the pronunciation and dialog modules, so I’m studying the Traditional Chinese version.
Features
辞書
Kakimashou
Features
- Stroke order
- Tone
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Jisho
Super clean interface
Features
- Tone
- Has JLPT tags
- Lots of sentence examples
アプリ
Miraa
The Miraa app makes it easy to listen and repeat (the shadowing/echoing technique).
It has a paid version, but I find the free version to be good enough
Features
- Can directly paste links from YouTube
- Can ask AI for an explanation of words/sentences you don’t understand
- Has search built in to search for podcasts in Japanese
renshuu
Also available as a web app
その他(た)のツール
Google – Text-to-Speech AI
Useful for reading out my transcripts. It already sounds much more natural than I do, so I can import it to Miraa and shadow my writings.
10ten Japanese Reader (Rikaichamp)
This is a Chrome extension that I use. I used to use Yomichan and then Yomitan after Yomichan sunsetted. But I personally like 10ten’s UI.
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