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The actual learning is great but paying for lessons is just stupid wouldnt recommendThis was just dumb
IT COSTS MONEYY
Ok look this app was. AMAZING until you have to buy t and it’s kind of expensive so don’t recommend this app but I recommend and app called DuolingoTehe 2651
Developer Response
Duolingo uses a subscription which I find annoying so I let users try my app before purchasing which uses a one time payment.Brilliant app!
I have just committed to learning to speak Japanese for a 50th birthday in Japan. With 2000 words making up 70% of spoken Japanese, and hiragana and katakana being their sounds, this app is the ONLY one that teaches you how to write the characters. There are other resources (eg Genki 1) but these assume high level command of languages; this app starts you off at vowel sounds and how to write them out! Very quickly you start to be able to spot common characters and sounds that you will use. I use this app in conjunction with a book (2000 common words in Japanese). Apps that show videos of someone ELSE writing the hiragana and katakana are £70 wasted for a beginner. 10 words per day and being able to write them all means in 6 months I will be somewhere near confident...wait out - review updates to follow!Show lessOwen Moore
Simple but effective
(Edit: Reduced score to four stars due to trouble with image tracing. Still mostly good, but more exact symbols such as the “Su” hiragana have to be bang on their tracing or the app reads your attempt as a failure. The app is still good.)
(Edit 2: Dropped another star as the tracing problem has started to get in the way of me learning. This app isn’t as good as I thought it was. When it comes to learning Kanji I’m going to try a different company.)
I am only about five lessons into hiragana and katakana, but on the whole I count myself impressed by this useful little app.
Each lesson is simple enough not to be too taxing on the mind. Five symbols per lesson, taught by trancing them, recognising them and drawing them from memory. While it really shines is in the review function. At any point you can select this option from the top of the screen and the app generates a selection of challenges based off the lessons you have already covered.
It doesn’t sound like a lot, I know, but this function is a godsend for helping you remember the characters individually and not just as part of a sequence.
Overall, a good little app that I’m glad I took the plunge to pay for.Show lessMartamos
Developer Response
I’m glad you like my app and I’m sorry for the writing issues. Will you please email me at support@lulilanguages.com with more information about which writing quizzes have been troublesome and I will be sure to adjust them.Huge Benefit
The Japanese! App was the first step I took in the process of learning Japanese. Though I am still new to learning Japanese this app has helped me greatly. Not only does it teach you to read hiragana and katakana it also teaches you how to write the individual characters, a great step when first learning. Plus also, there are other sections to learn in like vocabulary. Not only is it a great learning device, but it is also easy to use. You do not need any tech skills in order to use the app or understand it. I have never once received an ad on the app, it purely helps me focus on the language and learn. Please consider Japanese! as your starting point in Japanese or as a great practice device for further along Japanese learners.Show less🎈🤡
Ok desu!
It’s GREAT if you need to refresh your learning and for beginners. At first I thought it was too easy since I only needed to refresh what I already know but I continued through and ended up buying the full lesson. Mind you, I’ve tried countless apps but they just miss the mark because if you feel like you have some of your katakanas as and hiraganas down, then you need to head the pronounciation more often and you need to learn the correct way of writing it. I ended up ordering a $10 pen for my phone so that I can practice my writing better.
I also skipped a couple of levels to check out how it teaches you writing and so far, I liked how I taught kanji. It shows you reading it first before you memorize how to write it which I believe is essential because you need to become familiarized with kanji first before you can try to remember how to write it.Show lessXOLily26
Please read!!!
So... good things first, right? Well, it's a good app to learn hiragana and all, better with a device pen thing, and I learnt my vowels. But that was all I could do with the free version. Anyone really serious about learning to write Japanese would need premium and that's awesome, I look up to those willing to pay, but I was just trying to help a friend with her lessons and I will sadly need to find another app.Show lessLast two nicknames taken
Amazing Writing App
This is a very interactive app that presents lessons in a practical manner that make it possible to actually learn how to read and write Japanese characters. It has tracing at the beginning of each lesson which quickly evolves it to writing the character completely from memory. It is designed to work at the learners pace, so it’s neither too fast for beginners, nor is it boring for seasoned independent learners. The app also encourages frequent lesson reviews, which is key for long term success.
As a kindergarten and Special Education teacher, I recommend a combination of stylus use as well as finger tracing. Young children are encouraged to trace letters with their fingers as this is key in teaching the subconscious how to RECOGNIZE letters. Use of a stylus will allow the brain to learn the BASIC MOTOR SKILL of writing the Japanese characters with a pen.
Personally, I enjoy using an electronic format versus traditional pen and paper as the use of traditional workbooks either requires paper wasting copies or page tearing erasing. The app work space is always fresh and ready to use! I also noticed immediately that I hold the stylus more like a paintbrush than a pen, which I find ideal as Japanese is traditionally written with brush stokes.
Great app and well worth the price.Show lessKaje Yance
Perfect App, genuinely
This app is exactly what I was hoping for. I meant to write a review many weeks ago, but I’m unsure if I ever submitted it. Using the app, over the last couple months, I’ve fully memorized all of Hiragana, Katakana, and I’ve moved through most of their additional lessons, which have been great.
The interface is clean and simple. It works in landscape, unlike other apps. I recall being able to memorize something like 20 or 30 Hiragana on my very first use of the app. You have the ability to review test yourself at any point, and the tests are always different. The ability to constantly test my knowledge is important to me, because I’m a slower learner.
The app price is modest, and inoffensive to me for what you get. I had previously downloaded many different apps, and tried other methods, but I was always searching for something like this. I am very happy with it. I bought it after about 2 minutes upon viewing how it worked. I’ve already bought their “Kanji” app for when I’m finished with this one too.
Anyways, I recommend it and cheers to all the other Japanese language learners out there!Show lessHelloitsmatt
10 stars
I memorized hiragana and katakana only by sight using other tools, and moved on to kanji. I used the "Kanji!" app to learn my first 100 kanji (I can draw them all by memory and recognize them well). However it dawned on me I couldn't even draw hiragana/katakana by memory lol, even though I could recognize them all. I tried 10 apps before I found this one, which is made by the same developers as "Kanji!". I'm blowing through the characters, I'm excited to see what else this app has to offer, I gave myself a preview of the lessons down the list and purchased them all immediately. If you love this app go download "Kanji!". It's the same thing but with N5-N1 kanji.Show lessSnaipat
