Start with kana. Build toward Japanese you can understand and use.
ASADA combines kana games, vocabulary, grammar, conversations, reading and listening. Build your N5/N4 foundations, then explore the N3 first-half preview at your own pace.
LEARN HIRAGANA AND KATAKANA
Explore basic kana, voiced sounds, semi-voiced sounds and contracted sounds. Use the kana chart and detail cards to compare both scripts, check romaji and example words, and replay Japanese audio.
REMEMBER KANA THROUGH PLAY
• Matching Cards: connect hiragana with the corresponding katakana.
• Kana Post Office: type romaji to sort approaching kana letters.
• Kana Station: choose the correct reading before the train leaves.
Alternate recall, matching and recognition. Practice results help identify less familiar kana.
BUILD YOUR N5 AND N4 FOUNDATIONS
Study grammar by topic with patterns, explanations and Japanese examples. Check your understanding with lesson questions, unit practice and broader reviews. Revisit missed grammar questions and apply what you learn in everyday reading and listening.
LEARN WORDS IN CONTEXT
N5 and N4 each include 300 vocabulary entries. The N3 preview adds another 300.
Use cards with kanji, kana, meanings and examples. Recall before revealing the answer, replay words and sentences, and mark what needs more practice. Quizzes and focused reviews help you revisit less familiar words.
NEW: N3 FIRST-HALF PREVIEW
Continue beyond the foundations with:
• 30 grammar lessons with examples, understanding checks and unit practice.
• 300 vocabulary entries with examples, audio, review and quizzes.
• 6 everyday scenarios, each offering reading and listening modes.
• Full-text and sentence audio, with optional readings, translations and grammar notes.
• Listening questions you answer after hearing the passage, with transcript support when needed.
• Separate progress for grammar, vocabulary, scenario reading and scenario listening.
• Reviews of this release's grammar and missed N3 grammar questions.
N3 is not yet fully available. "First half" refers to this app's course plan, not half of an official syllabus. This is not a complete N3 course or a full JLPT mock exam. The second half is planned for a later content update.
PRACTICE EVERYDAY JAPANESE
Explore ordering food, shopping, transport, directions, hotels and other everyday situations. Follow dialogues with Japanese audio, readings and translations. Selected scenarios also include response, ordering or sentence-substitution exercises.
READ ABOUT THE WORLD IN SIMPLER JAPANESE
Explore independently rewritten articles based on public events, with N5/N4 reading guides, vocabulary, grammar notes and audio. Articles are updated occasionally. This feature is temporarily free during its introductory period.
SEE YOUR PROGRESS
Check daily achievements, study streaks and your last seven days. Review kana and N5 progress, and view N4/N3 progress within their courses. Set your own JLPT exam date to display a home-page countdown, or leave it off.
ACCESS AND OFFLINE STUDY
Kana and N5 foundations are free. Permanently unlock N4 for free by completing all specified N5 achievements, or open it immediately with a one-time in-app purchase. Time spent or browsing alone does not fulfill the achievements.
No account is required. Core lessons, bundled Japanese audio and progress are stored on your device. Audio uses pre-generated synthetic speech, not live AI conversation. Core study works offline; current-affairs content and related audio updates, purchases and store-connected features require internet access.
Available on iPhone and iPad. Switch between Traditional Chinese, English, Korean and Japanese interfaces in the app.
ASADA is an independent learning tool and is not affiliated with the JLPT organizers. Its courses and vocabulary are not an official complete syllabus.
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