# 旅ことば: Japanese for Travel — Words, audio & grammar to N1

> Words, audio & grammar to N1 (iPhone/iPad app by Shao Chin Lin.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/japanese-for-travel/id6822632403 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Shao Chin Lin](https://appshunter.io/developer/6822632405)
- Category: Education, Travel
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 505 MB
- Languages: American English, Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
- Released: 2026-10-20
- Data updated: 2026-11-06

## What is 旅ことば?

旅ことば (tabi kotoba, "travel words") is a Japanese flashcard app for travelers. Words are sorted into Essentials, Common and Advanced lines by how often they are used, so the Japanese you will need most comes first, and JLPT N5–N3 words show their level. Learn one stop at a time, like riding a train down the line.

FREE
- Essentials Line: 111 stops, 1,527 cards — greetings, the airport, trains, hotels, ordering food, shopping, seeing a doctor...
- The first 2 stops of the Common Line as a free trial
- Kana: 9 hiragana and 6 katakana lessons with practice
- Numbers & counters: how dates, times and prices are read, plus a number-listening quiz
- Grammar from the very basics to JLPT N5: 43 lessons
- Offline dictionary: 22,639 common words with English meanings and audio

FULL COURSE (one-time in-app purchase, not a subscription)
- Common and Advanced Lines: 227 stops and 3,171 more cards, including JLPT N5–N3 vocabulary
- Grammar N4 to N1: 134 lessons that explain the difference between look-alike patterns
- Restore it on a new phone with the same Apple Account

EVERY CARD HAS
- Furigana, romaji, an example sentence with an English translation, and travel tips
- Recorded female and male voices (neural text-to-speech); alternate voices or slow them down

8 QUIZ TYPES
Japanese → meaning, meaning → Japanese, kanji → reading, listen → word, listen → meaning, example → meaning, spell the reading, dictation. Missed words go to your Tricky list for review.

FULLY OFFLINE, NO SIGN-UP
All cards, the dictionary, lessons and audio are built in, so it works in Japan without internet. No account, no ads, no data collected.

ALSO
- Stats: overall progress, progress by line and a study calendar
- Two-column layout on wide screens such as iPhone Duo
- Dark mode
- Export a backup of your progress

Sources: JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), open-anki-jlpt-decks (MIT), Jonathan Waller's JLPT lists (CC BY); font Zen Old Mincho (SIL OFL 1.1); audio by Microsoft Azure neural voices. Example sentences, English meanings and notes were written by AI and checked against the readings.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Full Course | $8.99 | one-time |


## Is 旅ことば safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess 旅ことば.

## Is 旅ことば legit?

旅ことば: Japanese for Travel appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for 旅ことば is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.0.2 — 2026-11-05

- New Stats tab: overall progress, progress by line, the last 14 days and a study calendar.
- Lines reorganized by how often words are used, so the words you need most come first. JLPT N5–N3 words show a level badge, and phrases you can understand at a glance no longer get their own card. The free Essentials Line grows from 924 to 1,527 cards.
- iPhone Duo two-column layout: better text size for cards in the right column, and Japanese sentences now wrap only between phrases.
- Your progress moves to the new stops automatically.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-10-27

- A short handwritten tour on first launch shows where to turn on romaji and change the speech speed and voice (replay it any time in Settings).
- iPhone Duo support: on the large inner display, the station's card list sits on the left and the card on the right; card search and grammar work the same way.
- Spelling quiz: words whose spelling already shows most of the reading (like サービス料) no longer appear in this question type.

### 1.0.0 — 2026-10-20

No release notes.

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