# Learn Japanese Essentials — AccelaStudy®

> Learn Japanese vocabulary and pronunciation with spaced repetition and native audio. (iPhone/iPad app by Renkara Media Group, Inc..)

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- Developer: [Renkara Media Group, Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/284945276)
- Category: Education, Travel
- Price: Free
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 2 App Store ratings · 67 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 19 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, European Portuguese, Russian and 5 more
- Released: 2009-04-22
- Data updated: 2026-07-08
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/learn-japanese-essentials/id309489296/reviews.md

## What is Learn Japanese Essentials?

AccelaStudy is the award-winning language education software for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad that helps you understand and pronounce words in the shortest possible time.  Learn new Japanese words quickly, easily, and permanently with AccelaStudy.  

If you like Learn Japanese FREE by AccelaStudy, learn even more by purchasing Learn Japanese - AccelaStudy.

Join over 6,000,000 people worldwide who have used AccelaStudy to master a language.  Perfect for students, travelers, executives, and anyone who wants to quickly increase their fluency.

AccelaStudy is even more powerful in the cloud!  With a free AccelaStudy Cloud account you can:
• Sync all of your study sets and progress to all of your devices.
• Add new devices at any time.  Install AccelaStudy on your new device, sign into your AccelaStudy Cloud account, and your data will automatically be restored to that new device!
• Study online or offline.  AccelaStudy syncs immediately while online and any offline data is synced automatically when you go online again.
• Share AccelaStudy with family members and classmates.  Signing out of AccelaStudy allows another user to sign in with their account while preserving all data in the cloud.

FEATURES:
• PRONOUNCE each word perfectly after listening to NATIVE SPEAKER audio for all words.
• Fully functional version of AccelaStudy with a useful subset of its 2,100 professional translations
• SPACED REPETITION feature helps you quickly memorize new words
• Automatic STATISTICS help you track your learning progress
• Searchable DICTIONARY of all vocabulary
• Flashcards
• Multiple Choice Quiz
• Audio Quiz
• Completely HANDS-FREE mode allows you to study vocabulary while driving or jogging

Please refrain from sending your bug reports or feature requests using the App Store. Instead, to ensure a direct response from us send them to support@renkara.com. You can also tweet us at http://twitter.com/renkaramedia.  We’re always happy to help our users and receive their comments!

Use of the AccelaStudy Cloud service is subject to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. These are available in the app or on our website.

## Key features

- Native speaker audio for pronunciation
- Spaced repetition for memorization
- Searchable dictionary
- Flashcards
- Multiple choice and audio quizzes
- Hands-free study mode

## Recent user reviews (10 of 67)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/learn-japanese-essentials/id309489296/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Full of bugs.

*2026-01-07, version 3.8.0*

Crashes, looses data and locks up my iPhone, requiring a restart.

### 5/5 — Great app

*2014-09-30, version 2.7.0*

This app is really good for starters try it

### 5/5 — Love it

*2013-07-13, version 2.6.0*

I really like the layout of this app. The vocab is very helpful too. Thank you!

### 2/5 — Poorly executed

*2013-04-19, version 2.6.0*

Sure, it sounds like a good idea, but the mixed level of words is frustrating. You can select individual categories, but you can't go further than that. So, if you select only "Weather", you get 23 words such as "cold front" and "snow". Now, if you're at the level that you need to learn "cold front", you probably learned "snow" several years ago. And if you don't know "snow", you aren't going to waste your time trying to learn "cold front". The same problem exists for all categories. "Numbers" is even worse. There, you have a clump of 46 words.  Now, if you don't know "8", are you really needing to learn "quadruple" or "million"?  This is crazy, and this app has been like this for years, but never fixed, only it now has ads, although since I never use it, that doesn't matter. I guess I keep hoping it'll improve enough to be useful. Still waiting.

### 5/5 — Helpful

*2013-01-22, version 2.5.0*

It's really good with this app, if I study really hard I'll be able to learn Japanese easy and quick.👍

### 5/5 — Better Than Rosetta

*2012-11-17, version 2.5.0*

I love all their language learning apps (I have French, Spanish, Japanese, and Portuguese). They are easy, fast, and effective. In fact, I learned more using their (FREE) app, and in less time, than I did with my $299 Rosetta Stone. And notice I said their "free" versions.... I can imagine their full versions are even better - and I intend to purchase all of them.

### 5/5 — I love it!

*2012-10-22, version 2.3.0*

More words please I'm eager for more!

### 1/5 — Way too unorganized

*2012-09-14, version 2.3.0*

Very random which made things confusing.

### 5/5 — Yay!!

*2012-07-07, version 2.3.0*

It amazes me of how much I have learned in thirty minutes and am getting use to the kanji a bit but the numbers and months are my strong points but the days are my weakest haha. I enjoy learning from this app. I am suppose to get ready for my mandarin class but I wish they had Japanese haha!!

### 4/5 — Best flash card Learning tool

*2012-07-04, version 2.3.0*

This is a very nicely designed app and an exceptional learning tool if you already know the Kana enunciation.
 I would give it 5 star if:
-It had more words and categories
-Was not missing the word for "spring"
Also, Kanji is just way too difficult for most learners so a Katakana option would be useful. Please keep expanding this app! I will definitely pay for a larger dictionary say of 2-3,000 common words and then common phrases using same learning format.

## Frequently asked questions about Learn Japanese Essentials

### What does Learn Japanese Essentials do?

Learn Japanese Essentials helps you understand and pronounce Japanese words quickly and permanently. It utilizes native speaker audio for pronunciation and a spaced repetition system to aid memorization.

### What are the key features of this app?

Key features include native speaker audio for perfect pronunciation, a spaced repetition system for efficient memorization, a searchable dictionary, flashcards, multiple choice and audio quizzes, and a hands-free mode for studying while on the go.

### Is this app free to use?

The app offers a free version with a useful subset of its professional translations. Users can learn more by purchasing the full version, indicating a freemium or paid model with potential in-app purchases for expanded content.

### What devices is Learn Japanese Essentials compatible with?

The app is designed for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. It also offers cloud synchronization, allowing you to sync your study sets and progress across all your Apple devices.

### Who would benefit from using this app?

This app is ideal for students, travelers, executives, and anyone looking to rapidly improve their Japanese vocabulary and pronunciation. Its features cater to various learning styles and situations, including hands-free study.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.8.0 — 2019-04-18

- Minor improvements for iOS12.
- Display optimizations for new iOS devices.

### 3.6.1 — 2017-03-08

Version 3.6.1 resolves a crash which occurs when launching the latest version on some devices after not using the application in a long time.

In version 3.6, we've introduced an entirely new sync engine which is faster, more reliable, and more energy-efficient. If you are one of our users with dozens of study sets and hundreds of hours of progress, this update is for you.

Sync backs up your data in the cloud, enables you to see your study sets and progress on more than one device, and allows AccelaStudy to be shared by multiple users on a single device. The new sync engine was over 4 years in the making and we have big plans for it in future releases.

As always, thank you for using AccelaStudy. We're honored that you include our application in your learning efforts.

### 3.6.0 — 2017-02-22

In version 3.6, we've introduced an entirely new sync engine which is faster, more reliable, and more energy-efficient. If you are one of our users with dozens of study sets and hundreds of hours of progress, this update is for you.

Sync backs up your data in the cloud, enables you to see your study sets and progress on more than one device, and allows AccelaStudy to be shared by multiple users on a single device. The new sync engine was over 4 years in the making and we have big plans for it in future releases.

As always, thank you for using AccelaStudy. We're honored that you include our application in your learning efforts.

### 3.5.0 — 2016-11-15

Introducing AccelaStudy 3.5, Space-Saving Edition!  AccelaStudy has always come packaged with professionally-recorded, high-quality audio files.  These files are large and take up a lot of space on the device.  While these audio files are part of what makes AccelaStudy great, not all users need or want them, and they make app updates large and slow to install.  With this release, the audio files are no longer included with the app itself and require a one-time download from the AccelaStudy Cloud.  For those who choose to use AccelaStudy without downloaded audio, AccelaStudy will use one of the great built-in voices that come with iOS.  AccelaStudy has also been updated for iOS 10 and new iPhone models.

### 3.2.0 — 2016-05-19

Performance and stability improvements.

Improved UI support for larger screens.

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