# Nihongo: Learn Japanese Simply — Translate, study and practice > Translate, study and practice (iPhone/iPad app by Galactus Inc..) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nihongo-learn-japanese-simply/id6767887441 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Galactus Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/1860672324) - Category: Education - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 16.4 · 105 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-08-13 - Data updated: 2026-10-24 ## What is Nihongo? Learn Japanese with translation, guided study, and focused practice in one app. SPEAK, CHAT, AND SAVE PHRASES • Translate live conversations between Japanese and English • Read saved voice transcripts with furigana • Save transcript lines and chat phrases to study decks • Dictate text in Chat and Translate • Chat with text and images • Show a saved phrase full screen with Quick show TRANSLATE WITH CONTEXT • Translate between English and Japanese • Translate text offline after downloading the translation model • See kana and romaji readings for Japanese text • Explore learner-friendly phrase breakdowns and kanji details • Translate Japanese text in photos and images • Share text and images from other apps to translate them • Listen to Japanese audio and revisit translation history HEAR THE PITCH ACCENT • See the verified Tokyo pitch accent of vocabulary words • Compare the dictionary accent with the pitch of the recording • Practise pitch patterns and pitch types with human recordings • Say a word and compare your pitch with the human recording STUDY KANA AND KANJI • Study every kana with clear readings • Explore Joyo kanji and search English meanings • Practise recognition, recall, and writing • Trace stroke guides and write directly on screen • Choose the characters and practice style that fit your goals • Review session results and track your progress BUILD USEFUL VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR • Work through curated vocabulary and grammar decks • Study with furigana, meanings, examples, and audio • Turn on Gloss mode to read English meanings in Japanese word order • Practise with multiple-choice, matching, sentence-building, and speaking activities • Build custom decks from words and phrases you want to learn • Download decks and audio for offline study • Mark favorite decks for quick access READ, LISTEN, AND TRACK YOUR STUDY • Read Japanese stories and create study decks • Listen to stories and decks with lock screen controls • Set daily study goals and track time with a timer and calendar • Open your study tools from Home and pin them to the dock LEARN IN CHROME • Link the Nihongo Chrome extension with a QR code • Watch Netflix with Japanese subtitles, furigana, and English • See some words on English webpages in Japanese with Word swap • Count your Netflix watching time in Tracking Download the offline translation model in Downloads before you disconnect. Quick text translation between English and Japanese then runs on your device. Downloaded decks and audio also work offline. Sign-in, live Voice, AI Chat, image translation, new translation audio, downloads, and sync need an internet connection. Image translation processes only images you choose. See our privacy policy for details. ## Is Nihongo safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Nihongo. ## Is Nihongo legit? Nihongo: Learn Japanese Simply has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Nihongo is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.0.174 — 2026-10-22 Home shows today's study time with a week strip and your streak. New Kanji page with Jōyō kanji, radicals, and RTK lists. Verbs have their own shelf with godan, ichidan, irregular, and noun + する decks. Verb cards show a plain and polite conjugation table with English for each form. Practice brings back the words and kana you missed first, and each question type keeps its own answer time. Typed romaji answers accept other standard spellings, such as "tyotto" and "tōkyō". Hold any play button to replay a clip at half speed. Hold a card and choose Chat about this to start a chat about that card. Smoother screens and clearer errors across the app, and the Traditional Japanese font now shows everywhere. ### 1.0.162 — 2026-10-18 Vocabulary cards can show the verified Tokyo pitch accent of each word. Turn on Pitch accent graphs in Settings. New pitch practice: pitch pattern, pitch type, and pitch speaking, with human recordings. Pitch speaking compares your pitch with the recording. Gloss mode shows English meanings in Japanese word order. Turn it on in Settings. Generated stories now play in the listening player. Share text and images from other apps to Nihongo to translate them. Netflix time watched with the Nihongo Chrome extension now counts as Watching in Tracking. ### 1.0.151 — 2026-10-10 Home is simpler. Study now shows Kana, Decks, and Reading. Translate, Chat, Tracking, and Video sites are now in Tools. Allergy check and Chrome are now in Settings. ### 1.0.150 — 2026-10-09 Listen to each sentence in your stories. Double-tap a sentence, then tap Play to hear it. Choose which allergies the barcode food check looks for. Send several quick translations without waiting for each one. Phrases you save from Netflix with the Chrome extension play the show's own audio. ### 1.0.148 — 2026-10-02 You can view selected kana cards from the selection menu. Sign-in checks reject invalid codes. ## More apps by Galactus Inc. - [Clak – Voice to Text](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/clak-voice-to-text/id6756441398) All apps by Galactus Inc.: https://appshunter.io/developer/1860672324 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-10-24.*