Japanese Study Aids
Learning Japanese Apps
Use all the technology available to you. There are plenty of apps out there that can help you learning Japanese. The following are the apps being used by our students. All the available resources that you can get on the Internet would be a great help!
Translate
- Kotoba
Kotoba is a full Japanese dictionary for free!
- Google Translate
You can speak your phrases and hear the corresponding translations. (Free)
Hiragana / Katakana
- Real Kana
The iPhone version of Real Kana for Hiragana and Katakana Practice ($2.99)
- iKana touch
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(Aitas student's comment)
It costs $3.99, but for the price, offers a lot of useful features. It provides a flash-card feature that can quiz you on hiragana, katakana, and other character sets. You can build custom flash card sets (where you select specific characters to add for testing.) It also keeps track of your incorrect answers, so you can practice just those ones.
Kanji
- Midori
Midori has a native Japanese handwriting recognition that can recognize kanji and hiragana.
It is the most convenient way to find kanjis that you have never seen. ($9.99)
- iKanji touch
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This covers the kanji taught in the JLPT and more than 1,000 kanji have stroke animations. ($8.99)
- StickyStudy: Kanji
StickyStudy: Kanji Lite (Free)
Learning Japanese?
Taking the N5 exam? This is the only flashcard app you'll need - and it's free!
StickyStudy: Kanji $7.99 Japanese kanji and vocabulary study for JLPT. Stroke animations, example sentences/compounds and full editing.
Others
- JLPT study
Japanese Flip is a learning tool similar to flashcards. After you "flip" to the answer, you pick if you were Right or Wrong. ($5.99)
- Japanese Flip
Japanese Flip is a learning tool similar to flashcards. After you "flip" to the answer, you pick if you were Right or Wrong. ($5.99)
- Anki
(Aitas student's comment)
One good software is Anki. With it, you can access pre-existing decks, like minna no nihongo, or create your own decks. (Free)
