Learning japanese shouldn't stop after the beginner level
Learn Japanese from your first kana through advanced vocabulary, kanji, and grammar with a study experience built around what you already know and where you want to go.
Whether you’re starting from scratch, returning after time away, or already working toward JLPT N5, N4, N3, N2, or N1, Kotoba Kards helps you focus on the material that’s right for your level—without forcing you to repeat what you’ve already mastered or piece together your studies across multiple apps.
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You don't need five apps to learn one language.
Japanese learners often end up piecing together their studies across different tools—one for vocabulary, another for kanji, another for grammar, and countless searches whenever an explanation doesn’t quite make sense.
Kotoba Kards brings vocabulary, grammar, characters, review, and structured learning paths together in one place, so you can spend less time figuring out how to study and more time actually learning Japanese.
Start where you are. Keep going as far as you want.
Kotoba Kards isn’t designed to get you through the basics and leave you wondering what comes next.
You can begin with hiragana and katakana, build your first vocabulary and grammar foundations, and continue all the way through advanced Japanese and JLPT N1 material.
Grammar deserves more than a one-line definition.
A grammar point can look simple in translation while actually carrying nuances, restrictions, exceptions, and usage differences. Kotoba Kards lessons go beyond quick definitions to explain what it really communicates, and the common gotchas that can cause learners to use it incorrectly.
And your examples won’t be full of words you haven’t learned yet.
Kotoba Kards only shows example sentences and review questions that use vocabulary you’ve already learned. That means you can focus on understanding the grammar point in front of you instead of stopping every few words to look up unfamiliar vocabulary. As your vocabulary grows, the examples available to you grow with it.
From Your Frist Kana to Advanced Japanese
Start where you are. Keep going as far as you want.
Kotoba Kards isn’t designed to get you through the basics and leave you wondering what comes next. You can begin with hiragana and katakana, build your first vocabulary and grammar foundations, and continue all the way through advanced Japanese and JLPT N1 material.
Already know some Japanese? You don’t have to start over. Kotoba Kards uses your experience and placement results to help identify what you’ve already learned so you can spend more time on what comes next.
Advanced Placement Test
Already know some Japanese? Don’t waste your time studying vocabulary words and grammar points you already have down pat. Take a placement test to start focusing on learning things and solidifying existing ones.
Spaced Repetition
Kotoba Kards will increase or decrease how frequently you see different words and grammar review questions based on how often you get it correct to help ensure short and long term memorization.
Personalized Content
Example sentences and review questions for grammar points will only contain words you’ve already learned, making it easier to understand and master the grammar point.
Earn Points and Level Up
Getting words and grammar review questions correct will gain you points. Gain enough points and level up your mastery score for each vocabulary word and grammar point.