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Welcome to NihonGo!

Your Japanese journey starts here.

Learn kana, kanji, and everyday Japanese with Fuji & Yuki. Build your skills with audio, quizzes, and stories inspired by anime.

Start with hiragana Can’t read kana yet? Start here
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Kana · Flashcards

Learn the kana, then flip through them.

Hiragana and katakana five at a time, then flashcards of every row you know: tap, flip, go again.

Start with kana
Explore the town

Find your next step.

New here? Learn hiragana and katakana alongside the course. Can’t read kana yet? Chapter 0 lets you say your first words before you learn any letters.

Kanji Terakoya

Make friends with kanji, five characters at a time.

Start: Numbers 1–5

Heard in Anime

What do those anime words really mean? Find out here.

Read the stories

Heard in Anime.
Understood by you.

The words you keep hearing in anime, and the sound words written all over manga — one short story each, with Fuji and Yuki.

Heard in Anime

All 22 stories →
Yuki waving goodbye as she leaves through the front doorいってきますittekimasuFour phrases that always arrive in pairs — and why nobody in anime says さようなら at home.Fuji with his palms together before a bowl of rice and miso soupいただきますitadakimasuNot “bon appétit” — it's a thank-you to everything that made the meal.Yuki hugging school books and looking up admiringly at someoneせんぱいsenpaiWhy “notice me, senpai” is a whole culture, not just a word.

Sound words

All 25 sound words →
Fuji bouncing with a travel bag, eyes sparklingわくわくwaku wakuThe night-before-a-trip feeling, in four kana.Yuki holding a love letter to her chest, cheeks pink, with small hearts around herどきどきdoki dokiThe sound of a heartbeat that became the word for the feeling.Fuji frozen in shock, eyes blank and mouth wide open, with a lightning bolt behind himガーンgaanThe sound of your heart hitting the floor.
Learn with Fuji & Yuki

Collect a stamp for every chapter.

Finish a chapter review with 80% or more and Fuji & Yuki stamp your card. Thirteen in the course, plus flower stamps in the Kanji Terakoya — each one a little surprise.

Secret stampsWhat’s on each one? Finish a chapter to find out.
Ch. 0
Ch. 1
Ch. 2
Ch. 3
Ch. 4
Ch. 5
Ch. 6
Ch. 7
Ch. 8
Ch. 9
Ch. 10
Ch. 11
Ch. 12
Kanji
いっしょに がんばろう！Let’s do this together!
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