This is a typing game — a physical keyboard is required to play. Browse on a laptop or desktop for the full experience.
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type to learn japanese · ことば
Words fall — you type them before they land. Kana, kanji, JLPT vocabulary and grammar — and the words you miss come back for review.
Free · no signup · progress saved in your browser
Enter — begin
first · はじめに
This sets where you begin. You can change it anytime.
your path · 学びの道
Enter — start · Esc — back
your path · 学びの道
your ladder · 学びの段
your words · 言葉
Seen — you have met it. Learning — you have typed it right. Mastered — recalled without a hint three times in a row, at least 10 minutes apart, right in 80% or more of your answers without a hint, and not due for review yet. An answer with a hint keeps a word in learning.
Played · streak counted
↻ words from practice and the daily's misses come back for review
1 — do next · 2 — learn · 3 — modes
Choose a mode
1–3 — pick mode · Esc — back · O — options
Confusables: look-alike kana that are easy to mix up, such as シ/ツ and は/ほ
Gojūon: the 46 basic kana · Dakuten: voiced が, ぱ · Yōon: blends きゃ
Drill: no hints or kana chart — this is the self-check.
Romaji: Japanese sounds in Latin letters, the way you type them
No hints: type what you remember before the words land
Drill: no cheat sheet — this is the self-check.
Falling sentences — type the particle romaji (は → ha)
Round: 20 words, or every kana twice · Endless: until your lives run out, with its own records
Enter — start · Esc — back
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Vocabulary, reviews, records and streak are kept in this browser. "This session only" erases them and keeps nothing after a reload.
PrivacyEsc — resume · Q — end run
session complete · お疲れ
New record!
Streak freeze saved your streak
0
Everything you typed is saved to your vocabulary and scheduled for review.
WPM: 0 · Accuracy: 0% · Best combo: 0
Time: 0:00 · Words cleared: 0
✦ PLUS
What tripped you up — and the answer:
Enter — next · R — again · Esc — home
You picked
Why:
1–4 — pick · Enter — next · Tab — cheat sheet · Esc — quit
Correct: 0/0
Tab or Esc — close
Particles and JLPT patterns with examples
Seen — you have met it. Learning — you have typed it right. Mastered — recalled without a hint three times in a row, at least 10 minutes apart, right in 80% or more of your answers without a hint, and not due for review yet. An answer with a hint keeps a word in learning.
Empty — words will appear after playing
Hover any word for its reading and meaning