Learn Japanese by writing it.
Learning Japanese is a long road, and I wanted a kinder way to walk it. So in Japanji you slow down and write. You draw each character by hand, stroke by stroke, and it comes back to you right before you'd forget it. Kana grows into kanji, kanji into real words, and a quiet corner of grammar and culture helps the why make sense too.
How it works
Write it by hand
You don't just tap an answer. You draw each character yourself, stroke by stroke, on paper or screen, then check. Writing is how it really goes into your memory.
Remember it
Spaced repetition shows you each character again right before you would forget it. Less time wasted, more that actually sticks.
Make it stick
Every character gets a little story. Use the community's mnemonics or write your own. The stranger the story, the better it sticks.
This is the baku's job. The little dream eater feeds on forgetting and brings the characters back stronger.
The journey
- 01
Kana
Hiragana and katakana, the two alphabets you write everything with. Where everyone starts.
- 02
Kanji
The characters borrowed from Chinese. Learn to read and write them, one story at a time.
- 03
Vocabulary
Real words built from the kanji you already know, so new vocabulary feels familiar instead of random.
- 04
Wisdom
The grammar and culture behind the language. The context that makes everything else click.
Who's behind this
Hi, it's just me here. I'm learning Japanese myself, and like a lot of people I almost gave up more than once. The characters felt endless, and most apps only made it louder. So I started building the thing I actually needed. A calm, patient place to learn. I work on Japanji in my free time because I love this language, and I want you to love it too. It's free, and it always will be.
If Japanji helps you
Honestly, I just hope this helps you learn. If it does, tell me what you think. What's confusing, what's missing, what you wish it did. And if you ever feel like helping with the running costs someday, that means the world, but it is never expected. Japanji stays free either way.
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