JA Sensei: Learn Japanese JLPT

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About this app

All-in-one application to learn Japanese. Hiragana, katakana, kanji, vocabulary, phrasebook, grammar, and MUCH more! Basic to advanced lessons. Smart progress tracking exercises to improve your writing, reading, speaking and listening skills. Discover surprising culture facts to think like a Japanese, and avoid embarrassing situations.

GENERAL IMPORTANT BENEFITS

★ On-going project since 2011, you are sure to get continuous updates and improvements
★ All audio clips by a native Japanese speaker for authentic Japanese pronunciation. No voice synthesis.
★ No Internet connection required, almost everything is downloadable
★ Highly customizable quizzes paired with the scientific SRS system that tracks your progress.
★ Adapted for beginners to advanced learners

DETAILED INFORMATION

PROGRESSIVE JAPANESE LESSONS
✓ Ideal introduction to the Japanese language, and quick progress
✓ For each lesson: Japanese dialogue, vocabulary, grammar, exercises, and a culture page
✓ Take the final quiz to validate each lesson
✓ Many entertaining and explanatory illustrations

JAPANESE KANA, KANJI, RADICALS
✓ Phonetic information and audio recordings for each Japanese sound
✓ Over 6,000 kanji with stroke orders, meanings, word examples, and more.
✓ Kanji breakdown to analyze the composition of each kanji and remember it more easily
✓ Powerful kanji search tools by radicals, meanings, on/kun readings, JLPT levels, etc.
✓ Detailed kanji radicals information (Kangxi number, position, meaning, frequency, etc.)
✓ Drawing tool to learn how to write kana/kanji/radicals with the right stroke order
✓ Learn by JLPT, Jouyou, or Kanji Kentai levels
✓ Create and manage your personal lists

JAPANESE PHRASEBOOK
✓ Over 900 Common Japanese phrases for real life communication grouped by themes
✓ Smart quiz to improve your Japanese expression and comprehension skills
✓ Learn Japanese phrases with audio clips and words in context
✓ Each Japanese phrase can be broken down to get a list of words and detailed grammar explanation
✓ Record your voice, and compare it to a native speaker's pronunciation
✓ Create and manage your personal lists

JAPANESE AURAL COMPREHENSION
✓ Listen to entertaining illustrated situations
✓ 3 levels of difficulty for each situation. Easy enough for beginners and challenging enough for advanced users
✓ Take the final quiz to validate your comprehension
✓ All words available in the vocabulary module to learn before listening to the text

JAPANESE CULTURE GUIDE
✓ Be ready for a culture shock and avoid embarrassing situations!
✓ Fun and surprising detailed information on various topics of the Japanese culture
✓ Get straight into the Japanese mind to understand how they think and behave. Japanese people will feel more comfortable with you.

JAPANESE VOCABULARY
✓ Thousands of words with audio clips grouped by themes
✓ Take audio, writing, or even speaking quizzes
✓ Comments explain the word when necessary
✓ Search for any word with one easy-to-easy search box
✓ Record your voice, and compare it to a native speaker's pronunciation
✓ Create and manage your personal lists of Japanese words

AND MUCH MORE TO DISCOVER...
✓ Grammar: 185 easy to advanced grammar sheets with examples ordered by JLPT
✓ Japanese Particles: 168 different usages with examples
✓ Japanese Counters: 45 of the main counters with examples
✓ Verbs and Adjectives: basic and advanced conjugation
✓ Numbers: audio quiz, search tool, personal lists, etc.

An in-app paid version is proposed to support the investments for new features and contents

Ratings and reviews

While this isn't my most used app, it is very well done towards learning Japanese. There are structured lessons that not only teach language but also history and culture. It'll take a little time to get used to the UI, but once you play around with it, it becomes easy to navigate. What you study goes into an SRS, but via lessons and other areas, you can requiz often (and it's very customizable). There is also an app companion JA audiobook. Well worth the price for lifetime! Website integrated.

If I could give a million stars I would! This app has everything! I can build my own vocab. lists, use the space repetition testing, learn kana and kanji, read, listen, speak, take quizzes, grammar... The app really is a Sensei! I ended up buying the Unlimited Samurai access and my mind is blown away by how much content there is available. It's great for both, a complete beginner as well as advanced student. Huge thumbs up to the creator, it's perfect and THANK YOU for your amazing work!!!!!

10 years later, I still love learning with this app. I had an issue once many, many years ago, and the developer was great with restoring all my learning credits. I'm still learning more and now I read JA Audiobook with my children! I highly recommend if you're testing for JLPTs! It's easy to study and make lists according to the N level you're on.

What’s new

Vocabulary: dictionary expanded by over 130,000 words for Samurai Unlimited users!