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

Definitely the best app for learning Japanese that I've ever come across. A lot of thought and detail has gone into providing a really in depth learning platform with so many different ways to access new information and practice at the same time, without overwhelming you. I have also downloaded the JA audiobook app and have made great use of it, as well. I especially appreciate that the apps simply require a one time payment for access to all the content, rather than a subscription. Thank you!

There are lots of features that make this app, one of the best for studying different aspects of Japanese. I especially like the new flashcard learning update, which allows you to choose what is displayed on either side of the flashcard. The personal notes section is helpful for mnemonics, but would prefer the ability to add extra personal notes, to give myself a range of personalised options, when choosing what to display on a flashcard. All in all, a great app. 5/5

Great app, vast amount of information, clear explanations and most sections come with a quiz so you can test yourself. It's great to practice kana and kanji as well. I can tell that a lot of work went into this app. I only wish there was more exercises to practice vocab and grammar all at once (instead of practicing each module separately). But even without it's a very effective tool to study Japanese. I highly recommend it :)

What's new

- Vocabulary: 1627 words added with audio
- Review notification bug fixed
- Payment system updated