TabiTalk: Daily-Life Japanese

TabiTalk Studio

About this app

Translate it. Practise it. Say it.

New in Japan, or visiting soon? TabiTalk helps with the Japanese you need this week: at the shop counter, the clinic, the station or the restaurant. Type what you want to say, see the Japanese and how it works, then practise saying it before you need it.

START WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO SAY
Translate between English and Japanese. Your translation comes first, with readings, word meanings and a short practice built right into it, so a phrase you looked up becomes a phrase you can say.

PRACTISE IN EVERYDAY SITUATIONS
Pick the phrases that matter to you when you start, and your first scene is built around them. Scenes walk you through everyday exchanges, from shopping and eating out to asking for help, with listening, reading support and speaking practice.

TRY THE NEXT TURN IN A CONVERSATION
Choose an everyday errand, read Sato-san's brief and work through the exchange. Stuck? Tap "What could I say?" for help with your reply. Rehearse here before you try it for real.

PRICES, TIMES, DATES AND COUNTERS
Practise hearing and saying prices, times and dates at a level that matches yours. Learn the Japanese counters for food, drinks, tickets and the other things you count every day.

READ KANA FROM DAY ONE
Learn hiragana and katakana and practise reading everyday words. Readings appear above kanji, and you can answer in romaji while you are still learning to type Japanese.

KEEP WHAT YOU LEARN
Save words and phrases to your library and review them. Saved words come back in warm-ups and recaps as you practise.

BRING WORDS FROM WHAT YOU WATCH
The separate TabiTalk Chrome extension supports Japanese subtitle learning on Netflix and YouTube on desktop. Save useful words while watching, then return to them in the mobile app with the same account. Japanese subtitle availability depends on the video, title and region. The mobile app does not add subtitles to the Netflix or YouTube mobile apps.

WHAT WORKS OFFLINE
Kana, Numbers and Counters practice work offline, along with on-device Japanese-English translation and word meanings. Download the translation model and any Japanese voice you need before you go offline, and open each practice once while online so its audio is ready.

Online translation, AI explanations, new scenes, Conversation and account sync need an internet connection. Video streaming and the subtitle extension also need internet.

FOR NEW RESIDENTS AND VISITORS
TabiTalk is for people who have just moved to Japan, are about to, or are visiting and want to handle everyday exchanges in Japanese. Start with a phrase you need, understand how it works and give yourself a chance to say it.

What’s new

You can now handwrite Japanese on the Translate page, and the chips under it say what Translate is for. Small phones get a Write instead of typing strip while the keyboard is up.