Kanji Senpai

rodriguezJP

Contains adsIn-app purchases

About this app

Kanji Senpai will help you learn Japanese vocabulary and kanji.
By using a spaced repetition system (SRS) you can memorize the different aspects of each vocabulary: meaning, pronunciation, reading, listening, writing, etc.

Included it's the N5 level of the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) vocabulary list and you can download (for free!) all the levels (though N1).

Ah! This app assumes you've already mastered hiragana and katakana.

FEATURES
• Study several vocabulary aspects: reading, listening, writing, meaning and handwrite
• Answers are not so easy so you will really learn that the kanji for "person" is 人 (hito), no 八 (for example)
* In the kanji write aspect, strokes are checked for rightness (there's even a strict mode!)
• Lists can be downloaded and upgraded
• You can a study a session without audio questions (in case you're in a public place with no headphones)
• There are vocabulary translations for English and Spanish
• You can create custom lists
• Example sentences (currently for the N5 and N4 levels)

If you are serious about learning Japanese, you can download premium audio packs for the study lists (don't worry, it's cheap!). These audios are professionally audio recorded from a Japanese native teacher that will help you master the vocabulary.

The Audio pack for a list (inapp purchase) will unlock:
• Audio for words
• Audio aspect (you'll be asked for listening questions)
• Kanji handwritten aspect (you'll have to write kanji and kana)
• Ads will be disabled
• Unlimited custom lists

Additionally you can purchase the Sentences pack for:
• Example sentences for vocabulary
• Questions with context
• Listen to sentences with Text to speech


With your support, the application will evolve with new exciting features.

Ratings and reviews

Nice app to learn new vocab and kanji, but the handwriting section is off on some words. Random lines and strokes are accepted as correct answers The price for audio is ridiculious. 14 lists at $3.49 comes out to near$50. You're better off spending on other apps that offer a much lower price for way more than audio. Also wish learning and reviewing were in seperate catogories. Once you finish your review, you're forced to learn new vocab without being able to go over old stuff til next day.

It's a must have if you're learning Japanese, worth paying a few bucks to have good audio and kanji writing practice. Plus the difficulty of the writing practice changes as you go. So if it had 先生 for the first time it would show the english and the kanji as an outline and you trace it. Then after a few times of having that word come it will draw it but won't stay up to trace so you have to write it. Then after a few more it will just tell you the english word teacher and you write the kanji

latest update broke everything. The previous version was great. Now it often hangs when picking study, doesn't say the words, doesn't show the words in dark mode. Before, when adding new vocabulary, you could let the app know you saw it, but now I had to wait 3 minutes because it was adding 3 new words to the training and I had to sit out the full timer for each. Also I don't remember seeing adds in the old version. so now suddenly having them jn there is jarring, annoying and distracting.

What’s new

New Features
• New Kanji Senpai Character! Human designed.
• Theme Selection: Choose your look (includes Dark Theme preview).
• Toggle Stroke Feedback: Added a setting to remove stroke feedback.

Improvements & Fixes
• UI Update: Refreshed the main interface and improved study feedback (general & Kanji strokes).
• Stroke Capture: Fixed an issue where the first part of short strokes was not captured.
• Activity Reports: Fixed study time and progress reports not showing the correct time.