Kana no Michi: Learn Japanese

Stop reading subtitles. Start reading Japanese.

Kana no Michi is a straight path from あ to ン. All 208 hiragana and katakana, drilled into permanent memory. Five focused minutes a day.

THE METHOD

1. Learn a row. Five characters at a time, in real gojūon order, each with a memory hook, native audio and stroke-order animation.

2. Drill it every way. Recognise, reverse, listen, type. Miss one and the mnemonic comes straight back, with audio on every answer. A row only unlocks the next one when you finish it clean.

3. Never forget. Spaced repetition resurfaces each character right before it fades, and the mastery map fills in as you go.

TEN MODES, ONE MEMORY ENGINE

Every mode feeds the same engine, so a weak character resurfaces everywhere until it sticks.

• Recognise: see the kana, pick the sound • Reverse: see the sound, pick the kana • Listening: hear it first, then pick the kana • Type: type the romaji from memory, no options on screen • Lookalike duels: only the confusable pairs, ぬ め, ね れ わ • Blitz: five seconds a question • Endless: cycles your set until you stop • Numbers: read the digits as kana • Word builder: build real Japanese words, tile by tile • Trace: write every stroke in order, shape and direction both scored

DAILY REVIEW THAT RESPECTS YOUR TIME

Open the app, tap Review, and the right characters are already chosen, weakest first. Coaching shows which kana you mix up and which are slow, and a refresher resurfaces older rows before they fade. The streak forgives one missed day a week, because life happens.

FREE FOREVER

• All 104 hiragana: every row, dakuon and combination • Recognise, Reverse, Listening and Type • Daily review, streaks and the full mastery map • Native audio for every character • No ads, ever

STUDY UNLOCK: ONE TIME, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION

Buy it once, or never. One payment adds:

• All 104 katakana • Lookalike duels, Blitz, Endless, Numbers, Word builder and Trace • Works on every device you sign in on

No subscription. No trial that expires. Hiragana is free forever. The unlock is everything after it.

ACCOUNTS ARE OPTIONAL

Start without one and your progress stays on your device. Sign in with Apple or Google and it syncs across devices. You can delete your account and all your data from inside the app at any time.

Made for absolute beginners, travellers, and anyone starting JLPT N5.