The widget
A new word on your Home Screen. In the app you pick how often it changes, from every 5 minutes to once a day.
あさ
morning
asa
ほし
star
あa
More with あ
- あめrain
- じゃあねbye
- ありがとうthank you
11,000+
Japanese words, from hiragana to 1,689 kanji
133
Lessons in six courses
50
Mini games in Hayaku!
296
Everyday sentences to say out loud
One stamp a day, one station further.
Learn a word, stamp it, and Kanjira's train rolls on. Every station brings a word of the place, a local speciality and an eki stamp for your travel book.
Kagoshima
鹿児島中央Kagoshima-Chūō
- Word of the place
- 火山volcano
- Local speciality
- 薩摩揚げDeep-fried fish cakes
Missed a day? Stations you reached stay yours.
Japanese from zero, station by station.
Six courses, each named after a Japanese train, take you from your first hiragana to polite conversation.
- 1
普通
Futsū
First kana, hello, thank you
- 2
快速
Kaisoku
Station, shop, food, family
- 3
特急
Tokkyū
Numbers and time
- 4
さくら
Sakura
Katakana and telling stories
- 5
かがやき
Kagayaki
Asking and rules
- 6
はやぶさ
Hayabusa
Casual and polite
Course 1 is free.
13 kinds of tasks
- Meet a new kana
- Why so? notes
- Listen
- Speak
- Couple sentence trains
- Write
- Fill the gap
- Lockers
- Take down the announcement
- Which platform?
- Conversations
- Read station signs
- Trace and draw
Finish a lesson and your ticket gets punched.
Say it out loud.
Nine everyday situations, from the konbini to the doctor, with 296 sentences. See which words came through, and lay your melody over Kanjira's.
すみません、ふくろはいりません。
sumimasen, fukuro wa irimasen. · Excuse me, I don't need a bag.
- Said it right
- Said it without help
- Matched Kanjira's melody
Try it right here
Three pieces of the app, working in your browser. Same words, same voice, same strokes.
Hear it
Tap a word to hear how it sounds.
Write it
Watch the strokes, then trace them with your finger or mouse.
Pick a kana
Watch the order of the strokes.
Then you play.
Run a konbini, steer an express, beat 50 mini games. Every game is built from words you already met.
コンビニ
Konbini
Kanjira's own shop. Serve Kanjira's friends, stock the shelves and count the change in yen.
ことば
Kotoba Express
Kanjira calls a word, you steer the train through the right gate.
はやく!
Hayaku!
50mini games
- とって! Grab!
- みつけて! Find!
- たべさせて! Feed!
- ふって! Shake!
- おじぎして! Bow!
- はらって! Pay!
- まわして! Spin!
- よけて! Dodge!
- つって! Fish!
- なげて! Throw!
Each one a Japanese command. Hear it, get it, do it. Fast.
まんが
Coming soonA manga you finish yourself.
Kanjira tells a story over ten pages. On every page you build the sentence from its pieces.
Chapter 1 · あめの ひ · Rainy day
ザーザーきょうは あめが ふります。
It's raining today.Page 1 of 10
かるた
Karuta
Kanjira reads, you slap the card.
ようかい
Yōkai Book
Meet 24 friendly spirits on the way.
たいこ
Taiko
Drum the syllables to the beat.
すごろく
Sugoroku
Roll the dice against Kanjira.
だるま
Daruma
Sneak up until Kanjira turns.
おみくじ
Omikuji
Draw today's fortune slip.
It lives where you already look
You don't open Kanjira to learn. The word is already there when you check the time.
Tuesday, 28 October
8:30
雨ame
駅
train station
eki
カメラ
camera
kamera
ねこ
cat
More with あ
- あめrain
- じゃあねbye
- ありがとうthank you
ほし
hoshi · star
23:40
Free to start
Download Kanjira for free and keep the free part for good.
Free
- Course 1 of the learning path
- The journey through Kyūshū to Hakata
- Hiragana widgets in every size
- Writing all 46 hiragana
- Karuta and the Yōkai Book
- First speaking stages
Kanjira Pro
- Courses 2 to 6
- The whole line to Hokkaidō
- Katakana and kanji words, by theme
- Konbini, Kotoba Express, Hayaku! and more
- Every speaking situation
- Katakana writing and Listen & write
Eligible new subscribers can try Pro free for 7 days. Monthly or yearly, with Family Sharing.
