Learn Japanese with flashcards that actually stick

Audio-first vocabulary training with spaced repetition. Learn Japanese words and ready-made phrases you can use in real life – and practise both understanding and speaking (recall).

Japanese here means the learning content. Your interface language and your translation language are separate settings, so you can learn Japanese in the setup that suits you.

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Audio-first flashcards + spaced repetition Chunks you can speak in real life Recognition → recall practice, same queue

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Why Japanese feels hard (and what we train)

Japanese is a stack of small systems – chunks with audio make them click faster.

Writing systems, particles, politeness, and counters stick when you meet them as ready-made phrases, not isolated words.

Writing systems + kanji readings

Hiragana, katakana, and kanji show up together. A word is only useful when you can recognise it, read it, and hear it.

Particles and sentence endings carry meaning

は/が/を/に/で plus endings like です/ます, よ/ね… these do not stick without context.

Politeness and fixed phrases

Japanese runs on set patterns: greetings, polite requests, “softeners”, and everyday formulas.

Counters, time, and “small glue words”

本/枚/人, dates, ages, “just a bit / not yet / maybe”… these appear constantly and should be trained as phrases.

What you get in My Lingua Cards

Audio, examples, and repetition for usable Japanese

Common words and phrases with audio, context sentences, and an automatic review queue.

Vocabulary people actually use

Common words and phrases for daily life, travel, work, and media – trained as “speaking-ready” chunks.

Audio + examples on every card

Hear pronunciation and rhythm, then see it in a realistic sentence.

Spaced repetition (daily queue)

You get a daily review queue; the system brings back what you are about to forget. No planning.

Two directions of practice

Start with Japanese → your language (recognition), then switch to your language → Japanese (active recall) so words become usable when you speak. See what is new, what is due, and what is learned.

Choose your goal

Train the Japanese that fits your plans

Pick a focus and practise the phrases you actually need.

Japanese for travel and everyday life

Survival-useful patterns: transport, food, shopping, directions, and polite requests. Phrases you will actually use: すみません／お願いします／〜はどこですか／これをください／大丈夫です.

Japanese for JLPT (N5–N4 base)

Build high-frequency vocabulary and the “glue” that makes grammar readable: particles, common verbs, adjective patterns, and time/date language.

Japanese for anime, games, and YouTube (without subtitles)

Repeatable everyday speech and short conversational patterns: でも／だから／たぶん／けっこう／〜と思う. Less “random slang”, more reusable reactions and connectors.

How it works (in 2 minutes)

Small daily sessions, automatic scheduling

Sign up and choose Japanese as your learning language

Pick the interface and translation languages that suit you.

Start training with today’s queue

Reviews come first, then new words and phrases once you are warmed up.

Practise in two directions

Recognition → recall: hear Japanese, then switch to producing Japanese so it sticks.

Review 5–15 minutes a day

Stay consistent; the spaced-repetition queue handles the scheduling for you.

What is inside one card

A mini-dictionary for one word or phrase

Everything you need to recognise, pronounce, and use the item.

Japanese spelling (kanji/kana)

Reading support + pronunciation (audio)

Translation + a short explanation

Example sentence(s) with audio

Sometimes usage/collocation tips

30-day mini plan (no heroics)

Build a base in short, repeatable stages

Follow the sequence: foundations, consolidation, then more phrases and connectors.

Days 1–7

Kana + the most frequent words/phrases (start understanding and reading immediately).

Days 8–14

Consolidation + first “your language → Japanese” cards (active recall starts).

Days 15–30

More set phrases, particles in context, counters, and conversational connectors.

The simple secret: 10 minutes every day beats “2 hours once a week”.

FAQ

FAQ (short and to the point)

Quick answers before you start.

No. It is a vocabulary and phrase trainer: audio + examples + spaced repetition. Learn grammar separately; here you build the base so grammar starts to stick.

Yes – especially if you learn hiragana/katakana in parallel. You quickly build a “skeleton” of frequent words and phrases.

Yes, because you learn kanji inside real words and phrases, reinforced by audio and repetition instead of isolated lists.

No – only words from the app dictionary. But you can group the available words into your own study sets and practise what is relevant to you.

No. You get a daily queue; reviews are scheduled automatically based on your progress.

Yes – a free period is available after registration, with a starter limit on how many cards you can learn before upgrading.