Welcome to Umai Kanji!

Umai Kanji is designed to teach all of the common Japanese characters currently in use, as well as the ones soon to be added.

By using Umai Kanji you will learn the readings of over 2,300 kanji and 12,000 words. Each and every word will be taught in context, by using real-world Japanese sentences accompanied by audio recordings in authentic Tokyo-ben!

So not only will you learn to read kanji and Japanese, but your listening skills will improve tremendously as well.

Also available in...

Also available in French
Egalement disponible en français.

Also available in English
日本語もございます。

Now on the App Store

iPhone app

Features

A Peek at the Interface

Studying on your computer or mobile phone is a breeze.
Japanese to English interface

More on the Interface

You're provided with a sentence in Japanese. The word you're being quized on will be highlighted in a color ranging from red to green, depending on how well you know it:
Study Interface Example
The highlighting in this image is just for emphasis. You can see how the actual highlighting looks in the first section.


Type your response or listen the spoken sentence.
You can use romaji or the Japanese IME to enter your answer. There's no need to set up any input methods on your computer or phone.
Hiragana Input Example
Furthermore, we recommend typing in romaji because it's just plain faster than using the IME



Behind the scenes, Umai Kanji will calculate your understanding of the word and will ask you about it again sometime in the future, based on how well you know it.

Your stats are always safe, even if you forget to keep your account active, Umai Kanji's scheduler will remember which sentences you need to review.

Yes, Umai Kanji is also an SRS!

Correct 読み方 example
The correct answer will be displayed in green if you got it right, or red if not.



Also down in this area you'll find the previous sentence and its translation, some of the most recent kanji you've reviewed this session, as well as a button to report the word in case something wasn't quite right about it or its sentence.
Previous Japanese Sentence Example
List of kanji studied this session example
Here's where the last few kanji are displayed. The colors indicate how well you know them.

Mobile Version for the iPhone and Smartphones

iPhone Interface Example

The Audio Library

As a member you'll have access to the audio library where the word you want to lookup gives you real text and audio examples of how to use it.

Try it!

You can try Umai Kanji for free, so let's get started!

FAQ

Got questions? Check out the FAQ, or ask on the community site.