Pick a level, then a small group
N5 to N1, split into themed groups of eight to fifteen. Compass directions. Days and calendar. Look-alikes of 囗. Small enough to finish in one sitting.
iPhone · JLPT N5 to N1
Two kanji. One reading. Four seconds.
You do not forget kanji. You confuse them. This drills the exact pairs you mix up, and it never lets you off with a maybe.
No account. No network. Works on a plane.
Try one now
Which one is it? Tap a kanji.
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That is the whole game. On a real card the clock is yours to set, from two seconds to eight.
The actual problem
Nobody blanks on 早. They pick 草.
Kanji do not fall out of your head one at a time. They collide. Two characters that share a component, or a reading, or a meaning close enough to blur, and the wrong one comes to hand first. Flashcards that show a character alone never test the thing that fails.
- 早 草 look alike
- 知 短 look alike
- 南 西 mean something adjacent
- 人 入 look alike
So every card here puts the two rivals side by side and makes you choose between them.
How it works
Three taps to the part that matters
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Answer before the ring runs out
A reading at the top, a meaning at the bottom, and the two kanji you are most likely to confuse. Change your mind as often as you like until the clock hits zero.
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Watch it learn what you get wrong
Every answer is timed and recorded. The pairs you genuinely fall for come back more often, and the ones you know cleanly get out of your way.
What is inside
Built on the boring parts done properly
2,230kanji
N5–N1JLPT
238groups
20languages
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2,230 kanji, N5 to N1
The complete modern JLPT mapping, with meanings, on and kun readings, stroke counts and frequency.
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Pairs chosen, not shuffled
Every distractor is scored offline for visual, semantic and reading similarity, then checked so the card is still answerable.
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Scheduling that watches the clock
A spaced-repetition scheduler that treats how fast you answered as part of how well you knew it.
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Meanings in your language
Not just the buttons. All 2,230 kanji meanings are translated, which is the part that actually decides whether you can use the app.
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No account, no network
Everything ships inside the app and every review stays on your device. It works in airplane mode.
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Breaks, with something to read
The drill never ends on its own, so it stops now and then and hands you a piece of Japanese history.
A look at it
The whole app, in your language
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The card
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The reveal
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Your trouble spots
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Before you start
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Every kanji
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The break
Twenty languages
Including yours.
Kanji meanings, the interface, and 200 history facts, all translated. A learner reading "south" in a language they are still learning is doing two jobs at once.
- 20languages
- 42,370translated meanings
- 3,800translated facts
Questions
The obvious ones
Do I need to know Japanese already?
You need kana. Readings are shown in hiragana and katakana, and the drill starts at N5, which is the first 80 characters.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no sign-up and no login. Your progress lives on your device.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Every kanji, meaning and reading ships inside the app, so the drill runs with no connection at all.
Which JLPT levels does it cover?
All of them, N5 through N1, which is 2,230 characters in total.
Where do the confusable pairs come from?
From openly licensed research and character-decomposition data, scored before the app ships and checked against a set of human-authored confusion pairs.
Is there an iPad or Android version?
Not yet. It is an iPhone app, built around two thumbs reaching two targets.
Four seconds. Two kanji. Go.
No account, no network, and it works on a plane.