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Learn Japanese, one level at a time

The complete Japanese grammar, explained in English — from the first sentence to the fine print. With exercises that remember what you know, and no account.

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How an exercise works

Hiragana · Fill the gap

あ、か、さ、た、 、は、ま

Base form: the next row head

Hiragana · Choose

本(ほん)___読(よ)みます。

  • 1 を
  • 2 お
  • 3 わ
  • 4 へ

Hiragana · Flashcard

Front

Every sign is a whole syllable or a vowel, and the vowels always come in the order a, i, u, e, o.

Think first, then turn it over.

Speed round · 90 seconds

1:30

Answered: 0

Smart revision

·Box 1
·Box 2
·Box 3
·Box 4
·Box 5

What you know comes back in five weeks. What is shaky, tomorrow.

After three weeks

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The sentences come from this site’s own content. The progress figures are made up and are only there as an example.

The levels from N5 to N2

This site puts every grammar topic at exactly one level, so you never work on something that sits three levels above you.

N5First steps
Read hiragana and katakana, introduce yourself, build simple sentences with です and ます.35 topicsN4Foundations
The te-form, requests and permission, talking about your day.52 topicsN3Intermediate
Tell a connected story, give reasons for an opinion, read everyday texts.28 topicsN2Upper intermediate
Follow newspaper articles and conversations at work, say exactly what you mean.21 topics
Muno raises a foot in greetingGood to see you here.

I am Muno, and I change colour with the language. The site chose these colours for Japanese — as a reminder of where you are, and not as a claim about whom a language belongs to. Japanese is written in three scripts at once, and at first I could not read a single sign. Now I put the reading over every kanji for you — until you no longer need it.

Where you can start

The whole grammarAll 136 topics, sorted by area and each one given a level.The grammar as a mapThe tenses on a timeline — before, past, now, future — and every topic as a band by level.Practise17 modes in 4 groups, from the daily ration to a round against the clock. Your progress stays in the browser.From N5 to N24 levels, each with what it asks of you in the language — and the way there.See where you get stuckHow full each box is, your weakest areas, three weeks of history.

What is in here

136 grammar topics in 16 areas, 1203 exercises in 5 exercise types, 4 levels. Every explanation, every example sentence and every exercise was written specially for this site.