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16 ways to practiceFurigana generator
Add hiragana readings above Japanese kanji. Paste text, review the readings, and copy ruby HTML or text for your notes.
Hiragana practice
Learn to recognize hiragana with a free typing quiz. Choose rows, review mistakes, and build recall one small set at a time.
Katakana practice
Practice katakana recognition with a row-by-row typing quiz, a look-alike challenge, and a review round for your mistakes.
Japanese to romaji converter
Convert kanji, hiragana and katakana into readable romaji. Check word readings, preserve line breaks, and copy the result.
Japanese to hiragana converter
Turn Japanese kanji and katakana into hiragana readings. Paste a sentence, check ambiguous words, and copy a clean reading version.
Japanese verb conjugator
Find a Japanese verb from kanji, kana, romaji or a common conjugated form. Explore plain and polite forms, te-form, potential and conditionals.
Hiragana chart
Explore all 46 basic hiragana, voiced sounds and combinations. Select a character for its reading, example words and Japanese audio when available.
Katakana chart
Learn katakana with a complete basic chart, voiced sounds, combinations and example words. Hear Japanese device audio where available.
Japanese worksheet generator
Create printable hiragana, katakana and kanji writing sheets. Use your own text or vocabulary from Japanese stories, with tracing and blank practice boxes.
JLPT vocabulary & kanji practice
Search N5 and N4 study sets, review word readings and kanji meanings, then test yourself with a short quiz and mistake review.
Japanese level test
Find your Japanese study priorities with 24 vocabulary, grammar and reading questions. Get explanations and useful next steps, without an inflated JLPT level claim.
Kanji lookup & stroke order
Look up Japanese kanji by character, reading or meaning. Explore on and kun readings, step through stroke order, and find real words from Japanese stories.
Japanese numbers
Convert numbers into Japanese kanji, kana and romaji. Understand 万 and 億, hear a reading, and learn irregular hundreds and thousands.
Japanese counters
Choose what you are counting and see the correct Japanese counter reading. Explore people, long objects, animals, books, age, floors and more.
Japanese dates
See how to write and say a date in Japanese, including irregular days, month names and weekdays. Includes a complete day-of-the-month reference.
Time in Japanese
Convert a clock time or duration into Japanese with kana, romaji and audio. Learn よじ, しちじ, くじ and the changing minute readings.