Released Beginner Path

Choose one clear place to begin.

Practice Extras
Current focus Door 1: Hiragana and Katakana

Start with kana recognition. This guidance uses progress saved in this browser only.

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Five useful learning doors.

This beginner release is ready to use: 22 kana lessons, 300 released words, 25 grammar lessons with 75 worked examples and 90 checks, and five Hiragana reading scenarios with ten comprehension checks. Printable worksheets, local progress, and backup controls support the path.

See How The Path Works
  1. Door 1 Kana

    Complete 22 guided row lessons covering all 46 basic Hiragana and Katakana characters.

    Open the Kana path
  2. Bridge Sound Bridge

    Marks, combinations, and sound length across 6 focused lessons between basic kana and vocabulary.

  3. Door 2 First 100 Words

    Study ten released ten-word units with pronunciation support and two finite finish lines.

    Open the vocabulary guide
  4. Door 3 Grammar 1-5

    Learn five sentence foundations through 15 worked examples and 18 guided checks.

    Open Grammar 1-5
  5. Door 4 Grammar 6-20

    Continue with fifteen more patterns across 45 worked examples and 54 guided checks.

    Open Grammar 6-10
  6. Door 5 First Five Reading Scenarios

    Bring the words and sentence patterns from Doors 2-4 into five short Hiragana scenes and ten comprehension checks.

    Continue to the five-scene reading guide
  7. Kanji 100 N5 Kanji

    Recognize numbers, time, people, directions, verbs, adjectives, places, and nature across 20 guided lessons with 100 kanji checks.

  8. Track JLPT N4 Track

    Expand beyond N5 with 200 N4 words across 20 units, 100 N4 kanji, 15 sentence builder lessons, and 10 reading scenarios with instant level switching.

This is a bounded beginner release, not a claim of complete JLPT N5 preparation. Use one door at a time and return to unfinished work before adding more.

Guided study plan Timer, calibration, mini-session, today's path, and reflection
Beginner ramp

Kanji stays out of the first lap. The early loop is recognize kana, connect sounds, type without IME, learn particles, and only then practice full phrases.

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Start here

Choose one small next step.

Pick a short path without reading the whole dashboard.

Start calibration

Pick the lightest useful start.

Beginner-safe

Start with kana recognition, then move into N5 basics when the sounds feel familiar.

Tiny lesson

Choose a focus to see a short intro.

A few examples will appear here before you start quizzing.

Guided mini-session

Intro, five questions, then reflect.

Ready
Selected focus Start a short guided run when you are ready.

This uses the focus above and feeds your daily reflection.

Recommended: hiragana first.
Today

Follow a short N5 path.

Today

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Resume today

Your local progress snapshot will appear here.

Keep going from the last useful point without an account or cloud sync.

Session reflection

Practice a few questions to build a summary.

This will show what you practiced today, weak areas, and the next best action.

About this project

Built for a real move to Japan.

This project is my study coach for rebuilding Japanese from the beginning: kana first, then N5 vocabulary, particles, grammar, and practical phrases. It is shaped by my Japan background, Emi's current perspective, and the need to keep learning useful enough to continue.

Privacy

No account. No server-side learner profile.

Progress, study timers, and review items stay in this browser's local storage. Export a backup before switching browsers or devices. Cloudflare may process basic delivery, security, and aggregate traffic data.

Learning scope

Learning tool, not an official JLPT claim.

The current release provides kana foundations, 300 vocabulary words, 25 grammar lessons, 20 short reading scenarios, and 100 N5 kanji. It is a beginner learning aid, not official JLPT certification or a claim of complete N5 coverage.

Travel readiness

Start with money basics.

Planning a Japan move or first trip also means handling small real-world friction. I started the blog with how I would think about cash, cards, and Suica in Japan.

Printable writing practice

Local data

Everything is stored in this browser only: scores, kana mastery, weak review, study time, and mini-session history.

  • No account, app backend, or cloud sync. Study progress stays local.
  • Export a backup before switching browsers or clearing cache.
  • Reset only when you want a clean local start.