HeyJapan: Learn Japanese

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4.7
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About this app

LEARN LESS BUT LEARN EFFICIENTLY!


Just studying with HeyJapan for 1 hour and continuously for 2 months, you will see the difference!
>> Take 40 minutes every day to learn basic Japanese words, basic grammar, and phrases, and practice listening, speaking. Spend 20 minutes revising the entire lesson.
At the weekend, review all the basic words and phrases you learned during the week, and earn good badges from HeyJapan!
In particular, the application will remind you to study every day, and at the same time show you the secrets of learning Japanese effectively.

Learning the Japanese alphabet is the first step you need to take to conquer this interesting language.


The English writing system uses the Latin alphabet, while Japanese is hieroglyphic. Therefore, English speakers who start to learn Japanese are surprised and quickly lose their motivation to learn from the beginning. HeyJapan helps beginners to understand the basic Japanese alphabet.

Easy selection of multiple display modes:

👉Just Japanese
👉 Show Hiragana
👉 Romaji display
👉 Japanese word + hiragana
👉 Japanese word + romaji
👉 Hiragana + Romaji
👉 Japanese word and Furigana + Romaji

Combine Japanese words and phrases by topic


Learn basic words and phrases by topic: Family, animals, food, and all topics about daily life.
>> Japanese words and grammars N5, N4, N3
>> Japanese words for communication
>> Japanese words with pictures
>> Japanese words with audio

In addition, HeyJapan is also a useful JLPT exam preparation application for those who want to study for N3, N4, N5 exams.

☆Special Features:
>> Summary of extremely standard JLPT N5, N4, N3 exam questions
>> JLPT mock test with instant score, get suggestions to increase scores for each part
>> Automatically suggest practice with weak exercises

Japanese is difficult but having HeyJapan makes it much easier. Let's make friends with HeyJapan and conquer Japan together!

📩 READY TO RESOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS AND FEEDBACK
HeyJapan always wants to send you the best Japanese vocabulary and grammar application. However, errors are inevitable, HeyJapan is looking forward to your feedback to improve the application better and better. Please send your feedback to email: [email protected].
Updated on
8 Jun 2025
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Ratings and reviews

4.7
2.02L reviews
Karine Kurosaki
15 February 2025
I think I know some japanese (3 level of the noryoku shiken). And I decided to do the app from the start, and probably will updating about each lesson. 1. へ --> it's true that it's a particle too, and when has the particle job, has the /e/ sound (like nEtflix), but it's an absurd teach this sound. へ it's a letter and has the sound of /he/ sound (like HElp) when use at words like snake (へび). 2. About the "which is the letter is write right?", it's deciding which is prettiest calligraphy.
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Jeroen Kolkman (Vorcera)
2 September 2020
Everything looks great and sounds good. And the interface is clear and the options are good, work up the difficulty by just using japanese kanji and hiragana instead of romaji. Edit: I didn't give it a 5 star because of speaking exercises not recognizing anything. Now the app uses the Google translate voice to text which makes things 100% easier. Every speech to text that I had to use worked perfectly. Now 5 star rating! Great job in the improvements :)
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Language Skills Studio
11 August 2020
Hello, please update the newest version, we already made some changes in the speaking lesson. If the problem persists, let me know. Please recommend our app to your friends if HeyJapan helps you learn basic Japanese, and don’t hesitate to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions.
Kari M.
3 September 2024
The Good: Shibi is adorable and I love the trophies! Cute app, generally nice UI. Introduces kanji and grammar concepts much quicker than Duolingo. Pro version is reasonably priced and you get it for life. The Bad: Trophies are glitchy; ex: tells me I got the Alphabet Master trophy but won't let me claim it. Voice recognition has gotten better but can still be iffy. The Ugly: The Engrish!! PLEASE have a native English speaker proofread! Many translations are awkward or flat out wrong.
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Language Skills Studio
4 September 2024
Hello, I am sorry for the bad experience. Please send me the details of the problem you met at my email: [email protected] or our fanpage: https://m.me/heyjapan.eup. I will check and contact you. Please update your rating after the problem is solved. Thanks.