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Welcome to NihonGo!

Your Japanese journey starts here.

Learn kana, kanji, and everyday Japanese with Fuji & Yuki. Build your skills with audio, quizzes, and stories inspired by anime.

Start with hiragana Can’t read kana yet? Start here
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Kana · Practice sheets

Trace it. Then write it.

The whole chart in pale letters to trace, and an empty one to fill in.

Open the sheets
Explore the town

Find your next step.

New here? Learn hiragana and katakana alongside the course. Can’t read kana yet? Chapter 0 lets you say your first words before you learn any letters.

Kanji Terakoya

Make friends with kanji, five characters at a time.

Start: Numbers 1–5

Heard in Anime

What do those anime words really mean? Find out here.

Read the stories
Beyond the subtitles

Heard in Anime.
Understood by you.

Explore all 22 stories →
AT THE DOOR / 01
いってきます

Four phrases that always arrive in pairs — and why nobody in anime says さようなら at home.

ITTEKIMASU · READ THE STORY
BETWEEN THE LINES / 02
ちょっと

The word that means “a little”, until it's the politest refusal in the language.

CHOTTO · READ THE STORY
MORE THAN A WORD / 03
せんぱい

Why “notice me, senpai” is a whole culture, not just a word.

SENPAI · READ THE STORY
Learn with Fuji & Yuki

Collect a stamp for every chapter.

Finish a chapter review with 80% or more and Fuji & Yuki stamp your card. Thirteen in the course, plus flower stamps in the Kanji Terakoya — each one a little surprise.

Secret stampsWhat’s on each one? Finish a chapter to find out.
Ch. 0
Ch. 1
Ch. 2
Ch. 3
Ch. 4
Ch. 5
Ch. 6
Ch. 7
Ch. 8
Ch. 9
Ch. 10
Ch. 11
Ch. 12
Kanji
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