Hourly Kana: Learn Japanese

Build real Japanese vocabulary in small, repeatable moments—one word at a time.

See a fresh Japanese word on your Lock Screen or Home Screen, or choose scheduled notifications on your cadence with quiet hours. When you want to go deeper, open Hourly Kana for kana, meanings, natural example sentences, and native Japanese audio.

START FROM THE FOUNDATIONS

Learn to read hiragana and katakana with listening drills and tap-to-build challenges.

FOLLOW YOUR JLPT LEVEL

Take a quick placement or choose your level, then build vocabulary from JLPT N5 through N1.

REVIEW WHAT MATTERS

Mark words as seen, practice with flashcards and short quizzes, revisit your history, and track your progress. Keep tricky words in a personal deck, import Anki plain-text exports, or build a custom deck from the curriculum.

LEARN YOUR WAY

- Scheduled vocabulary notifications with quiet hours

- Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets with a fresh word

- Kana, meanings, and natural example sentences

- Native Japanese audio

- Hiragana and katakana Foundations course

- JLPT N5–N1 vocabulary, placement, and level selection

- Flashcards, quizzes, history, and progress tracking

- Import Anki plain-text exports and build custom decks

- Private iCloud sync

- Offline access

- No ads

Try Hourly Kana free for 7 days. Paid access is required after the trial.

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