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: heyjapan@eupgroup.net.
Updated on
18 Jun 2025
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Ratings and reviews

4.7
204K reviews
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: heyjapan@eupgroup.net or our fanpage: https://m.me/heyjapan.eup. I will check and contact you. Please update your rating after the problem is solved. Thanks.
Lee Cisneros
14 June 2025
So far really great! The lessons on character strokes are really in depth and you can switch between hiragana and katakana at any time. The lesson path can be a bit confusing, but that may just be my opinion. The only problem I have is with a long ad popping up after every standard path lesson. While it is skippable after about 15 seconds, it can be really annoying. On a side note, I highly recommend using an irl journal to practice what you've learned each day. Great app compared to many others
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Camila Rojas
28 May 2025
I love this app I really do, I've been using it for quite some time and it's been improving. However some stuff like writing the kanji is a little messed up, but with these new updates I've been loving the app even more. I think it would be great if they added some mini games where we can practice reading and learning the kanji, like for example if there's the kanji はな I would like to apply it and learn that it means flower.
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What's new


New: Practice Japanese Speaking through Videos with HeyJapan
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