Japanese Focus

HiNative

Free + paid optionsWriting & Typinghinative.com

Best for: Quick checks on whether something sounds natural

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Overview

Q&A app where you ask native speakers questions about Japanese, such as whether a sentence sounds natural or how to say something, and get answers in text or audio.

Strengths

  • Fast answers from native speakers
  • Audio answers for pronunciation

Drawbacks

  • Answer quality varies
  • Some features need Premium

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Getting your writing corrected by native speakers
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Keep a journal in Japanese and native speakers correct it sentence by sentence, explaining why. In return, you correct entries written in your own native language.

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