Overview
Flashcard and spaced repetition app with a cleaner interface than Anki and ready-made Japanese decks, including community decks.
Strengths
- Easier to start with than Anki
- Typing answers built in
Drawbacks
- Full use needs a subscription
Kitsun
Best for: SRS with less setup than Anki
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Android app for learning kanji, with stroke-order writing practice, flashcards, multiple-choice quizzes and spaced repetition, plus kanji and word search. The beginner kanji, radicals and kana are free with no ads; a one-time purchase unlocks the remaining kanji and custom study sets.
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Open-source spaced repetition flashcard program and the most widely used SRS tool among Japanese learners. Use shared decks or build your own, with audio, images and custom card layouts. On Android it's called AnkiDroid (free); on iPhone, AnkiMobile (one-time purchase). All sync through free AnkiWeb.
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Free Anki deck of the 1,500 most useful beginner words. Each card shows the word inside an example sentence with it highlighted, plus the reading, meaning, and audio for both word and sentence; pitch accent can be switched on. Download it from AnkiWeb or GitHub.
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