Learn Japanese! - Kanji Reviews

Convenient, but eventually becomes unusable.

Wiz4

This app is really convenient app as it gives one access to all 2136 常用漢字. I myself have worked through the first 900 characters using this app. However: Some typos: 示す shows up as しす並べる shows up as なべる I would put the number of typos in this app at roughly 0.5% (probably 10-15 typos in the whole app). During the review quizzes of the app I have to keep in mind which characters have typos in their readings and which do not. Buyer beware if this is your only resource for learning vocab. Some inconsistent definitions: 米 shows up as メートル and is defined as "rice." During the quizzes you are asked to give the correct definition to メートル and "rice". This is one of the problems of giving a single Japanese reading and a single English definition. Some definitions overlap: Both 黄色 and 黄色い are defined as "yellow," and during the quizzes you are expected to guess the "correct" yellow when asked, as two of the four multiple choice answers will be "yellow," only one of which will be correct (the other will be marked as wrong.) This also happens for "respect:" 尊敬尊重 Are both defined as "respect," leading to incorrect guesses and frustration as the app interprets incorrect answers as it needing to prompt you more. This slows progress a lot - at one point in time I was stuck in a loop for 5 minutes trying to guess the correct answer in a row enough times to get the app to mark the lesson as completed. This also happens for 自然 and 天然, both defined as "nature." I would again put the number of these definition overlaps at about 0.5%, but as the app more often asks about the ones you get wrong, be prepared to be asked about these often. Warning: you must start from Level 1 Lesson 1, otherwise prepare for strange behavior. I came in already knowing ~200 characters, so I jumped to level 4 (and then back down to level 3). The vocab for each lesson uses kanji from previous lessons - which because I jumped, had not been registered by the app as being learned. This has the consequence of blank multiple choice answers during the review sessions. Selecting the blank answer was the correct answer 100% of the time, for a few weeks and then eventually became 0%, and then eventually vanished, as I went back and started from the very beginning. However, this eventually becomes impossible to completely do, because: Some lessons crash - never allowing them to be marked as completed, and forcing you to leave those vocabulary as "unlearned." There are roughly three lessons out of the first 600 lessons (again 0.5%) that crash the app. Unfortunately I do not remember which ones they were, as I've reset my progress and now have them all marked as "ready to learn!" again. This leads me to the conclusion: The further you go along this app, the slower it will become, and the more likely it is to crash when exiting a lesson or review. At 600 lessons in, it was lagging every time I completed a lesson, and crashed about half the time on exiting (while marking the lesson and completed, fortunately.) If you've come this far in this review and haven't been scared off, I have some parting words: This is a /really/ good app. At least, it could have been. All 2136 常用漢字! On my phone! And I could always see exactly how many lessons I'd done and how many I had left to go. The color scheme and visuals of this app are so easy on the eyes as well. Very minimalistic and nice-looking. Anyway, doing ten lessons a day (roughly half an hour) and you'd be done in a little shy of 5 months. You'd also pick up some 3k vocab along the way as well. I wish I could have seen this app all the way through!

Best kanji app I've used

46makun

Unlike most flash card apps, this prompts you with kanji, kana, and English at different times rather than giving you two at once. It has all the relevant kanji PLUS useful compounds. It's absolutely worth it to buy the full pack.

Great app

Kman10187

Basic and to the point. Great for learning.

Never got my purchase

Amoors43

How do I get a refund? I've redownloaded the app multiple times and still the purchase doesn't come through. Their link to app support goes to a spam page. I want my money back!

Best app I've tried for learning kanji

kheitl

Keeps my interest. The use of repetition, and switching back & forth btw English & Japanese audio, kana and romaji really helps the kanji "stick". It's totally worth buying the whole pack of lessons; it's a steal for under $10. If it only had writing practice as well as reading, it'd be perfect!

Good Way to learn and review kanji

Meyshe

This app is way better than physical flashcards, and the constant review reinforces the learning. I already knew most of the kanji from studying Chinese, but the pronunciations and often the meanings can vary widely, so learning kanji and the Japanese written language in general is an inherently difficult task. The app could be improved by adding more compounds or even sample sentences, but the student will be using other learning materials at the same time. Within its limitations it's an excellent tool.

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Convenient, but eventually becomes unusable.

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Great app

Never got my purchase

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Good Way to learn and review kanji

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