Learn Kana in 2 Weeks

What is Kana?

In Japanese, there are four different writing systems: hiragana, katakana, kanji, and romaji. Hiragana is... Read more →

Basics of Hiragana

Hiragana is the first alphabet the Japanese learn. Hiragana is made of characters which carry... Read more →

Romanisation

Japanese Kana don’t sound exactly like they do when using romaji. It’s a good start,... Read more →

Special Katakana

The sounds in this group are only used in katakana because no Japanese original words... Read more →

Day 1 - あ, か and さ lines

Welcome to the first lesson in the series to get you familiar with different kana... Read more →

Day 2 - た, な and は lines

Welcome back to the second lesson in the series! Hopefully by now you've studied the... Read more →

Day 3 - ま, や, ら and わ lines

Welcome back to the third lesson in the series! You've really made some great progress... Read more →

Day 4 - が, ざ, だ, ば and ぱ lines - Diacritics

Welcome to the fourth lesson in the series! Today's new kana will be easy, and... Read more →

Day 5 - small ゃ, ゅ, and ょ - Yo-on

Welcome to the fifth lesson in the series and the last lesson to review Hiragana!... Read more →