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[Taipingu](https://entibo.github.io/taipingu/) is an open-source browser-based Japanese **typing game**. It gives your random sentences from the [Tatoeba project](https://tatoeba.org/) (user contributed sentences), along with ふりがな, translations and audio.
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**Is this a learning tool?**
The idea is, if you’re having fun, you learn without even noticing.
As a beginner in Japanese, playing for a few hours helped me improve my hiragana reading speed, pick up common verbs and patterns, and overall help me feel more comfortable with the language.
I’m also experimenting with a “comprehensible input” feature that introduces 1 unknown kanji reading* per sentence. The game marks kanji readings as known when you manage to type them while ふりがな is disabled.
** ideally this would be applied to dictionary words, not just kanji*
**Let me know what you think…**
I’m interested in knowing how you would use this as a learning tool. What feature is missing? SRS integration? Sentence difficulty filter? More “game feel”? Grammar points? Typing words instead of sentences?
**Links**
Play the game: [https://entibo.github.io/taipingu/](https://entibo.github.io/taipingu/)
[Source on GitHub](https://github.com/entibo/taipingu)
[Discord server](https://discord.gg/pbaFq2RebV)
Hey everyone! A little while ago I launched a web app called QuizLingua, it’s a quiz-based game for learning Japanese (and Korean), with both real-time multiplayer battles and a solo practice mode.
I built it after struggling to stay motivated while learning both languages, quick, interactive quizzes worked way better for me, so I figured others might find it helpful too.
Core features:
Real-time quiz battles
Solo practice mode
No sign-up needed (guest play available)
Learning section for characters & vocab
Progress tracking, achievements & leaderboards
Global chat + friends system
🔄 New updates just added:
Bots in multiplayer, so you can play instantly
Audio on the learning page – tap to hear pronunciation
Improved mobile UI + various bug fixes
It’s still early days so multiplayer might be a bit quiet, but I’d really love any feedback if you check it out!
🔗 [https://quizlingua.com](https://quizlingua.com)
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One of the hardest things when you learn Japanese, Chinese, or Korean is ordering food. Often, the characters are not very common, you lack the context to understand the dishes, and Google Translate comes up with such gems as Dolphin, Leg Soup, etc.
I got so frustrated by this problem when travelling in Japan and Taiwan, that I decided to create the best food **ordering helper for 🇯🇵 Japanese, 🇹🇼🇨🇳 Chinese, and 🇰🇷 Korean learners** called: [Menu, please!](https://www.menu-please.app/)
**Here’s how it works! (See screenshots)**
**📸 Single photo to unlock a full understanding of each dish:** Translation includes pronunciation, audio example to know how to pronounce it, ingredients, flavors, and cultural context. No more need to try to aim your phone to get the right angle for Google Translate!
**👋 Order directly in the app:** Pick your dishes in the app – no more pointing or guesswork. You can use the translation to order yourself or play the audio to the staff.
**🎙️ Communicate with ease:** Live translate preferences, restrictions, or other wishes. Record, translate, and play messages instantly — both ways
https://i.redd.it/67hyj0b1o52f1.gif
The app is a Web App (which can be pinned to your home screen) – an iOS and Android version is coming soon. **It’s completely free to use** and is a passion project of mine, so I ask you to give me your feedback on how to improve [Menu, please!](https://www.menu-please.app/) and help make it the best Japanese ordering tool available.
I already received positive feedback – check them out at [r/JapanTravelTips](https://www.reddit.com/r/JapanTravelTips/comments/1krwhnp/comment/mtgr647/?context=3)
Thank you, and happy ordering!
Krists & Chris
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Hello all, I have made a Japanese learning quiz for android. The quiz has 2 parts. JLPT kanji quiz and also 穴埋め type quiz (fill in the same kanji that fits in several words)
It’s still relatively early stages and I’d appreciate feedback!
to download the game, you need to sign up for the beta. This has 2 steps
1 – Request to join the group here [https://groups.google.com/g/jquiz-testers](https://groups.google.com/g/jquiz-testers) Make sure you use the same google account with which you will use the Google Play store to download the app.
2 – Once a member of the group , download the game from the app store [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.erry.jquiz](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.erry.jquiz)
3- Feedback – Feel free to message me on reddit, email me (should be able to see my email on the group) or post issues on the github! [https://github.com/errietta/jquiz](https://github.com/errietta/jquiz)
Thanks a lot – I appreciate your commitment in joining the Beta program. Unfortunately it’s a requirement from Google to have a lot of beta testers before I can make the game downloadable by everyone :/
Joining the beta program requires giving your email address but it will not be shared or used outside of that purpose. The game does not collect any data and at the moment runs completely offline.
Hey Everyone,
I’ve been working on an immersion web app [mirumoji](https://mirumoji.com) for a while now.
It’s meant to make it easier to watch anime episodes/ J-Drama/ videos that you have locally with Japanese subs out of the box, without having to worry about abs setups or anything.
# Features
– Video player renders uploaded subs with clickable words and optional Furigana. Click any word to get JMDict entry or GPT explanation.
– Generate synced and ready to watch subs for videos of any length with the best Speech to Text AI model (accuracy is 96%-98% depending on video)
– When clicking on a sub word while watching a video, you can save a clip of the passage and export it as an Anki card with the word meanings , reading and GPT explanation.
– Record audio from something you’re watching or your own voice and transcribe to interactive sub-like text with Furigana. Optionally filter the audio for better transcription accuracy in the case of anime episodes with background music.
– If the video you have is in a weird format you can quickly convert it to .mp4 so that it plays nicely.
– User page where you can download and manage the generated subtitles, converted videos, transcripts and clips.
# Pricing
– The player with JMDict lookups and Furigana subtitles for your own uploads is free and you don’t need to log in.
– For the other features it’s 2$/month with a 3-day free-trial.
**If you would like to give feedback, as in
write a quick email with what you like, don’t like and your impression about it I’ll be happy to give you a free month.**
Thank you !
777 Kanji Flashcard App
We released a most frequent kanji flashcard app for the iPhone called 777 Kanji.
[777 Kanji on the iPhone App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/777-kanji/id6745852622)
With the 777 Most Frequent Kanji you can achieve up to 90% coverage of kanji you’ll see in the wild.
The app is totally free and collects no data, it runs entirely locally on your device.
There’s a flashcard mode with 777 kanji cards with readings, related terms, and meanings on the back.
There’s a quiz mode that tests your understanding of the meanings for 10 kanji at a time.
Check it out and let us know what you think!
Link: [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/777-kanji/id6745852622](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/777-kanji/id6745852622)
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Alpha version of YouTube immersion website:
[hanabira.org](http://hanabira.org/)
free, open-source, even self-hostable
Has built in dictionary with audio, vocabulary and sentence mining, furigana injection, Japanese and English subtitles side by side, custom simple flashcards and much more.
Discord for feature requests:
[https://discord.com/invite/afefVyfAkH](https://discord.com/invite/afefVyfAkH)
there are many developers already in the hanabira discord, so great place to discuss language learning apps (and even showcase yours)
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