NihonDojo.ai

Stop wasting time on apps that treat you like a child.

While other Japanese learning apps busy themselves with cartoon mascots and meaningless streaks, we built something that actually works. Nihon Dojo doesn't care about making you feel good about yourself. We care about making you fluent in one of the hardest possible languages imaginable.

Most Japanese learning apps are designed to keep you subscribed, not to make you fluent. They feed you bite-sized "lessons" that feel productive but teach you nothing useful. They celebrate your "progress" when you've learned to say "I like apples" for the 47th time.

We're different. And you'll probably hate us for it.

REAL SPACED REPETITION THAT HURTS

We use the tried and true FSRS algorithm, not some watered-down knockoff. Will make you review words until you hate them, then review them more. No participation trophies.

Here is the twist: we generate sentences using only words you've already learned (revolutionary concept, we know). No more example sentences filled with 20 different N1 words you've never seen before. By giving you context clues that are targeted in real-time at your knowledge, we not only reinforce language in a natural way, we allow you to learn the meanings of new words even when you are seeing them for the first time.

Additionally, our built in formality switching teaches you how Japanese people actually talk; or if you're business oriented, we can do the opposite: turn you so textbook you'll be saying させていただきます in your sleep.

GRAMMAR THAT MAKES SENSE

In addition to shoving words down your throat until you are begging us to stop, we provide structured grammar lessons that build on each other. While it is an optional part of the app, it helps provide some context for the things you're learning.

CULTURAL CONTEXT

Finally, we're not just here to teach you how to conjugate. We also teach you why Japanese people say what they say. We cover the social rules other apps pretend don't exist, and prepare you for real conversations. You can't learn a language without learning the culture, they are one and the same.

KANA PRACTICE FOR VETERANS AND BEGINNERS ALIKE

If you're new, there is no easy way to learn and memorize Japanese kana, nor is there a shortcut. At the very least, we make it sort of fun and less painful to chip away at with a built in minigame. If you're serious, you could get them all down in a week or so playing this game every night before bed.

THE GUARANTEE THAT'LL SCARE YOU

Use this app every day for two years. Follow the system. Do the reviews. If you're not conversationally fluent, we'll refund every penny. Most apps won't make this promise because they know their cute gamification doesn't work. We will, because we built tools that do.

WHO THIS IS FOR

You should use NihonDojo if you want to actually speak Japanese. If you're tired of apps that waste your time with pointless games. If you can handle being challenged instead of constantly praised. If you want personalized training that adapts to your actual progress. If you're willing to do work that might not be "fun" but gets results.

Don't download this if you want an app that makes you feel good about doing nothing. If you think learning a language should be "effortless." If you need constant validation and cartoon characters cheering you on. If you're looking for a magic bullet that requires zero effort.

FREE FIRST

Believe it or not, making an app like this is a ton of work, and it only exists due to many long nights, fueled solely by a hate for Anki. While this app is free first (with no ads), it costs money to generate sentences and continue to develop new features. Your support means everything to me, so if you can chip in, please do!

HERE'S THE DEAL

No BS.

Just the tools you need to actually learn Japanese.

Download if you're serious. Skip if you want to play games.

Built by learners who got tired of apps that don't work.

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