かな Kana
Japanese has two kana scripts, and they're the front door to everything on this site. We teach them recognition first: read them fast and confidently. Handwriting can come later, if you ever want it.
ひらがな Hiragana
The everyday script — grammar words, verb endings, and plenty of whole words. Start here.
カタカナ Katakana
The script for borrowed words — which means half of it is English in disguise. Sound it out and guess: instant wins.
Look-alikes
ツ vs シ and the other classic traps, with the stroke tricks that make them stick.
No quizzes here — progress is a reading line you can read, not a score. When you can read the vocabulary ofN4 Unit 1 without the romaji toggle, your kana are doing their job.
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