Yack your way into Japanese — for free
Learn Japanese with 168 free lessons that treat the language as it actually is — three scripts, tricky particles, and all.
Yak Yacker free Japanese course
168 audio lessons from beginner to intermediate, all free.
Japanese placement test
A JLPT-style estimate of your level in a few minutes.
Japanese vocabulary test
See how many Japanese words you actually know.
Yak Cards, free flashcards
Flip a card. Swipe if you know it. Swipe if you don’t.
Free Japanese graded readers
Retold stories in easy Japanese you can actually finish.
Vocabulary by level
Japanese lists by level, ready to spend.
JLPT levels
What N5 to N1 means. Useful, not a certificate.
Three scripts. One yacking good time.
Japanese asks a lot of you up front — hiragana, katakana, kanji — then hands back some of the friendliest sentence patterns you'll ever meet. We'll get you through both sides of that deal.
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