Learn Japanese: JLPT Hero
iOS app by Handtechnics. Education · Handtechnics
- Store rating
- 5 / 5
- Store rating count
- 3
- Download price
- Free to download
- In-app purchases
- Unknown
- Version
- 1.6
- Listing last refreshed
- 2026-09-09
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School. Find 学, then 校, on a grid of kanji — and you've just built 学校 yourself. Do that 8,332 times and you know every word on every JLPT, N5 through N1. That is the whole app. JLPT Hero takes the complete JLPT word list and turns it into a fast recognition game you'll actually keep opening — the same Hero Method that has taught Chinese learners since 2016, built for Japanese. Free to try. WHY IT WORKS WHEN FLASHCARDS DON'T A flashcard shows you a word and asks "did you know that?" — and it's far too easy to nod along. JLPT Hero makes you do the work. You get the English meaning, the romaji, or both; you can tap to hear the word; then you have to find its characters on a grid of kanji and kana drawn from the same JLPT level. Switch to English-only prompts and you must produce the Japanese word in your head before you can spot it. That's recall, not recognition — and it's the difference between knowing 学校 on a card and reading it cold on a street sign in Tokyo. DIAL THE DIFFICULTY UP OR DOWN • Prompt with the English meaning, the romaji, or both • Play on a 2×2, the classic 3×3, or a 4×4 grid — the 4×4 is humbling • Turn on Assist Mode if kana and kanji are brand new to you • Jump to any level, N5 through N1, whenever you like EVERY WORD ON EVERY JLPT • All 8,332 words of the JLPT N5, N4, N3, N2 and N1 vocabulary, organized by level • Hiragana, katakana and kanji, beautifully rendered • Tap to hear every word spoken aloud, at learner speed • Romaji and English definitions for every word • Works offline: the train, the plane, the ten minutes before class • No ads, no account, no data collection WHO IT'S FOR • JLPT candidates who need the vocabulary automatic before exam day • Beginners who want to read kana and kanji instead of leaning on romaji • Intermediate learners climbing from N3 toward N2 and N1 • Anyone who has quietly deleted three flashcard apps GOOD TO KNOW Complete beginner? Yes, it's for you: start at N5, turn on Assist Mode and keep both prompts on until you're ready to make it harder. Writing practice or a dictionary? No. JLPT Hero does one job — making you recognize and recall Japanese words fast — and does it well. Which levels? All five, N5 to N1: 8,332 words. Not a level pack. The whole list. Who makes it? A small independent studio that has kept HSK Hero on the App Store since 2016 and JLPT Hero since 2020. What does it cost? The first group of levels is free. If it clicks, one purchase unlocks all 8,332 words for good. Most Japanese apps charge every month until you quit; this one charges once. Pick a level. See how far the Hero Method takes you. 頑張って！
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