You may be wondering, why use Kana Only? Unlike all other apps, Kana Only does not feature the romanization (rōmaji) of these characters. Although it makes reading easier in the beginning, the more and more you use it, the more it will mess with your intonation when you try to speak the language later on. Your accent and pronunciation will be off, which is crucial! If you want to be understood, use Kana Only! Kana Only will teach you the two Japanese phonetic alphabets Hiragana and Katakana, accompanied by high quality audio examples done by real, native Japanese speakers. Users can see what the characters look like and press on them to hear proper pronunciation. This hiragana and hiragana learning / practice app is fully customizable in how the characters are presented and how they are heard. Features - Get access to the complete table of Hiragana and Katakana characters. - Characters are organized into three categories: Basic Gojūon, Dakuten / Handakuten, and Yōon - Completely customizable appearance! Display Hiragana, Katakana, or both. You can change the color and font as well. - Completely customizable sound! Choose from multiple voices and speeds. - High-quality sound examples from real native Japanese speakers. - Easily readable, with smooth navigation that everyone can understand! - Fun way to enhance your learning! So what are you waiting for? Download Kana Only today and start learning Japanese Hiragana and Katakana the proper way! If you have any recommendations regarding our app, please don’t hesitate to let us know. We will consider all suggestions and accept all criticisms as early as possible. Thank you for downloading and don’t forget to share with your friends!
Awesome for us anti-romaji learners 😄
I’m definitely in the avoid romaji camp, so this app is great for me. However I just realized some katakana combinations are missing, for instance sounds that use a small イ and small エ. Otherwise it’s awesome and has been very helpful as I haven’t memorized everything yet (almost there!)
Exactly what I was looking for
I’ve been looking for a kana app that has pronunciation and no romaji. I learned Chinese (as used in Taiwan) and reached fluency after 5-7 years. One thing that truly helped my pronunciation and sense of immersion was to drop pinyin and learn zhuyin as unique sounds instead of mapping them to English sounds. After all, that’s what Taiwanese people use, so since I was going to live there I felt I should use it too. It worked, and for that reason I wanted to learn kana without mapping English sounds to the characters. I know there’s a large number of people who feel the same, clearly the developer understands this as well. Thank you for creating this. One small note: the back button doesn’t seem necessary once we’ve seen the welcome screen.
User friendly and helpful
Incredibly easy to use!! Great options to help you learn
Great app!
I never write reviews but this app has been so useful! I have been wanting to learn Japanese for awhile now but haven’t been able to find an app that is user friendly. Kana has exceeded all expectations and I am so glad I found it. Highly recommend!! Blaire
Awesome
Awesome and easy to use, can’t wait to learn.
Wonderful app!!
This is the app you want if you want to learn Japanese!! Ingenious!!
Kana
The best ap ever. I always wanted to learn Japanese and this is great!!!
Sorry for the delay in update for the new iOS version. Please continue to use and share this free resource to help you and friends learn kana pronunciation! Monetization - completely removed System - fixed an issue where app would crash on iOS 16
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