A free daily lesson that takes you from zero to reading real Japanese — menus, signs, messages, games, conversations. Built on recall and spaced repetition, not a word-a-day you'll forget.
Tap the buttons — the audio is real and the practice works. All 100 days look like this.
Every day opens with a real sentence you can understand — in romaji at first, with the real characters fading in as you learn them. Here’s Day 1’s:
The breakdown: これ kore — this · は wa — marks the topic · すし sushi · です desu — is. Swap in any noun and you’ve made your own sentence.
⤷ Then the kana side-quest (~2 min): your first five characters.
This is a real course, with the learning mechanics built in.
The highest-frequency words that actually show up in real Japanese, and grammar taught as a system — how sentences work, not phrases to memorize.
Every lesson tests you, and old words come back on a 1·3·7·16·35-day schedule — the science of not forgetting. A “word a day” skips this.
Real native sentences with audio from the first email — in romaji that dissolves into kana as you learn. Plus a daily pointer to real listening and reading at your level.
Three phases, each building on the last — sequenced for understanding, not test-cramming.
You understand and say real Japanese immediately — romaji fades out as the characters fade in, then grammar names what you’ve been doing.
Sentences flow together — including the clause structure that unlocks real reading.
Follow how people really talk, then learn from real content on your own.
None. Day 1 starts with a real sentence you’ll understand in romaji — the writing system rides along as a two-minute side-quest each day. If you can read this sentence, you can start.
Only if it never comes off. Here it’s a training wheel with a deadline: it dissolves into kana as you learn each character and is gone for good on Day 15 — the same progressive method as Japanese From Zero. Meaning first, characters close behind.
About 10–15 minutes — a short lesson plus a few minutes of recall practice, and a daily pointer to real listening or reading at your level if you want more. Miss a day? Tomorrow's still there.
The full 100-day course is free. Later there's an optional paid review system that adapts to your weak spots — but you never need it to finish.
No — and we won't pretend. 100 days gets you the on-ramp: the point where Japanese stops being noise and immersion finally starts working.
One short email a day. Free. Start whenever you're ready.