SHIRO白
Shiro, a white fox-cat with one blue eye and one orange, under a red torii gate at night

準備中 ・ Not open yet

All 2,136 kanji.
9,816 words.
From your first あ to N1.In one app.

日本語を、ぜんぶ。

お知らせ ・ THE DAY IT OPENS

Hear when Shiro opens

It opens to everyone on the same day. Leave your email and Shiro will tell you when.

We email you a link to confirm. Then one email the day Shiro opens, nothing else. Leave any time. How we handle it.

覚え方 ・ HOW A KANJI STICKS

Three trees make a forest

Every one of the 2,136 kanji comes with a short story made from the parts you can see in it, and most with a picture. Here is 森, as the app teaches it.

Shiro's picture for 森: three pine trees standing close together, drawn as a pixel-art sticker
Meaning
forest, woods
Readings
もり ・ シン
Level
N4

木tree林grove

One tree is a tree. Two is a grove. Three and you are lost: forest.

  • 森もりforest
  • 森林しんりんforest

森もりの 中なかに きれいな いずみが あります。There is a beautiful spring in the forest.

One road, from あ to N1

Kana first, then kanji, words, grammar and reading, cut into days on one road to N1.

  1. N5
  2. N4
  3. N3
  4. N2
  5. N1

You always know what is next: the road shows your next stop, with one plain line on why it comes now.

先生 ・ YOUR TEACHER

Shiro, your teacher

Shiro, a white fox-cat, sitting on a veranda at night beside a cup of tea
シロShiro, on the veranda.

  • Plans your day

    Up to five tasks fitted to the minutes you have, due reviews first, each with one plain line on why.

  • Explains

    Ask about any word, kanji or grammar point. He answers in plain English, with the Japanese and its reading.

  • Listens when you speak

    Speak ・ rehearse a scene line by line, then talk it through with him live, out loud. He remembers what you found hard.

  • Names the world with you

    Lens ・ point your camera at a thing and get its Japanese name, its readings and one sentence at your level.

Speak, Lens, Shiro's answers and the drawing lookup's fallback use AI, with a fair-use allowance: live Speak 25 minutes a month, 365 Lens photos a year, and allowances for the rest. During the free trial: 10 Lens photos and 15 live minutes in all.

ぜんぶ ・ ALSO IN THE APP

And the rest is already packed

  • N5–N1Mock exams in the JLPT formatAt every level: timed, and scored by the exam's own sections.
  • 1,000+Texts and listening piecesStories, articles, notices and emails to read, and conversations to hear, each at its level.
  • 2,136Kanji to write by handStroke order for every one. Trace it, then write it from memory.
  • Draw to searchDraw a kanji you cannot type and find it among all 2,136, matched on your device first.

料金 ・ PRICE

One plan, every level in it

$149a year

  • 14日間、無料Free for 14 days, with no card needed. During the free trial: 10 Lens photos and 15 live minutes in all.
  • ひとつのプランAfter that, one plan, billed once a year and renewing each year until you cancel.
  • いつでも、やめられるCancel any time from 私 (Me) in the app, and access runs to the end of the year you paid for.
  • 返金A full refund within 14 days of your first payment, with no reason needed (once per email address).

Terms ・ Privacy

お知らせ ・ THE DAY IT OPENS

Be told the day it opens

One email to confirm, then one the day Shiro opens. How we handle it.

Testers, and moving to the Home Screen app

移行コード ・ TRANSFER CODE

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招待 ・ INVITE

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