宮 Miya Japanese

From your first kana to JLPT N3

Learn Japanese a little every day, with みや.

Short lessons where you type the answers, flashcards that know what you're about to forget, and reading written each night around what you love.

Works in your phone's browser today. 7-day free trial of everything, no card.

Talk about your day5 / 8
"I got up at seven."
Tonight's story · about baking友達ともだちとパンを作つくりました。

How it works

Made to stick, not just to tap through.

Ten to twenty minutes a day. みや picks what's next, so there's nothing to plan.

あ

Starts where you are

Never read あ? The kana course is free and takes about two weeks. Know some already? A short placement test starts you at your level.

入

You type, so you remember

Picking from a list feels easy and fades fast. Once you've seen a word, you type it, which is what makes it stay.

読

Reading about what you like

Tell みや what you're into: cooking, football, anime, cars. Each night there's a short story and easy news at your level.

札

Cards that remember for you

The 1,500 most useful words, each with a real sentence and its own voice. Reviews come back just before you'd forget.

辞

The dictionary has the last word

Every reading and meaning comes from real dictionaries. Anything the AI writes is checked against them before you see it.

友

Learn with friends

Share your code with a friend or family member for a weekly league, cheers and a shared goal. Only people you invite, never strangers.

The path

One clear road, in the right order.

Each step opens when you've passed the one before, and reviews keep the old steps fresh.

  1. かなHiragana and katakanaFree, with pictures, lookalike pairs and listening. Ends with your kana passport.
  2. N5First words, then everyday JapaneseIntroduce yourself, talk about your day, shop, eat out, ask the way.
  3. N4Plans, stories and opinionsSay what you want to do, what happened, and what you think.
  4. N3Real conversationsGuess, give reasons, ask favours and tell a story the way people actually talk.

Plans

Free to start. Plainly a trial after that.

Every new account gets 7 days of everything, with no card. The app shows how many days are left and tells you before it ends. Nothing is ever charged unless you choose to subscribe.

Free

For as long as you like

  • The whole kana course
  • First words and the first two units
  • Flashcards
  • The daily easy news and stories

みや Plus

The price is shown in the app before you pay

  • The whole course, all the way to N3
  • Reading and stories written for you each night
  • Chat with みや, and checks on your own sentences
  • Cancel any time in Google Play

Coming to Google Play

Get the Android app first.

Questions

Good to know

Do I need to know any Japanese?

No. If you can't read あ yet, みや starts with the kana course, free. If you can, a short test finds your level so you don't redo what you know.

Will I have to speak or write by hand?

No. You type your answers with your phone's Japanese keyboard (みや shows you how to add it). Nothing here can judge pronunciation, so it never pretends to. You'll hear every word and sentence read aloud.

Does it use AI?

Yes, Claude by Anthropic, to check your own sentences, chat with you and write your reading. It never decides a reading or meaning: those come from dictionaries, and everything it writes is checked before you see it. If something still looks wrong, one tap flags it.

Is it the official JLPT course?

No. The course follows the JLPT levels (N5, N4, N3) to show where you are, but Miya Japanese isn't connected to the JLPT or the organisations that run it.

Does it work offline?

Yes. Your phone keeps a few days of lessons, cards and reading, and sends what you did when you're back online.

What happens to my data?

It's used only to teach you. No ads, never sold. You can download it or delete your account any time in Settings → Account. The privacy page has the details in plain words.