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Weekend Project - Japanese Wordsearch Builder is a tool for creating word search puzzles using Japanese characters. It caters to language learners and educators looking to build custom practice activities. The software… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Weekend Project - Japanese Wordsearch Builder launched in 2010; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    2025 · whatsit.today · its alternatives →

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    The idea is actually quite simple. As a Japanese learner and a coder, I've always wanted there to be an open-source, 100% free for learning Japanese, similar to Monkeytype in the typing community. Unfortunately, pretty much all language learning apps are closed-sourced and paid these days, and the ones that are free have unfortunately been abandoned. But of course, just creating yet another language learning app was not enough - there has to be a unique selling point. And then I thought to myself: why not make it crazy and do what no other language learning app ever did by adding a gazillion…

    2025 · kanadojo.com · its alternatives →

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    Custom word puzzles for friends

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, it’s been 8 years since I posted on here about the launch of my Japanese dictionary app Nihongo [0] and I’m finally back with a new app: Nihongo Lessons! Think of Nihongo Lessons as the textbook to Nihongo’s dictionary. It’s an app for learning Japanese, specifically made for learners who are serious about becoming fluent, and want a guided set of content that will help them efficiently acquire vocabulary and grammar. The project came about when Adam Shapiro of Japanese Level Up (Jalup) [1] announced last April that he was shutting Jalup down. As a fan of Adam’s work I was bummed to…

    2022 · lessons.nihongo-app.com · its alternatives →

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    Visual vocabulary builder

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Japanese dictionary app for iPhone and iPad with kanji lookup, example sentences, flashcards, OCR photo lookup, and a Safari extension for reading Japanese.

    2015 · nihongo-app.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, Just wanted to share a tool i've been working on to help with my own study routine. It’s a browser extension called Lingoku. The idea is simple: we spend hours browsing the web in English every day. This tool replaces some of the english words with Japanese vocabulary based on your japanese level (Similar to Toucan, but with a better user experience). It’s basically an attempt to make the "i+1" method actually passive, you understand the sentence because it's mostly english, but you pick up Japanese words naturally from the context. It uses an LLM in the backend to make sure the…

    Dec 2025 · lingoku.ai · its alternatives →

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    I shared Word Slicer here a while back — it’s a free, ad-free, browser-based word game where you try to find 5 words in 5 minutes. Since then I’ve been improving it (daily challenge archive, cleaner UI, better stats), and I’d love more feedback from the HN crowd. In particular, I’m interested in thoughts on the gameplay flow, design/UX, and what would make it more engaging.

    2024 · wordslicer.com · its alternatives →

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    Vocabulary enhancer with live activities

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Wordu▲70

    Fast-paced word builder game

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Word Webs▲149

    Interactive brainstroming made fun

    2020 · wordwebs.app · its alternatives →

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    Study Japanese Kanji words with this simply game

    2023 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    A fun word game! / Fajna gra słowna!

    2020 · danieljanus.pl · its alternatives →

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    A daily visual guessing game drawn from this day in Wikipedia history.

    2022 · doodleai.darraghoriordan.com · its alternatives →

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    Hilo - Hi. Lo. Solve. A daily word puzzle.

    Jul 2026 · hilogame.cc · its alternatives →

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    Open source app for learning foreign words

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Daily word-grid puzzle

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Create your own word search puzzle or play it online

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Create puzzles & challenge friends

    2021 · puthir.in · its alternatives →

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