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Life & fun · April 21, 2021

I made a mobile video player for Japanese language learners

A full-featured immersion language learning suite for mobile. - arianneorpilla/jidoujisho

I made a mobile video player for Japanese language learners launched on April 21, 2021 with 6 votes, #1,456 of 3,754 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

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