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Life & fun · March 4, 2025

Shinobi Japanese

Learn Japanese with Illustrated Stories

Shinobi Japanese launched on March 4, 2025 with 10 votes, #2,743 of 7,215 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

What it does

An App designed for effective, immersive language learning through illustrated stories. Master Japanese at any level by reading, listening, and experiencing the language in a way that’s both captivating and practical.

Learn Japanese through illustrated stories, native audio and smart spaced repetition. JLPT N5 to N2 in one free app, loved by 500,000+ learners. 4.9/5 on the App Store.

Shinobi blends comprehensible input, illustrated stories and spaced repetition so JLPT N5 to N2 becomes a path, not a wall. Mizuki is a 17-year-old maiko. Today again she puts on her kimono and walks the streets of Kyoto. A few years later, thanks to many experiences, she was able to become a geisha. Now, she serves tea to her guests and tells them quiet stories. Every story is graded, illustrated and read by a native speaker. Tap any kanji for furigana, meaning and the exact nuance it carries in that sentence. Daily life, travel, food, work, fantasy, mystery — pick what interests you. Kanji, reading, listening, translation. Active recall turns passive reading into real fluency. 91 levels,…from shinobi-japanese.com

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