16 October, 2018

More apps to learn from

It's an exiting post (at least for me). In the past week I found more helpful apps to study Japanese. Some of them are payed, but you can still use free limited version. Of course I'll soon update the official post about the best apps to lean Japanese, but I did want to bring the updates in a form of new post. So lets start.

First, the apps for learning Kanji. For a long time I ignored the apps of Kanji for JLPT exam. It was my mistake, because when I decided to study for JLPT level N5, I discovered a new world of apps.
The best app I found for the Kanji level N5 an N4 is Study Kanji N4 N5. As simple as that. It's completely free, has an intuitive interface and has complimenting apps for level N3 and N2.
Another Kanji studding app is Japanese Kanji Study. It has the animations for the right way of writing each Kanji. It breaks each Kanji to its' components (I think it's the best feature of this up). And it also provide really wide vocabulary for all the levels of JLPT exam. The down side of this app is if you want to unlock the advanced levels for learning, you should buy the app. But if you use it just for the Kanji dictionary - it's free to roam around.

The second category of apps is for the intermediate learners. After you have the basics of the Japanese language, the best way to advance is to read articles in Japanese. But you can't just open a newspaper or a book and start reading. It's still too hard. For that purpose there are simplified texts of "easy Japanese". The most useful and comfortable app in this area is Tangoristo. It gives you daily news in simplified language. It shows all the vocabulary list for every article and from which category of difficulty every word is. You can see the translation for every word and mark the words you want to keep learning. And the most important thing about it - it's free.

Well, that's it for now. Good luck.

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