{"id":106743,"date":"2017-09-04T17:31:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T21:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/learn\/japanese-flashcards\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T04:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T08:06:12","slug":"japanese-flashcards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/japanese\/japanese-flashcards\/","title":{"rendered":"19 Japanese Flashcard Resources for Flippin’ to Fluency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Japanese flashcards are awesome for practicing vocabulary, conjugation and even grammar.\u00a0 I’ve been using flashcards since I started learning Japanese to now working as a Japanese-English translator<\/a>, so I’ve got plenty of recommendations.<\/p>\n

Below, you’ll find my 19 recommended resources for both digital and physical Japanese flashcards<\/strong>, complete with pros and cons so you can find the option that suits you best.<\/p>\n

All of them are well-designed and easy to use and many of them come with handy features like example sentences, pronunciation guides and automatic reviewing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Online Japanese Flashcards<\/h2>\n

Best for Learning Kanji: WaniKani<\/a>\"japanese<\/a><\/h3>\n

Summary:<\/strong> WaniKani teaches you 2,000 kanji from scratch, including their individual components and related vocabulary.<\/p>\n

Created by Tofugu<\/a>, a leading website for learning about all things Japan, WaniKani is designed to build your Japanese knowledge from the ground up.<\/p>\n

WaniKani primarily focuses on teaching kanji and vocabulary<\/strong>. The flashcards are constructed based on kanji radicals, breaking every character down into its individual parts and teaching them with easy-to-remember mnemonics starring fun characters like the crabigator and friendly, often silly explanations.<\/p>\n

After you’ve studied the radicals, WaniKani moves on to kanji, but it doesn’t leave you hanging with simply memorizing the pronunciations. Several vocabulary words containing said kanji are introduced at the same time. As you learn these, you have a space to add notes.<\/p>\n

Each new lesson is also reinforced by a quiz. You can head to your dashboard to see all of your progress.<\/p>\n

The website is designed to maximize your retention of kanji<\/a> in a fun, approachable way. It won’t bombard you with 500 questions all at once\u2014you get a set amount of terms to study every day, and that’s all you have to do. It takes the guesswork out of studying!<\/p>\n

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