Japanese language learning made practical

Build your first real Japanese foundation.

Smart Nihongo starts with hiragana, pronunciation, and useful everyday phrases in a calm path for English speakers who want to start reading and speaking Japanese with confidence.

Open flashcards Try restaurant talk

あ a

い i

う u

え e

お o

日 sun/day

Begin with sounds you can recognize, then connect them to useful phrases and short reading practice.

Separate area

Hiragana flashcards

Practice reading, listening, and typed romaji prompts. Logged-in progress tracks accuracy, streaks, and weak characters.

First lesson page

Restaurant talk

Start with a small 2D restaurant scene and a sample conversation for ordering politely in Japanese.

Ready to grow

More pages later

The learning pages are real ProcessWire pages, so new lessons can be added from the admin area as the course grows.