Learn Japanese with Loquus

Learn Japanese.

Japanese brings together a new writing system and ways of arranging a sentence that may be unfamiliar. Loquus gives you lessons, audio, and reference tools to explore them together. Start with a few useful words, then take time to look at how they are written and used.

こんにちは

Start with a greeting. Keep going from there.

01

Make time for kana

Japanese writing uses hiragana, katakana, and kanji. The alphabet reference offers a place to explore the course's character material and hear examples. When you meet a word, connect its written form with the reading and audio instead of trying to learn the spelling on its own.

02

Notice the small words

Particles help show how the parts of a Japanese sentence relate to one another. Use Grammar Center to explore a pattern and read its examples. Take a short phrase you are learning and notice what comes after each word as well as the words themselves.

03

Read the situation as well as the words

Japanese wording changes with context and the relationship between speakers. Browse Phrasebook expressions with the situation in mind, and listen to how a whole reply sounds. Guided conversations offer a place to work with authored exchanges, replay the audio, and try an available response.

Tools to help you learn

In the app, start with three free lesson starts a day. Reference tools are included in free access. Loquus Plus adds unlimited lesson starts, section reviews, capstones and Arcade games.

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