YiWords
Learn Japanese vocabulary
1,413 Japanese words, every one with a picture, an example and native-speaker audio.
37 topic packs · 38 levels · 791 subtitled videos
- You see the picture and the word before any exercise. No word lists.
- Five card types rotate. About five minutes a set.
- Shadowing plays sentences one by one, translation underneath.
Start with JapaneseFree to download. Try one set first.
All topic packs (37)
Religion & BeliefsTemple Visit
Tools & EquipmentRepair Site
MilitaryMilitary Training
SportsSports Field Workouts · Competition Arena
AgricultureFields and Farmers · Crops and Farming · Fisherman Catching Fish
NaturePark Daily Scenes · Leisure Time in the Park · Visiting a Zoo · Forest Exploration
Home LifeBathroom Showering · Garbage Sorting and Disposal
Finance and EconomySupermarket Shopping
Technology and DigitalScience Laboratory
Culture and ArtMusic Concerts · Visiting an Exhibition · Historical Site Visits
ClothingTrying Clothes at a Clothing Store
EntertainmentChildish Mischief
Workplace and CareerOffice Daily Tasks · Office Supplies & Environment · Factory Daily Environment · Production Process Elements · Press Conference
Festivals and FolkloreWedding Party & Process · Wedding Decor & Guest Interaction
Study and EducationClassroom Daily Phrases · Student Campus Life · Buying Books at a Bookstore
Health and MedicalBody and Symptom Expressions · Medical Procedures and Feelings
Travel & TransportationTransportation and Driving · Accident Investigation and Handling
Emotions & PsychologyCouple Dates
Questions people ask
Is there an app to learn Japanese vocabulary with pictures?
Yes. YiWords has 1,413 published Japanese words, each with an illustration, meaning, collocations, example sentences and native-speaker audio, grouped into 37 topic packs and 38 levels. It also has 791 short Japanese videos, subtitled and translated line by line.
How should a beginner start learning Japanese?
Get the few hundred most common words and the basic sounds down first. Japanese is split into 38 short levels of about a dozen words each, or you can pick one of the 37 topic packs and start from a situation you actually need.
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