Vol. 1 · No. 1Katsuyō Academy · Morning Edition

Kanji in the Wild

Meet the kanji you’ve learned in real Japanese sentences.
1Pick your kanji

Start with the kanji you’ve already met on the Wall, or pick a block of 100.

2Read the sentence

Every story is a real Japanese sentence. One word is marked in red:

3Answer

Say what the red word means, or how it’s read. Misses come back later, and Ask Katsu explains any sentence.

How do you want to play?

Which kanji? you can change this any time

More options: questions, answers, sentence length…
Ask about
Answer by
Round
Grammar up to estimated
Length up to
The rest of the sentence
Or type your own kanji
Classifieds

After you answer, press Ask Katsu why for a plain-English breakdown. Misses come back later, and the evening edition lists them all.

Where the news comes from. Sentences and translations: Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, each linked to its source. Word meanings: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0. Readings: kuromoji / IPADIC, checked against each kanji’s own readings. Grammar levels are an estimate from the kanji, the words and the grammar in each sentence.