Nihonzo: Learn Japanese
Thanh Hai Pham Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Nihonzo: Learn Japanese is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by Thanh Hai Pham. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated October 21, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 74 MB
- Age 17+
- Updated
- Oct 21
- 2026 · v1.0.5
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About Nihonzo: Learn Japanese
Nihonzo – learn Japanese from the things you already love: videos, news and Japanese websites. Don't know a word? Tap it. Built for Vietnamese speakers, N5 to N1. ◆ LEARN FROM YOUR FAVOURITE VIDEOS Add any Japanese video you love on YouTube – anime, vlogs, news, podcasts. Watch with subtitles and tap any word to look it up without leaving the video. ◆ READ REAL JAPANESE NEWS AT YOUR LEVEL "Tin phù hợp" picks articles that match your vocabulary and suggests a few words and grammar points to learn before you read. ◆ BROWSE JAPANESE SITES & SOCIAL MEDIA, TAP TO LOOK UP Open any Japanese site – NHK, Yahoo! Japan, blogs, social media – inside the app. Tap a word for its Vietnamese meaning, reading and Sino-Vietnamese reading. ◆ ASK AI ABOUT TRICKY PHRASES Stuck on a sentence? Ask AI for an explanation in Vietnamese: grammar, nuance, similar examples. (Uses your own OpenAI, Google Gemini or DeepSeek API key – stored only on your device.) ◆ PRACTISE SPEAKING Role-play 251 conversations: the app reads the other part, you say yours, and speech recognition scores how close you were. Plus casual spoken Japanese the way people really talk. A SOLID JLPT FOUNDATION • 566 grammar points N5–N1 with Vietnamese explanations and examples • 33,000+ words with Sino-Vietnamese readings, pitch accent, audio and examples • 674 N3–N2 kanji in prep-book order, with stroke order and compounds • Filter vocabulary and grammar by the textbook you use (e.g. Shinkanzen Master, Nihongo So-matome) • 22 JLPT mock tests, ~600 grammar questions, an auto study plan built around your exam date • 117 short business listening drills, IT / BrSE vocabulary, business Japanese (BJT) • Sound-alike word drills (けいしき / けしき) and review games NO ADS · NO ACCOUNT NEEDED Your study data stays on your device. Vocabulary, grammar and kanji work offline. 7-DAY FREE TRIAL Full access for 7 days, then choose a 6-month, 12-month or lifetime pass – one-time payment, no auto-renewal. Feedback: [email protected] YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC. Textbook names are used only to organize content by the book you study; Nihonzo is not affiliated with Google or these publishers. Dictionary data: JMdict/KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
What’s new
Version 1.0.5 · Updated October 21, 2026
• Videos: follow Japanese-teaching YouTube channels. The Explore tab shows new videos from a few suggested channels; add any channel by link or @handle. The Home screen tells you when there are new videos. • Web browser: searches and links you type are kept in "Open tabs" so you can pick them up later. • Daily study reminder at 20:00 (change the time or turn it off in Settings). • Corrected meanings and example sentences for some N5 words. • Minor bug fixes. Thank you for learning with Nihonzo! Feedback: [email protected]
App privacy
The developer, Thanh Hai Pham, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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