

You Can Kana - Learn Japanese Hiragana & Katakana
James Moulang · August 11, 2021 · Education, Typing, Word Game, Arcade, Score Attack
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You Can Kana - Learn Japanese Hiragana & Katakana costs $2.56 in the United States, $2.56 in Georgia (USD), £2.97 in the United Kingdom, €3.31 in Europe (EUR), CA$11.49 in Canada, NZ$12.39 in New Zealand, A$14.50 in Australia, zł19.02 in Poland and R$20.69 in Brazil right now.
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| $2.56 −74% | $9.99 | $2.56 | 4 | |
| $2.56 −59% | $6.29 | $2.56 | 4 | |
| £2.97 −58% | £6.99 | £2.97 | 3 | |
| €3.31 −59% | €7.99 | €3.31 | 3 | |
| CA$11.49 | CA$11.49 | — | 1 | |
| NZ$12.39 | NZ$12.39 | — | 1 | |
| A$14.50 | A$14.50 | — | 1 | |
| zł19.02 −47% | zł35.99 | zł19.02 | 2 | |
| R$20.69 | R$20.69 | — | 1 |
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About You Can Kana - Learn Japanese Hiragana & Katakana
You Can Kana teaches you to read Japanese hiragana and katakana through quick lessons with audio and interactive stroke practice, then tests your speed in Challenge Mode. The game adapts to your progress and includes real Japanese words and JLPT vocabulary to help you master the phonetic alphabets that are essential to reading Japanese.
What are Hiragana and Katakana?
They are the phonetic Japanese alphabets. If you want to learn to read Japanese, there's no better place to start than with hiragana and katakana!

Features:
- Quick and engaging lessons introduce you to Katakana and Hiragana characters.
- Learn pronunciation with audio provided by Learn Japanese Adventure.
- Learn stroke order interactively for each character to help with memorisation.
- Lessons adapt to your progress, showing difficult characters more frequently.
- Practise by reading real Japanese words and seeing their English translations.
- Practise with vocab from the JLPT - the standardised proficiency tests created by the Japanese government.
- When you're ready, improve reading speed and accuracy in Challenge Mode.
- Jump straight to the end of the lessons with a quick test, if you're feeling confident.
- Suitable for beginners and experts alike!

You Can Kana - Learn Japanese Hiragana & Katakana — game info
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Player modes
- Single-player
- PC Game Pass
- Not included
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
You Can Kana - Learn Japanese Hiragana & Katakana effectively teaches Japanese writing systems through a structured, game-based approach that players find engaging and successful where traditional methods failed them. Players consistently praise the well-paced lessons, practice modes, soothing music, and how the repetitive gameplay helps knowledge retention, with many reporting they learned hiragana and katakana in a matter of weeks or months. Minor technical issues with achievements exist, but overall players strongly recommend this as a worthwhile tool for learning these Japanese scripts.
This is a good way to refresh your knowledge and improve your reading speed.1 found this helpful
Playing this game made me realize that Duolingo definitely helps, but this game’s learning method really makes sure you’ve got things memorized before moving on. It also regularly tosses in previously “mastered” characters so you don’t forget them. I also like sounding out the words as I type them for extra practice. The tests are great as well, and frustratingly so when you start confusing similar looking characters! I’m excited to get to the JLPT section. I’m still working through Katakana after finishing Hiragana, but so far I’m really enjoying the process. Overall, I’d definitely recommend it as a great tool for learning and memorizing Japanese characters!
good way to learn hiragana and katakana
“This game is very nice, I really love it, but I just have one problem: I can’t unlock the achievement for 10,000 points in the Hiragana challenge. I finished it, but I didn’t receive the achievement. If someone has a solution, I’d be grateful.”
After a year of trying to learn to read hiragana, having just few minutes a day for studying, I think this is the best thing that actually works.
extremely good way to learn the japanese alphabets. well paced, soothing music, and well structured to ensure the information sticks
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