Course levels

Twelve levels, 512 units, hiragana to JLPT N1. A unit is one printable sheet — so finishing a sheet finishes a unit, and you always know where you are: not "somewhere in N3", but G14.

Start at A if you cannot read hiragana yet. Start at C if you can. Nothing is locked, nothing needs an account.

A

Hiragana

Row by row: trace it, match it, write it from memory

50 units
A1 あ・い・う・え・お first strokes, large A2 あ・い・う・え・お trace A3 あ・い・う・え・お match A4 あ・い・う・え・お write A5 あ・い・う・え・お quiz A6 か・き・く・け・こ trace A7 か・き・く・け・こ match A8 か・き・く・け・こ write A9 さ・し・す・せ・そ trace A10 さ・し・す・せ・そ match A11 さ・し・す・せ・そ write A12 た・ち・つ・て・と trace A13 た・ち・つ・て・と match A14 た・ち・つ・て・と write A15 か–た rows quiz A16 な・に・ぬ・ね・の trace A17 な・に・ぬ・ね・の match A18 な・に・ぬ・ね・の write A19 は・ひ・ふ・へ・ほ trace A20 は・ひ・ふ・へ・ほ match A21 は・ひ・ふ・へ・ほ write A22 ま・み・む・め・も trace A23 ま・み・む・め・も match A24 ま・み・む・め・も write A25 や・ゆ・よ trace A26 や・ゆ・よ match A27 や・ゆ・よ write A28 ら・り・る・れ・ろ trace A29 ら・り・る・れ・ろ match A30 ら・り・る・れ・ろ write A31 わ・を・ん trace A32 わ・を・ん match A33 わ・を・ん write A34 あ–な rows review A35 は–ん rows review A36 が・ぎ・ぐ・げ・ご trace A37 が・ぎ・ぐ・げ・ご match A38 が・ぎ・ぐ・げ・ご write A39 ざ・じ・ず・ぜ・ぞ trace A40 ざ・じ・ず・ぜ・ぞ match A41 ざ・じ・ず・ぜ・ぞ write A42 だ・ぢ・づ・で・ど trace A43 だ・ぢ・づ・で・ど write A44 ば行・ぱ行 trace A45 ば・び・ぶ・べ・ぼ match A46 ば・び・ぶ・べ・ぼ write A47 ぱ・ぴ・ぷ・ぺ・ぽ write A48 が–だ rows review A49 ば・ぱ rows review A50 all 46 review
B

Katakana

The same 46 sounds in the angular script, same rhythm

50 units
B1 ア・イ・ウ・エ・オ first strokes, large B2 ア・イ・ウ・エ・オ trace B3 ア・イ・ウ・エ・オ match B4 ア・イ・ウ・エ・オ write B5 ア・イ・ウ・エ・オ quiz B6 カ・キ・ク・ケ・コ trace B7 カ・キ・ク・ケ・コ match B8 カ・キ・ク・ケ・コ write B9 サ・シ・ス・セ・ソ trace B10 サ・シ・ス・セ・ソ match B11 サ・シ・ス・セ・ソ write B12 タ・チ・ツ・テ・ト trace B13 タ・チ・ツ・テ・ト match B14 タ・チ・ツ・テ・ト write B15 か–た rows quiz B16 ナ・ニ・ヌ・ネ・ノ trace B17 ナ・ニ・ヌ・ネ・ノ match B18 ナ・ニ・ヌ・ネ・ノ write B19 ハ・ヒ・フ・ヘ・ホ trace B20 ハ・ヒ・フ・ヘ・ホ match B21 ハ・ヒ・フ・ヘ・ホ write B22 マ・ミ・ム・メ・モ trace B23 マ・ミ・ム・メ・モ match B24 マ・ミ・ム・メ・モ write B25 ヤ・ユ・ヨ trace B26 ヤ・ユ・ヨ match B27 ヤ・ユ・ヨ write B28 ラ・リ・ル・レ・ロ trace B29 ラ・リ・ル・レ・ロ match B30 ラ・リ・ル・レ・ロ write B31 ワ・ヲ・ン trace B32 ワ・ヲ・ン match B33 ワ・ヲ・ン write B34 あ–な rows review B35 は–ん rows review B36 ガ・ギ・グ・ゲ・ゴ trace B37 ガ・ギ・グ・ゲ・ゴ match B38 ガ・ギ・グ・ゲ・ゴ write B39 ザ・ジ・ズ・ゼ・ゾ trace B40 ザ・ジ・ズ・ゼ・ゾ match B41 ザ・ジ・ズ・ゼ・ゾ write B42 ダ・ヂ・ヅ・デ・ド trace B43 ダ・ヂ・ヅ・デ・ド write B44 バ行・パ行 trace B45 バ・ビ・ブ・ベ・ボ match B46 バ・ビ・ブ・ベ・ボ write B47 パ・ピ・プ・ペ・ポ write B48 が–だ rows review B49 ば・ぱ rows review B50 all 46 review
C

JLPT N5 kanji

80 kanji in 13 sets you can actually use

16 units
E

JLPT N4 kanji

158 kanji: colours, food, body, work, town

23 units
G

JLPT N3 kanji

354 kanji in 34 sets you can actually use

45 units
G1 Government and politics G2 Business and the economy G3 Work and the workplace G4 Review G1–G3 with answers G5 Talking and reporting G6 Deciding, agreeing, objecting G7 Parts, sides and wholes G8 Review G5–G7 with answers G9 Change and becoming G10 Cause and result G11 Giving and receiving G12 Review G9–G11 with answers G13 Movement and direction G14 Travel and transport G15 Time and periods G16 Review G13–G15 with answers G17 Weather, light and the sky G18 Nature and living things G19 The body G20 Review G17–G19 with answers G21 Health, illness and danger G22 Feelings — joy, hope and love G23 Feelings — fear, anger and worry G24 Review G21–G23 with answers G25 Thinking, knowing and forgetting G26 Family and people G27 Winning, losing and trying G28 Review G25–G27 with answers G29 School and the arts G30 Quantity and degree G31 Rules, forms and conditions G32 Review G29–G31 with answers G33 Home and everyday things G34 What your hands do G35 Crime, safety and getting rid of things G36 Review G33–G35 with answers G37 Connections between things G38 Needing, asking and helping G39 More everyday verbs G40 Review G37–G39 with answers G41 Describing things G42 Ability, ease and chance G43 Places, cities and offices G44 Review G41–G43 with answers G45 Life, manners and celebration
H

JLPT N3 grammar

136 patterns grouped by what they do

29 units
I

JLPT N2 kanji

361 kanji in study order, ten per unit

48 units
J

JLPT N2 grammar

150 patterns, six per unit

33 units
K

JLPT N1 kanji

1,231 kanji in study order, ten per unit

164 units
K1 氏–価 K2 提–援 K3 施–独 K4 Review K1–K3 with answers K5 宮–株 K6 姿–整 K7 融–討 K8 Review K5–K7 with answers K9 攻–摘 K10 系–拡 K11 故–遺 K12 Review K9–K11 with answers K13 塁–標 K14 宣–臨 K15 踏–筋 K16 Review K13–K15 with answers K17 闘–崩 K18 紀–撤 K19 削–幕 K20 Review K17–K19 with answers K21 染–拠 K22 秘–盤 K23 項–棄 K24 Review K21–K23 with answers K25 邸–緩 K26 節–端 K27 賃–災 K28 Review K25–K27 with answers K29 浦–至 K30 宗–渋 K31 銃–謝 K32 Review K29–K31 with answers K33 駆–排 K34 裕–弘 K35 看–閥 K36 Review K33–K35 with answers K37 甲–範 K38 隠–熊 K39 滞–喚 K40 Review K37–K39 with answers K41 沿–柄 K42 驚–貫 K43 仙–舎 K44 Review K41–K43 with answers K45 偽–距 K46 雅–魅 K47 嫌–腐 K48 Review K45–K47 with answers K49 脚–賠 K50 句–蓄 K51 軸–秩 K52 Review K49–K51 with answers K53 帝–絞 K54 縁–芳 K55 懲–倫 K56 Review K53–K55 with answers K57 陳–墓 K58 黙–糧 K59 簿–慢 K60 Review K57–K59 with answers K61 鶴–泣 K62 隔–陰 K63 銘–棟 K64 Review K61–K63 with answers K65 壌–恩 K66 騰–衰 K67 艇–磯 K68 Review K65–K67 with answers K69 奨–悔 K70 諭–糖 K71 搭–荘 K72 Review K69–K71 with answers K73 諾–冠 K74 斜–魔 K75 酬–拓 K76 Review K73–K75 with answers K77 眼–欺 K78 釣–庶 K79 稚–疎 K80 Review K77–K79 with answers K81 仰–嘆 K82 菌–宰 K83 廊–晶 K84 Review K81–K83 with answers K85 墨–憂 K86 朴–潤 K87 悼–晋 K88 Review K85–K87 with answers K89 穂–晃 K90 癒–賓 K91 虜–粗 K92 Review K89–K91 with answers K93 訂–怠 K94 如–哀 K95 跳–呉 K96 Review K93–K95 with answers K97 凡–笹 K98 穀–掌 K99 麗–粋 K100 Review K97–K99 with answers K101 辱–摂 K102 飽–鍛 K103 刀–扇 K104 Review K101–K103 with answers K105 腸–墳 K106 坪–峰 K107 圭–薫 K108 Review K105–K107 with answers K109 猟–憤 K110 豚–慨 K111 紡–斗 K112 Review K109–K111 with answers K113 蘭–藩 K114 沙–嵐 K115 椎–暁 K116 Review K113–K115 with answers K117 傑–拙 K118 侍–堪 K119 叙–岬 K120 Review K117–K119 with answers K121 癖–姻 K122 巌–曹 K123 詠–蝶 K124 Review K121–K123 with answers K125 酪–蕉 K126 寡–畔 K127 遼–巽 K128 Review K125–K127 with answers K129 杜–褒 K130 醜–稜 K131 桟–魁 K132 Review K129–K131 with answers K133 虹–藻 K134 禄–霜 K135 硝–愁 K136 Review K133–K135 with answers K137 楼–綜 K138 繕–錬 K139 隼–雛 K140 Review K137–K139 with answers K141 惟–脩 K142 甫–檀 K143 凱–朔 K144 Review K141–K143 with answers K145 伽–萌 K146 偲–舜 K147 瑛–皓 K148 Review K145–K147 with answers K149 洸–啄 K150 穣–且 K151 旦–汰 K152 Review K149–K151 with answers K153 玖–迪 K154 哉–昴 K155 洵–晏 K156 Review K153–K155 with answers K157 晟–崚 K158 晨–楓 K159 虞–詢 K160 Review K157–K159 with answers K161 頌–璃 K162 謁–錘 K163 蕗–麟 K164 Review K161–K163 with answers
L

JLPT N1 grammar

165 patterns, six per unit

37 units
L1 〜あっての … 〜の至り L2 〜の極み … 〜かたがた L3 〜かたわら … 〜きらいがある L4 Review L1–L3 with answers L5 〜極まる / 〜極まりない … 〜ずくめ L6 〜ずじまい … 〜たりとも L7 〜たる(者) … 〜でなくてなんだろう L8 Review L5–L7 with answers L9 〜て(は)かなわない … 〜といい〜といい L10 〜といえども … 〜とはいえ L11 〜とばかりに … 〜ないものでもない L12 Review L9–L11 with answers L13 〜ながらに / 〜ながらの … 〜なり〜なり L14 〜にあって … 〜にして L15 〜に即して … 〜にひきかえ L16 Review L13–L15 with answers L17 〜にもまして … 〜ばそれまでだ L18 〜間際に … 〜もさることながら L19 〜ものを … 〜を皮切りに L20 Review L17–L19 with answers L21 〜を禁じ得ない … 〜をものともせずに L22 〜を余儀なくされる … 〜ないでもない L23 〜に越したことはない … 〜べくもない L24 Review L21–L23 with answers L25 〜ものと思われる … 二度と〜ない L26 皆目〜ない … 〜とも限らない L27 〜か否か … 〜以外の何ものでもない L28 Review L25–L27 with answers L29 〜のももっともだ … 〜ばきりがない L30 〜っぱなし … 〜(よ)うか〜まいか L31 〜ぶりに … 〜というものはない L32 Review L29–L31 with answers L33 〜までのことはない … 〜折に L34 〜に寄せて … 〜でなくては L35 〜ものなら(可能形) … 〜よりほかない L36 Review L33–L35 with answers L37 〜までもなく … 〜にある

How to use it

Print a unit, do it, move to the next one. Twenty to thirty minutes a day gets most people through a level of kanji in a few weeks. If a unit feels easy, skip it — the ladder is a map, not a rule.

Levels A and B teach you to read. C to L follow the JLPT, kanji and grammar in step, so you can alternate: one kanji unit, one grammar unit. The study plan explains the pacing, and the JLPT page explains what each level means for the test.