Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese: iPhone vs Android

Learn Japanese through illustrated stories, native audio, shadowing, quizzes, and interactive reading tools.

Shinobi Japanese helps you build reading, kanji, vocabulary, grammar, listening, and speaking skills through content that feels immersive, practical, and actually enjoyable. Instead of memorizing isolated words and grammar points, you learn Japanese in context through stories, audio, news reading, and smart review tools.

At the core of Shinobi Japanese are illustrated stories designed to make Japanese reading more accessible and more engaging. Each story unfolds page by page with Japanese text, visuals, and English support, helping you understand the language naturally while staying motivated. Whether you are a beginner or already building toward higher-level reading, Shinobi helps you turn reading into steady progress.

Inside every story:

• Tap any word for translations, readings, explanations, and examples
• Full-page translation for quick comprehension
• Furigana toggle to adjust the challenge level
• Grammar explanations built directly into the reading experience

Shinobi Japanese is not just about reading. It also helps you improve listening and speaking through audio and shadowing practice.

Train your listening and speaking:

• Native Japanese audio for every story
• Slow audio mode for easier comprehension
• Shadowing practice to improve pronunciation, rhythm, and speaking confidence

Kanji and vocabulary are learned in context, not in isolation. This makes them easier to understand, recognize, and remember over time.

Build kanji and vocabulary in context:

• Learn kanji through meaningful sentences
• Save useful words as you read
• Review them later with SRS flashcards
• Reinforce understanding with quizzes

Shinobi also helps you keep learning beyond story mode.

More ways to learn:

• Read Japanese news
• Download stories for offline reading
• Track progress with XP, streaks, badges, and rewards

Shinobi Japanese brings together illustrated stories, native audio, shadowing, grammar support, kanji tools, quizzes, news reading, offline access, and smart vocabulary review in one place. Instead of splitting reading, listening, grammar, and vocabulary across different apps, Shinobi gives you one immersive learning experience that helps Japanese stick.

If you want a more effective and engaging way to learn Japanese, Shinobi Japanese helps you build real reading fluency through content you will actually want to come back to every day.

Download Shinobi Japanese and start reading your way to fluency.

By using this application, you agree to Apple's Standard EULA:
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Learn Japanese through illustrated stories, native audio, shadowing, quizzes, and interactive reading tools.

Shinobi Japanese helps you build reading, kanji, vocabulary, grammar, listening, and speaking skills through content that feels immersive, practical, and actually enjoyable. Instead of memorizing isolated words and grammar points, you learn Japanese in context through stories, audio, news reading, and smart review tools.

At the core of Shinobi Japanese are illustrated stories designed to make Japanese reading more accessible and more engaging. Each story unfolds page by page with Japanese text, visuals, and English support, helping you understand the language naturally while staying motivated. Whether you are a beginner or already building toward higher-level reading, Shinobi helps you turn reading into steady progress.

Inside every story:

• Tap any word for translations, readings, explanations, and examples
• Full-page translation for quick comprehension
• Furigana toggle to adjust the challenge level
• Grammar explanations built directly into the reading experience

Shinobi Japanese is not just about reading. It also helps you improve listening and speaking through audio and shadowing practice.

Train your listening and speaking:

• Native Japanese audio for every story
• Slow audio mode for easier comprehension
• Shadowing practice to improve pronunciation, rhythm, and speaking confidence

Kanji and vocabulary are learned in context, not in isolation. This makes them easier to understand, recognize, and remember over time.

Build kanji and vocabulary in context:

• Learn kanji through meaningful sentences
• Save useful words as you read
• Review them later with SRS flashcards
• Reinforce understanding with quizzes

Shinobi also helps you keep learning beyond story mode.

More ways to learn:

• Read Japanese news
• Download stories for offline reading
• Track progress with XP, streaks, badges, and rewards

Shinobi Japanese brings together illustrated stories, native audio, shadowing, grammar support, kanji tools, quizzes, news reading, offline access, and smart vocabulary review in one place. Instead of splitting reading, listening, grammar, and vocabulary across different apps, Shinobi gives you one immersive learning experience that helps Japanese stick.

If you want a more effective and engaging way to learn Japanese, Shinobi Japanese helps you build real reading fluency through content you will actually want to come back to every day.

Download Shinobi Japanese and start reading your way to fluency.

By using this application, you agree to Apple's Standard EULA:
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Learn Japanese by reading stories you'll actually want to finish. Illustrated, JLPT-aligned stories with native audio take you from your first hiragana all the way to N2.

Downloaded more than 400,000 times by learners who stopped memorizing word lists and started reading real Japanese.

WHY SHINOBI WORKS
Most apps teach Japanese in isolated pieces. Shinobi teaches it the way it sticks: in context. Every kanji, word, and grammar point appears inside a story, with images, audio, and a reason to remember it.

READ REAL JAPANESE FROM DAY ONE
- 91 levels of graded stories covering JLPT N5 to N2
- Curriculum reviewed by native Japanese teachers
- Tap any word for its reading, meaning, and examples
- Grammar explanations built right into the text
- Furigana toggle to raise the challenge as you improve
- Full-page translation whenever you need it

LISTEN AND SPEAK
- Native Japanese audio for every story
- Slow mode for tricky passages
- Shadowing practice to improve pronunciation and rhythm

MAKE KANJI AND VOCABULARY STICK
- Save words as you read
- Review them with smart spaced-repetition flashcards
- Quizzes after every story to lock in what you learned

A NEW STORY EVERY DAY
- A daily Japanese news story, with double XP for 24 hours
- Download stories for offline reading

TRAIN LIKE A NINJA
- Climb the ninja ranks as you progress
- Streaks, badges, and rewards to keep you consistent
- Live Activities on your lock screen so you never lose your streak

Whether you're a total beginner or preparing for the JLPT, Shinobi turns daily reading into real fluency.

Download Shinobi Japanese and read your first story today.

• Word definitions now appear in your language for thousands more words.
• Smoother end of story: no more rating screen, you go straight to your progress.
• Fixed sign-in with Google and Apple when creating your account.
• The quiz no longer gets stuck after opening a notification.
• Stability improvements and bug fixes.