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App Service · Language learning · 20 mentions · 2 subreddits · discussed in r/LearnJapanese, r/languagelearning

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Pros

  • https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/learn-hiragana/
  • Go here: https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/learn-katakana/ it’s free and if you do five a night you’ll have them all DOWN in a week
  • https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/learn-hiragana/ This is free, and it’s great. It’s got a ton of memory tricks to stick them in your head without all the brute-force memorizing.
  • You need to get grammar guide, this is basically in the very beginning of any textbook or grammar guide. [https://www.tofugu.com/japanese-grammar/verb-conjugation-groups/](https://www.tofugu.com/japanese-grammar/verb-conjugation-gr...
  • https://www.tofugu.com/japanese-grammar/kosoado/

Cons

  • https://www.tofugu.com/japanese-grammar/question-words/
  • Just read this and then start practicing any kanji you learn. https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/kanji-stroke-order/
  • When I've been studying grammar, I've been using Genki and also online articles I can find, mainly from 8020japanese and Tofugu. They all bring up nuances. This is what has gotten me stressed out.
  • I've tried so. much. I've tried Tofugu, Cure Dolly, Genki, and much more besides. But still after reading whole books, memorising hundreds of kanji with Wanikani, listening to Japanese with Shun and the Tofugu podcast.. I still, Still, l...
  • I like a lot of the tofugu guides but tofugu and wanikani are the same company so it's a very biased recommendation.

Sentiment

15 positive (75%) · 4 mixed (20%) · 1 negative (5%)

Trust + time weighted score: +76% · raw score 70%

What redditors said (10 of 20)

https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/learn-hiragana/
positive · u/m****_ · r/LearnJapanese · comment · Nov 30, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
https://www.tofugu.com/japanese-grammar/question-words/
mixed · u/M****r · r/LearnJapanese · comment · Feb 22, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Go here: https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/learn-katakana/ it’s free and if you do five a night you’ll have them all DOWN in a week
positive · u/G****o · r/LearnJapanese · comment · Feb 8, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/learn-hiragana/ This is free, and it’s great. It’s got a ton of memory tricks to stick them in your head without all the brute-force memorizing.
positive · u/G****o · r/languagelearning · comment · Feb 2, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Just read this and then start practicing any kanji you learn. https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/kanji-stroke-order/
mixed · u/a****n · r/LearnJapanese · comment · Jan 22, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
You need to get grammar guide, this is basically in the very beginning of any textbook or grammar guide. [https://www.tofugu.com/japanese-grammar/verb-conjugation-groups/](https://www.tofugu.com/japanese-grammar/verb-conjugation-groups/)
positive · u/r***i · r/LearnJapanese · comment · Dec 26, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
https://www.tofugu.com/japanese-grammar/kosoado/
positive · u/r***i · r/LearnJapanese · comment · Jul 25, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Completely different. Look at this: https://www.tofugu.com/japanese-grammar/explanatory-nda-ndesu-noda-nodesu/
positive · u/r***i · r/LearnJapanese · comment · Jul 15, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
の is not always possessive. Often it just show affiliation or apposition. Here it is appositive: "When my dad Elmer was little..."
positive · u/O****n · r/LearnJapanese · comment · Nov 3, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
It's far too complicated to explain here, but this article should get you on your way.
positive · u/O****n · r/LearnJapanese · comment · Jul 11, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗ · attribution unverified

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