Shinobi: Read & Learn Japanese

About this app

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/

New onboarding experience - New step "Can you read hiragana / katakana?" with a mini kana quiz to tailor your journey to your reading level. - If you can't read kana yet, romaji is revealed right in place to help you. - After signing up, a guided tutorial takes you straight into your first story. - The intro word rain now mixes kanji, katakana and hiragana. Streaks - New commitment screen: after lighting your first flame, choose your streak goal. - Smoother flame ignition animation, with a guided swipe gesture. - iOS: complete redesign of the streak Live Activity on the lock screen, with the ninja mascot in the Dynamic Island. - iOS: countdown Live Activity when your streak is about to be lost. Exercises - New exercises generated for every story: multiple choice, true/false and pronunciation. - Choose between furigana and romaji for pronunciation display, including word by word. Daily News - A new Japanese news story published automatically every day. - Double XP on the daily news for 24 hours. - The news illustration now also appears on the reading page. Profile and progression - New "My Ranks" screen: visualize your progression through all rank badges. - Display fixes on the rank card (clipped kanji, larger labels). Credits - New credit stock progress ring in the header, with a visible recharge mode. - Fix: the credit is now properly spent when launching your first story. Offline mode - Fix: images of downloaded stories show up again in airplane mode (reader and story page). Performance and comfort - Faster word loading thanks to a local cache (less data used). - Story audio served via CDN: faster and more reliable playback. - Navigation: the system back gesture (iOS swipe, Android back button) can no longer interrupt a lesson by accident. - Fixed story share links that didn't open the right screen. - Android: display fixes for italic titles and clipped handwritten labels.

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1. First observed Aug 16, 2026 · 2:15 PM Free