About

Pixel Nihongo is an independent project: free, with no sign-up, and it runs entirely in the browser.

Why it exists

Most Japanese study tools want an account before they will let you type a single character, then keep your progress on their machine. This one goes the other way: open it and practise, and whatever it measures stays on your own device.

It is drawn as a pixel game because vocabulary is repetition, and a screen that looks like a game is easier to come back to than a spreadsheet.

What is here

A set of small tools, each doing one thing: typing practice, listening practice, and more to come. None of it needs installing or signing in.

The list keeps growing. The home screen is where to see what there is, and it leaves the unfilled slots visible, so the direction shows rather than only what is finished.

Who makes it

One person, outside working hours. The source code is open under the MIT licence. Feedback, bug reports and rights-related requests go to [email protected] — see the contact page.