DecksFree Japanese flashcards
Five free Japanese flashcard decks: hiragana, katakana, Core 2000, Core 6000 and Tae Kim's grammar. The vocabulary and grammar decks show furigana over kanji, and all five have audio.
Beginners usually start with Hiragana and Katakana. Core 2000 is the 2,000 most common words, each with an example sentence.
Japanese decks
Japanese Hiragana
Learn all 46 hiragana characters with pronunciation audio.
Japanese Katakana
Learn all 104 katakana characters with hiragana readings and pronunciation audio.
Japanese Core 2000
The 2000 most common Japanese words with audio, furigana, and example sentences.
Japanese Core 6000
The 6000 most common Japanese words with audio, furigana, and example sentences. Cloze-style cards: guess the missing word from context. Most of the first 2,000 example sentences are illustrated.
Tae Kim's Japanese Grammar
2000+ Japanese sentences covering Tae Kim's complete grammar guide, with anime audio.
Japanese guides
- Active Recall vs Rereading: Why Testing Yourself Works Better
- Again, Hard, Good, Easy: What Each Flashcard Rating Does
- Cloze Deletion Flashcards: What They Are and When to Use Them
- Do Flashcards Work for Language Learning?
- Hiragana Chart: All 46 Characters with Romaji
- How Many New Flashcards Should I Study per Day?
- How to Learn Hiragana with Flashcards
- How to Learn Japanese Vocabulary with Flashcards
- How to Learn Katakana (After Hiragana)
- How to Use Spaced Repetition Flashcards on iPhone
- How to Write Good Flashcards: Rules That Make Cards Easier to Remember
- Japanese Core 2000 Word List: The First 100 Words
- Katakana Chart: All 104 Characters with Hiragana Readings
- SM-2 vs FSRS: Which Spaced Repetition Algorithm Is Better?
- Spaced Repetition vs Cramming: What the Research Shows
- The Forgetting Curve: What Ebbinghaus Actually Found
- What Is Ease Hell in Anki (and How to Get Out of It)?
- What to Do When Your Flashcard Reviews Pile Up
- Why Does the Same Flashcard Keep Coming Back?
- Why Spaced Study Feels Harder When It Works Better
Japanese flashcards: questions
Do the Japanese decks have furigana?
Yes. Core 2000, Core 6000 and Tae Kim's grammar sentences show the reading above each kanji, the way furigana is printed in learner books.
Is this like the Anki Core 2000 / Core 6000 deck?
It covers the same frequency-ordered vocabulary, with audio, furigana and an example sentence per word, and it is ready to study in the app with no import step. Core 6000 uses cloze cards: you fill in the missing word from the sentence.
Can I learn hiragana and katakana with these decks?
Yes. The Hiragana deck has all 46 characters and the Katakana deck all 104, each card with pronunciation audio.
Is Decks free?
Yes. Library decks are included. The free plan has a daily review limit; Premium lets you set your own.
What is spaced repetition?
Reviewing each card at growing intervals, timed for just before you'd forget it. Cards you know come back less often; cards you miss come back sooner. Decks uses SM-2, the algorithm Anki was built on.