Catch it by ear. Keep it.

Konbini, clinic, city hall. The everyday Japanese textbooks skip: say what you heard, AI turns it into a card, and you review it before it fades.

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Catch by voice
Learn by scene
Shadowing

Open it and there are four things.

Catch by voice

Say it as you heard it; AI sorts out reading and meaning

Learn by scene

24 scenes of daily life, from the konbini to disasters

Shadowing

Listen, repeat, get scored

Review

Shows up just before you forget. 30 cards a day, no backlog

The words textbooks skip.

At the register, at the counter, at a viewing. Heard daily, missing from dictionaries.

From hearing it to keeping it.

From hearing it to keeping it.
  1. 01

    Say what you heard

    Tap and repeat the sound as you heard it. No need to know how it is written.

  2. 02

    AI makes the card

    Reading, meaning and usage, sorted into your word list. No photos, no typing.

  3. 03

    Review before you forget

    Up to 30 cards a day, only as much as you can keep up with.

Listen, repeat, get scored.

Listen, repeat, get scored.

Hear the model, then say the same line. Your words are compared with the model and you get one sentence on what didn't come through.

803
everyday Japanese words
202
everyday English words
24
scenes
12,000+
course words, kana to N1

The basics live here too.

From kana stroke order to N1 vocabulary, a structured course sits alongside the everyday words.

KanaN5N4N3N2N1
The basics live here too.

Explained in your language.

Explanations, menus, even the error messages.

Questions

Is it free?

Yes. Signing up, catching words and reviewing are all free.

I barely know Japanese. Can I use it?

Yes. Explanations come in seven languages, and the course starts from kana stroke order.

Can I learn English too?

Yes. 202 everyday English words for work, travel and the clinic, grouped by scene.

What happens to my recordings?

They are used only to transcribe and build the card, then discarded.

What you heard today, kept today.

Free to start.

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iTao — Catch it by ear. Keep it. The everyday Japanese app