Bento Japanese

Bento Japanese is a reading-first Japanese learning app. Instead of teaching words and grammar in isolation, each bite-sized lesson (2–5 min) leads directly into a graded reader or JLPT-leveled article written for your level, so grammar and vocabulary click in real sentences.

Every day you get one lesson, one reading, and one review, done in about 15 minutes. Readings spans absolute beginner (L0) to N1+, covering daily life in Japan, food, travel, work, and culture. Tap any word for an instant definition, listen with audio, and save vocab and kanji to review later with the original sentence as context.

A simple F-to-S rank system guides you from hiragana to N1 reading fluency, building the reading speed, grammar recognition, and kanji recall the JLPT actually requires. Free to download with no time limits on core features.