Free during pre-release · iPhone & Mac

Tiny words.
Mighty progress.

Puchi teaches your first 100 Japanese words with adorable talking cards, kana + romaji, and a smart quiz that remembers exactly what you forget.

かな kana rōmaji native audio
Puchi study screen Puchi cheering
Features

Everything you need for day one

No grammar walls, no 40-minute lessons. Just the essential words, taught the gentle way.

Word card for ありがとう

Cards that talk

Tap any word to hear it in a real Japanese voice — and slow it down until your ears catch up.

Smart Quiz screen

A quiz that remembers

Smart Quiz reviews what you studied and gives extra love to the words that need it most.

Browse words screen

Browse the whole deck

100 beginner words with kana, rōmaji and English — searchable and sorted by category.

How it works

Three little steps a day

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Study a handful

Work through the learning path — 20 words per level, greetings first.

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Take the Smart Quiz

Prove what stuck. Missed words come back until they become strong points.

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Keep the streak

A daily goal and a growing streak keep tomorrow's session easy to start.

Puchi the mascot
Meet Puchi

Your very patient study buddy

Puchi cheers your streak, celebrates every right answer, and never judges a wrong one. Puchi (ぷち) means "petit" — because five tiny minutes a day beats one heroic Sunday.

🔥 Daily streaks ✓ Gentle goals ☁ No pressure
Excited Puchi

Ready for day one?

Your first word takes ten seconds. ありがとう — see, you're basically fluent already.

Get Puchi for iPhone Also runs on Mac (Apple silicon) · Pre-release