Learn Japanese for life in Japan — speaking app for expats

Illustrated Konbini Legends host holding a phone on a neon-lit Tokyo street at night, a konbini behind her

Speak Japanese out loud for daily life in Japan: the ward office, the dentist, the izakaya, the konbini.

Free right now. Every speaking scene and lesson included, no subscription.

1 year in Japan.

Still pointing at things?

Download on the App Store

10 years in Japan. Still pointing at things? NHK at the door: “You: 日本語食べません.” Practice the real exchange out loud first. The clerk understood you. Even with the wrong verb. Konbini Legends — speak Japanese out loud for daily life in Japan: the ward office, the dentist, the izakaya, the konbini.

Inside the app

  • Konbini Legends Speaking practice screen: a list of scenes to answer out loud, including konbini checkout, moving in at the ward office, calling in sick, ordering at an izakaya and the dentist

    Say it out loud first: ward office, dentist, izakaya, konbini.

  • Konbini Legends Lessons screen: the N5 grammar list with tabs for grammar, vocab, kanji and conversation, and level filters from N5 to N1

    Plus N5–N1 grammar, vocab and kanji lessons.

  • Konbini Legends review card: the N5 vocab word 会う (あう, to meet, to see) with Again, Hard, Good and Easy buttons

    And spaced-repetition review of what’s due.

Free right now. Every speaking scene and lesson included, no subscription.

Download on the App Store

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