こんにちは、ダミアンです！
I created this game to help myself and other Japanese language learners having a fun way to get better at recognising Kana. I hope you enjoy it and find it useful on your own journey as well! 🌸
If you're interested in getting proper, personal support for learning Japanese with a fun & engaging approach, I highly recommend my teacher MariaNihongo | マリア先生 for individual lessons! Also check out her YouTube channel for more helpful content.
🎯 Objective
Type the correct romaji (Roman alphabet spelling) for falling kana characters before they reach the bottom of the screen!
🎮 How to play
- Start: Press Enter or click the Start button
- Type: When a kana character appears, type its romaji spelling
- Speed: Game speed increases automatically over time (Challenge mode only)
- Lives: Missing characters costs you lives (Challenge mode only)
- Combo: Chain correct answers to build your combo multiplier
- Pause: Press Space or click the Pause button
- End: Press Esc or click the End button
💡 Tips
- Focus on accuracy first - speed comes with practice
- Use Practice mode in settings to learn without pressure (unlimited lives)
- High combos give massive score bonuses in Challenge mode!
⚙️ Difficulty Settings
In the settings menu, you can customise which character types appear in the game:
- Kana Set: Choose Hiragana, Katakana, or Mixed (both scripts)
- Dakuten/Handakuten: Characters with marks like が, ざ, だ, ば, ぱ
- Yōon: Combined characters like きゃ, しゃ, ちゃ, にゃ, りゃ
Score Multipliers: Your score is affected by the difficulty you choose:
- Mixed kana set: +25% bonus multiplier
- Both dakuten/yōon enabled: 100% base score
- One enabled: 75% base score
- Both disabled: 50% base score
Example: Mixed kana set with all character types enabled = 125% score (1.0 × 1.25)
🏆 Highscores
Your highscores are saved locally in your browser storage only. They are not compared with other players and may be deleted if you clear your browser data or storage.
💻 Device Support
The game works on both desktop and mobile devices. On phones and tablets the software keyboard opens automatically when the game starts. For the fastest and most comfortable experience we still recommend a desktop or laptop with a physical keyboard.
⌨️ Examples
- あ → type "a"
- か → type "ka"
- きゃ → type "kya"
- が → type "ga"
PAUSED
Settings