Nihongo Lessons
Learning and science
language learning app
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Nihongo Lessons
A Japanese learning app focused on efficient vocab/grammar acquisition
lessons.nihongo-app.com#japanese learning#japanese grammar#japanese vocabulary#jalup
How HN took it
8 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 9 critical, out of 33 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Execution: 2 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Visually appealing and well designed
From 1 comment
Wow, I really like this app. The way you've done this, it's extremely visually appealing, it's well designed and from the start I felt productive in learning where I'm weakest…
frellus on HN
Good for practical reading of casual Japanese and onboarding
From 2 comments
Most comments here look at this as "yet another SRS/flashcard app" and with all the usual Japanese learning app traits. ``` - The usual read, flip, recall, choose if you got the…
gimmeTheJalup on HNGreat work! I just downloaded the app and was testing it out. I like the way the onboarding is down with a gentle suggestion of what to do first without locking the user out of…
mkenny on HN
Objections
iPhone-only, no Android, Mac or web version
From 3 comments
Looks great and I am your target customer prior language experience but very out of practice and wanting to go from adequacy to fluency), but why phone-only? I was quite…
anigbrowl on HNNice! Shame it's iOS only. I guess I could run it on my Macbook...
russelg on HNWeb apps work everywhere, fwiw
spankalee on HN
Pricing was not clear on the website
From 2 comments
Spotted some typo (Nihnogo), so you might want to double check your spelling. I'm not sure if it is a personal thing, but I would like to have an idea of your pricing before…
jwrallie on HNThis is great feedback, thanks. I’ll definitely be putting pricing information on the website.
chrisvasselli on HN
Handwriting recognition too strict for hiragana
From 1 comment
Great work! I just downloaded the app and was testing it out. I like the way the onboarding is down with a gentle suggestion of what to do first without locking the user out of…
mkenny on HN
Requests
Android, Mac or web version
From 3 comments
Web apps work everywhere, fwiw
spankalee on HNHi, I’ve been using the app for a few days and I’m really enjoying it! Until recently I was using WaniKani, which I still enjoy, but I’ve been intimidated on how to start…
kasool on HNNice! Shame it's iOS only. I guess I could run it on my Macbook...
russelg on HN
Align levels with JLPT
From 1 comment
This is great. I'm not going to recommend porting to web (or android) because it's too obvious :). Maybe buy out his existing other assets too? But if you aligned it with the…
_rm on HN
Romaji display and kanji readings
From 1 comment
I don't see the Reading/Pronounciation part. Knowing how to pronouce correctly the Kanji characters seem like an impossible task.
revskill on HN
Questions
What is the pricing?
From 2 comments
Spotted some typo (Nihnogo), so you might want to double check your spelling. I'm not sure if it is a personal thing, but I would like to have an idea of your pricing before…
jwrallie on HNAm I right, full app cost is 500 dorrars?
alexklarjr on HN
Alternatives named
Wanikani and Bunpro
From 1 comment
The Japanese learning space feels so crowded. Most are marketed towards beginners, which makes sense when you see statistics (most folks give up). The top tier tools I recommend…
diob on HN
Pleco and Jisho dictionaries
From 1 comment
> nerds like Japanese so it's no surprise that Japanese has the best arrangement of apps and websites. It might not be a surprise... but is it true? Pleco (for Chinese) seems to…
thaumasiotes on HN
jpdb.io
From 1 comment
Huge shoutout to jpdb.io, which is imho second to none as they have flashcard sets for 5600 different books/animes/mangas/novels etc. That's literally the best way to learn to…
dayjaby on HN
LingQ and Satori Reader
From 2 comments
Have you taken a look at LingQ? I highly recommend it!
owenpalmer on HNSatori Reader seems interesting in the reading space, although I never gave it a try.
glandium on HN