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Kana Conbini: Learn Japanese
Write Kanji & Kana: JLPT N5-N1
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What’s New Version 1.3.1
Thanks for all the reports! We fixed a bug where a customer could ask for a character that wasn't in your cards, which stopped you from continuing. Back to smooth studying — いらっしゃいませ!
Description
Go from your first kana to writing kanji at JLPT N1, all inside a roguelike convenience store.
Two modes cover the whole language, one to read it and one to write it, and a game keeps you coming back to both.
READING: CONBINI RUN
Run a Japanese convenience store. Customers order in kana and kanji, and you read them to serve the right thing before time runs out. It is a roguelike, so every shift is a fresh run with its own twists, and the reading sticks because you are playing.
- Shift buffs: choose powerful modifiers every few shifts, stack them, and tip the game in your favor
- Konbini events: Golden Hour doubles your points, the Y2K Bug glitches your cards, Cram Session times your reading
- Gacha helpers: collect characters with unique abilities and synergies
- Shrine fortunes: draw omikuji for a blessing or a curse
- Boss battles: beat the Yakuza, the Pro Gamer, and the Influencer while they curse your cards with fog, mirror, and glitch
PREFER NO PRESSURE?
The new Learning Mode has no timer and no bosses, just pure practice with the same cards, at your own pace for as long as you like.
WRITING: WRITE KANJI (NEW MODE)
Learning to write is a mode of its own. Start with hiragana and katakana, then move into kanji, tracing each one by hand in correct stroke order, with guides that fade as you improve, all the way to N1. Recognizing a character is one skill. Forming it from memory is another, and this is where you build it.
MASTER BOTH KANA
Hiragana and katakana each get their own mode. Katakana is the script most learners trip on, so it gets the same focused practice as hiragana. Every character comes with its sound, a picture cue, and its counterpart in the other script, so both kana lock in together.
CARDS THAT GROW WITH YOU
Every card meets you where you are. New words show the picture, the kana, and the romaji. As you master them the hints fall away, until you are reading pure Japanese. The training wheels come off on their own.
A SMART REVIEW SYSTEM
Each word comes back right before you would forget it, and the ones you miss come around more often. Your progress is tracked for every character, so you always know what you have mastered.
ENDLESS DRILL, NO LIMIT
There is no daily cap on how many cards you can study. Drill as long as you want, with no daily wall. Get ahead all you like, and the review still brings each card back on the day it needs testing, so extra practice never breaks your schedule. In Write Kanji, free writing uses a daily energy that refills over time or with an ad. Buy any pack to make it unlimited.
EVERY WORD VOICED
Hear the Japanese pronunciation on every card, so your ear keeps pace with your eyes.
HOW MUCH IS IN HERE
Over 10,000 vocabulary words across the full JLPT range, read in Conbini Run:
- N5: 800 words
- N4: 700 words
- N3: 2,659 words
- N2: 3,508 words
- N1: 3,083 words
Write Kanji adds 2,126 kanji to write by hand, plus all 46 hiragana and 46 katakana. The whole app is localized in 10 languages: English, German, French, Italian, Thai, Chinese, Indonesian, Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese.
A FAIR DEAL
Free to start, no subscription, no pay to win, and no forced ads inside a run:
- All hiragana and katakana, to read and to write
- Hundreds of N5 vocabulary cards in Conbini Run
- N5 kanji to write by hand in Write Kanji
- Learning Mode on all of it
Unlock more when you are ready:
- The N5 pack opens the full N5 vocabulary in Conbini Run
- N4, N3, N2, and N1 each open that level's vocabulary to read and its kanji to write
- Buy only the levels you want, or take everything at once with Lifetime, which removes ads for good and includes every future update
Offline play and cloud save across your devices.
MADE FOR
- Beginners starting from their first kana
- JLPT learners working from N5 up to N1
- Anime and manga fans who want to read and write
- Gamers who want progress that lasts
New content lands regularly, shaped by your feedback.
Play for fun. Real Japanese sticks along the way.
In-App Purchases US pricing
One-Time Purchases
N5 Vocabulary Pack$3.99
N4 Vocabulary Pack$3.99
N3 Vocabulary Pack$3.99
N2 Vocabulary Pack$3.99
N1 Vocabulary Pack$3.99
Kana Conbini Pro - Lifetime$29.99
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Version history 9 versions
Build 887026880v1.3.12026-06-23 03:25:59
Thanks for all the reports! We fixed a bug where a customer could ask for a character that wasn't in your cards, which stopped you from continuing. Back to smooth studying — いらっしゃいませ!
Build 886580605v1.3.02026-06-09 05:37:27
Kana Conbini 1.3 is here — now you can write Japanese by hand.
• Write kanji by hand: trace all 2,126 kanji stroke by stroke, with instant feedback
• Every shift is a different roguelike run — fresh perks, customers, and bosses
• 10,000+ real Japanese words from N5 to N1, spoken by native voices
• Smart reviews bring each word back right before you'd forget it
Work the register, read real Japanese, and make it stick. Thanks for playing!
Build 885560116v1.2.22026-05-13 19:01:20
1.2 update — cleaner practice for new learners.
NEW
- Learning Mode: practice every card with no timer pressure
IMPROVED
- Hiragana & Katakana modes: distraction-free practice — no more tricky multi-character customers interrupting basic reading
- Quality-of-life polish across the board
Free hiragana forever. No subscriptions.
いらっしゃいませ!
Build 885514403v1.2.02026-05-11 21:39:52
1.2 update — cleaner practice for new learners.
NEW
- Learning Mode: practice every card with no timer pressure
IMPROVED
- Hiragana & Katakana modes: distraction-free practice — no more tricky multi-character customers interrupting basic reading
- Quality-of-life polish across the board
Free hiragana forever. No subscriptions.
いらっしゃいませ!
Build 882532101v1.1.32026-02-19 09:22:28
VOCABULARY CHAPTERS
NEW
- Play 800+ N5 vocabulary words by chapter or all at once
- 7 themed chapters from Conbini Basics to Abstract Concepts
- Track mastery progress per chapter
FIXES
- 13 bug fixes across game logic and persistence
- Improved purchase flow with proper tier logic
- Boss audio/text and vocabulary typography fixes
- Curse rebalancing for fairer gameplay
Free hiragana forever. No subscriptions.
いらっしゃいませ!
Build 882025548v1.1.22026-02-02 04:31:02
MAJOR UPDATE - Now in 10 Languages!
LANGUAGE SUPPORT
- Learn Japanese hiragana, katakana, kanji in your language
- Full voice-over for all flashcards
- Study Japanese alphabet from English, German, French, Italian, Thai, Chinese, Indonesian, Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese
IMPROVED LEARNING
- Better spaced repetition for memorizing Japanese characters
- Enhanced vocabulary flashcards
- Smoother Japanese reading practice
BUG FIXES
- Fixed gameplay bugs
- Performance improvements
- Balance updates from player feedback
Free hiragana forever. No subscriptions.
いらっしゃいませ!
Build 881988206v1.1.12026-01-30 19:04:24
MAJOR UPDATE - Now in 9 Languages!
LANGUAGE SUPPORT
- Fully translated: English, German, French, Italian, Thai, Chinese, Indonesian, Spanish, Portuguese
- Voice-over in all supported languages
- Learn Japanese from your preferred language
BUG FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS
- Fixed various gameplay bugs
- Improved stability and performance
- Balance adjustments based on player feedback
Free to start. No subscriptions.
Your feedback shapes the game!
いらっしゃいませ!
Build 881494272v1.1.02026-01-29 13:38:40
MAJOR UPDATE - Now in 9 Languages!
LANGUAGE SUPPORT
- Fully translated: English, German, French, Italian, Thai, Chinese, Indonesian, Spanish, Portuguese
- Voice-over in all supported languages
- Learn Japanese from your preferred language
BUG FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS
- Fixed various gameplay bugs
- Improved stability and performance
- Balance adjustments based on player feedback
Free to start. No subscriptions.
Your feedback shapes the game!
いらっしゃいませ!
Build 881334185v1.0.22026-01-14 09:30:53
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releaseNotes updated
Thanks for all the reports! We fixed a bug where a customer could ask for a character that wasn't in your cards, which stopped you from continuing. Back to smoo
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description updated
Go from your first kana to writing kanji at JLPT N1, all inside a roguelike convenience store.
Two modes cover the whole language, one to read it and one to wr
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subtitle updated
Write Kanji & Kana: JLPT N5-N1
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name updated
Kana Conbini: Learn Japanese
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Version 1.3.1 released
Thanks for all the reports! We fixed a bug where a customer could ask for a character that wasn't in your cards, which stopped you from continuing. Back to smooth studying — いらっしゃいませ!
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Version 1.3.0 released
Kana Conbini 1.3 is here — now you can write Japanese by hand.
• Write kanji by hand: trace all 2,126 kanji stroke by stroke, with instant feedback
• Every shift is a different roguelike run — fresh perks, customers, and bosses
• 10,000+ r
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Version 1.2.2 released
1.2 update — cleaner practice for new learners.
NEW
- Learning Mode: practice every card with no timer pressure
IMPROVED
- Hiragana & Katakana modes: distraction-free practice — no more tricky multi-character customers interrupting basic
◆
Version 1.2.0 released
1.2 update — cleaner practice for new learners.
NEW
- Learning Mode: practice every card with no timer pressure
IMPROVED
- Hiragana & Katakana modes: distraction-free practice — no more tricky multi-character customers interrupting basic
◆
Version 1.1.3 released
VOCABULARY CHAPTERS
NEW
- Play 800+ N5 vocabulary words by chapter or all at once
- 7 themed chapters from Conbini Basics to Abstract Concepts
- Track mastery progress per chapter
FIXES
- 13 bug fixes across game logic and persistence
- I
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Version 1.1.2 released
MAJOR UPDATE - Now in 10 Languages!
LANGUAGE SUPPORT
- Learn Japanese hiragana, katakana, kanji in your language
- Full voice-over for all flashcards
- Study Japanese alphabet from English, German, French, Italian, Thai, Chinese, Indonesia
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Version 1.1.1 released
MAJOR UPDATE - Now in 9 Languages!
LANGUAGE SUPPORT
- Fully translated: English, German, French, Italian, Thai, Chinese, Indonesian, Spanish, Portuguese
- Voice-over in all supported languages
- Learn Japanese from your preferred language
◆
Version 1.1.0 released
MAJOR UPDATE - Now in 9 Languages!
LANGUAGE SUPPORT
- Fully translated: English, German, French, Italian, Thai, Chinese, Indonesian, Spanish, Portuguese
- Voice-over in all supported languages
- Learn Japanese from your preferred language
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Version 1.0.2 released