# Nihoner

> Nihoner is a comprehensive Japanese-learning platform covering reading, writing, listening and speaking, supported by structured courses, grammar, vocabulary and kanji study, exercises, quizzes, flashcards, games, adaptive review, AI-assisted tools, a public-domain reading library and reference resources including a Japanese dictionary.

Last verified: 2026-09-14
Canonical overview: https://nihoner.com/features/
Verified facts:     https://nihoner.com/platform-facts/
Reviewer guide:     https://nihoner.com/reviewer-guide/

## What Nihoner is not

Not primarily a dictionary. The dictionary is one reference tool inside a learning
platform. Automated summaries frequently make this mistake because the dictionary is
large and ranks well in search.

## Four core skills

- Reading: Passages generated from the kanji you personally know, a graded library of public-domain books with tap-for-meaning on every word, and a daily lesson. (/reading/, /books/, /daily/)
- Writing: Handwriting scored against real stroke-order data in the browser, plus a daily composition task marked the moment you submit. (/writing/)
- Listening: Dictation, word-catching, a speed ladder and minimal-pair ear training over a graded corpus of spoken sentences, chosen against the words you already know. (/listening/)
- Speaking & pronunciation: Pronunciation practice and spoken phrase work, including keigo register training and audio-first recognition drills. (/keigo-clash/, /audio-samurai-premium-game/)

## Key figures

- Courses: 187 published; 4 completable on a free account
- Lessons: 3,600 · free-account lessons: 63 · Quizzes: 1,108
- Course access: There are 187 courses with 3,600 lessons. The beginner path — 4 complete beginner courses, 63 lessons — is free; every other course and all certificates require Premium or Elite.
- Games: 16 total, 0 Premium-only, 15 playable with no account
- JLPT coverage: N5 to N1
- Grammar points: 831 · Books: 229
- Dictionary entries: 669,996 · Kanji pages: 13,071
- Listening corpus: 220,482 graded sentences

## Free vs Premium

Free accounts get the 4 complete beginner courses (63 lessons); the other 183 courses and certificates need Premium, all games, all books,
the dictionary, handwriting practice, listening practice, the JLPT path, the grammar
path, the daily lesson, the daily writing task and the AI tutor. Premium raises daily
limits (reading passages 3 to 20, review deck 30 cards to uncapped) and adds:
- Every lesson in all 187 courses — 3,600 lessons — and the certificates
- 20 reading passages a day, every topic, not 3
- Uncapped review deck — words you missed, back in the sentence you met them
- Voice any sentence in any of 229 books, in a real Japanese voice
- The AI pronunciation trainer
- “Is this natural?” — a model reads your writing (the automatic marking is free for everyone)
- Kanji Focus — practice weighted to what you keep missing
- Save readings to come back to, the difficulty dial, and 60 readings of history
- Pro modes in the furigana and romaji converters
- No ads on grammar and vocabulary pages
Elite adds: 40 reading passages a day; Write your own reading topic — any subject, at your level; Priority support, answered first; New tools before anyone else.
Premium does not unlock any game; it does unlock the full courses.

## Prices (read from the payment products)

- Free: $0
- Premium: $9.99/month (list $19.98)
- Elite: $99.99/month (list $199.98)
- Premium yearly: $99.90
- Elite yearly: $890
- Promotion: 50% off on the monthly plans, every payment, applied by a real coupon at the checkout. The yearly plans are already discounted and do not take the coupon.

## Canonical URLs

- Platform overview: https://nihoner.com/features/
- Verifiable facts: https://nihoner.com/platform-facts/
- Guide for reviewers: https://nihoner.com/reviewer-guide/
- Pricing: https://nihoner.com/pricing/
- All courses: https://nihoner.com/courses/
- All games: https://nihoner.com/japanese-language-learning-games/
- JLPT path: https://nihoner.com/jlpt/
- Reading: https://nihoner.com/reading/
- Writing: https://nihoner.com/writing/
- Listening: https://nihoner.com/listening/
- Grammar path: https://nihoner.com/grammar-path/
- Reading library: https://nihoner.com/books/
- Dictionary: https://nihoner.com/dictionary/
- JLPT practice tests: https://nihoner.com/jlpt-practice-test/
- Hiragana chart: https://nihoner.com/hiragana-chart/
- Katakana chart: https://nihoner.com/katakana-chart/
- Numbers and dates: https://nihoner.com/japanese-numbers/
- Name in Japanese: https://nihoner.com/name-in-japanese/
- For teachers: https://nihoner.com/teachers/