Practice Japanese kana keyboard

Free Japanese typing practice for ordinary keyboards, with two input modes. JIS kana mode maps physical key positions to kana the way a Japanese JIS keyboard does (for example the 3 key is あ, t is か, shown with US QWERTY labels) — direct kana input, not romaji conversion, and non-QWERTY base layouts such as Dvorak work too since matching is positional. Romaji mode drills the same vocabulary by typing standard romaji (ka for か, with all common spellings accepted). Use a physical keyboard, or tap the on-screen keys on a phone or tablet.

The page shows a word in hiragana or katakana with its meaning and an example sentence, highlights the next key, and plays audio as you type. Vocabulary decks include a hand-curated essentials set and the full JLPT N5 word list, with more levels planned. A recall mode hides the word so you type it from memory, a spaced-repetition scheduler resurfaces weak words, and a vocabulary list tracks per-word accuracy. There is no account, login, or cloud save; stats persist in this browser only.

Live site: https://kanatyping.com/. Contact: [email protected]. Machine-readable summary: llms.txt.