Japanese fluency starts with your voice
Kikigo has you listen, say it out loud, and get feedback on every answer — so you can follow real conversations, make friends, and enjoy Japanese life and media on your own terms.
Speak it until it's automatic
Most learners understand far more Japanese than they can say, because apps reward tapping the right answer. Speaking is a motor skill: in Kikigo you listen, answer out loud, and get feedback — every time.
Spoken reviews, with feedback
Sentences come back right before you'd forget them. You say every one out loud, and Kikigo checks your answer.
Train the ear real speech uses
Native-paced audio drills build the listening stamina friends, shows, and everyday chatter demand.
React in real time
Dialogue drills throw a line at you and wait for your reply — the same reflex real conversations demand.
Turn anything you're reading or watching into a speaking drill
Snap a menu and Kikigo turns it into pronunciation and listening practice, to use right away and to review later. Instead of pointing and saying “kore kudasai”, order the way a local would.
For people who need Japanese every day
Kikigo is for learners who are serious about speaking Japanese.
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Living and working in Japan
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Moving to Japan to study or work
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Enjoying Japanese shows and making friends
A curriculum that grows with what you need
Blend Kikigo's global catalog with content from your own life, then tell Kikigo where to focus — daily conversation, friendships and romance, or the shows and music you love — and it rebalances every session.
Keep listening even when your hands are busy
Queue up your exercise sentences and let them play in the background — on your commute, cooking dinner, or folding laundry. Kikigo keeps your ear warmed up between practice sessions, no screen required.
Kikigo Pro
Customized learning for professional environments
Kikigo Pro turns company or school material into exercises, and gives managers and teachers a dashboard to follow progress. We're looking for early pilot partners.
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