A new way to learn Japanese

Stop speaking perfect
Japanese.
Start being understood.

The first Japanese app built for output, not accuracy. Speak from day one. Be conversational by week three.

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2,400+ early speakers
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HANASU · to speak
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Say this in Japanese
“Excuse me, where’s the bathroom?”
すみません、トイレはどこですか?
Listening…
You said
すみません、トイレはどこ
Live
Real speech, real feedback
The trap below ↓
The trap most apps set

You did 400 days in a row.
You can't order ramen.

Most language apps optimize for engagement. Streaks. Owls. Notifications. Dopamine loops dressed up as learning.

What you get is the feeling of progress. What you don't get is the ability to speak. The metric the app tracks is the metric the app makes you good at — and the metric isn't fluency.

400days
Average streak before users quit
You felt productive. You weren't.
0conversations
That those 400 days produced
Output is the only metric.
How Hanasay works

You speak. We listen. The deck rebuilds itself around you.

01

Tell us the situation.

Type what you actually need. A wedding speech. A job interview. Asking your in-laws if they want more tea. We turn it into a vocabulary pack — yours, not someone else's.

02

Speak from day one.

No drills before output. From the first session you're producing real sentences out loud. Your phone listens, scores your pronunciation, and only counts a word as 'known' once you can produce it — not just recognize it.

03

The deck adapts. N+1, always.

Once you know a word, it shows up inside new sentences with one new piece. You're never lost, never bored. This is how kids learn — context plus a small leap. We just made it deliberate.

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In context · uses words you know
明日会議遅れます
I’ll be late for tomorrow’s meeting.
明日known · 4 reviews
会議known · 2 reviews
遅れますnew today
← only one new word
known words → context
9:41
New Pack
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What do you need to say?
Describe the situation. We’ll build your vocabulary.
Going to a friend’s wedding in Kyoto. Need to congratulate the family and make small talk with relatives.
+ Formal greetings
+ Wedding vocab
+ Family terms
Your life. Your curriculum.

Stop learning the words
you'll never use.

Every textbook teaches you to say “I am a student” and “the cat is on the table.” Useful for nobody. Tell Hanasay what’s actually happening in your life this month. We build the pack. You learn what you’ll actually say tomorrow.

Ramen ordering, no English menu
Wedding small talk with relatives
Apologizing to my landlord
Job interview at a Tokyo startup
Konbini run with my kid
Date in Shimokitazawa
↑ Real prompts from this week

I had my first real conversation in 6 weeks.

Marcus, learned for a Tokyo work trip
6 weeks

Finally, the words I actually use. Not the ones a textbook decided I should know.

Priya, lives in Osaka
312 packs built
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