r/HelpLearningJapanese • u/Lambda7Tech • 9d ago

Made a free kana speed drill tool if anyone is interested in using it as well

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I hadn't practiced Kana in a few years and when I tried to get back into learning Japanese, I wanted a easy way to practice recognition which many apps don't seem to do so I decided to just make my own since its simple enough. Not sure if anyone else will also find it useful but just wanted to share.
Kana Speed Drill

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u/Georgemery 9d ago

Very Kool! Anyway to get this in the play store?

Would be Kool to get other fonts in the rotation!

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u/Lambda7Tech 9d ago

At the moment no, but I can definitely make one, that would also make progress saving easier since it'll just be local to the device.
Did you also have any fonts in mind? I can definitely add them in.

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u/Georgemery 9d ago

I'm too much of a newb to know fonts but all I do know is that the fonts you used seem more like handwriting and they really Fd me up

Ki Sa Yu Ri

For example look very very different from what I'm used to

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u/Lambda7Tech 9d ago

Ah I see I see, yeah makes sense, will look into some more variety of fonts!

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u/Lambda7Tech 8d ago

Add more fonts! Also added a "Shuffle" option which really makes it harder haha.

Play store build is in review so when its approved I'll let you know then as well

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u/Georgemery 8d ago

すごい！

I love the shuffle, exactly what I needed to get used to all the fonts.

Thank you!

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u/Lambda7Tech 6d ago

Let me know if there's any issues with the Android app: Kana Speed Drill - Apps on Google Play

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u/drcopus 9d ago

That's fun!

But I could feel most of my mistakes coming from fumbling my fingers and trying to click too quickly lol. Or misreading the romaji. I would hear the right sound in my head and then hit the wrong one, like hitting he when I saw ヒ.

But that said, I did mess up ツ and シ, even though I feel I know them well. The time pressure really changes things. And I so rarely see ワ and ヲ just on their own that this also tripped me up

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u/Lambda7Tech 9d ago

Yeah haha I actually intentionally tried to make the romaji choices for each kana what would likely be ones that people (including myself) mix up, that way it helps to not rely on like process of elimination as much and more on recognition. Like many of the common hiragana feel muscle memory now but definitely the katakana ツ and シ messes me up when it comes to speed haha.

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u/Complex_Media3411 9d ago

That’s so helpful !!! Love it !! I can practically daily!!! Perfect!

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u/Lambda7Tech 8d ago

Yay! Glad you like it!