A conversation app for curious adult learners of Japanese.
Practice at your own pace, and grow your language awareness
by sharing, listening, and noticing.
Conversation practice with Sumire and Kenji. All topics, at your own pace, whenever you like.
A dictionary that shows each word among its neighbors. Generate a card for any word, any time.
One membership gives you both.
Month to month, and yours to leave whenever you like.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Month to month. Cancel anytime.
Take your time. Come back whenever you'd like.
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A word is never really alone. It lives among the words it keeps company with. TonariWords is a small dictionary that shows you those neighbors, so you learn where a word belongs, not just what it means. Here's one card:
A common cold. The everyday illness you catch, not the wind it's written with.
Which words it pairs withThat's one word. TonariWords does this for any word you enter.
The full tool comes with your Practice Pass.
Once you join, you'll find your monthly password in the members-only section of my Ko-fi page. The same password unlocks both Tomodachi in Japanese and TonariWords. A new password is posted around the beginning of each month.
Yes. You can cancel from your Ko-fi account whenever you like. Your access continues until the end of your current billing period, so you can take your time. Payments already made are not refunded.
Some basics help. Tomodachi in Japanese is a conversation practice app for adult learners who already know hiragana, katakana, and beginner grammar. There are no grammar lessons or drills here, just conversation with feedback that helps you notice patterns and expressions along the way. If you can read a menu and put together simple sentences, you're ready.
If you're still working on your foundation, or want a more systematic path alongside conversation practice, check out my Recommendations page for a few courses I trust.
New topics are added regularly. I don't commit to a strict schedule because I'd rather add topics thoughtfully than fill a calendar.