I’m so happy about this! This gives the people who don’t plan on taking the tests a little more confidence saying what JLPT level they are 
Accidentally deleted my results but at least I have a lil badge to prove I did it hahaha
Thank you!
Very nice!!
thank you 
i definitely will do an attempt at N2 somewhere next month or something <3
Trick or Treat! 
While your reviews may bring you tricks, we’re happy to announce we have some treats for you all!
The B-Point Shop and cosmetic system is finally out of Beta!
We released the B-Point Shop in a previous update, earlier this year.
Check it out in the original announcement.
Announcement TLDR;
The update introduced an in-app currency, and a wide array of cosmetic items that can be bought with it. The currency is called B-Points, and are earned by doing study inside of Bunpro – Reviews, Cram, Reading Passages etc.
With this release, we’ve added a new big batch of items – many Halloween themed – for you to purchase.
We’ve also added two new cosmetic-types, which we’ll get to next!
Progress Bar Backgrounds & End-Caps 
Say goodbye to the standard accented Progress bar, and instead mix-and-match different bars and caps to your hearts content!
We’ve designed a bunch of festive (and non-festive) Progress bars that work both by themselves, as well as go hand-in-hand with other Caps. Want to use a brick bar background by itself? Great! Bones bar with a skull cap? Cool! Octopus arm bar with a pumpkin cap? Strange, but who are we to judge?
We hope that it makes doing Reviews a bit more fun and engaging going forward!
Other New Shop Additions 
While the progress bars and caps are fun, we also have some other stuff to showcase!
We have added more Pins, Frames, Accents and Profile Themes to the Shop.
Time for a little showcase.
Just in time for the holidays is our new Halloween Accent. This will add a spooky feel to your day-to-day activities inside Bunpro!
We’ve also added a new set of Matsuri-themed items too, and a Terracotta Accent:
Have a rummage through the New Releases part of the Shop to see everything we’ve added.
Special Mention… 
We have added the French Flag as a pin!
This may have been the most requested item, so here you all are! 
Anyway, that’s all folks!
We hope you enjoy this little update, and are looking forward to seeing your spooky Profiles for the rest of October (and well into the future too!).
Happy holidays!
The Bunpro Team
Hi, All 
お待たせしました for everyone who wants to learn N3 Japanese grammar in Japanese! We’re happy to announce that N3 Japanese grammar explanations are now available! 
I’m going to post this in Japanese first, then in English. Let’s try reading it in Japanese! 
(If you’d prefer to read in English, please scroll down!)
何のために作ったの？ 
日本語で文法を勉強したい人のために作りました。日本語で考えながら文法を学びたい人、もう少しむずかしいことをしたい人、英語で学ぶのがむずかしいと感じている人に特におすすめです。
日本語のレベルはどれくらい？ 
文法の説明には、そのレベルまでに習った文法だけを使っています。できるだけ簡単な表現や単語、漢字（だいたいN3レベルまで）を使うようにしました。ときどき、少し難しい文法の言葉が出てくるかもしれませんが、全体として読みやすくてわかりやすい日本語を目指しました。
また、すべての漢字にはふりがなが付いています 
どうやって日本語に変えるの？ 
文法の説明ページの右上にあるボタンを押してください。そうすると、かんたんに日本語に変えることができます。一度日本語にすると、ほかの文法ページも日本語になります。また、同じボタンから、いつでも英語に戻すことができます。
メモ 
もとの英語の説明は、英語の単語を使って日本語を説明していることがあります。例えば、‘In English, this is similar to XXX…’ や ‘This translates as ‘YYY’, ‘ZZZ’, and similar expressions in English.’ のような表現です。
日本語の説明は、このような英語をそのまま訳していません。日本語としてわかりやすくするために、内容や文の順番を少し変えています。そのため、英語と日本語はぴったり同じというわけではありません。どうぞ、ご理解ください 
いつもフィードバックやコミュニティで協力してくれて、本当にありがとうございます！この新しい機能が、みなさんの学習のお役に立ちますように。もし何か気づいたことがあれば、ぜひ教えてください！ではでは、これからも一緒にがんばりましょう～！ 
Here is the English version
What’s the purpose?
This feature helps you immerse yourself in Japanese by learning grammar directly in it. It’s recommended, for example, for learners who want to think about grammar in Japanese, who are looking for an extra challenge, or for non-native English speakers who find it difficult to study it through English.
What level of Japanese is used?
The grammar explanations only use the grammar you’ve already learned at that level. We try to use simple expressions, vocabulary, and kanji (mostly up to N3 level) as much as possible. There might be some advanced grammar terms, but overall the explanations should be easy to read and understand.
Also, all kanji have furigana
How to switch between English and Japanese?
It’s easy! Just tap the button on the top-right corner of the grammar explanation screen. You can always switch between the two languages. Once you switch the language, your setting will apply across all grammar pages!
Note
The original English versions sometimes explain Japanese using English words, for example, ‘In English, this is similar to XXX…’ or ‘This translates as ‘YYY’, ‘ZZZ’, and similar expressions in English.’. So, we adjusted the content and wording instead of translating it directly. We also changed the word order in some places to make it easier to understand. Please note that the English and Japanese versions may not always match exactly
Thank you as always for supporting us through your feedback, community participation, and everything you do! We hope this new feature becomes a helpful tool to support and boost your Japanese learning. If you notice anything, we’d appreciate your feedback! ではでは、引き続き一緒に頑張りましょう～！
Hey Everyone! 
Over the past few month, we have gone through a large number of attempted answers for N3 grammar and added about 12,000-ish new hints.
These new hints have been written in a way that better guides learners to the answer we are looking for.
For example, for the grammar point ようとしない, if the answer we are looking for is 諦めようとしない and a student submits あきらめそうもない, it would trigger a hint that says 'This indicates some particular action doesn’t seem likely. We’re looking for a grammar point that uses the volitional form, expresses strong reluctance, and means ‘makes no attempt to do (A)’ or ‘is not willing to do (A)’.
As with the N4 hint update, we decided to write new unique hints instead of solely relying on our standard hints so that you can clearly tell which grammar point we are looking for, instead of getting stuck in a loop of potentially similar answers.
Clear distinction between Alternate and Wrong answers 
We followed the same criteria as we did when we created the new N4 hints when writing the N3 hints.
Alternate answers :
- Correct grammar and conjugation, but tense or politeness is off
Example: 食べる instead of 食べます. - Not the targeted grammar point, but meaning is close
Example: くらい instead of 頃. (This is a grey area, but if it makes sense in the context of the sentence, we count it as an alternate answer, but if it does not we count it as a wrong answer). - Slight entry errors
Example: ちゆう instead of ちゅう.
Wrong Answers :
- Incorrect grammar usage
Example: Using にくい when やすい should be used. - Ungrammatical answers
Example: Incorrect conjugation and ungrammatical use of grammar points.
Final Notes 
With this update, we only added hints for attempted answers that currently lacked hints, and did not make changes to already existing hints. However, we will likely go through existing hints to ‘fine tune’ them so that they follow the same format, and to improve our hint system for grammar points that have less helpful hints even further.
We will also go through attempted answers for other N levels and add hints for those in the near future. Look out for another post when some of those are done!
Thank you for your continuous support and feedback that helps make Bunpro a great learning tool! We hope that this update improves your learning journey!
I really like the look of the dashboard, so I’m just putting this here:
While I’m posting here, I’ll add a fun fact.
It says I’ve studied on Bunpro for 1204 days. Checking the heatmap on my profile page, seems like I first started using Bunpro April 27th, 2019. That’s 2401 days ago. 2401 / 2 = 1200,5. So I’ve been studying with Bunpro pretty much half of the days since I first started. That much more than I thought!
My profile here if you’d like to see more stats.
Also randomly tried one of the N5 mock exams today – the listening section with the “instant reply” questions was hilarious. The wrong answers were so obviously wrong and the voice actors saying the lines delivered it in such a way it sounded like standup comedy. I didn’t think I’d actually laugh out loud while doing a mock exam.
I once even had that during a real JLPT 
One of the options was so funny that everybody burst into laughter - but the proctor shooed us quickly so that we don’t miss the next question 
Oh goodness, so it can happen during the real thing as well
Bunpro is on sale now. I Just bought it.
How can I reset my Progress?
URL to the settings: Log in | Bunpro
Make sure you really want to reset, it can’t be undone later.
Thank you. I’m very sure. I haven’t used Bunpro since the Trial a year ago.
It’s that time again… 
BUNSGIVING IS BACK, BABY!
Whether you celebrate it as Thanksgiving, 勤労感謝の日, or just another day in late November, what better time of the year than now to show someone how much you care by giving them the Gift of Grammar™!
Starting today (25th Nov), through next Wednesday (3rd Dec), all gifted subscriptions are 20% off!
We have packed a lot into this year’s Bunsgiving, so read the full post to find out what has been done!
TL;DR:
- New Gifting/Bunsgiving page
- Created a Donation Pool where you can donate or request subscription tokens – we match all donations!
- Free limited-time-only Bunsgiving cosmetics
Bunsgiving? The Gift of Grammar™?
Over the years, we have had users reach out about gifting Bunpro subscriptions to friends and family. We turned this into a dedicated event (Bunsgiving) a few years back.
With how successful Bunsgiving was the last couple of years, and the time it takes each year to process all the gifting, we have decided to make it a dedicated feature.
We have created a new Bunsgiving page, that you can use to buy gift Subscription Tokens and donate to the Donation Pool
How can I gift a subscription?
This year it’s very simple. Visit the Gifting page, and click on one of the big nuggets:
Follow the purchase flow, and you will be emailed a unique token that you can send to that special someone.
The codes of purchased/unredeemed tokens can also be viewed in the Available Gift Codes part of your Subscription Settings.
The Bunsgiving sale prices are as follows:
| Length | Price |
|---|---|
| 1 month | |
| 3 months (new) | |
| 1 year | |
| Lifetime |
Lifetime Sale 
Maybe that special someone in need of a little grammar TLC is you. While the Bunsgiving Sale is active, you can give yourself the Gift of Grammar™️ directly with a discounted lifetime membership ($150 → $120).
See your subscription page for details.
PS. The Bunsgiving Sale on Lifetime memberships is separate from the upcoming annual sale of lifetime memberships ($120) that will begin in late December.
Community Pool 
Our Mission
Whether it is how we build the platform, our recent localization efforts, or making learning material freely available (like our recent release of 25 full JLPT practice tests), our mission to make Japanese learning more accessible is a core part of why we do what we do.
However the premium and expanded features that we offer (SRS, progress tracking, cram etc) all require a subscription, and while Bunpro is one of, if not the cheapest paid tool out there, sometimes not everyone has the means to utilize these tools on an ongoing basis.
Behind the Scenes
From time to time, individuals reach out to us about their circumstances or socioeconomic struggles, and we do our best to grant free subscription time where we can.
At the same time we also have generous users who reach out to gift subscription time to be granted to users on an as needed basis.
We decided to formalize and combine these into the Community Pool.
The Pool
We have initially stocked the Community Pool with 1200 months of subscription time!
Any user who is struggling or unable to afford a subscription can apply for a six month subscription from the pool. This will open a custom support ticket. We will look at account activity, forum activity and the information provided to help us make an informed decision about the application.
Donating
Any user who has the means and is feeling generous can also contribute to the pool by donating Tokens.
We will match every donation made, month-for-month.
That means that for every 3 month donated to the pool by the community, a learner in need will be able to receive a 6 month subscription to keep their journey going.
Donations can be made anonymously. There is an activity display showing donations as well as distributions from the pool (distributions are always anonymous).
Note: This is just an example to show what it looks like
The Community Pool is a bit of a social experiment for Bunpro. We couldn’t find many examples to use as inspiration or to know what to expect. We ultimately went with this approach because it allows us to standardize giving subscription time to those in need while amplifying the impact of any user contributions.
Free Stuff 
Last, we have some FREE Bunsgiving-themed items available in the B-Point Shop!
For a limited time only, during the Bunsgiving period (25th Nov – 3rd Dec).
Snag them quick!
As always, we are eternally grateful for the continued support and feedback everyone provides!
You are what we are thankful for this Bunsgiving Season. 
With love, The Bunpro Team
December may mean snow, hot chocolate, and the holidays 
to many, but to us, it means a chance to see everyone’s progress, be surprised by how many reviews some of you did, and hear about your goals for next year. 
Presenting the 4th annual Bunpro Year End Recap: Your 2025 Bunpro Recap!
The Bunpro 年間まとめ showcases the learning strides you’ve made in 2025! Whether you’ve been using Bunpro for a while, or just started recently, this recap shows not only what you did, but more importantly, it helps you visualize how far you’ve come this year.
A marathon, not a sprint 
With a language as challenging as Japanese, it’s easy to lose sight of the bigger picture. Some days you may get every review right, some days you may get 50%+ wrong, the main thing is that each day you put the next foot forward. Learning Japanese is a marathon, not a sprint and you will be surprised at how consistent, daily practice can compound over time.
Bunpro has always existed not just to help you learn Japanese, but to help you build confidence in you understanding and to encourage you to start immersing in native-content as soon as possible. It’s our hope that something you struggled to read or listen to last January is now something you feel much more comfortable with going into the new year.
This thread is not only a place for you to showcase your progress to others, but also a place do a bit of self-reflection and write out some goals you want to achieve next year. For us, it is a blast to see everyone’s progress, and to read about where you hope to be next year. So please share if you feel comfortable doing so!
Liftime Sale :bunprogold:
December also means our annual Lifetime sale has officially begun! More info about Lifetime
From now through January 7th, all Lifetime subscriptions are 20% off ($150 → $120). If you didn’t manage to get the sale during Bunsgiving, then this will be your last chance to do so until next year!
Community Pool 
Lastly, we know that the holidays can be a challenging time financially for some, so we also wanted to remind you all about our Community Subscription Pool. If your circumstances make it difficult to afford a Bunpro subscription, you can request one here.
There are currently 1,630 months available!
Already have a Bunpro membership but want to get in the holiday spirit by donating time to the pool? We will match every donation made, month for month. You can see options here to give the gift of learning to someone in need.
From all of us here at Bunpro, thank you for making 2025 the best year yet! Your support, feedback, and love help shape Bunpro into the best Japanese learning platform around. We have a lot of great things in store for you all in 2026!
良いお年を! 
The Bunpro Team