# Is there any app for this?

**URL:** <https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-there-any-app-for-this/72879>\
**Category:** WaniKani\
**Created:** [December 14, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-there-any-app-for-this/72879 "2025-12-14T15:56:21Z")\
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Dear Santa,

This Christmas I would like an app that quizzes you with Japanese vocab recordings (WK reading sound clips) and then you have to input the answer by handwriting the Kanji or handwriting hiragana. I would like to order the quizzes by WaniKani level please. Basically it’s like Ringotan but prompting with just WaniKani vocab readings.

Sincerely,

A forgetful durtle

P.S. I’m aware we have the following apps that don’t quite deliver the features I’m asking for: [KaniWani](https://community.wanikani.com/t/kaniwani-major-update-134/11634), [KameSame](https://community.wanikani.com/t/kamesame-a-fast-feature-rich-japanese-memorization-webapp/31319), [Ringotan](https://www.ringotan.com/)

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**Author:** ![YandrosTheSane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/yandrosthesane/32/728374_2.png) [@YandrosTheSane](https://community.wanikani.com/u/YandrosTheSane)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-there-any-app-for-this/72879/2 "2025-12-14T16:02:20Z")

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Pretty sure you can do it with a custom kitsun deck layout or in anki deck but you would have to compose the deck yourself.

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**Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-there-any-app-for-this/72879/3 "2025-12-14T16:18:39Z")

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Hmm I don’t think Kitsun is it. I really just want the prompt to be an audio clip. Like Kyoko says “しょうりゃく” and then I write down 省略 or しょうりゃく. Heck, I don’t even need the app to grade my writing. I could just write down my answer on paper and then flip the card to check my answer. Ringotan gets close but their audio clips aren’t from real people, doesn’t sound right and I want to practice listening/writing with vocab I already learned on WK. Basically training for Japanese-Japanese dictation and note taking.

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**Author:** ![YandrosTheSane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/yandrosthesane/32/728374_2.png) [@YandrosTheSane](https://community.wanikani.com/u/YandrosTheSane)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-there-any-app-for-this/72879/4 "2025-12-14T16:44:59Z")

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> **Well there's this anki deck which has all the WK audio.**
>
> [https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/369908962](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/369908962)

But I’m not familiar enough with custom layout to do what you described.

> **I did however make a working POC in kitsun but you'd have to redo the full deck.**
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> ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/f/f/e/ffe49070b35d17300e7801910d05682f5d5393d5.png)
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> ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/5/8/3/583853db05aa800e939999afe50f11aad8d80e36.png)

I think your best bet would be to find a listening =\> reading layout directly in anki using the above anki deck.

(I’m not sure if posting such an Anki deck is allowed on the forums, if it’s problematic i’ll delete the message)

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**Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-there-any-app-for-this/72879/5 "2025-12-14T17:28:00Z")

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Thanks for the anki deck. I tried to import to Kitsune but couldn’t figure out how to make a custom deck with audio as the front card. Wasted an hour. Too frustrating. 😾

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**Author:** ![YandrosTheSane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/yandrosthesane/32/728374_2.png) [@YandrosTheSane](https://community.wanikani.com/u/YandrosTheSane)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-there-any-app-for-this/72879/6 "2025-12-14T17:30:28Z")

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I’ve been trying to import the whole deck too and map audio but it fail and produce a big empty deck :/.

For the Kitsun layout I just duplicated a vocabulary layout and selected “Audio” as the display field.

Here’s the raw code that works for me:

> **Front**
>
> ```auto
> <div class="full_wrap">
> <div class="main_wrap">
> </div>
> <div class="audio_wrap">
> {{Audio}}
> </div>
> <div class="input_wrapper"> 
> <div class="prompt_color">
> </div>
> {{type-ja:Readings[Reading]}}
> </div>
> </div>
> 
> ```

> **Back**
>
> ```auto
> <div class="full_wrap">
> <div class="main_wrap">
> <p>{{Vocabulary}}</p>
> </div>
> <div class="input_wrapper"> 
> <div class="prompt_color">
> </div>
> {{type-ja:Readings[Reading]}}
> </div>
> <div class="audio_wrap">
> {{Audio}}
> </div>
> 
> <div class="content_wrap">
> <div class="extra_wrap full">
> <div class="extra_header"><p>Readings</p></div>
> <p class="highlight">{{Readings}}</p>
> </div>
>    
> <div class="extra_wrap full">
> <div class="extra_header"><p>Meanings</p></div>
> <p class="blur">{{first:Meanings}}</p>
> <p class="blur alt_meanings">
> {{rest:Meanings}}
> </p>
> </div>
>    
> <div class="extra_wrap full">
> <div class="extra_header"><p>Sentence</p></div>
> <p class="furi">{{furigana:Sentence}}</p>
> </div>
> <div class="extra_wrap full">
> <div class="extra_header"><p>Notes</p></div>
> <p>{{Notes}}</p>
> <br />
> <p>{{cardtags}}</p>
> <p>{{usernotes}}</p>
> </div>
> </div>
> <div class="tags">
> {{#Part of Speech}}{{tags:Part of Speech}}{{/Part of Speech}}
> {{#Frequency}}{{tags:Frequency}}{{/Frequency}}
>   
> </div>
> </div>
> 
> ```

For the proof of concept I extracted the anki .apkg with a .zip util (.apkg are just a zip archive in disguise) and the audio is found under the “media” folder. You just have to rename the file with “.mp3” to then be able to upload them as audio in kitsun.

Unfortunately it seems that using the “import deck from anki” kitsun feature bugs on this deck (at least I did not find how to make it work).

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**Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-there-any-app-for-this/72879/7 "2025-12-14T17:54:30Z")

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Thanks for trying. I’m only on the kitsun trial. Definitely not worth the cost if I can’t do an auto import of this. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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**Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-there-any-app-for-this/72879/8 "2025-12-14T17:57:17Z")

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Agree. I don’t know how’s the anki community help wise but I think applying a “listnening layout” to the deck could be not that hard and free to reach a somewhat acceptable state for what you’re looking for.

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**Author:** ![polv](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/polv/32/572691_2.png) [@polv](https://community.wanikani.com/u/polv)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-there-any-app-for-this/72879/9 "2025-12-15T03:57:04Z")

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> <https://github.com/SergioFacchini/anki-cards-web-browser/blob/master/documentation/Processing%20Anki%27s%20.apkg%20files.md>

`*.apkg` is a ZIP archive (rename file extension to `*.zip`).

Inside the zip file, `media` is a text file with no file extension, in JSON format (add file extension `.json` or `.txt`). The format is `dict[int,str]` where `str` are filenames.

Files `int` got filename specified in file `media`.

`collection.anki2` is a SQLite database, with tables as in seen here – [Database Structure · ankidroid/Anki-Android Wiki · GitHub](https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/wiki/Database-Structure)

There is also this Anki manual, but I don’t see direct answer to the structure of APKG. [Exporting - Anki Manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/exporting.html#packaged-decks)

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**Author:** ![polv](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/polv/32/572691_2.png) [@polv](https://community.wanikani.com/u/polv)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-there-any-app-for-this/72879/10 "2025-12-15T04:05:16Z")

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> [@catwithcookiesandtea](#):
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> I really just want the prompt to be an audio clip. Like Kyoko says “しょうりゃく” and then I write down 省略 or しょうりゃく. Heck, I don’t even need the app to grade my writing. I could just write down my answer on paper and then flip the card to check my answer. Ringotan gets close but their audio clips aren’t from real people,

Self Study script still works? It can quiz vocab audio.

> [@\[Userscript\] Self-Study Quiz](https://community.wanikani.com/t/userscript-self-study-quiz/13191/1):
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> ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/4/9/49e21d3311fd5685f8a9fcbe99f0a03f8058e2b1.png)

For a full fledge SRS or custom quizzes, I might use AnkiDroid with whiteboard feature (and probably also S pen). Kitsun should have something similar.

Add vocab to Anki via Yomitan. Then, I might replace audio file with Forvo’s. Or use a preexisting shared decks. (I’ve tried vocab audio + sentence audio, but vocab only + sentence cloze should work too.)

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**Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-there-any-app-for-this/72879/11 "2025-12-15T04:58:59Z")

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It’s not ideal but you could always use something like Anki and write the characters out on paper.

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**Author:** ![YandrosTheSane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/yandrosthesane/32/728374_2.png) [@YandrosTheSane](https://community.wanikani.com/u/YandrosTheSane)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 7:44am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-there-any-app-for-this/72879/12 "2025-12-15T07:44:44Z")

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@polv Nice find with the self study quiz !

You gave me the idea to try with the Item Inspector and it works too !

@catwithcookiesandtea

> **The Item Inspector Solution**
>
> Using the superb extention: [[Userscript] Wanikani Item Inspector](https://community.wanikani.com/t/userscript-wanikani-item-inspector/44564)
> 
> Settings tab: Select Audio in “Enable Features”
> 
> ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/8/6/a/86a82c1848f5d3d6ff356fb37db9fe4250a5a46a.png)
> 
> Temporary filters  
> I used my level (1-21) and the item type to “Vocabulary”, obviously creating your own targeted filter is better
> 
> ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/4/6/7/467222e94d57108ff7451e1bb21ea4e7b338e2f3.png)
> 
> Select the filter in the interface
> 
> ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/4/7/6/4762fa3ea8d5da706540e14594794bf78af7854f.png)
> 
> And start the quizz
> 
> ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/e/d/1/ed1c52d045a1b468f664eb63eb78e50305fb151f.png)
> 
> Then select the “Audio Quizz” and I think it’s exactly what you described 🙂
> 
> ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/7/c/9/7c91d7c7f183b78633752a628274275e84e59517.png)

If you do not already use the item inspector the Self-Study quiz may be easier to setup.

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**Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-there-any-app-for-this/72879/13 "2025-12-15T13:08:40Z")

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It works!! さすが @polv 先輩だにゃ〜〜 ありがとうございました~~ 🥳

@rfindley 先輩は我々の勇者だにゃ~~~ 💖