I recently got back into studying Japanese and realized how hard it was to jump from textbooks to understanding real conversations. While I’m aware there are other similar tools out there, I felt inspired to build my own from the ground up. It’s been a passion project—partly for the fun of it, but mostly as a way to merge my love for the language with my growth as a developer..
How does the practice area work? It’s not just about watching a clip; it’s about active participation:
Simple Input: When typing what you hear, you’ll only see Hiragana. No need to worry about Kanji or Katakana; the goal is to focus on the sound!
No distractions: Don’t worry about punctuation or spaces; the system ignores them automatically so they don’t affect your score.
Segmented Replay: Each sentence has its own dedicated replay button, allowing you to listen to that specific snippet as many times as you need.
Extra help: If you’re feeling stuck, you can reveal the translation at any time to guide you along.
A quick note on language: Although the website’s interface is in Spanish, it’s very visual and intuitive (icons, clear buttons). The core experience is all about the Japanese audio and text!
P.S.: I’m currently looking for a job as a Web Developer. If you like the tool and happen to be on LinkedIn, I’d be incredibly grateful if you could drop a “Like” or a comment on my post there to help with its reach! LinkedIn Post
finally, a tool made without the use of ai (at least, as far as i can tell…)
it looks useful, too~
i was going to offer help for more clips, but i doubt my japanese is sufficient enough xD
Sorry to disappoint you, but I did build it with AI haha. I mean, I was a developer before AI, but nowadays it is almost a MUST
About the subs, I have a “trick”. I have a simple and small app that gives you the file with the text and timing of the clip of your choice. It is not perfect, so how can I make sure that the file is correct?
If we are talking about an anime series or movie, I go to Japanese Netflix (using a VPN), so I can see the Japanese subtitles and compare.
But with anything else that is not anime, you can’t do that. Music is the worst haha. The app I told you about does not work, so I have to search for the lyrics and adjust the timing manually.
oh, that’s unfortunate
i have to disagree, it is not “a must”
if someone like me is able to find solutions to problems without resorting to ai, i feel like anyone should be
there are plenty of resources for learning code, even if it’s less “learning” and more “here’s how someone else did something similar, what info can i glean from this for my own uses?” (which is still likely to lead to learning something)
edit: you even said you have to do things manually, so what’s the ai for, anyway?
there is a small integration at the admin panel for the traduction japanese to spanish, this one wasn´t necessary but I just wanted to try, I never integrated an AI before
to get the substitle in japanese, I use “Whisper AI”, but it suck if you try to get the subtitle from music videos, this is where I have to work almas “manually”
I’m getting back into Japanese and was excited to see your post, but I cannot figure out the website. Nothing comes up in the search bar. I click todos and nothing comes up. I click N1 and nothing comes up. What am I missing? This sounds like such a neat tool.
https://wakarimasuka.vercel.app/
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