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Wordfuda: a card game for JLPT N5 vocabulary and kanji

Wordfuda is a free card game for people learning Japanese for the JLPT N5. Every card is a Japanese word, kanji or kana. You play up to 3 cards and answer each one. If every answer is right, the score multiplies. One wrong answer and the hand scores 0. Cards you miss come back more often.

Get it free on Google Play Try the demo in your browser

What's inside

  • 674 JLPT N5 words and the 103 N5 kanji, with readings and meanings
  • The 46 basic hiragana and the 46 basic katakana
  • A daily run: the same cards for everyone each day, with a result you can share
  • A review of the cards you miss, 10 at a time
  • Optional Wordfuda Pro (one-time purchase): 627 N4 words, 181 N4 kanji, and no ads

Android app and browser demo

  • Android (Google Play): everything above. N5 words, N5 kanji, hiragana and katakana are free.
  • Browser demo (this site): a practice round, today's daily run and free runs with hiragana. No sign-up, no ads. Free runs with katakana, N5 words and N5 kanji, and the review, are in the Android app. Progress in the browser stays in that browser and does not move to the app.

Android only for now. There is no iPhone version yet.

How to play

  1. You hold 5 cards. Pick up to 3 and play them.
  2. Answer each card: what does it mean, how is it read, which sound is it?
  3. All right: chips × multiplier. One miss: 0 for that hand.
  4. Reach the target score to clear a stage. Clear 8 stages to win the run.
  5. After each stage, turn over one of three face-down charms that bend the rules.

Questions

Is Wordfuda free?

Yes. N5 words, N5 kanji, hiragana and katakana are free on Android, with one small banner on the home screen and no ads while you play.

Is it good for the JLPT N5?

It covers the 674 words and 103 kanji of the open JLPT N5 lists it is built on (see Sources). It trains the meaning and reading of words and kanji. It does not cover grammar, listening or reading passages.

Which languages are the meanings in?

English, plus Indonesian, Spanish and Portuguese (machine translations).

Is it an official JLPT product?

No. Wordfuda is an unofficial study aid and is not affiliated with the Japan Foundation or JEES.

Who made it?

Runwith, a small company in Aichi, Japan. Contact: support@runwith-ai.com

Sources

Meanings: JMdict; kanji data: KANJIDIC2 (Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, CC BY-SA 4.0). Word lists: open-anki-jlpt-decks by Jamie Sinclair (MIT), based on the lists by Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk, CC BY). Indonesian, Spanish and Portuguese meanings: machine translations of the English meanings, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Last updated: 2026-10-23