Kana Chain Maze

Find the path by linking Japanese words in shiritori order: the last sound of one word is the first sound of the next.

Kana Chain Maze turns hiragana practice into a calm picture-card puzzle. Each card shows a picture or the written word, together with its hiragana reading. Tap the start card, then pick the neighboring card whose word begins with the sound you just ended on, all the way to the goal. Children and beginning Japanese learners build vocabulary while practicing attention, sequencing, and planning.

WHAT YOU CAN DO
• Play 120 checked stages in six familiar themes: animals, food, nature, at home, school, and vehicles
• Grow from easy 4×4 boards to longer routes on 5×5 and 6×6 boards
• Use step-by-step hints: first the next sound, then possible cards light up, then the next card
• Undo a step or restart the board at any time
• Earn up to three stars on every stage
• Open the word book to review all 36 words with their readings and meanings in your language
• Hear each word read aloud in Japanese, with an optional slower speed (uses your device's Japanese text-to-speech voice)
• Play one calm daily challenge with no timer and see how many days you practiced this week

MADE FOR CALM LEARNING
Large cards, clear feedback, scalable text, light and dark themes, and a right-to-left layout for Arabic. A short three-page introduction explains the rules and can be replayed from Settings. Everything works offline.

PRIVACY
No ads, no account, no social features, and no analytics. Progress is saved on your device. In the protected Guardian Zone, a grown-up can export progress as a ZIP file (JSON and CSV inside) and import it again, for example on a new device.

One purchase. No subscriptions or in-app purchases.

Recent changes:
Initial release. Solve 120 Japanese word-chain mazes, hear pronunciation, review vocabulary, use hints, and try a calm daily challenge. Includes offline play and optional private backup.