TokuGo: Japanese JFT & JLPT

Learn Japanese from zero to passing JFT-Basic and the JLPT

TokuGo is an Android app for Specified Skilled Worker (SSW / Tokutei Ginou) candidates who must pass JFT-Basic, and for JLPT learners from N5 to N1: hiragana and katakana, spaced-repetition flashcards for vocabulary and kanji, grammar lessons, and practice exam sets built to look like the real tests.

Use it for JFT-Basic A2 mock test practice and JLPT N5, N4, N3, N2 and N1 practice tests, or to learn Japanese vocabulary and kanji for work in Japan as an SSW (Tokutei Ginou) candidate.

Free to start · No account · 17 interface languages · Android 7.0 and up

🃏 Vocabulary that actually sticks
• 95 topics in 11 groups. The Workplace group has 21 topics, from instructions from supervisors, workplace safety, schedules and contracts to factory work, construction, agriculture, restaurants, hospitality and caregiving.
• One screen per deck. Percent complete, the status of every word, Study and Quiz buttons.
• A pocket dictionary of 38,085 words. Search by kanji, kana, romaji or meaning.

✍️ 2,230 kanji, set by set, stroke by stroke
• Kanji cards and quizzes with the same stages as vocabulary.
• Write kanji with your finger: every stroke is checked for shape, direction and order.

📝 Question sets shaped like the real exams
• Results like the official report: JFT-Basic on the 10–250 scale with the A1, A2.1 and A2.2 bands; JLPT with per-section scores and their minimums.
• An explanation for every question after the run, including listening scripts.
• Every set is open on the free version, with a 7-day pause per level.

🔤 From zero: script, kanji basics, grammar and conversations
• Words you can already read in every lesson: real words made only of the characters learned so far.
• Every grammar lesson: pattern, how to form it, examples with furigana you can listen to, then a short practice.
• No ads on lesson and quiz screens. Hiragana, katakana, Kanji Basics, N5 grammar and the first 12 conversations are free.

🎧 Listen, speak, write
• Audio decks: every word is read in Japanese, then its meaning; the player keeps going with the screen off.
• Speaking practice: if your phone recognises the word, the next one appears by itself.

📅 Know exactly what to study today
• The daily goal counts words and kanji you really learned today, not cards you looked at.
• Statistics: day streak, review schedule, known words per level, exam score chart, activity map.

❓ Is TokuGo free?
Yes. The free version gives you 9,400 words (the top 100 of every topic), all N5 kanji, hiragana, katakana, Kanji Basics, N5 grammar, the first 12 conversations, every practice exam set with a 7-day pause per level, the dictionary and three audio decks, with ads. Premium unlocks every word and kanji, N4–N1 grammar and all conversations, removes ads, and adds offline study and exam practice without the pause.

❓ Does it work offline?
All content ships inside the app; nothing is downloaded while you study. On the free version, starting a study session or a practice exam needs an internet connection; Premium works fully offline. Japanese audio comes from your phone's text-to-speech engine, so its voice data needs to be installed once.

❓ Which languages are supported?
The interface comes in 17 languages: Indonesian, English, Vietnamese, Nepali, Burmese, Filipino, Thai, Khmer, Mongolian, Sinhala, Bengali, Hindi, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese (Taiwan and Hong Kong), Korean and Japanese. Word and kanji meanings are complete in all of them except Japanese, which shows English meanings. Grammar lessons, conversations and exam explanations are available in 14 languages; in Simplified Chinese and Japanese they are shown in English.

🌐 See all features: https://tokugo.my.id/en/

Heading to Japan for work, or sitting the JLPT?

TokuGo is an independent app, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Japan Foundation or Japan Educational Exchanges and Services (JEES), which run JFT-Basic and the JLPT.

Recent changes:
New in version 1.9:
• Audio decks: the deck that is playing is now marked
• Daily target also counts the hiragana and katakana you memorize
• Bug fixes and stability improvements