Learn Japanese fast watching videos you love
Immerse in real-world content with vocabulary and grammar breakdowns. Intelligently designed to improve your reading, listening and speaking skills.
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Choose your learning style:
Watch videos appropriate for your level
We offer many filtering settings to help you find videos you love in our library.
Import videos from Youtube
Our chrome extension lets you import any video from Youtube into our platform.
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Lookup words in subtitles and AI explanation
Hover or click on a word on a subtitle to see its meaning. Click on eye icon to see sentence grammar breakdown.
Mark words as learning or known
Track words you want to learn and review as you come across them.
Sentence-Mine while watching
In our platform, it is easy to save useful sentences for review, and add notes as needed.
Review words with reading or listening mode (videos)
We show you the word in the context of a saved example sentence and ask you to recall the meaning of the word.
What our users say
Nicole Bennett
"Been using this app for 5 months and it's a total game-changer for learning Japanese! Love how it uses YouTube videos makes studying super fun and engaging"
Josh Thompson
"I can now enjoy watching Japanese videos thanks to HayaiLearn"
Eric Marshall
"My confidence level in Japanese has improved just after one week."
David Schmidt
"Since the video SRS feature has been added, my listening skills and pronunciation have really improved. Highly recommend for serious Japanese learners!"
Aaron Chen
"I definitely learned more Japanese this way, and it made listening easier to do."
We use AI to help you easily understand Japanese
See the most relevant meaning for a word
Confused by multiple meanings? We use AI to display the most relevant meaning of each word in its sentence context.
High quality context-aware translations
We look at the captions around the text and use AI to give better translations than Google Translate.
Understand subtitles on a deeper level with AI explanations
Don't fully understand a sentence from a video? Our AI shows grammatical breakdowns and explains nuances.
Structured Grammar Learning on Video Subtitles
900+ Grammar concepts to learn from
Grammar concepts are organized by JLPT level and ordered by importance
Subtitles with grammar breakdowns
We show you the prerequisite grammar knowledge needed to understand a given text
View grammar lessons directly
Easily lookup grammar lessons while watching a video
Track Your Japanese Learning Journey
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Frequently Asked Questions
What makes our platform unique?
We use AI for accurate explanations, translations, and meaning lookup of video subtitles, making it easy to learn. With our innovative Sentence Mining flow, you can look up video examples, save sentences, and review the words with video clips with a breeze. We also track your words and let you organize videos into albums. It's a world-class all-in-one platform for learning Japanese. 🇯🇵
Why isn't this free?
We use a lot of computing resources (AI and servers) to ensure a high quality platform. While some may argue that people can learn Japanese for free, we believe that is a slow path. Our platform is designed to make you learn Japanese as fast and as fun as possible.
Where can I watch?
You can use HayaiLearn on your phone, computer or tablet through a browser.
What kind of content is available for me to watch?
Our default library contains 1000+ youtube videos that range from vlogs, music videos, anime, interviews, slice of life, etc. However, you can import any content that is available on Youtube that has Japanese subtitle. So it's technically unlimited.
I'm a beginner. Is HayaiLearn right for me?
We grade the difficulty of all videos in our library, and have filters to let you find the easiest videos to start with. Combined with our AI tools, learning from immersion is very much possible even for beginners.
What payment processor do you use?
We securely handle all payments through Paddle, a trusted payment platform that ensures your transactions are safe and seamless. You can use major credit cards or PayPal, and all your payment details are protected.
Can I cancel my subscription at any time?
Yes, it's pretty straightforward and only takes a few seconds. To cancel, click on settings icon on the top right, select subscription. You'll be redirected to a subscription page where you can click on the Cancel Subscription link.
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