Human Japanese Intermediate app for iPhone and iPad


4.2 ( 5312 ratings )
Travel Education
Developer: Brak Software, Inc.
9.99 USD
Current version: 1.2.1, last update: 4 years ago
First release : 04 Aug 2013
App size: 168.96 Mb

Welcome aboard your rocket ship to the next level of Japanese.

Human Japanese Intermediate is packed with content and features that will take your Japanese language skills to the next level. If you liked the first HJ, youll love Intermediate. (And if youre new to Human Japanese, welcome aboard! Find a full list of content by chapter at www.humanjapanese.com/intermediate.)

In Human Japanese Intermediate, youll find:

- More than 40 illuminating chapters
- Over 2600 example sentences and dialogs with crystal-clear recordings of male and female speech
- Kanji animations, tips, illustrations, and more
- Photos and cultural notes to keep you engaged and energized
- Intelligent quizzes that track your history and help you focus on trouble spots
- INGREDIENTS™ example sentence breakdowns for total clarity in every example

Like its predecessor, Human Japanese Intermediate is built on the idea that the best way to learn and truly comprehend Japanese is to have it explained by someone who speaks your language. Core concepts are explained in a friendly, down-to-earth tone, with frequent comparisons to similar aspects of English. With humor and warmth, it demystifies and illuminates the real nuts-and-bolts of the language--not just vocabulary and canned phrases like many other products.

Explanations come alive with deeply interwoven interactive example sentences--more than 2600 in total--so that you can immediately see and hear exactly what youre learning.

Stay on track with an exciting new patent-pending feature called INGREDIENTS™ example sentence breakdowns. Next to every sentence is an icon that provides an instantaneous, simultaneous lookup of every word in the sentence, even conjugated forms! That means youll never lose your flow in the middle of an interesting discussion just because youve momentarily forgotten the meaning of a word.

KANJI
Human Japanese Intermediate also gets into kanji in a big way. At the end of most chapters, a new batch of kanji is introduced, with animations of each character, plus example sentences, illustrations, writing tips, and more. Our goal is not to simply throw a bag of characters in your lap, but to carefully explain how everything works.

To this end, Human Japanese Intermediate keeps track of which kanji youve learned at what point in the text and automatically adjusts the "spelling" of words in example sentences as appropriate to your current knowledge. So early on, you might encounter the following sentence:

そのひとの なまえを しらない。

But later, after youve met several of kanji used in these words, the version you would see is:

その人の 名前を 知らない。

This approach removes the most overwhelming aspect of learning kanji--the fact that most sentences contain many characters you dont yet know--and that helps you to stay focused and energized.

QUIZZES
Stay sharp with five different kinds of quizzes: chapter reviews, vocab, conjugation, kanji stroke order, and kanji flashcard.

Quizzes keep track of which questions you get right and wrong, to help you concentrate on your trouble spots.

And when you get a question wrong, its not simply "Try again." Wherever possible, the quiz provides a hint that is specific to that question, to help you remember and learn.

PHOTOS AND CULTURAL NOTES
Weve packed Human Japanese with hundreds of photos, illustrations, and cultural asides to keep you interested and energized. Youll find tours of hotels, train stations, convenience stores, supermarkets, kissaten (coffee shops), temples, and more.

LEARN JAPANESE WITH US
We care deeply about helping you to grow in your understanding of Japanese. Whether youve worked through the original Human Japanese app or have come from a different background, it will be our pleasure and privilege to be your guide on the next stage of your journey. Hajimemashou!

Pros and cons of Human Japanese Intermediate app for iPhone and iPad

Human Japanese Intermediate app good for

I highly recommend finishing "human Japanese beginner" before this one. But I can find no better way to start learn long Japanese. Im a college student, and this is better than my classes at my university.
Amazingly well made, its content was written full of concern for the students. I finished both basic and intermediate versions and I liked it immensely! :)
I find that this app is better than Rosetta Stone, and 100x cheaper hahaha Love the first one for beginners and so so sooo happy they brought out an intermediate!
Human Japanese Intermediate teaches informal verbs, new vocabulary, new grammar and updated versions of grammar learnt in Human Japanese Volume 1. It also has cultural notes. I really enjoyed it and have recommended HJ to my friends. It has definitely made a huge impact on my language learning experience!
Awesome app. I recommend using Anki in conjunction with this for memorization of the vocab .
A pleasant alternative to the unfriendly tones of minna no nihongo etc

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I started learning Japanese with human Japanese and Im excited about this version! Honestly the best place to learn Japanese that Ive found. With the first app I got as much information as one and a half semester at school. This will give you a solid foundation and great understanding of Japanese! Dont miss out :)
So many language apps are just flashcard sets. But knowing hundreds of words doesnt do you any good if you dont know how to put them together into intelligible sentences. Human Japanese actually shows how the language works. Yes, that means it spends lots of time on grammar, but it manages to do so in a way thats actually really interesting, more like decoding a mystery than just giving a bunch of rules to memorize. The quizzes are on the simple side, but still great learning tools. The real genius of the app is in the explanations and HUGE number of example sentences. I highly recommend it!
I really loved the first Human Japanese app. Ive been waiting more than two years for the next level and it doesnt dissappoint! Excellent ui and amazing content! Worth the price x10!
Ive used a lot of Japanese language software and classes—this is so much more fun and engaging. I hope there continues to be later editions to keep me occupied for my subway commutes!
amazing app to learn japanese and review your knowledge on the language!
As a new resident of Japan, my redoubled efforts to learn the language are helped immensely by this exceptionally-written, interactive textbook. The grammar and linguistic/cultural foundations in Human Japanese are engaging and downright fun. Between this and a dictionary, I am increasingly successful in reading and speaking with the wonderful people of Japan. A strong recommendation to any would-be gaijin!