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Listen to conversations, station and facility announcements, explanations, and other content to understand the meaning.
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In Japanese, the major pillars of study include distinguishing writing systems, particles, conjugation, and honorific language. Because the subject is often omitted, learners develop the ability to determine meaning from context.
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Practice listening, reading, grammar, and vocabulary, plus shadowing and word games.
📖 Reading
Read everyday notices, emails, explanatory texts, and other materials to understand the context.
📝 Grammar & Vocabulary
Covers particles, verb conjugation, honorific language, sentence-ending expressions, word order, and more.
🗣️ Shadowing
Speak while listening to audio to become familiar with Japanese sounds, rhythm, and natural expressions.
🏰 Word Quest
Learn basic and business vocabulary while progressing through an adventure RPG story.
🧩 Word Match
Review the vocabulary you've learned with a game that matches words to their meanings.
Learn Japanese every day. The FRENG question system
At FRENG, we apply our original learning format—modeled on the listening and reading section structure of the TOEIC® Listening & Reading Test—to Japanese as well. All language questions, including English ones, are independently created by FRENG and are not official TOEIC® tests or official questions. Grammar and vocabulary questions are created to match the characteristics of each language.
120 minutes every day. All new questions.
It's not just repeating the same questions as yesterday. New mock tests are added every day, and the number of questions you can study keeps piling up.
You can study in just a few minutes a day.
Even if there are 120 minutes' worth of questions each day, you don't have to answer them all.
Just 5 minutes of listening during your commute. Just 10 minutes of reading during lunch break. A few grammar questions on your weak points before bed.
Study today's material at your own pace, as much as you can manage.
We value helping you keep going without overexerting yourself.
Practical TOEIC® question formats used around the world, applied to Japanese language learning.
TOEIC® is an English proficiency test used in more than 160 countries around the world. It is particularly strong at measuring practical English skills, with an emphasis on communication in business and the workplace.
Rather than simply testing knowledge of vocabulary and grammar, it uses as its subject matter situations actually encountered in business and daily life, such as workplace conversations, meetings, phone calls, business trips, contacting clients, emails, advertisements, and informational notices.
It also consists of 7 Parts that systematically check practical language ability, including questions where you look at a photo and understand the situation, questions where you choose an appropriate response to a question, questions where you listen to and comprehend conversations and announcements, and questions where you read emails and documents and understand their content.
FRENG has applied this practical and systematic TOEIC® question format to Japanese language learning.
Drawing on the broad range of business and everyday topics and question structures used in TOEIC®, we provide original learning questions that let you practice listening and reading in Japanese. This is not material that just replaces the setting and characters with a Japanese-speaking world; rather, it is a structure for learning common topics centered on the United States, in Japanese.
In addition, we combine grammar and vocabulary questions that are important in Japanese learning, such as particles, verb conjugation, honorific language, kanji and vocabulary, and omissions based on context.
This lets you train not only to memorize words and grammar, but also the comprehensive language skills needed to listen to and read Japanese and accurately understand the content.
* TOEIC® is an English test. The other-language questions introduced on this page are FRENG's original materials and are not official TOEIC® tests.
* TOEIC® is a registered trademark of Educational Testing Service (ETS). All FRENG questions, including the English version, are originally produced across all 8 languages and are not official TOEIC® tests or official questions. FRENG is not approved by or affiliated with ETS or IIBC.
Question formats by Part
PART 1Photo questions
Listen to a description of a photo and choose the answer
PART 2Response questions
Choose the response to a question or statement
PART 3Conversation questions
Listen to a conversation between multiple people and answer the questions
PART 4Announcement questions
Listen to explanations and announcements and answer the questions
PART 5Short text fill-in-the-blank
Check vocabulary and grammar
PART 6Long passage fill-in-the-blank
Choose the word or phrase that fits the context
PART 7Reading comprehension
Read practical texts and answer the questions
* The above is an introduction to the study format. It is not an official TOEIC® test or official question set.
Features and Key Points of Japanese Language Learning
What you will learn on this page
Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji
In Reading and Reading comprehension, you practice reading sentences that mix three kinds of characters. In Word Quest and Word Match, you also check how words are written along with their vocabulary.
Particles "は", "が", "を"
In Short text fill-in-the-blank, you practice choosing the particle that fits the sentence.
Verb conjugation and polite forms
In Short text fill-in-the-blank and Long passage fill-in-the-blank, you choose the verb form that fits the context.
Honorific language and expressions suited to the situation
In Conversation questions and Reading comprehension, you check the expressions that suit the relationship between speakers and the situation.
Subject omission and context
In Conversation questions and Reading comprehension, you practice working out an unstated subject from the surrounding context.
How to proceed with Japanese study
From basics to application, following the order below as a guide will make it easier to organize what you study. You may also start from the middle depending on your learning experience.
Get used to Japanese sounds through shadowing and Part 1 and Part 2 listening
Build your vocabulary with Word Quest and take on the conversations and announcements in Part 3 and Part 4
Check familiar expressions with grammar and reading questions
* This is a suggested study approach and does not indicate level divisions or course names within the FRENG app.
Frequently asked questions about learning Japanese
Listening and Reading are said to be Japanese versions of the English TOEIC®-style mock tests created by FRENG. What are the benefits of learning this way?
TOEIC® is an English test used in more than 160 countries around the world. In Japan and South Korea, many companies use it as a guide for hiring and promotion.
The topics of the questions are all workplace and everyday situations, such as meetings, phone calls, business trips, emails, and notices. For that reason, TOEIC® scores are widely used as a guide to how well someone can understand English in business settings.
The Japanese version of FRENG turns this type of question into Japanese. Because you can listen to and read workplace and everyday situations in the same question format as TOEIC®, it helps you build the ability to understand business situations in Japanese.
Can I learn Japanese for free?
Yes. FRENG is a service that provides Japanese learning content for free.
When starting Japanese, what should I study first?
Kanji, hiragana, and katakana are the biggest hurdle when learning Japanese. Put reading aside for now and start with shadowing. The short sentences are built around situations you would actually encounter, so practice them as many times as you like until they become your own. You don't need to learn particles or grammar rules first. As you listen a lot and speak out loud, you will naturally start to notice unnatural phrasing.
For vocabulary, Word Quest plays audio for each word, so you can solve them even if you can't read the letters.
Beginners can solve Part 1 (Photo questions) and Part 2 (Response questions) of Listening. Part 3 is Conversation questions and Part 4 is Announcement questions. They are harder than Parts 1 and 2, but they are essential for real conversations with Japanese speakers, so be sure to give them a try.
The important thing is to always review after solving Part 3 and Part 4. When you reopen a question you've already solved, you can choose between "Try again" and "View translation." Pressing "View translation" plays the audio of the same question, with subtitles and translation shown at the same time. Repeating this will help it come naturally to you.
How do you practice Japanese grammar?
Rather than just memorizing rules, find the forms in example sentences and check them repeatedly with short fill-in-the-blank exercises and reading comprehension. It is especially good to focus on practicing the particles "は", "が", and "を".
How can I improve my Japanese listening comprehension?
Listen to short audio, check the parts you couldn't catch in writing, and then practice the sound groupings with shadowing. Also pay attention to "omission of the subject and context".
How should I practice honorifics?
Through Conversation questions and Announcement questions, you get exposure to expressions that suit each situation. Saying the expressions you hear aloud with Shadowing makes the phrasing easier to get used to.
Choose another learning language
FRENG supports learning in 8 major languages.