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Kana Match app for iPhone and iPad


4.6 ( 8736 ratings )
Games Education Educational Puzzle
Developer: Toni Kilpeläinen
1.99 USD
Current version: 1.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 01 Aug 2013
App size: 92.15 Mb

Educational puzzle game for learning Japanese Hiragana & Katakana alphabet.

Do you want to be able to read the Japanese Hiragana and Katakana characters?
You can forget about using any flash cards to memorize the characters.

Learn to master all the 46 Hiragana and 46 Katakana characters, while playing
a fun rewarding game. The game takes you to a language learning adventure with
a young man named Ryo. Help him learn the language of his ancestors and make a
lasting impression on a certain young beautiful girl.

With Kana Match you pair a Hiragana or Katakana character with its romanized
translation. You also hear the proper native speakers pronunciation for each
character. This helps you to learn what kind of sound each character represents.

The Japanese voices are recorded in high studio quality by the recording
artist Ayako Higuchi.

Five funny & challenging game modes:

- HIRAGANA: Play through 230 levels and unlock all 46 Hiragana characters.
- KATAKANA: Play through 230 levels and unlock all 46 Katakana characters.
- CLASSIC: Unlocked characters are used to test your skills, make no mistakes!
- SURVIVAL: Battle against 30-seconds timer with your unlocked characters.
- BLITZ: One-minute time limit with all 46 characters. How good are you?

Game Modes such as Classic, Survival and Blitz can be played with either one
of the character sets, Hiragana or Katakana.

Other Features:

- High studio quality pronunciations by the recording artist Ayako Higuchi
- Game Center leaderboards for all game modes (8 in total)
- Total of 30 challenging Game Center achievements
- iCloud save game support
- iPhone 5 / iPad retina graphics