Type Japanese the way locals do.
Furika trains the 12-key flick keyboard on Japanese phones. One key, five sounds, real words, until your thumb stops thinking about it.
Now you.
Press the key and let go for あ. Drag it left, up, right or down for the other four.
Same rule as the app: the larger axis wins, anything shorter is a tap.
Stop thinking in romaji.
Most learners type Japanese through a detour: think the romaji, type the letters on QWERTY, wait for the kana. On a Japanese phone the kana is one gesture away. Furika teaches that gesture.
Romaji is a detour.
Two Latin letters, a conversion, and a glance at the candidates for every syllable. The flick keyboard puts か on one key. Tap it, done.
46 sounds. Ten keys.
Every hiragana lives on one of ten keys: tap for the a-sound, flick left, up, right or down for the other four. The labels stay on the keys, so you can read them until you don't need to.
Four chapters, five stages each.
From two-character words on the あ row to kanji conversion on your phone's own keyboard. Fifteen words a stage, no time limit, and a best time to beat.
Short words first.
Chapter 1 stays on あ・か・さ. Chapter 2 adds new rows and dakuten. Chapter 3 finishes hiragana. Every stage keeps your best time, and nothing rushes you while you type.
Chapter 4 moves to the real keyboard.
Kanji and katakana, typed with your phone's Japanese keyboard. The reading sits above the word, the timer starts on your first keystroke.
Fifteen words. Every Monday.
A new set opens each week, the same fifteen words for everyone. Mistakes cost time, not the run: every deleted character adds 0.7s, every overflow mistake adds 1.2s. What's left is a record to beat.
Unlocks once you clear stage 3-1.
Your thumb will remember.
Free on iOS and Android. Start with two-character words tonight, and let the keyboard do the teaching.