コツ

I was studying for a trip to Japan and kept wanting the same thing: a page I could pull up on my phone in ten seconds, see the characters huge and clear, and just absorb them.

Not a lesson. Not a quiz with a timer. Not gamification. A wall of ink on paper — the way a calligraphy student stares at strokes until they become muscle memory.

コツ means "the knack" — that moment something clicks. You stop translating and start reading. You see 食 and think "food" before you think "shoku." That's the kotsu.

Five pillars. Hiragana, katakana, radicals, kanji, vocabulary. Tap a character and it fills your screen. Arrow through them. Mark the ones you know. Come back tomorrow and do it again.

That's it. Simple by design.