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Hello again! We hope you’re staying hydrated and drinking your Pocari Sweat during this sweltering summer (or staying warm drinking your corn soup for our friends below the equator). We’ve officially released Community Decks out of the Beta! Here’s a recap of the initial summary for our new users and those who weren’t there for the initial Beta post: The Recap Community Decks allow you to: Create your own Decks Clone existing ones to edit as you please Share your Decks (privately and publicly) Access other users’ publicly shared Decks Broad Deck Changes We made some sweeping changes to the Explore Decks and individual Deck pages. The browse decks page now has four tabs. My Decks: Your Learn Queue Decks, Custom Decks, and Bookmarked Decks Bunpro: This page contains the Bunpro Grammar, Vocab and Misc decks (Kansai-ben and Onomatopoeia) Textbooks: All of the various textbook paths such as Genki, Tae Kim and so on. Community: All public decks grouped by Deck Type (Grammar, Vocab, Anime, Novel and so on) Each deck tile on the browse page has a “User Count” attached so you can see which Decks are popular. We also added a Bunpro icon to tell which are “Official Bunpro Decks” at a quick glance. One downgrade was the removal of the Review button on each Deck tile. This was ultimately done because the query to calculate the number due takes a little bit of time. While not an issue when there are only a few Decks, pages with more took several seconds to load. Given the unexpected sadness about this change, we have brought the little guy out of retirement on just the My Decks page. That means all the decks shown here (learning, custom or bookmarked) will have the button available. image704×452 57 KB On the Individual Deck pages themselves, we adjusted the information in the header to include the Deck Type and user count. We also streamlined the available buttons, including a Review button along with the Learn button and made it more clear if the deck was in your Learn queue or not. image1386×132 78.1 KB The button group in the bottom contains the following buttons: Bookmark - Edit (if it is your deck) - Clone - Deck Settings Custom Decks image1388×383 17.5 KB Creating Under the My Decks page, you can click on the “Create a New Deck” button to open a form that lets you specify the title, description, type and also upload a cover image. image901×879 37.9 KB Once you create a Deck, it will take you to the Edit page. image1544×589 94.3 KB Building & Editing The first step when creating a new Deck is to add a Unit. You can add a title and label to make it more clear what the theme of the unit is. For a textbook Deck for example you might call it ‘Lesson 1’. For an anime deck, it might be Episode 1. Each Deck can have any number of Units. image1244×360 68.3 KB After you have at least one Unit, you can add cards to your Deck. These cards reference Grammar/Vocab within Bunpro and live under a specific Unit. You can add any number of cards to a Unit. image894×558 37 KB Within the Add Card search, you can also specify which Unit it should be added to. Lastly, you can drag and drop both Units and cards to sort the default order they appear in, within the Deck. image1325×837 50.3 KB To edit the title, description, type or cover image, use the small pencil icon next to the Deck title Cloning One additional way to build a Deck is to clone an existing one. A cloned Deck will be copy of an existing one but it will belong to you. You can edit it, adding, removing or rearranging it to get it just the way you want. Sharing Decks Once you have built your deck, you can optionally choose to share it. This will give you a link you can send directly to another user that will let them see the deck and even study from it. If you want to share your Deck more broadly, you can send your Deck for admin review. Once approved, it will appear under the Community tab for any user to access and study. TLDR: There is a new Community tab in Decks that allows you to see a whole bunch of community-created Decks! You can see your studied Decks, and create your own custom Decks in the new My Decks tab. Not much has changed apart from fixing and polishing a few things, that is, aside from the… Vocab Import Tool (NEW) Since the Beta was announced, the main addition to Community Decks is the new “Import Deck Vocab” tool. As the name implies, it allows you to import Vocab into your Deck in one fell swoop, as opposed to adding them one-by-one through the Edit screen. You can access it via the Edit screen: 12010×1115 167 KB 22028×685 34.5 KB Clicking on “Import new Units” will take you to the input pop-out. Add some content in the empty box here! 31306×1186 62 KB A bit of formatting is required: Each line represents a word Each line starting with a # represents the title of a new Unit Each line starting with a ## represents the title of a new Unit For more info on formatting rules, open the “How does this tool work?” dropdown at the top of this form. Notice that you can select between importing from either Japanese Text or JMDict Word IDs. What's a JMDict Word ID? It’s something you probably don’t have to worry about. Our tool allows you to input IDs from the JMDict Dictionary Project, which is used by most free online dictionaries out there. Using these basically makes importing more accurate if you have a list of them from another source that you want to import. Here are two example screenshots of what a screenshot might look like: Japanese Text: 41305×1185 70.2 KB JMDict Word ID: 51305×1187 72.3 KB After you’ve added your text, hit “Import List” and Bunpro will start searching for your Vocab. 62028×841 59.9 KB Once the search is done, you’ll end up with a state like the above. Here you can manually review the Vocabs that Bunpro has found and used to create your import. Bunpro will warn you if it couldn’t find a word in your list, or if it found multiple of the same. It then allows you to remove, replace, or accept the ones that aren’t quite right. When you’re ready, you can hit the big Save button and voila! Import complete! 71994×834 45.6 KB We’re hoping that this Import tool will help you create Decks fast. Importing from other sources Some of you might be coming from other study sources like Anki, and may be wanting to study your Vocab with our Fill-in-the-Blank sentences. Read our Support article about importing from Anki here. That about covers it! Building and sharing a Deck is a great way to help other users also learning from the same media – if you make an awesome Deck that someone might benefit from, don’t be too shy to share it! We’ll never be done improving Bunpro, so as always, we welcome and encourage any and all discussion / feedback. We are looking forward to seeing what our users that are fresh to Community Decks can come up with! The Bunpro Team ❤️‍🔥 Acknowledgements 🫶 Sorry if I missed anyone (highly likely): @Flutter created a Vocab extraction tool that allows (with a bit of developer knowledge) for Vocab extraction from PDF, subtitle, E-Pubs and even image files! I believe there are a few Decks out there already made with this tool. @bunnypro and @sythe for already creating a bunch of great Decks @padscaesura0o For creating the great Wanikani companion Deck, Warakani @HannahEU @IcyIceBear @chicharron @eefara @Magyarapointe @haldo @FlippFuzz and probably many others for all the bug reports and help during the polishing phase! Literally anyone that created/published a Deck during the Beta!

Hello! I hope everyone is doing well and those who took the JLPT aren’t too nervous about their results! After a period of working on other things, we’re happy to announce that we’re refocusing on our push to add missing grammar points to Bunpro! This post is here to announce what we’re adding, explain how we will approach missing grammar from now on, and also to remind newer users of what we are planning to add (and how you can best make suggestions). What’s New This Time? We’re starting off by adding 11 new grammar points across different levels: ます (N5) く・に (N4) ガン (N1) むず (Non-JLPT) 何やら (N2) どうにか (N1) なりとも (N1) 次第に (N2) 訳あり (N1) ～て頂戴 (N2) に値する (N2) Of course, all new grammar points come not just with a writeup but also come with a full set of example sentences. Be sure to check them out! Please note though that we do not have audio for these new grammar points yet, but the audio will be coming very soon! Besides new grammar points, in some cases, frequently requested additional information is better served by being added to our existing grammar points. For example, this time we are also updating the writeup for たりする with some extra information on the たりして pattern. What Comes Next? From now on, we are planning on releasing around five new grammar points per month! We will be filling some gaps in JLPT grammar and, in an effort to be more comprehensive as a general learning and reference tool, we will also be adding more grammar that is considered to be outside of the JLPT. You can currently find these points at the bottom of the Grammar List from the Content menu, or can search for them directly. ‘I Have a Suggestion!’ In the original announcement about the future of missing grammar, we shared a priority list. We will continue to focus on that list for the moment, although suggestions are always welcome. The original announcement thread is still the best place for suggestions however we will try our best to keep track of suggestions wherever you may make them. We may or may not have a secret list behind the scenes 文アマから文プロへ On the content team we are busy working away on various other projects, as well as continually trying to improve the content we already have. Although we can’t quite talk about any of the other projects yet, we hope everyone will enjoy the new grammar writeups, and we thank you for all of your suggestions and feedback so far! We’ll see you for the next batch of new grammar next month!

🇺🇸 English Version: Show Hello everyone! I’m happy to announce that Bunpro is now available in French! image1920×951 69.2 KB image1308×738 67.7 KB Can’t wait? You can change the language right now in your preferences : image1421×519 20.8 KB What’s available in French? You wouldn’t believe how many people have contacted us saying they’d love to use Bunpro in French. So, to make everyone happy, we decided to reveal everything (a little earlier than we originally planned)! French is now available in beta. For now, that includes kana practice and most of the N5 level, although a few things still need polishing . Vocabulary isn’t available in French yet, but we’re working hard to make it available as soon as possible! Our motivation for the French version As I mentioned earlier, many of you were eagerly waiting for a French version of Bunpro (myself included)! French is the 6th most spoken language in the world and an official language in 26 countries. In France, we love Japanese culture, especially thanks to the anime and manga boom of the 80s and 90s. So, you might think it would be easy to find good resources for learning Japanese… But unfortunately, it’s not! There’s a huge lack of quality resources in French: very few up-to-date textbooks, and most websites haven’t been updated in ages. I discovered Japan by chance a few years ago. I already had a strong interest in foreign languages, and I quickly became passionate about Japanese. That’s when I began searching for the method that would work best for me. I had the opportunity to spend a year and a half in Okayama (where I still live), which helped me quite a lot. But the one thing you can’t easily learn through immersion is grammar! That’s when I discovered Bunpro. Even though it was in English, it became an incredibly helpful tool when I was studying for the JLPT N2 exam. In early January, I saw that the Bunpro team had posted a job opening looking for content editors. I applied, and to my surprise, I got the job! During the interviews (and for all the reasons I just mentioned), the idea of translating Bunpro into French came up several times, and over the past few months, it slowly took shape! A few final words I’d like to thank Aime for her hugely appreciated help! And a big thank you to the French-speaking community, I’m sure you’ll let me know soon enough about any translation mistakes I might’ve made (because just like on Bunpro, making mistakes is how we learn). Feel free to contact us at salut@bunpro.jp if you have any questions or feedback! As this is an ongoing project, your feedback is extremely important to us! And most importantly, don’t hesitate to spread the word about Bunpro: the more positive feedback we receive, the faster the next levels (N4, N3…) will come out! I truly hope this French version of Bunpro helps many people discover and fall in love with this fascinating language. Good luck with your Japanese studies! Bonjour à tous ! J’ai le plaisir de vous annoncer que Bunpro est désormais disponible en français ! image1920×951 69.2 KB Pas le temps d’attendre ? Vous pouvez dès maintenant changer de langue dans les Paramètres de votre compte : image1421×519 20.8 KB Qu'est-ce qui est disponible en français ? Vous n’imaginez pas le nombre de personnes qui nous contactent pour nous dire qu’elles adoreraient utiliser Bunpro en français. Alors pour vous faire plaisir, nous avons décidé de tout vous dévoiler (bien qu’un peu en avance par rapport à notre calendrier) ! Le français est donc disponible en bêta. Pour l’instant, cela inclut l’apprentissage des kana et la majeure partie du niveau N5, bien que quelques détails restent encore à peaufiner . Le vocabulaire n’est pas encore disponible en français, mais nous travaillons d’arrache-pied pour que vous puissiez l’étudier dans les plus brefs délais ! Notre motivation pour le français Comme je l’ai dit un peu plus haut, vous étiez nombreux à attendre avec impatience une version française de Bunpro (moi y compris) ! Le français est quand même la 6ème langue la plus parlée au monde, et langue officielle dans 26 pays. En France, on adore la culture japonaise, surtout depuis les mangas et animes des années 80/90. On pourrait donc se dire qu’il serait facile de trouver des ressources pour apprendre le japonais ! Eh bien malheureusement, non ! Il y a un manque énorme de ressources de qualité en français : peu de manuels récents, et la grande majorité des sites internet n’ont pas été mis à jour depuis une éternité. J’ai découvert le Japon un peu par hasard il y a quelques années. Aimant déjà beaucoup les langues étrangères, je me suis vite trouvé passionné par la langue japonaise et me suis mis en quête de trouver LA méthode qui me conviendrait le mieux pour apprendre cette langue. J’ai eu l’opportunité de venir un an et demi à Okayama (où je vis toujours), ce qui m’a pas mal aidé. Mais la seule chose qui ne peut pas s’apprendre facilement grâce à l’immersion, c’est la grammaire ! C’est à cette époque que j’ai découvert Bunpro, qui (bien qu’étant en anglais) m’a été d’une aide précieuse lors de mes révisions pour le JLPT N2. Début janvier, j’ai vu que l’équipe de Bunpro avait publié une offre d’emploi pour aider avec le contenu du site. J’ai postulé et à ma grande surprise, j’ai été embauché ! Lors de mes entretiens et pour les raisons que j’ai citées plus tôt, l’idée de traduire Bunpro en français est revenue à plusieurs reprises, et elle s’est concrétisée peu à peu ces derniers mois ! Quelques mots pour finir Je tiens à remercier Aime pour m’avoir apporté une aide largement appréciée ! Un grand merci à la communauté francophone qui, j’en suis sûr, saura me faire part des moindres petites erreurs de traduction que j’aurais pu faire (parce que comme sur Bunpro, c’est en se trompant qu’on apprend). N’hésitez pas à nous contacter à salut@bunpro.jp si vous avez des questions ou des commentaires. Comme il s’agit d’un projet en cours, vos retours nous sont extrêmement importants ! Et surtout, n’hésitez pas à parler de Bunpro autour de vous : plus il y aura de retours positifs, plus les niveaux suivants (N4, N3…) arriveront vite ! J’espère que cette version française de Bunpro permettra à de nombreuses personnes de découvrir et d’aimer à leur tour cette langue fascinante. Bonne chance dans vos études du japonais !

Sharable Profile, Cosmetics Shop & Referral Program Hey everyone! We’re excited to announce that a large batch of updates just went live, bringing improvements to both new and long-standing parts of the site. Here’s a quick overview of what’s new and improved: Profile [Updated]: with revamped Overview, Stats, and Badges functionality. B-Points System [New!]: earn point rewards for studying. Shop [New!]: a place to spend your points on cosmetic items to customize your Profile. Share System [Updated]: allows you to show off your customized Profile. Referral Program [New!]: a way to earn badges, points, cosmetics, redeemable subscription time (for yourself or as a gift), and a few other fun surprises! This is a project we’ve been working on behind the scenes, on and off, for the past couple of months. Some features are still in Beta to get feedback, while others are already live and ready to explore! Profile 2.0 [Live] This update replaces the legacy Profile. While the core functionality remains largely the same, we’ve added the new Profile Card and improved the way your data and studying history is presented. We’ve also updated how sharing works to make it easier to show off your profile to friends or teachers/tutors. Overview The overview now offers all of the same information as it did before, however there is now new additional data about your progress, as well as new widgets such as Current Streak and Badges Showcase. The goal is to give you (or anyone viewing your profile, if you’ve set it to ‘public’) a quick snapshot of your progress and a way to show off what you’ve accomplished so far. image1410×774 69.9 KB Looking forward, this change will let us add even more widgets in the future so you can highlight even more of your achievements and milestones. If you have any suggestions on widgets you would find valuable to add, please let us know! Stats Stats still includes all the familiar data points, such as heatmaps and charts, but now also gives you the option to display Learning Data (previously found on the old share page). This will also include what’s coming up next in your Review Queue and Learn Queue and your Recent Reviews. image1000×818 50.1 KB You can use the opt-in setting for sharing learning data here: https://bunpro.jp/settings/share under “Detailed Stats” Badges The new badges view contains new information about your total progress in each badge category. image999×709 130 KB Badges also now have a rarity based on how easy or difficult they are to obtain. Do you have any Legendary ones yet? Sharing You can now publicly share your Profile! This is an opt-in setting that you can toggle in the Share Settings page here. Once this is enabled, anyone with your link will be able to see a snapshot of your stats and progress to date. Profile & Dashboard Card Lastly, one of the key additions to the new Profile is the Profile Card! This lets you add your own personal touch and make your Profile feel unique to you. image415×769 80.4 KB These changes are also reflected on your Dashboard, adding a bit of fun to the Bunpro page you probably visit the most. image405×689 73.7 KB Your Profile Card consists of: Profile Theme This is the main background image and color set of your Card. Frame This frame either partly hugs or goes completely around your avatar. Pins A collection of small cosmetics. You can have between 1-3 active at any time. Title A title that highlights something you are interested in, something you find funny or is something that resonates with you. To be able to customize your Profile Card, you will need to go to the our new Cosmetics Shop! Cosmetics Shop [Beta] The Shop is a brand-new feature on Bunpro! To access it, you’ll need to opt in to the Beta here. Here, you can use your B-Points (more on those below) to buy items that customize your Profile Card or general Bunpro experience! Here are a few examples of Profile Themes, Pins and Frames in the Shop: image1195×828 115 KB image1597×852 233 KB image1198×848 123 KB In the future, you will also be able to purchase yet unreleased cosmetics, like Quiz Backgrounds, that customize other parts of the site. Your Items Under the “My Items” section of the Shop, you can see all of the Cosmetic Items you own. This includes both purchased items as well as ones you have earned throughout your journey. Equipping Items The quickest way to equip any items you’ve acquired would be to go to My Items, click on the one in question, then press the Equip button. Any newly equipped item(s) will replace the previous ones that were. image628×640 104 KB B-Points How do you purchase all these cool new things from the shop? With our new currency system, B-Points! Anytime you study in Bunpro, you’ll earn BP. Here’s a full breakdown of how you can earn them: Reviews: Grammar → Cloze: 10 | Reading: 6 Vocab → Cloze: 6 | Reading: 4 | Manual Input: 3 | Flashcard: 2 You get only get B-Points if you do the reviews. Marking mastered doesn’t earn any B-Points. Unlike XP though, you still get half points even if you miss it. The goal is to reward effort! The differences in points for Vocab and Grammar come down to the fact that most Vocab reviews are generally much easier, and also require little to no conjugation. Reading Passages: 300 each Cram: 1 per item, regardless of type Extending Your Streak: Streak 1-100 → 100 per day Streak 100-365 → 150 per day Streak 365+ → 200 per day Referrals: Bonus 2000 for starting your Hike! 100 for each basic referral signup 90k total earnable across all Station rewards. All accounts were awarded B-Points for any past activity, so you can see what you have by visiting your Profile or the Shop. Looking to get more B-Points? Check out the Referral Program Referral Program [Beta] Welcome to 文士山 (Mt. Bunji) image1902×605 51.2 KB Since Bunpro’s inception many years ago, a massive driving force behind its growth has always been word-of-mouth referrals. We felt that it’s time you started actually getting rewarded for all you’ve done for us - which is how our new Referral Program was born! How it Works When you share your referral link, new users that signup using it become your referrals. Both you and your referral will earn some B-Points and people who signup with your link will get an extended six-week trial instead of the normal four-week one. If one of your referrals becomes a premium member, you will earn Referral Points (RP). Depending on their membership, you will earn 1 RP (Monthly), 10 RP (Yearly) or 30 RP (Lifetime). All renewals earn full RP, forever. Upgrades and discounted memberships earn RP equivalent to the prorated/discounted amount. Your Referral Points move you further along your Hike to the summit of Mt. Bunji. Each time you reach the required RP for a Station, you will unlock exclusive rewards which you can then redeem. image1242×688 81.9 KB Start your ascent up Mt. Bunji. You can also access the referrals page through the navbar or in your settings. Rewards The new Referral Program allows you to earn: B-Points Exclusive Badges and Cosmetics Redeemable Subscription Time This includes monthly, yearly and lifetime memberships that you can either use for yourself or gift to others! There is even a cool real life cosmetic you can earn at one of the stations! image1104×857 210 KB Redeemable Subscription Time Any Redeemable Subscription Time you earn from a Station will be available on your account to do with as you choose. If you want to redeem it for yourself you can, or you can easily share it with someone else. That means if you already have a Lifetime membership, you can earn another one to give away! Just another reminder – if you’d like to access the Referral Program and the Shop, you’ll need to opt in to the Beta, which you can do here. Wrapping Up We’re really excited to finally get this update into everyone’s hands! We hope that it’s all one step in the right direction towards making your Bunpro day-to-day experience more fun and exciting to use. Our goal for the Shop in particular is to keep things regularly updated (when time permits) so you always have a reason to keep up your study and earn more B-Points for the next cosmetic drop! Outside of this release, we have our ongoing Related Grammar breakdown releases with N2 being worked on currently. We are also working on new grammar. Beyond that, there are a couple of overhauls to existing parts of the site in the pipeline including Review settings (adding more options for types, srs settings and so on) and Reworking how we teach grammar to make it a more holistic experience rather than just grammar point by grammar point. Everything we do is driven by amazing people like you providing feedback and suggestions on how we can improve the Japanese learning experience. As always, we truly are grateful to have the best users out there! Thank you, Bunpro Team

Hi, All Today, we’re excited to share that we’ve just released Japanese translations for all N2 grammar explanations! Why did we make this? Last year, we released the Japanese explanations for N1 grammar as announced here. As we mentioned then, this feature is for anyone who wants to learn grammar in Japanese. It helps you get more exposure to Japanese and encourages you to think in Japanese while learning. What kind of Japanese is used? The N2 explanations are written in simple and plain Japanese - generally easier than the N1 explanations. We only use grammar points that you’ve already learned by that level. As for vocabulary, most words are N2 level or lower. A few might be a bit more advanced, but don’t worry - we make sure they are commonly used in daily life or Japanese language classes. Now with Furigana! We’ve added furigana to all kanji in N2 grammar explanations - and N1, too! As always, you can click the kanji to turn the furigana on or off. That way, you don’t need to look up readings each time you see a tricky kanji. (Also, while adding furigana to the N1 explanations, we made a few small wording updates to improve readability!) How to switch between English and Japanese? Just click the switch button in the top-right corner of any grammar explanation. Once you switch, your setting will apply across all grammar pages. Screenshot 2025-05-17 at 10.16.511666×304 34 KB Screenshot 2025-05-17 at 10.14.311787×330 51.6 KB So, what’s next? We’re not exactly sure yet how far we’ll go with this feature, but for now, we’re planning to at least cover N3 grammar explanations in Japanese. We’re still thinking about the best way to explain them, since N3 includes many basic grammar points that are often used in writing. That said, many Japanese textbooks also start offering Japanese-only explanations around the N3 level, so we think it’s a natural next step! Thank you always for your support and for being part of the Bunpro community. We hope this will be helpful for even more learners! 一緒に頑張りましょう！

It has been a while since we made an update post. お待たせしました。 Today we have a spicy little meatball of an update for you. Introducing… Related Grammar Descriptions Screenshot 2025-04-01 at 15.15.521744×1190 246 KB This update is a somewhat simple, but hopefully useful one. We have had our Grammar Geniuses™️ (don’t sue us Apple) go through and add some explanation text to the Related Grammar section. Currently it is only available for N5, but we are working to get N4 and beyond all covered in the coming weeks and months. How to use: Click anywhere on the item to expand the text, or click “Expand All” to expand them all at the same time! Screenshot 2025-04-01 at 15.14.45 copy880×548 45.8 KB To open the Grammar in a new window, click the icon. Screenshot 2025-04-01 at 15.17.05876×372 21.3 KB Quick Cram We’ve also added a Quick Cram button to the top right of this section, so you can study the current Grammar Point alongside all the Related Grammar! Screenshot 2025-04-01 at 15.15.52 copy1744×475 51.9 KB Screenshot 2025-04-01 at 15.15.401362×1328 101 KB We have a lot of other even spicier meatballs cooking in the kitchen, but here is one to keep you satiated until the mains arrive. 🧑‍🍳 The Bunpro Team

Major Changes New version: 0.4.1+242 Release for the App Store The App has finally been fully released to the App Store. We encourage everyone to install the app using the App Store, as TestFlight will now be used for beta testing, and the current testing branch will be gradually phased out. You won’t lose data if you had testflight version installed previously. You can get it here: APP In app payments: There is now in-app support for purchasing a Bunpro Subscription extension. We highly recommend using the onsite option as it is cheaper due to the included app store fees. Additionally, in-app purchases are consumable rather than recurring so they wont automatically renew. Improvements: Dashboard on tablet has been changed so that it uses the available space better. Changed the directionality of button icons, now they are located on the left side of the buttons Added vocab bookmarks Bug fixes: Fixed cram collapsing all the tiles in textbook tab, on adding new grammar/vocab to the cram list Other bug fixes Thank you so much for your help during the test flight phase! Thanks to your feedback, we’ve been able to fix bugs quickly and produce new features. We believe that 2025 will see huge improvements to the app side of Bunpro. Please continue sharing your thoughts whenever you can. We read every piece of feedback and are constantly working to make the app more user-friendly. PS: Please leave us a review on the App Store!

🇺🇸 English Version: Show Hello everyone! I’m very happy to announce that Bunpro is now available in Spanish! image1890×1007 69.3 KB To switch to the Spanish version, simply go to your preferences and select Spanish/Español under the Language option. image966×334 12.2 KB This has been a long-term project quietly in the works. Many of you may have already noticed hints like posts in Spanish here in the forums, the new Community, or our new support email hola@bunpro.jp. Completing this version has also allowed us to implement features like Immersion Mode and opens up the possibility of translating Bunpro into other languages. What’s available in Spanish? The Absolute Beginner module and most of N5 are now available in Spanish. All content has been rewritten and localized for Spanish speakers. The goal was to use neutral Spanish that would be widely understandable, while adding examples and explanations tailored to Spanish speakers. We’re currently polishing some final details, so if you spot something that could be improved, please report it or email us at hola@bunpro.jp. Once those final touches are done, we’ll start translating N4. There’s no set timeline yet, but it’s on our radar. Why Spanish? This is going to get personal, and I might write a lot. So, buckle up. As many of you know, I’m from Mexico, and Spanish is my native language. Several years ago, when I wanted to start studying Japanese, I was frustrated by the lack of quality resources available in my language and country. They didn’t meet my expectations, and in some cases, there weren’t any options at all. That’s when I started looking for alternatives. I’m fortunate enough to speak English fluidly, which gave me access to popular resources like WaniKani, Genki, A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar… and Bunpro. My Japanese level improved, and in 2019, I had the chance to go to Japan and live there for six months. It was an incredible experience that gave me life-changing memories and relationships. I’m deeply grateful for that opportunity. I returned to Mexico in early 2020 due to the pandemic. I kept studying, with the goal of achieving N2 and hopefully returning to Japan someday. My study routine helped me stay grounded during those times. About a year after returning, I saw that Bunpro had a design position open. I applied (with a half-empty email sent by accident, followed by a second email apologizing for it ). To my surprise, after a few weeks and interviews, I joined the team on July 2021. I remember proposing a Spanish version of the service during my first interview. I explained how difficult it was to access quality resources in Spanish or materials designed from a Spanish speaker’s perspective. I saw how Bunpro could help others who, like me, wanted to learn Japanese in Spanish. Learning Japanese was life-changing for me, and since joining Bunpro, I’ve worked hard to make that transformation accessible to more people. The Spanish version is but one result of that effort. Since joining Bunpro, I worked on small things for the translation during my free time. When those small efforts started shaping up to something more complete, we connected seeked out external help, and connected with three key members from our community: @Pablunpro, @Jose7822, and @albcasahu. They’ve been instrumental in completing the Spanish version, and we couldn’t have done it without them. Final Words Once again, I want to thank the community and the extraordinary chain of events that brought me here, working on the official Spanish translation of Bunpro. If you notice anything that seems off, don’t forget to report it, and feel free to email us at hola@bunpro.jp with any questions or feedback. I would also like to ask everyone to share the new Spanish Site, (Bunpro.jp/es) and to follow us on our new Spanish accounts: Threads Instagram With that, I wish you all the best in your studies, and thank you again for being here with us. See you next time! ¡Hola a todos! Estoy muy feliz de anunciar que Bunpro ya está disponible en Español. image1890×1007 69.3 KB Para accesar a la versión en Español, simplemente ve a tus preferencias y en la parte de Language/Idioma, elige Spanish/Español. image966×334 12.2 KB Ha sido un proyecto que se ha estado trabajando lentamente de fondo, con muchos de ustedes ya habiendo notado cosas como los posts en Español aquí, la nueva Comunidad o el nuevo correo de soporte hola@bunpro.jp. Tener todo listo para poder tener esta versión en Español es lo que nos permitió poder implementar cosas como el Modo de Inmersión, y abre la posibilidad de traducir Bunpro a otros idiomas. ¿Qué está ya en Español? El módulo de cero absoluto y la mayoría de N5 ya está disponible en Español. Todo el contenido ha sido reescrito y localizado para hispanobalantes. El objetivo fue encontrar un Español suficientemente neutro para ser entendible en la mayoría de los casos, y usar ejemplos y explicaciones adicionales que se apoyen del Español. Por el momento estamos cerrando los últimos detalles por lo que si encuentras algo que puede mejorar, por favor repórtalo o escríbenos a hola@bunpro.jp. Tan pronto esos detalles estén completados, comenzaremos a traducir N4. No tenemos una fecha determinada, pero sí está en el radar. ¿Por qué Español? Voy a hablar desde una perspectiva muy personal, y posiblemente escribir mucho. Así que, agárrense. Como muchos de ustedes ya lo saben, yo soy de México, y el Español es mi lengua nativa. Hace varios años, cuando quería comenzar a estudiar Japonés, sentí una frustración fuerte con la oferta que existía en ese momento de opciones para aprender Japonés en mi idioma, y en mi país. No eran lo que yo esperaba, y en algunos casos ni siquiera existía una opción. Fue ahí donde comencé a buscar alguna alternativa. Tengo el privilegio de dominar muy bien el inglés, lo que me dio acceso a recursos muy populares como WaniKani, Genki, A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar… y Bunpro. Mi nivel de japonés fue subiendo, y en el 2019 tuve la oportunidad de ir a Japón y vivir allá durante 6 meses. Fue una experiencia increíble y forjé recuerdos y relaciones que genuinamente me cambiaron la vida. De verdad que me siento profundamente agradecido por haber tenido esa oportunidad. Regresé a México a inicios del 2020 por la pandemia. Sin embargo, continué con mis estudios, en ese entonces teniendo la meta de conseguir un N2 y poder volver a Japón algún día. Pienso que mi rutina de estudio me ayudó mucho a no perder la cabeza. Aproximadamente un año después de que regresé, noté que en Bunpro se había abierto una vacante de diseño, a la cual apliqué (mandando un correo incompleto por un error de dedo, seguido de otro correo disculpándose por el pasado ) y sorprendentemente, un par de semanas y entrevistas después, me uní oficialmente al equipo en Julio del 2021 . Recuerdo que desde mi primer entrevista, había propuesto hacer una versión en Español del servicio. Expliqué cómo es difícil accesar a información de calidad en mi idioma, o pensada desde la perspectiva de un hispanobalante, y cómo podríamos usar Bunpro para apoyar a todas esas personas que como yo en ese entonces, quieren aprender Japonés en su idioma. Para mi aprender Japonés fue algo que me cambió la vida, y desde que trabajo en Bunpro me esfuerzo mucho porque más personas puedan tener esa transformación. La versión en Español es para mi un resultado de ese deseo. Desde que entré a Bunpro estuve haciendo pequeños esfuerzos durante tiempos muertos para comenzar a traducir el contenido. Cuando ese cúmulo de esfuerzos hizo camino a algo más completo, tuvimos la oportunidad de conectar con 3 miembros clave para la traducción: @Pablunpro , @Jose7822 , y @albcasahu , quienes han estado trabajando con nosotros desde hace un tiempo para poder completar la versión en Español, y que sin ellos no hubiéramos logrado completarla. Palabras Finales Nuevamente quiero agradecer todo el esfuerzo de la comunidad y a la extraordinaria cadena de situaciones que me permitió estar aquí, trabajando en la traducción oficial de Bunpro. Cualquier tema que notes fuera de lugar, recuerda repórtarlo, y siempre puedes escríbenos a hola@bunpro.jp con cualquier tema que quieras tratar. También me gustaría aprovechar para pedirles que compartan el nuevo sitio en Español. (Bunpro.jp/es) y que nos sigan en nuestras cuentas para la versión en Español: Threads Instagram Sin más que decir, te deseo lo mejor en tus estudios, y nuevamente gracias por leernos y estar aquí. ¡Hasta la próxima!

Happy New Year All! Today we have the huge pleasure of being able to officially introduce a project that has been in the works for several months now, and that I have been dying to leak, but somehow managed to keep under wraps… A complete revamp of the audio on Bunpro! Just how complete? Complete complete. As some of you may have already noticed in N5, there is a completely new set of female voice recordings. This will be happening with the male recordings as well, and will apply to all of the audio on the website TTSは？ 👀 This includes the replacement of all the AI generated TTS (text-to-speech) Vocab audio too! (eventually) The male recordings are still processing, but we already have all of the female content, so all the way through N1 will be getting added to the site within the next few weeks! Oh, and also, this also includes new audio for all of the Reading Passages! What makes it so special? I am glad you asked! Here is a list of some of the things you will notice straight away with the new recordings: Character voices As we are using professional Japanese voice actors, we encouraged them to use any of their character voices that they felt fit the sentences or scripts they were reading. If you’re really keen-eared, you may even recognize a voice from one of their professional game/anime works! Check out some of them in the readings! N4 reading examples. Quality As it has all been professionally recorded, the editing itself is also top-notch! It’s an absolute joy to listen to and will have you creating ghosts just because you wanna hear them over and over again! Audio Player Feature Additions The audio is getting an upgrade, so we also of course had to update our player! As some of you may know, these have been available for a while now, but we’ve only just found the right announcement to talk about them: Timestamps in Reading Passages Navigate to and from each individual sentence within Reading Passages! Stuck on something in particular in one of our longer passages? Play the part that you are having trouble with again, or just play the same sentence over and over because you’re having a good time! “Alternating” gender mode for Examples Want to hear both, the genders for a particular sentence during Reviews? Now you can change your Preferred Voice Gender to “Alternate”, and the audio will switch backwards and forwards between the Male and Female voice actors. This can be set in the Voice Preferences menu (the audio player settings popout): Screenshot 2025-01-07 at 21.06.141326×870 55.9 KB Thanks to @discopatrick for the great suggestion! Playback Speed Slider A few users mentioned that ‘Slow’ mode was a bit too slow, and normal speed was a bit too fast. So we’ve given you a slider to adjust, to specify exactly what speed fits your listening ability. This too can be found in the audio player settings. Screenshot 2025-01-07 at 21.10.23636×520 21.9 KB That about wraps it up! All of this audio will slowly be released over the coming weeks (for Grammar) and months (for Vocab), but we were so excited about it, and wanted to start this year off with a bang! We hope all of your studies this year go smoothly, and we look forward to what 2025 will bring. Lastly, a massive thank you to @Haru who has been voicing all of the Bunpro audio for the last several years. The time and effort that you put into the voice recordings in order to make all of our learning experiences better will not be forgotten! Each and every one of us on the team and within the community appreciate your colossal efforts!

It is hard to believe 2024 is almost over, but that means it is time for the third annual Bunpro Year End Recap! Your 2024 Recap This year we included vocab data (if you have been studying vocab on Bunpro)! It can be easy to get caught up in all your reviews and miss the forest for the trees. Whether you study numerous hours every day, or a few hours a week, the fact that you’ve stuck with learning Japanese is a feat in and of itself. We hope that with this recap you’re able to truly see the great progress you made this year in Bunpro! Some food for thought: Think about any aspect of your learning that you struggled with at the beginning of the year. Whether it was a tough grammar point or struggling to follow an episode of your favorite show in Japanese, it may be worthwhile to revisit those before the end of the year to show yourself just how far you’ve come in such a short time! It was a ton of fun seeing all of the charts that were posted in the yearly recap threads the past two years, as well as reading what your thoughts on the year were + your future goals, so please continue to do that again this year! From all of us here at Bunpro, thanks for making 2024 another exciting year for us . Thank you for continuing to use and support us with such passion and enthusiasm year after year. See you all next year! 良いお年を! The Bunpro Team