This is the project page for the LeaRN Japanese RPG: Slime Forest Adventure. SFA can teach you basic Japanese literacy with: katakana, hiragana, and kanji. It is playable and the first storyline ("Jenk's Adventure", for introductory kanji recognition) is essentially complete. There are demo and registered versions available for Windows, OS X, and Linux. -Darrell Johnson

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New version: Build 189 (changelog)

Sunday, September 9 2018 New version: Current Features Demo version of Slime Forest Adventure: introduction to katakana and hiragana

sample lesson in kanji

the adventure begins with Episode 1 The Registered version additionally has: get comfortable with kanji

learn to recognize and distinguish nearly 2,000 kanji

readings training through vocabulary, with ~3,000 example words

the adventure continues with a main quest and sidequests

introductory vocabulary and grammar in Supplementary Training Slime Forest Adventure Fight slimes, save a princess, learn Japanese!



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