Each cell: kana · romaji. If you already read hiragana, here's a bonus — カ·キ·セ·ヘ·モ·ヤ·リ·ニ look almost the same as their hiragana twins (か·き·せ·へ·も·や·り·に). The real hurdles are the look-alikes シ (shi) / ツ (tsu) and ソ (so) / ン (n) — see each cell's tip and the Reading tips section.

Same rules as hiragana — ゛(dakuten) voices the sound, ゜(handakuten) makes the pa-pi-pu-pe-po row. Most travel and everyday words live here: ビール (beer), パン (bread), ポケモン (Pokémon).

A small ャ·ュ·ョ merges with the previous kana into one sound. One branding trap: キヤノン (Canon) and 富士フイルム (Fujifilm) are written big but read small — "kyanon" / "firumu".

Small ァィゥェォ combinations invented to reproduce sounds Japanese didn't originally have — f, v, ti, che. Katakana-only (hiragana has no equivalent), and they fill travel words: カフェ (café), チェックイン (check-in).

Most katakana words are English underneath, so a few rules let you decode words you've never seen. Watch out for Japanese-made pseudo-English (和製英語), though — it's a trap.

Grouped in the order you meet them: airport → rental car & gas station → hotel → convenience store → dining → sightseeing. Each shows the sign as written, with a hiragana reading where kanji is mixed in. In practice mode the wording/reading is hidden — tap to check.