Sound like a local.
Not a textbook.
Practice the real conversations you’ll actually have over there. The slang, the speed, the way locals really talk, until it comes out without thinking.
Order at a Tokyo ramen counter.
Tap a line. See how the shop replies in casual Shibuya Japanese. Then how SayLocal rewrites you so you don't sound like a textbook.
Demo mode: 1 turn at a time, no history. Full scenarios after sign-in.
Your Japanese,as a model.
We track which words you own and which you keep missing. Every sentence we generate references it.
This is the i+1 principle from second-language acquisition research, applied at the individual level via LLMs. Anki can't do this. A tutor can't track thousands of micro-data-points about you.
Read the science of i+1 →A per-word strength model updates every time you read, listen, or speak. Nothing you already know wastes your time.
Fresh sentences built from words you know plus exactly one new piece. The acquisition sweet spot.
From your actual usage, not a streak counter. You know how ready you are.
One mission, free.
Try before you pay. Cancel anytime.
Visiting? Trip Pack. Moving? Pro.
One full scenario, no card.
- ·1 complete mission
- ·Text + voice roleplay
- ·Dialect selection
- ·Pronunciation feedback
For people preparing for a trip or move.
- ·Generous text roleplay (fair use)
- ·Voice roleplay included (fair use)
- ·Full scenario maps
- ·Readiness score + daily plan
- ·Slang & cultural notes
For daily learners who live in the language.
- ·Everything in Pro
- ·Roughly 2× the monthly voice + AI budget
- ·Heaviest roleplay & i+1 generation
- ·Built for immersive, every-day practice
Or skip the subscription and own one destination outright.
Destination-specific crash course for one trip.
- ·30+ trip scenarios
- ·Survival + social language
- ·14-day plan
- ·Native-reviewed phrases
- ·Lifetime access to this trip
Move abroad ready. 90 days of the conversations that decide whether you settle in.
- ·Everything in Trip Pack
- ·90-day access (vs 14)
- ·Apartments, banks, doctors, bureaucracy
- ·Work, friendships, dating
- ·Long-term settle-in curriculum
Prices in USD. Taxes calculated at checkout. Cancel Pro or Pro+ anytime in one click. Voice and text usage is governed by your plan's monthly budget.
Every conversation you'll have.
Tell us: city, dates, what you plan to do. We build the conversations you'll walk into — in the order you'll walk into them.
Every supported city ships a curated starter map like this — then it's personalized to your exact dates and plans.
Locals don't speak the textbook.
We teach the version people speak — in the neighborhood you're going to.
Why we teach それな, not the textbook line →Every phrase is tagged with its register — who you can say it to, and when. それな to a friend and you sound human. Say it to your boss and you sound rude. We teach you the difference.
For two weeks. Or two years.
14 days. 30 missions.
Compressed crash course for travelers. Airport, hotel, restaurants, shopping, nightlife, dating, transit — everything you'll hit in two weeks.
- · Trip-specific scenario pack
- · Survival + social language
- · Voice roleplay + pronunciation
- · Daily plan until departure
12 months. Real life.
For relocators, students, workers. Apartments, banks, doctors, work, friendships, dating, bureaucracy — the conversations that decide whether you settle in.
- · City hall, banking, phone contract
- · Work + small talk + dating
- · Landlord, doctor, haircut, gym
- · Long-term curriculum
FSRS scheduling so the words you learn stick.
Pitch contour scoring on your recordings.
Train your ear at native conversation speed.
Every session targets the words you keep missing.
Know exactly how prepared you are.
A score across every category that matters. Watch it climb as you finish missions.
How we forecast your level →Questions, answered.
One short piece a week. The phrase you'd never learn in class.
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