Practice real-life Japanese — with a real person.
A Japanese partner plays the other role with you in a real-life scene, like ordering at a restaurant or buying a train ticket. About 30 minutes, on a video call in your browser (no app).
Free. No card. Stop anytime.
- Japanese speaker: ご注文は？What would you like?
- You: ラーメンを 2 つください。Two ramen, please.
- Japanese speaker: お飲み物は？Anything to drink?
Why Hibikitalk
On language exchange apps, first chats usually stop at self-introductions. And practicing with AI is easy to quit. On Hibikitalk, you practice real-life scenes with a real person — a different scene each time, building up step by step. Someone is waiting for you, so you keep going.
This is a small test right now — your honest feedback helps a lot.
How it works
- Apply and pick your free times.
- We match you with a Japanese partner and set a time.
- Before your lesson: pick a scene for your level, with a short prep page in English.
- Your lesson: play the scene together. When you get stuck, the screen gives you a short explanation in English.
Your lesson (about 30 minutes)
- Say hello and chat a little
- Play the scene, round 1
- Look back: what you said, a better way to say it
- Round 2, with a small twist
- Look back again
Scenes you can pick
- Ordering food
- Buying a train ticket
- Buying clothes
- Joining a hotel tour
Before your lesson: a short prep page in English.
Who you'll practice with
An ordinary native speaker in Japan, not a professional teacher — and not me, the maker. Made by Shinya, a university student.
Good to know
- Beta: we're starting small, so there may be a waiting list.
- Explanations in English.
- Recorded only if you agree.
- For now, lessons are for people whose first language is English. If it isn't, you can still apply — you'll be on the waiting list.
- Later, we'd like to make it an exchange (you help your partner with English), but for now it's Japanese only.
Do I talk to an AI?
No — a person. AI tools help with captions, your prep page, and the explanations on screen.