We've got a lot planned for Waffuru and wanted to give you a look at what's next. These features are all in the pipeline, and we'll announce each one as it ships.

"Forget" Review Sessions

Sometimes you want a fresh start on specific cards without resetting your entire deck. Forget sessions will let you start a special session with your review cards individually choosing to keep them or to reset their progress, offering an alternative way to get back into studying after taking a break.

Pitch Accent

Pitch accent rarely gets enough attention in Japanese study, but it matters a lot for sounding natural. A big issue is finding the best way to represent pitch accent on cards and the best place to source data from. Once we're a bit bigger, I'd like to reach out to NHK for the best pitch accent source possible.

Kanji and Radical Writing Practice

Recognizing kanji is one thing, but writing them is another skill entirely. We'd like to build a writing practice section on cards where you trace kanji and radicals with correct stroke order. The app checks your strokes in real time and guides you when you go off track.

OCR

Point your camera at Japanese text and look up words on the spot. OCR support will let you snap a photo of a textbook page, a sign, or a menu and pull out the text for dictionary lookup and card queueing. Study the Japanese you encounter in the real world and seamlessly mine vocabulary.

AI-Assisted Card Creation

Creating detailed flashcards by hand takes time. AI-assisted card creation will generate complete cards from minimal input. Give it a word or sentence and get back readings, meanings, example sentences, and contextual notes. You review everything before it goes into your deck.

Real Pronunciation Examples

Hear how native speakers actually use words in context. I'd like to utilize Youglish to integrate real video clips from YouTube so you can hear real pronunciation and see words used in natural speech and context.

Shadowing Practice

Shadowing (repeating what you hear in real time) is one of the best techniques for improving fluency and pronunciation. We're building a shadowing mode right into the flashcards where you listen to native audio clips and practice speaking along, with AI-guided feedback.

Radical Search

Looking up a kanji you can't read is frustrating. Radical search will let you find any kanji by selecting its component radicals. Pick the parts you recognize and narrow down to the exact character, no reading required.

Drawing Search

Can't identify the radicals either? Just draw it. Handwriting recognition will match your sketch to kanji in the database, so you can look up characters you've never seen before. Between radical search and drawing search, there's always a way to find what you need.