Ancient Language
Old Japanese
Companion: Yuki
"Yuki moves slowly through things. She has been reading the Man'yōshū since she was nineteen — the oldest Japanese poetry, written in Chinese characters used only for their sound. Beneath that: silence, and the reconstructed proto-language."
The Chain
Old Japanese sits in a language chain — learners arrive from Japanese and can continue into Proto-Japonic.
What You'll Learn
5
story arcs
411
vocabulary entries
A1–C2
CEFR levels
Story Arcs
Man'yōshū — The Ten Thousand Leaves
Man'yōgana — Before the Syllabary
Makurakotoba — The Pillow Words
Start Learning Old Japanese
Begin with Yuki →Free to start · No streak pressure · Story-first learning