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Japanese: The Game

Japanese: The Game 2014

Design Bernhard Hamaker Art Bernhard Hamaker Publisher (Self-Published)
5.4 /10
BGG rating
#27568
BGG rank
2.1
Weight
1–6
Players
2
Best at
10
Minutes
12
Age
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Expansions & Promos

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Japanese: The Game – Bushido Expansion 2017 Japanese: The Game – Weapons and Warfare Expansion 2017 Japanese: The Game – Yōkai Expansion 2017 Japanese: The Game – Anatomy Expansion 2016 Japanese: The Game – Animals Expansion 2016 Japanese: The Game – Blank Expansion 2016 Japanese: The Game – Calligraphy Expansion 2016 Japanese: The Game – Children Expansion 2016 Japanese: The Game – Counting Expansion 2016 Japanese: The Game – Fantasy Expansion 2016 Japanese: The Game – Household Items Expansion 2016 Japanese: The Game – Martial Arts: White Belt Expansion 2016 Japanese: The Game – Respect Expansion 2016 Japanese: The Game – Slang Expansion 2016 Japanese: The Game – Anime Expansion 2014 Japanese: The Game – Business Expansion 2014 Japanese: The Game – Conjugations Expansion 2014 Japanese: The Game – Food Expansion 2014 Japanese: The Game – Kaiju Expansion 2014 Japanese: The Game – Travel Expansion 2014

About the Game

Japanese: The Game is a language-learning card game. The cards in the game each have a Japanese word on the obverse. Players use these cards to build melds following a color pattern that forces the melds to be grammatically correct Japanese sentences.

The game has solo, collaborative, and competitive modes to allow for play and learning in both individual and social situations. The game play in competitive mode allows for building and improving one's melds to gain points that enable the player to eliminate opponents' melds.

The educational focus of the game is to practice sentence-building in a fun environment. This practice has the side-effect of exposing players to the vocabulary on the cards as well as training the mind to create proper Japanese sentences with any Japanese words they learn or already know.

Filed Under

Categories
Card Game Educational Word Game
Mechanics
Hand Management Open Drafting
BGG ratings
59 · geek rating 5.49
BGG data
refreshed Sep 7, 2026

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