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Move Malo through Tokyo’s streets, buildings and districts.
Starting guide
How do you play NIHONGO DX7?
The controls are simple: move Malo, talk to characters, listen to Japanese sentences and use your phone to follow objectives.
Keyboard controls
The basics.
On PC, NIHONGO DX7 is played with a keyboard. The controls follow classic RPG habits: movement, interaction, back, phone and objectives.
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Arrow keys
Alternative movement controls.
AEnter
Interact / confirm
Talk to characters, advance dialogues and confirm choices.
REsc
Back
Go back in menus or cancel certain actions.
TP
Phone and quests
T opens the phone. P shows objectives/quests.
Space🔊
Japanese audio
Listen to Japanese sentences when available, replay them, then repeat out loud. In some cinematics, Space can hide the text.
Phone
Your central tool during the adventure.
The phone gathers important tools: saves, library, progression, options and learning support.
- Check objectives
- Review vocabulary
- Follow your progression
- Access game tools
Dialogues and exercises
Understand in order to progress.
Dialogues, lessons and exercises are integrated into the adventure. You learn because the scene gives you a real reason to understand.
- NPC dialogues
- Vocabulary questions
- Exercises in immersive dialogues
- Kana and kanji mini-games
Train your ear
Japanese is not only read: it is heard.
When a sentence or lesson offers audio, take the time to listen. Replay it several times, repeat out loud, then compare it with what you read on screen.
1Read the sentence
2Listen to Japanese
3Repeat out loud
4Come back later
Learn better
Tips to progress without getting discouraged.
10 min/day
A little every day is better than one rare long session.
Listen
Take time to hear Japanese voices when they are available.
Repeat
Repeating out loud helps memorize sounds and sentences.
Come back
Reviewing words is normal: that is how they stick.
Ready to land at Haneda?
Start the free demo and discover your first Japanese words in context.
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