Guides for getting started, daily use, and how Kumi stacks up against everything else.
IME basics
What is an IME?
An IME (Input Method Editor) lets you type Japanese by spelling sounds in romaji and converting them to hiragana, katakana, or kanji. This guide shows how it works and how to type with one.
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Home screen setup
How to Add Kumi to Your Home Screen
Kumi does not have a native app yet, but you can add the Kumi website to your phone or desktop home screen as a shortcut, so it launches with one tap like an app.
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KMT explained
What is KMT?
KMT (Kumi Mastery Tiers) is a 1 to 10 mastery scale Kumi tracks separately for each domain. Unlike JLPT levels, which have no official study list, it reflects what you have actually mastered and decides what to study next.
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Mastery explained
What is Mastery?
In Kumi, mastery is a 0 to 100 score for a single concept, built from every way you can know it. It grows when you truly recall something, and it fades when you stop reviewing, the way real memory does.
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Getting the most from Kumi
How to Use Kumi
A high-level walkthrough of how to use Kumi day to day: the daily fold, lessons, the dictionary, and concept lists.
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Self-report & Anki import
Start Where You Are
Kumi does not make you start over. Self-report or import from Anki, and its trust-based system lets you skip what you already know instead of starting from zero.
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