read Japanese

めちゃくちゃ簡単かんたん! Make Japanese reading, uh... less hard

Click any word to look it up instantly. Stuck on a sentence? Explain it--break definitions, conjugations, grammar and context. Then save any point to a flash card. Dictionary, flash cards and an e-book reader in one app, no set up. (It's like Yomitan... and Anki... but for normal people?)

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No sign-up required. Like none, at all.

二人の若い紳士が、すっかりイギリスの兵隊のかたちをして、ぴかぴかする鉄砲をかついで、白熊のような犬を二疋つれて、だいぶ山奥の、木の葉のかさかさしたとこを、こんなことを云いながら、あるいておりました。

紳士 しんし

gentleman

Tap any word.

Tap a word

See the definition, and how it's conjugated. Instant, works offline.

Explain a sentence

Break it down into subclauses, and break those down into words.

Keep what you meet

Review saved words as flash cards, with the sentences you found them in.

Flash cards from your reading

Each card keeps the sentences you met it in. It asks you to read a word, and to write it if you like, and quizzes you right before you'd forget it.

  • Spaced repetition (FSRS-6), on any device, auto-synced.
  • A writing pad in the card, for kanji.
  • Choose between 4-button response, or 2-button pass/fail.

Works offline

The dictionary and books live on your device, so it works even on a plane.

Vertical or horizontal

Read top to bottom like the printed book, or left to right.

Kanji, stroke by stroke

Watch a kanji's strokes drawn in order, and write it on the pad yourself.

Your own books

Add your EPUB files. They're stored privately for you.

Synced on all your devices

Your books, bookmarks and cards, on your phone, tablet and computer.

Your cards are yours

Export them to Anki anytime, even as a free user.

Try the themes!

Light or dark, awesome, boring, and MORE themes in the app's settings.

A flash card in the app's Heisei magazine look
Heisei magazine
A flash card in the app's Heisei magazine, dark look
Heisei magazine, dark
A flash card in the app's Plain look
Plain
A flash card in the app's Plain, dark look
Plain, dark

Why not start with a short story?

Every Japanese schoolchild has to read these, and we know how much you want to be a Japanese schoolchild. You don't have to login to read or try out the dictionary and explanation tools. (You do need an unpaid account to save and study flash cards though.)

You gotta start someday, and if you're taking JLPT, 読解マジでクソだろ?

Click here to read a book, free!