Yomaru Get the app

Japanese learning app for iPhone & Android

Turn your scrolling into Japanese.

Swipe through kanji, the words they unlock, and real sentences in one continuous learning flow. Then read Japanese articles, websites and photos with furigana, and learn every word you don't know yet.

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  • JLPT N5 → N1
  • Stroke-by-stroke writing
  • Lessons work offline
Yomaru's learning flow: the kanji 人 (person) scrolls up into the word 一人 (one person), built from 一 and 人.

Kanji unlock words. Words unlock sentences.

Yomaru never shows you a word before you know its kanji, or a sentence before you know its words. Learn 人 and 一人 appears. Learn a few more and you can read 大人一人です (“It is one adult”) on your own.

  1. Kanji Kanji introduction for 人, read ひと (kun) and ジン, ニン (on), meaning person.
  2. Word Word introduction for 一人, read ひとり, meaning one person, built from 一 and 人.
  3. Sentence Sentence reading exercise for 大人一人です。 (It is one adult), choosing the sounds one by one.

Make it stick.

Trace every kanji stroke by stroke with live guidance. Reading, meaning and writing exercises come back right as you're about to forget them, woven into the same flow, so there's no deck to manage.

Writing the kanji 人 with stroke guidance: the first stroke is accepted in green.

Find your next good read.

Browse Japanese articles, essays and short stories from curated feeds, each tagged with its JLPT difficulty. Pick something that matches your level and open it right inside Yomaru.

Read tab listing Japanese articles from curated feeds, each with a JLPT difficulty meter.

Put your Japanese to use.

Read real websites sentence by sentence. Tap any word for its reading and meaning, see a translation when you need it, and send the whole sentence to Learn with one tap.

A Japanese web article with the sentence 小鍋でごはんを炊く。 selected and the word ごはん explained.

Turn photos into practice.

Menus, signs, packaging, manga. Take a photo or import one, and Yomaru finds the Japanese text, adds furigana, and turns the words you don't know into lessons.

Japanese text recognized on a menu photo, with 日本食 (にほんしょく, Japanese food) selected.

See your Japanese grow.

Your Learn dashboard shows JLPT progress from N5 to N1, the kanji, words and sentences you've picked up, and everything you've discovered recently.

Learn dashboard with N5 progress, kanji, word and sentence counts, and a Start learning button.
2,200+kanji on a curated JLPT N5 → N1 path
315,000word Japanese–English dictionary
6writing stages per kanji
0accounts or sign-ups needed

Questions you might have.

How does Yomaru teach me to read Japanese?

It follows how Japanese is built. You learn a kanji, then the words made from kanji you know, then real sentences made from words you know. Introductions, writing practice and reviews come in one continuous flow, and you can apply it straight away by reading articles, websites and photos.

Is Yomaru free?

Yes. Yomaru is free to download and every learning and reading feature is included. The free version shows ads, and a one-time purchase removes them.

Which JLPT levels does it cover?

The curated path runs from JLPT N5 to N1. If you already know some Japanese, "Find my level" places you on the path, and you can mark individual kanji or words as known.

Does it work offline?

Lessons, writing practice and reviews work offline. Browsing articles, opening websites and online translation need a connection.

Can I read my own Japanese content?

Yes. Paste text, open a website, share an article into the app, or use a photo. Yomaru adds furigana, explains each word, and lets you learn the sentence.

Do I need an account?

No. There's no sign-up. Your progress stays on your device.

Is Yomaru on iPhone and Android?

Yes. Get it on the App Store for iPhone and iPad, or on Google Play for Android.

Your next scroll could be Japanese.

Free on iPhone and Android.

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