Snap a photo of a sign, paste text from a manga, or type a sentence you heard. Yomaru shows you the readings, teaches the words you don't know, and helps you read it fluently.
Three steps from "what does that say?" to reading it yourself.
See Japanese on a sign, in a manga, or in an app? Take a photo or paste the text. Yomaru extracts it instantly using on-device OCR.
Every kanji gets furigana — hiragana or romaji, your choice. Tap any word to see its meaning. Unknown words are highlighted so you know exactly what to learn.
Yomaru teaches each unknown word step by step — kanji first, then the word, with stroke practice and quizzes. Once learned, read the full text fluently.
Restaurant menus, train station signs, manga panels, news articles, game dialogue — if it's Japanese, Yomaru can read it. The app annotates every word with readings and highlights what you haven't learned yet, turning any encounter with Japanese into a learning opportunity.
Point your phone at Japanese text and capture it. On-device text recognition works offline — no data sent to servers.
Copy text from a website, chat message, or ebook. Paste it in and Yomaru breaks it down word by word.
Choose hiragana or romaji readings above kanji. Annotations hide automatically as you learn — so you're always challenged at your level.
Not sure where to start? Yomaru's curated learning path teaches kanji in a deliberate sequence from JLPT N5 to N1. Learn a kanji, and the words it forms unlock. Learn the words, and real sentences appear. Every step earns the next.
From your first kanji to reading news — it's all here.
Every character from JLPT N5 to N1 in a carefully designed learning sequence.
Vocabulary organized by kanji reading — words unlock as you learn their characters.
Real Japanese from signs, menus, apps, and news. Not textbook drills.
Trace each character with guided stroke order. Build muscle memory, not just recognition.
No internet needed. Study on the train, on the plane, anywhere.
The full JLPT N5-to-N1 path, OCR scanning, and all features. No paywalls.
Yes. Every feature — the full kanji path, OCR camera, paste-to-learn, furigana, stroke practice — is completely free. No paywalls, no locked levels, no premium tier.
No. Yomaru works entirely offline. All 2,283 kanji, 3,655+ words, and 1,375+ sentences are stored on your device. Even the camera OCR runs on-device.
Most apps teach kanji as isolated flashcards. Yomaru starts with real Japanese text you encounter — a photo, a pasted sentence — and teaches you the words you need to read it. The structured learning path is there when you want guided study, but the app works just as well for learning on the go from real content.
No. There are no daily caps or usage limits. Scan as many photos as you want.
Yes. The Read feature works at any level — paste or photograph any text and Yomaru adapts to what you know. The structured learning path covers JLPT N5 through N1 so you can pick up wherever you are.
Snap a photo, paste some text, or follow the guided path. Free, offline, and designed to get you reading real Japanese.