BakemojiRead the books you love.
Learn Japanese along the way.
Bakemoji, a little ink yōkai, quietly swaps some words of your book for Japanese. The story stays readable, new words meet you in context again and again — and one day you notice you know them.
Free · Android and iPhone
- Kana → JLPT N5 → N1 → BJT
- Your EPUB and FB2 books
- Thousands of free classics
- Interface in 7 languages
Choose why you learn: JLPT, business Japanese or just for fun
Japanese words appear right inside the story, with furigana
Tap a word: reading, meaning, every kanji and its stroke order, audio
A short exam after every chapter
Streak, hanko seals and daily tasks
Free public-domain classics in the built-in library
How it works
Open a book
Any EPUB or FB2 without DRM from your phone, or a free classic from the built-in library — Project Gutenberg and Wikisource.
Pick your level
Start with hiragana and katakana, then JLPT N5 to N1, or the business vocabulary of the BJT exam.
Read as usual
Bakemoji replaces only the words that fit the sentence — AI checks every one against its context, so the text never turns into a puzzle.
Remember it
A short exam closes each chapter, spaced review brings back the words you missed.
Everything a reader needs
A card for every word
Reading in kana and rōmaji, the meaning in your language, part of speech and JLPT level, grammar forms and particles explained.
Kanji, piece by piece
Each kanji with its meaning, on and kun readings, the components it is built from, a memory story and animated stroke order.
Hear every word
Audio for words and example sentences, and a mode that reads the chapter aloud.
Kana from zero
Hiragana and katakana with a card for every sign and a progress table — beginners start reading on day one.
Streaks that feel good
Daily goal, hanko seals, streak freezes, levels, daily tasks and a home-screen widget with the word of the day.
Your progress everywhere
Sign in with Google or Apple and keep your words, streak and books on every phone and tablet.
Who it is for
Readers
You love books and want Japanese to become part of your reading time instead of another chore.
JLPT candidates
Vocabulary level by level from N5 to N1, met in real sentences rather than in a list.
Business Japanese
The vocabulary of the BJT Business Japanese Proficiency Test, woven into the books you read anyway.
Complete beginners
Start with kana. No textbook needed — the story carries you.
Why it works
Bakemoji uses the diglot weave: words of a second language woven into a text you already understand. Context tells you what a word means before you look it up, and a good book makes you meet it again and again — the kind of repetition flashcards try to fake. Read more about the method.
Free to start
Download Bakemoji for free. Each chapter with Japanese costs one drop of ink — once, forever. New readers get a supply of ink, and Bakemoji tops it up every day. Very short chapters are free. An optional Plus subscription gives unlimited ink and no ads.
Your next book can teach you Japanese
Free on Android and iPhone.
Free · Android and iPhone