Make learning fun and natural

Improve your Japanese through immersion. Enjoy reading native texts and you’ll see your literacy grow in real-time.

• Track your progress, word-by-word and kanji-by-kanji for every sentence you read. Download now to make your progress tangible.
• Flexible pricing for optional premium features. The general reading, bookmarking, and vocabulary/kanji lookup experience is completely free. Premium features require a subscription. If you can’t afford it, you may use the student discounted price (regardless of student status) at $1/month or $10/year.

  Actively reading native texts, which Manbi Reader makes easy to find for your level, is one of the best ways to learn. It’s satisfying to learn this way, compared to contexless vocabulary or kanji drills. If you’d like to closely track more details about your reading and comprehension progress, and gain access to easy flashcard creation features, you can purchase a subscription. You can learn more about premium features as well as access a preview within the app.

• Packed with free features. See what percent of each article’s vocabulary you’re familiar with based on your reading history. Scan text with your camera to look it up. Japanese/English dict. Native Japanese web dicts. Look up kanji by drawing. Expanded JLPT levels. RSS. Web browser UI. Save links from other apps. Works offline. Readability mode. Tap words to look them up. Furigana depending on your familiarity with each word.
• Anki for macOS and iOS flashcards have never been easier to create. Tap words to look them up. Tap to create flashcards, including the sentence excerpt with source citation.

  In addition to Anki integration, you can use the Manabi Flashcards companion app.

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