Jouzu - Read Japanese Anywhere

Instant readings & definitions

Only for iPhone

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.

iPhone

Reading Japanese shouldn't mean typing it out first. Point your camera, tap any text, understand it. Save it for later, export to Anki, hear it spoken. Jouzu is real-life copy and paste for Japanese. Point your camera at a sign, a manga page, a game screen or a menu, and it becomes text you can look up, translate and learn from. OCR MADE FOR JAPANESE Jouzu's OCR reads Japanese right on the photo. Pull in a single word or drag across a whole line. READ WITH A JAPANESE DICTIONARY Every capture is broken down word by word with a built-in dictionary, so you read the whole sentence instead of piecing it together. Frequency ranks from JPDB and the Innocent Corpus show which words to learn now and which to save for later. TRANSLATE JAPANESE Translate full sentences or passages when the breakdown isn't enough. LEARN JAPANESE WITH ANKI Build a card the moment a word stops you, or save it and keep reading. Each one arrives complete: reading, pitch accent, meaning, the sentence, your photo and audio. Batch a whole reading or gaming session into one deck when you're done. HEAR IT SPOKEN Any word or line read aloud in a natural voice with correct pitch accent. Switch voices whenever you like. OFFLINE OCR No signal needed. OCR, dictionary and even translation can run on your phone, on the Tokyo Metro or in the Swiss Alps. PRIVATE No account. No tracking. Nothing sold to advertisers. I don't even know who you are. Made with love in the heart of Switzerland. KIWAMI Kiwami (極) adds pitch accent, Anki export, natural voices, DeepL translation and the Musashi theme. Reading, the dictionary and on-device translation stay free. Monthly: $3.99. Yearly: $39.99. Lifetime: $99.99, paid once. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://jouzu-app.com/privacy.html

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    Information

    Seller
    Igor Ranieri
    Size
    411.6 MB
    Category
    Education
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    Languages
    English and 5 more
    • English, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    • Own $99.99
    • Kiwami (Monthly) $3.99
    • Kiwami (Yearly) $39.99
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    Copyright
    © Igor Ranieri
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