nika — 1,672 works of Japanese literature, in English.
Sōseki. Dazai. Miyazawa. Akutagawa. Ichiyō. Ranpo. And hundreds of
quieter voices that never made it out of Japanese — until now.
nika is a reading app built on Japan's public-domain library:
1,672 complete works — novels, short stories, essays, and poems —
carefully translated into English and given room to breathe.
Not excerpts. Not summaries. Whole works, from the first line to the last.
It is made for slow reading. No feed. No noise. No likes.
Just you and the page.
1,672 works, one library
From famous novels everyone knows to a single forgotten poem.
A century of Japanese writing you can read end to end.
nika index
A hand-made way in — find a work by mood, season, or the shape of a
feeling, not by ranking.
Fragments
One luminous passage at a time. A line to carry with you through the day.
A reader you can shape
Serif or sans, weight, size, line spacing, and margins — in dark,
light (paper), or sepia. Read vertically or horizontally, each
remembered on its own.
Keep what stays with you
Notes, highlights, and a scrapbook for the lines you never want to lose.
nika is not a place to be seen.
It is a place to read, and to be quiet for a while.
1,672 works. Start with one.
Great relaxing sleep music, you could mix different relaxing music and sounds together and it works completely offline. The app is in Japanese but I could find my way fairly easily. Would like to see new music in future updates.
Developer Response
thanks you. It will be encouraging, and I look forward to working with you in the future.
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Veggieta1324
これは私が芥川龍之介さんの作品の中で1番好きなものです。10歳の息子と一緒に楽しんで聴いています。
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Version 9.9.9
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