YoMoo: Japanese Reading
Graded News & Books, N5 to N1
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
New: export your saved words as a CSV file that Anki opens. Read Japanese news at your JLPT level, switch to an Easy version, and tap any word for its reading.
Japanese reading practice with real news, JLPT passages and your own text. YoMoo puts furigana on every kanji, colours words by JLPT level, and gives you the reading and meaning of any word with one tap.
READ JAPANESE NEWS AT YOUR LEVEL
Every news story has the Original and an Easy version. Switch between them in the reader: read the Easy one first, then the Original. The Easy version is written by AI from the original, so details can differ; the Original is the source wording.
JLPT READING PRACTICE, N5 TO N1
Practice passages for each JLPT level, plus How-To articles. Words are coloured by level (N5 to N1) with a legend, so you can see at a glance how much of a passage is at your level.
TURN YOUR OWN JAPANESE INTO A LESSON
Paste text, scan a printed page with the camera (text recognition runs on your iPhone), or open a .txt, .md, .srt, .vtt, .csv or .json file. Learners use it for:
- emails and documents from work or school
- restaurant menus (check scanned text against the original, as camera reading can mistake one kanji for another)
- stories that ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude wrote in Japanese about things they like
Your own text, Aozora Bunko and the sample are always free. PDF and Word files can't be opened yet.
FURIGANA AND A DICTIONARY ON EVERY WORD
Sentences are split into words, so you can see where one ends. Tap a word for its reading, meanings, part of speech and JLPT level. Show furigana on every kanji, or only on the levels you choose. The dictionary has over 250,000 words and readings from JMdict and JMnedict.
SAVE WORDS, REVIEW THEM, EXPORT THEM
Save any word with one tap. Saved words come back for review (Again / Got it) on a spaced-repetition schedule, with a quiz and flashcards. Export your list as a CSV file that Anki and spreadsheets open.
LISTEN AND SHADOW
Text-to-speech reads the article with the current sentence highlighted, at the speed you set. Shadowing mode plays each sentence, you repeat it, and the last round hides the text. YoMoo does not record or score your voice.
JAPANESE CLASSICS FROM AOZORA BUNKO
Read public-domain literature from Aozora Bunko with the same furigana and dictionary.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Is YoMoo free? Yes, with no account. News and JLPT passages: 5 free articles, then one short ad per article. Your own text, Aozora Bunko and the sample are always free.
What level is it for? From N5 (beginner who knows kana) to N1. The Easy version and furigana help at the lower levels.
Can it translate? Library articles come with English. For text you paste or import, YoMoo can translate one page into English for one short ad (Beta).
Does it work on iPad? Yes, on iPhone and iPad.
AD-FREE SUBSCRIPTION
The optional Ad-Free subscription, monthly or annual, removes all ads and the article limit, and includes 5 free page translations a day. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel it anytime in your Apple ID account settings.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://my-senpai.com/yomoo/privacy-policy/
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Export your words
Vocab > Manage words > Export words saves every saved word as a CSV file (word and reading first) that Anki and spreadsheets open.
More accurate JLPT levels
The level on each word card now comes from JLPT word lists for the word itself. Before, many words took the level of their first kanji, so 犬 showed as N4 and 企業 as N1.
Better furigana
Hundreds of readings fixed: 間 read as あいだ where it should be, food words such as 牛丼 (ぎゅうどん) and 麻婆豆腐, and well-known people's names such as 大谷翔平. Names the dictionary doesn't list are marked as a best guess.
Fewer empty word cards
Common words such as 人 (ひと), 店 and 私 now open their dictionary entry, and long-vowel spellings find their own word.
Your free articles last longer
Opening your own text, Aozora Bunko books or the sample no longer uses up one of your 5 free articles.
Also: Privacy options in Settings where ad consent applies, and dictionary credits (JMdict and JMnedict).
The developer, MY SENPAI LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
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Information
- Seller
- MY SENPAI LLC
- Size
- 89.7 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.4 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Advertising
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Ad-Free Monthly $3.99
- Ad-Free Annual $24.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 My SenpAI LLC