Tangoo - Japanese Dictionary

Ruminski Labs

In-app purchases

About this app

Tangoo is the all-in-one app to learn Japanese — a powerful dictionary, spaced-repetition flashcards, JLPT grammar, graded reading and 6,700 kanji, all in one place. It's built around a Japanese dictionary that actually teaches: look up any word, then remember it for good. Most of Tangoo works completely offline, with no ads, ever.

Whether you're learning your first hiragana or grinding toward N1, Tangoo replaces the five different apps you've been juggling.

A DICTIONARY THAT TEACHES
• 169,000+ entries from the open JMdict project — words, readings, and meanings
• Search by kanji, kana, romaji, English, your voice, or by drawing the character by hand
• Every entry shows JLPT level, how common the word is, native audio, and real example sentences
• Tap any word, anywhere in the app, for an instant pop-up definition

FLASHCARDS THAT READ YOUR MEMORY
• Spaced-repetition review (SM-2) resurfaces each word the moment you're about to forget it
• Auto-built "Recent Mistakes" and "Critical Condition" decks drill exactly what you keep getting wrong
• Build custom decks for any JLPT level, topic, or your own favorites
• Quick Quiz for a fast five-minute session

GRAMMAR, FINALLY EXPLAINED
• 1,000+ grammar points from JLPT N5 to N1, in plain English
• Every point has a clear explanation, example sentences, and audio
• Special tracks for anime & manga, business Japanese & keigo, Kansai dialect, casual speech, and internet slang

READ AND LISTEN TO REAL JAPANESE
• 100+ graded reading stories from beginner to advanced, with furigana on tap
• 100+ listening conversations with native-speaker audio and transcripts
• An instant dictionary lives on every word you read

MASTER KANJI AND KANA
• 6,700+ kanji with animated stroke order, meanings, and readings
• Learn hiragana and katakana from scratch with the built-in Kana trainer

PHRASES FOR REAL LIFE
• 1,200+ ready-to-use phrases across 31 categories
• Work & business, job interviews, travel, greetings, polite keigo, and 80+ phrases straight from popular anime

WHO TANGOO IS FOR
• Beginners starting with hiragana, katakana, and their first words
• JLPT students preparing for N5, N4, N3, N2, or N1
• Anime, manga, and travel fans who want practical Japanese
• Anyone who wants a serious Japanese dictionary and study app in their pocket

FREE TO START — NO ADS, EVER
Learn with the full dictionary, N5–N3 grammar and vocabulary, kanji, kana, reading and phrases for free. Tangoo Premium unlocks N2–N1 content, the anime/business/dialect grammar tracks, listening conversations, translation, custom tests, and advanced stats.

Ratings and reviews

This can be a great resource if use it correctly. In my case, I use RTK volume 1 to memorize the Kanji and Anki for vocab, and then I go to Tangoo and read some stories to check my skills and the best feature is that you can find kanji just by drawing it and you don't even have to draw presicely, you can find any Kanji and it's alternate writings, stroke order, uses in compounds, all the meanings and readings. But the reason I gave it 4 star is that, that it has so much in app purchases.

Great app that provides really good Japanese learning materials along with a kanji draw and search tool, highly recommended!!!

i found it so comfortable to use , and it is really helpful to learn Japanese who are just stuck in N5 level on Duolingo 🐣

What’s new

Full app redesign amd UI polishing