HelloStory: Japanese Stories

YuSpeak

About this app

HelloStory helps you truly use the Japanese you've learned by reading stories at your level—and it's completely free.

As a graded reading app, HelloStory offers a wide variety of stories tailored to different JLPT levels, helping you apply Japanese effectively while mastering natural expressions.

Our features help you not only read but truly understand each story:

★ Dive into Stories of Your Level
Enjoy engaging tales across a wide range of topics, crafted by experienced native authors to reflect real, natural Japanese.

★ Instant Understanding Made Easy
Access professional, bilingual translations for every word and sentence—no more guessing, just clear meaning in real time.

★ Listen and Learn Naturally
Immerse yourself in audio recordings by native speakers. Sharpen your listening skills and perfect your pronunciation effortlessly.

★ Multiple Display Modes
Toggle between Kanji, Hiragana, or Romaji to help you recognize and read Japanese characters with confidence.

★ Save and Master Challenging Words
Add tricky vocabulary to your personalized wordlist. Our AI-powered flashcards prioritize what you need most, ensuring focused review and long-term retention.

★ Completely Free
All stories and features are available at no cost—no hidden fees, no clickbait.

Start reading to boost your Japanese skills today with HelloStory!

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Ratings and reviews

super reliable! (other than sometimes the robot pronounces words wrong so I have to double check if that's how they're actually spoken)) but yes! flashcard system, I can review whenever I want!. I'm N3 listening but N5 reading unfortunately, but I think if I blow through all your N5 content I'll be good. 🐣 edit: if you're wondering what I mean, some words like "旅行し" had audio that pronounced it as 'びょこうし" instead of "りょこうし" and "働く/き" pronounced as "わたらく/き" instead of "はたらく/ き" I hope thishelps

Holy cow, this app was AMAZING. I totally recommend this for beginners since I use this, and wow, my reading skills became much better under 3 days. Though, I wish there was an option to only hear the audio instead of reading it, even without the Hiragana + Kanji, so I really know if I understand most words of that level and to know that I'm upgrading even more, so not only i can READ, but also hear, like hearing conversations lol.

It is easy and very convenient! The stories are pretty good, and it's free!

What’s new

Bug fixes and performance improvements.