Yomabi: Japanese Dictionary

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About this app

The Japanese dictionary built for real learning. Look up any word by typing, camera, handwriting, or voice — all processed on your device, fully offline.
Whether you're a beginner or preparing for JLPT N5, N4, N3, N2, or N1, Yomabi gives you everything in one app: a powerful Japanese-English dictionary, smart flashcards, and instant text recognition.

Dictionary
- 180,000+ entries with readings, meanings, and parts of speech
- Kanji details with animated stroke order
- Pitch accent for natural pronunciation
- Example sentences to see words in context
- Search in English, romaji, hiragana, katakana, or kanji

Camera & OCR
- Point your camera at any Japanese text and tap words to look them up
- Works with books, menus, signs, manga, and more
- Supports horizontal and vertical text
- Works offline — everything runs on your device

Handwriting input
- Draw characters you don't know how to type
- Fast, accurate recognition

Flashcards & spaced repetition
- Create flashcards from any dictionary entry with one tap
- Spaced repetition helps you memorize vocabulary long-term
- Attach images and audio to your cards
- Organize into custom decks with detailed study statistics
- Import and export Anki decks (.apkg)

Voice search
- Look up words by speaking Japanese
- On-device speech recognition

Privacy first
- All data stays on your device
- No accounts, no tracking by default

Yomabi is a free offline Japanese dictionary with flashcards and OCR. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited lookups and to support development.
Download Yomabi and start learning Japanese today!
Updated on
Jun 5, 2026

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This app may collect these data types
Financial info, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

What’s new

Picking a kanji suggestion mid-sentence no longer jumps the cursor to the end
"+ Word" button is now readable in dark mode (was washed out)