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Life & fun · February 27, 2024

Yomitai

Your Japanese reading assistant

Yomitai launched on February 27, 2024 with 6 votes. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.

What it does

Web-based tool to help you read native Japanese material (specifically, from books). Take a picture from a page of the book and just point at the words with the kanji you don't know to see its reading and meaning. Pin it to the side for quick lookup!

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