Japanese reading, your text, your workflow
Turn any Japanese passage into a focused study surface.
Kotobuddy is built for learners who already live in real material: novels, essays, visual novels, game dialogue, and saved snippets that deserve more than a dictionary popup.
Reader preview
A calmer path from input to study
Paste text once. Analyze it once. Read with inline token detail, collect root-word flashcards without duplicates, and file texts into folders that match the books you are actually reading.
- Interactive reading without clunky token-button UI
- Folders for book-by-book study continuity
- Review built around root-word flashcards, not deck busywork
For immersion learners
Bring your own content
Kotobuddy is designed around pasted Japanese text instead of a fixed content catalog, so your learning can stay anchored to the material you already care about.
For continuity
Save texts like a real library
Keep chapters, pages, and excerpts together in one place so your study history starts to feel like a reading practice instead of a pile of disconnected lookups.
For retention
Study only what deserves it
Add normalized vocabulary to your review flow without duplicating the same root word across every conjugated form you encounter.
How it works
One workflow from pasted passage to saved study loop.
The value is not raw dictionary access. It is the handoff between reading, understanding, saving context, and returning later without rebuilding your study session from scratch.
Step 1
Paste the text you actually want to read
Bring in a book passage, article excerpt, transcript, or game dialogue instead of waiting for curated content to catch up with your interests.
Step 2
Study it in a reader that stays readable
Inspect words inline, keep the page feeling like prose, and stop bouncing between separate reader, dictionary, and deck-building tools.
Step 3
Keep the parts worth returning to
Save pages into folders by source, add useful root words once, and return later with review that stays grounded in the material you chose.
Launch pricing
Seven days free, then one focused monthly subscription.
Kotobuddy is priced to replace a fragmented workflow, not to hide the product behind a maze of tiers. Start with the trial, then keep going for $4.99/month if the reader earns its place in your study routine.