木漏れ日Komorebi
Private Beta

Read Japanese
at the edge
of what you know.

Komorebi gives you an endless supply of short reading passages tailored exactly to the words you already know. Every story is just challenging enough to help you learn, without leaving you frustrated.

駅のねこ5% unknown · ~396
known 69% learning 31% new 0%
Difficultyhover any word · ↻ for a new draft

The gap between flashcards and fluency is extensive reading.

Flashcards only get you so far, and jumping straight into native Japanese books is overwhelming. Traditional graded readers are okay, but they force you to rely on generic JLPT word lists instead of the vocabulary you actually care about.

Komorebi sits right in the middle. We take the specific words you're currently trying to learn and weave them into new stories. This way, you review vocabulary naturally by reading in context, rather than grinding through flashcards.

Comprehensibility curve
i+1 · you are heretoo easytoo hard

Import from JPDB or Anki, or take a two-minute placement quiz.

We don't guess your skill level. You can easily import your existing vocabulary lists directly from Anki or JPDB. Don't use those apps? Just take our quick, two-minute placement test to get started.

path AImport JPDB / Anki
known3,412 words
learning284 words
due18 words
✓ imported · one-way read
path BPlacement quiz
駅長ような顔をした猫が座っている。
tap any word you don't know · 20–40 sentences