Toku Reader

Listen to real Japanese and Chinese podcasts, and tap any word you don't know — without stopping the audio.

Toku Reader takes the native material you actually want to understand — podcasts, websites, books, anything you paste — and makes every word in it tappable. Tap once and you get the reading and the meaning, from dictionaries stored on your device.

LISTEN
Find shows by search, from the trending charts in Japan, Taiwan, and China, or from a hand-picked list for learners. Every episode gets a transcript — either supplied by the show or generated privately on your device — and the whole transcript is tappable while the audio keeps playing, with the current line following along as you listen. Shadowing mode loops a sentence so you can repeat after the speaker, and you can record yourself to compare.

READ ANYTHING
Browse Japanese and Chinese websites with furigana or pinyin added in place. Paste a link and get the clean article without the clutter. Import your own EPUB, PDF, text, or subtitle files. Scan a printed page with the camera. Books are laid out like books, with proper Japanese and Chinese line-breaking and real chapters.

TAP TO UNDERSTAND
Two purpose-built engines — one Japanese, one Chinese — work out how each word is actually read in the sentence in front of you, not just what a dictionary lists. Japanese gets furigana, pitch accent, and conjugation breakdowns. Chinese gets pinyin with tone changes applied. Traditional characters are a first-class choice throughout, not an afterthought.

LOOK ANYTHING UP
Search from Japanese, Chinese, or English. Draw a character you can't type. See stroke-order animations, radical breakdowns, word frequency, and example sentences from real usage.

REMEMBER IT
Save a word and it keeps the sentence you first met it in, and where it came from, so you can jump straight back. Spaced repetition returns it just before you'd forget. A home-screen and lock-screen widget keeps a word in front of you, and an optional once-a-day reminder tells you when reviews are ready. Export to Anki at any time.

ON IPHONE AND IPAD
Toku Reader is built for both. On iPad the transcript, the reader, the dictionary and your word list use the full screen rather than a stretched phone layout.

OFFLINE, AND NO ACCOUNT
The dictionaries ship inside the app and all text analysis happens on your device. You never have to sign in, and nothing you read is uploaded.

WHAT'S FREE
Listening, reading, browsing, shadowing, and reviewing are free and unlimited. Word lookups are free up to 25 a day. Toku Premium removes that limit, monthly or yearly.

Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel any time in Settings → Subscriptions.

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