Learn Japanese by listening.
Short clips, every word explained.
Watch clips from the shows and channels you already like. Under the video, every word is laid out for you: the reading, the romaji, the English. Tap a word you missed and it is yours to keep.
Free for 7 days, then $49.99 a year or $9.99 a month. Cancel any time.
Every word, broken down.
Subtitles give you a sentence you cannot take apart. Mimi gives you the pieces, in the order you hear them, so you always know where one word ends and the next begins.
Anime · N5
Even if it means leaving you behind, there are definitely lives that were saved because of you.
- The reading sits above every kanji. You are never stuck on how to say a word.
- The romaji sits under every word. You can read on day one, before you know the kana.
- The word being spoken lights up as you hear it, so your ear and your eye meet on the same word.
- The English waits one line below, where your eyes land second, not first.
Tap a word. Keep it.
Missed one? Tap it. You get the reading, the meaning and the exact line you heard it in. Save it, or tell Mimi you already know it, and you are back in the clip. No deck to manage, nothing to file.
Your feed, your Japanese.
Pick anime, travel, food or gaming, and your level from N5 to N1. The feed stays inside what you chose and gets a little harder as you get better. No textbook order, no drills, no lesson to finish before the next one unlocks.
Words come back until they stick.
A word you saved returns a day later, then a week later, as a card with the clip you heard it in. One tap if you knew it. Again if you did not. A few cards a day, never a pile.
Why clips, not lessons.
| Anime with subtitles | You read the English and the Japanese goes by unheard. |
|---|---|
| Flashcard apps | Words with no sentence around them, so they never sound like anything. |
| Textbooks | Sentences nobody says, in an order nobody needs. |
| Mimi | Real lines, every word explained, from clips you would watch anyway. |
Free for 7 days.
Then $49.99 a year, or $9.99 a month.
Billed by Apple. Cancel any time in your iPhone settings. Cancel during the trial and you pay nothing. The price shown in the app at purchase is the price you pay.
Good to know.
- I am a complete beginner. Will I understand anything?
- Start at N5. Every word has its romaji and its reading, and the English is one line down. You will not understand whole clips at first. You will understand words, one at a time, and that is how it starts.
- Is there an account?
- No. Your words, your streak and your progress live on your phone. Delete the app and they are gone; we never had them.
- Where do the clips come from?
- YouTube. Every clip plays through YouTube's own player inside Mimi. We do not download or store video.
- How do I cancel?
- Settings on your iPhone, tap your name, Subscriptions, Mimi, Cancel. Do it before the trial ends and you are not charged.
- Which phones?
- iPhone only for now.
More on the support page.
Start listening today.
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