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Toku: A language tool for reading and listening to native Japanese and Chinese with instant word lookup

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Darren Nah

16d ago· 1 min readenProduct

Summary

Toku is a language learning tool that lets users read and listen to native Japanese and Chinese content (articles, novels, podcasts, YouTube videos) with instant word lookup. Users can tap any word to see its reading, meaning, and dictionary entry. It features synced transcripts for audio/video, playback controls (slow down, replay, pause after each sentence), and runs its own JP/CN engine on-device with offline dictionaries — no accounts, no streaks, just reading.

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Tap any word and its reading, meaning, and dictionary entry appear right there.
It works on text you paste, web pages, and the part I'm most excited about — real podcasts and YouTube videos.
It runs its own JP/CN engine on-device with offline dictionaries — fast, private, no accounts, no streaks. Just reading.
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Toku turns native Japanese and Chinese — articles, novels, podcasts, and YouTube videos — into something you can actually read. Tap any word for its reading, meaning, and dictionary, without leaving the page. On audio and video you get a synced, word-tapp

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