Migaku: Early Access

Transform anything into the ultimate learning resource. Learn from videos, streaming, websites, social media, and much more.

⭐️ Still a beginner? We’ve spent years creating the world's most effective beginner courses (not yet available for all languages, check description below) ⭐️ Intermediate & beyond: pop-up dictionary lookups from any text or subtitles, instant translations, Al explanations, one-click flashcard creation, and track the words you know Sign up for a free 10 day trial (no credit card required) at migaku.com! 🌐 English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, Cantonese 🎬 Supported streaming sites: YouTube, Netflix, Disney+, Rakuten Viki, Animelon 📱iOS and Android apps: Create flashcards from the world around you, do your daily reviews, and access all courses on-the-go LEARN LANGUAGES THE WAY NATIVES SPEAK IT: • Learn from content created by natives for natives, to learn the REAL language as it’s spoken by locals • Jumpstart your learning from zero to intermediate with in-depth courses that we’ve spent over 10,000 hours creating • Go beyond intermediate to advanced fluency by using our powerful immersion tools • Heading abroad? Our targeted vocab courses teach you food, transportation, and other topics in no time LEARN LANGUAGES FROM THE WORLD AROUND YOU: • Study from videos on streaming sites with many subtitle and playback modes • Study from books and kindle by loading photos into our Text Recognition feature (iOS and Android only) • Study from mobile apps by loading screenshots into our Text Recognition feature (iOS and Android only) • Study for a language proficiency test or with traditional school textbooks. Blaze past your peers! • And many more study flows! Your creativity is the limit FEATURES INCLUDE: In-Depth Courses • Academy courses: We’ve spent years developing the Internet’s most powerful courses. Learn essential grammar and 80% of the most frequently used words. Depending on your pacing, takes around 3-12 months to complete (available for Japanese and Mandarin; Korean coming soon) • Fundamentals courses: Build a strong foundation and master the writing and sound systems. Also prepares you for our Academy courses. Takes around 1-5 weeks to complete, depending on your pacing (available for Japanese, Mandarin, and Korean) • Vocabulary courses: Teaches you over 1000 common words across 15 categories such as Food & Drink, Nature, Technology, and many more (available for French, German, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, and Spanish) Text Analysis • Learning statuses for all words based on your progress: Unknown, Known, Ignore, Tracked • Word and sentence recommendations: We highlight words and sentences that you should learn next • Personalized content difficulty analysis: Know how easy or difficult content will be for you before you read or watch it • Color-coding: Immediately know the gender, tone, or pitch accent of alls words at a glance Powerful Dictionary • Comprehensive dictionaries for all 9 languages • Word frequency: See how common or rare a word is based on our 5-star frequency rating, or hover for an exact ranking • Third-party dictionaries: Install your own dictionaries, for example monolingual dictionaries, for an even more in-depth learning experience • Interactive lookups: AI explanations, sentence translations, related images, word audio, and example sentences at the touch of a button • New AI features: Our nuanced AI explanations make the meaning of a word clearer than any conventional dictionary ever could Flashcard App • One-click flashcards: Turn any subtitle, text, or image into content-rich flashcards. It’s never been easier to remember words • Interactive and context-aware: Capture sentences, sentence audio, images or photos, and translations right from the source • Text-To-Speech: Get the benefit of natural sentence audio even when creating cards from raw text • Spaced Repetition System: Our algorithm makes sure you study the least amount of cards possible per day. Learn thousands of words fast and conveniently • Anki support for power users Video Features • Subtitle browser: View all subtitles in the sidebar, jump to any sentence, powerful filter and bookmarking features • Many subtitle and playback modes: Optimize your video experience for listening and reading practice with smart playback modes • Combine subtitles into one card: Want to create longer cards from multiple subtitle lines? No problem with Migaku • Convenient queue: Bookmark subtitles for later, so you don’t have to interrupt your viewing experience to create cards • Batch card creation: Filter by type and create cards for an entire episode at once • Hotkeys for everything: Jump to or repeat subtitles fast, create cards at the push of a button, customize display options on the fly Clipboard • The perfect scratchpad for using Migaku features spontaneously • Copy & paste short or long text from anywhere for lookups and card creation • Auto-paste: Automatically send what you copy to the clipboard while using another window, for example to study from video games New: Toolbar Translator • Translate text between languages while you watch or read to play with meanings, conjugations, politeness levels, and more • Integrated directly in our toolbar so it’s always there when you need it. No more switching between Youtube and Google Translate tabs Text Recognition/OCR (iOS and Android only) • Look up words in any image, photo, and screenshot and instantly create flashcards • Perfect for studying with physical books, kindle, from other apps, and more: Want to learn the name of this dish in the restaurant? Simply take a photo of the menu and load it into Migaku ✨ Sign up for a free 10 day trial (no credit card required) at migaku.com!