meta:
  title: 'べんきょうBox (Benkyo Box): Japanese Learning Toolkit'
  description: A box of small tools for learning Japanese. Translation, dictionary, practice, study. Local-first, on iOS and macOS.
  url: /
  format: yaml
content:
  - type: bento
    body: 'Four tools that share a local dictionary: Translate, Dictionary, Practice, Study.'
    heading: Tools
    hero:
      number: 01 · THE BIG ONE
      heading: Translate
      body: Paste a sentence. Speak one. Point your camera at it. Every word gets broken down, colour-matched to its translation, with the reading and the dictionary form one tap away.
      chips:
        - Paste
        - Type
        - Microphone
        - Camera
      href: /translate
      tile: hero
      screenshot:
        label: SCREENSHOT SLOT
        title: Translation view
        meta: Coloured token mapping · 4:3
        aspect: 4/3
        image: translation-breakdown.png
    cells:
      - number: '02'
        heading: Dictionary
        body: A real Japanese dictionary on your device. Filter by JLPT level. Tap a kanji to see what it's made of. Open the conjugation table.
        chips:
          - JMdict
          - Word lists
        href: /dictionary
        tile: tools
      - number: '03'
        heading: Practice
        body: Take real audio (a podcast, a clip, a recording) and turn it into a conversation you can study, line by line.
        chips:
          - Audio clipper
          - Scripted
        href: /practice
        tile: practice
      - number: '04'
        heading: Study
        body: Five-minute tools. A vocab flashcard pitched at your level. A word search to hunt through.
        chips:
          - Random word
          - Word search
        href: /study
        tile: dictionary
  - type: strip
    body: Conjugation tables with tap-to-hear playback for every form, offline by default.
    heading: Hear any verb, in any form, spoken aloud
    label: Pronunciation
    orientation: text-left
    paragraphs:
      - Open a verb's conjugation table and tap any row. Past, negative, te-form, causative. Listen to it until it sounds right.
      - The app comes with offline pronunciation built in. Connect a higher-quality voice when you want one.
    screenshot:
      label: SCREENSHOT SLOT
      title: Conjugation table
      meta: Grammar tab · 4:5 portrait
      aspect: 4/5
      image: verb-conjugation45.png
  - type: strip
    body: Every word, every kanji, every verb form, named — so studying is not guessing.
    heading: See how it fits together
    label: Depth
    orientation: text-right
    paragraphs:
      - Every word in a sentence, named. Every part of a kanji, named. Every form of a verb, named. So studying isn't guessing.
      - Tap any word to open its dictionary entry. Tap a kanji to pull it apart into components.
    screenshot:
      label: SCREENSHOT SLOT
      title: Dictionary entry + kanji drill
      meta: Components, JLPT tags, readings · 4:5
      aspect: 4/5
      image: kanji-drill.png
  - type: card-grid
    body: The dictionary, your saved translations, your word lists, the transcription engine. All on your device. The app only reaches the network when you ask it to, and only to the provider you chose.
    heading: Yours, on your device
    label: Local-first
    columns: 3
    variant: sub
    cards:
      - title: Dictionary
        body: Stays on your device.
      - title: Transcription
        body: Stays on your device.
      - title: Saved translations
        body: Stay on your device.
  - type: availability
    body: iOS and macOS first, Android later.
    heading: Coming soon
    label: Where to get it
    rows:
      - platform: iOS
        status: Coming soon
        state: coming
        action:
          label: Notify me →
          url: '#notify'
      - platform: macOS
        status: Coming soon
        state: coming
        action:
          label: Notify me →
          url: '#notify'
      - platform: Android
        status: Coming later
        state: coming
        action:
          label: Notify me →
          url: '#notify'
    note: No web app. The toolkit runs on your device. No account needed.
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  name: 'べんきょうBox (Benkyo Box): Japanese Learning Toolkit'
  description: A box of small tools for learning Japanese. Translation, dictionary, practice, study. Local-first, on iOS and macOS.
  url: https://getbenkyobox.com