yabai-app

Real Japanese, one giant word at a time.

If you can follow a textbook but not a group chat, this channel is for you. It covers the slang, internet speak and fandom words that Japanese people actually use — what each one means, how it's used, and the feeling behind it. One word per short. No grammar drills, no streaks, no guilt.

Every word comes from YABAI, an app I built as a snack of Japanese culture: 308 real words, each with a meaning, a real example and a story worth reading, in 13 languages, working offline. Where a word's origin is genuinely disputed, the app says so instead of inventing a tidy answer.

Get it on Google Play — link below.