Vocabulary, the memorable way

Words you actually remember.

BoneJu turns any word you're learning into a sound-a-like, a tiny absurd story, and a picture you can't unsee. Made with love by Ju — a skeleton in a beret.

Free to start · App Store release coming soon

Bone jour !
Ju, the BoneJu skeleton mascot, waving in a navy beret
Noun · French
chantage
/ʃɑ̃.taʒ/
blackmail
Sounds like
“shawn’s tash”
The story
Shawn strokes his enormous tash while holding your secret diary. Pay up — or the tash tells everyone. That’s chantage.

A real BoneJu mnemonic — every word gets its own, with an AI-painted illustration.

How it works

Three steps between “never heard of it” and “can’t forget it”.

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Add any word

Type it, ask for a themed list (“10 words from a Stendhal novel”), or snap a photo of a book page — BoneJu pulls the vocabulary out for you.

2

Ju makes it stick

In seconds you get a sound-a-like in your own language, a two-line story that’s just absurd enough, and an illustration of the scene.

3

Keep it forever

Flashcards with spaced repetition, a daily streak, and podcasts at your level replay your words until they’re part of you.

Everything a word needs

Each word becomes a little world — not a line in a list.

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AI illustrations

Every mnemonic is painted into a scene you’ll recognize instantly next time the word shows up.

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Podcasts at your level

Two hosts chat through your list in beginner, intermediate, or advanced mixes — with subtitles.

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Photo to word list

Photograph a page of any book and BoneJu extracts the words worth learning from it.

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Dialogues & examples

See every word used in real sentences and short conversations, not just a translation.

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Spaced repetition

Practice grades itself into a schedule, so you review each word right before you’d forget it.

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Native pronunciation

Hear every word spoken clearly — with correct stress, even in Russian.

Say bone jour to your new words

BoneJu for iPhone is in beta — the App Store release is on its way.

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