# Kotowa

> Kotowa is an iPhone and iPad app for reading Japanese with furigana, word-by-word meanings and translations. What it reads is called a pack: a folder or .zip of JSON files. You can make a pack for a person without any special tool.

## Make a pack

- [Make a pack: instructions for an AI agent](https://kotowa.gellyfish.dev/make-a-pack.md): the steps, a complete small example and how to check the result. Start here.
- [Pack format](https://kotowa.gellyfish.dev/pack-format.html): every file and field of a pack, and which are required.
- [Manifest schema](https://kotowa.gellyfish.dev/pack-manifest.schema.json): JSON Schema for manifest.json.
- [Unit schema](https://kotowa.gellyfish.dev/pack-unit.schema.json): JSON Schema for a unit file.
- [Pack checker](https://kotowa.gellyfish.dev/validate-pack.mjs): a script that checks a pack folder and fills in its sizes. Node 18 or newer, no install.
- [Make your own pack](https://kotowa.gellyfish.dev/make-a-pack.html): the same guide for a person to read.

## About

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- [Support](https://kotowa.gellyfish.dev/support.html)