Terms of use

Last updated 10 November 2026

These terms cover the Daruma app and this website. Daruma is run from Ukraine. By using Daruma, you agree to them. Questions go to jlptdarumaapp@gmail.com.

What Daruma is

Daruma is a study aid for the JLPT N5: kana, kanji, words and example sentences. It helps you practise; it doesn’t promise a pass or any score. Daruma is an independent app. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Japan Foundation or Japan Educational Exchanges and Services (JEES), which run the JLPT.

Using Daruma

You may use the app and this website for your own study, and to teach. Don’t copy, sell or redistribute the app itself, and don’t use Daruma’s name or logo in a way that suggests your work is Daruma’s.

Content from open projects

Most of Daruma’s Japanese comes from open projects, such as JMdict, KANJIDIC2, Tatoeba and KanjiVG. That content stays under its own licences, listed in the app under Settings, then Sources and licences, and on this website. This includes Daruma’s shortened dictionary entries, which are shared under the same licence as the dictionary they come from. The limits above don’t apply to that content, and nothing in these terms takes away what its licences allow you to do.

Mistakes

Dictionaries and sentence collections can contain errors. If you find one, please write to jlptdarumaapp@gmail.com. To the extent the law allows, Daruma is provided as it is, without a promise that it is free of errors or always available.

Purchases

If Daruma sells anything, such as paid features, you buy it through the App Store or Google Play, under that store’s terms. The store handles payment, refunds and cancelling a subscription.

The App Store

If you got Daruma from the App Store, Apple’s Standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement also applies. Apple is not responsible for Daruma and does not provide support for it.

Liability

To the extent the law allows, Daruma is not liable for exam results or for indirect losses from using it. Nothing in these terms limits the rights you have as a consumer under the law of the country where you live.

Changes

Daruma and these terms may change; the date at the top shows the last change. You can stop using Daruma at any time by deleting the app.

Law

These terms are governed by the law of Ukraine, without taking away the consumer protections of the country where you live.