Built on mnemonics

Nemasis. The mnemonics assistant.

Learning vocab
should be weird.

A mnemonic flashcard app for language learners. Turn new words into strange images and silly stories that you couldn't forget if you tried.

Instead of staring at word pairs until they blur, you create a vivid cue: a sock on a fish, boots on a pig, or an apple wearing panties.

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Sakana mnemonic image
Sakana
fish in Japanese

Sak-an-a. Sounds like “sock on a”, Now imagine a fish with a footy sock on its tail. Sock on a fish.

Why Nemasis

If vocab does not stick, give it a scene.

Nemasis combines the useful parts of flashcards with the oldest memory trick in the book: make it vivid, personal, and strange enough to remember later.

Outdated way

Rote repetition. And hope.

  • - See it. See it again. See it again.
  • Find your own images, or don't bother.
  • Study word and meaning only
  • - Streaks, gamification, and other distractions.
The Nemasis way

One strange image. More ways back.

  • Invent a weird personal connection.
  • Create an illustration in seconds.
  • Practice image, target, and meaning.
  • Private decks, quiet, focused

Mnemonics is a proven memory technique. Nemasis creates one for every word you learn.

Picture superiority

People often remember pictures more readily than matching words because images can be more distinct and easier to re-find in memory.

Source: Stenberg, 2006

Dual coding

Pairing a verbal cue with an image can create more than one route back to the same idea.

Source: Paivio, 1991

Active creation

Material you generate yourself is often remembered better than material you only read. Nemasis makes you the author; AI is the illustrator.

Source: Slamecka & Graf, 1978
60-second demo

Can you remember these seven words?

Plain word pairs on the left. Nemasis image cues on the right. No tapping required.

The old way

SakanaJapanese · 魚
fish
ButaJapanese · 豚
pig
NekoJapanese · 猫
cat
PantheeBurmese · ပန်းသီး
apple
Wa' wanBurmese · ဝက်ဝံ
bear
UsagiJapanese · 兎
rabbit
HebiJapanese · 蛇
snake

The Nemasis way

Fish with a sock mnemonic cue
Sakana - fishJapanese · sounds like "sock on a"

Can you picture a football sock on the tail of a fish?

Pig in yellow boots mnemonic cue
Buta - pigJapanese · bright yellow rain boots

Those bright yellow rain boots on a pink pig make Buta an easy one to remember.

Cat with a long neck mnemonic cue
Neko - catJapanese · neck-o cat

Your cat has a comically long neck, maybe with a neck-tie on its neck-o?

Apple wearing panties mnemonic cue
Panthee - appleBurmese · apple in panties

Yep. It's an apple and it's wearing panties. Unforgettable.

Bear holding white wine mnemonic cue
Wa' wan - bearBurmese · white wine bear

After you've had a few, Wa' wan may sound like white wine. Now all you need is a bear.

Soggy rabbit mnemonic cue
Usagi - rabbitJapanese · you soggy rabbit

Imagine a rabbit caught in the rain. You soggy little rabbit! Usagi!

Heavy snake mnemonic cue
Hebi - snakeJapanese · heavy snake

Does it sound close enough to heavy to you? Here's a snake on a scale to remind you.

One of these you'll remember tomorrow. The other you'll forget by dinner.

How it works

Four compact steps. One unforgettable card.

The app flow is intentionally simple: organise, write, create, practice. The weirdness lives in the card, not the interface.

Deck screen
01
Nemasis deck screen

Make a deck

Organize by language, topic, lesson, or your always-ready difficult words list.

Create cue
02
Nemasis word entry screen

Write the words

Add the target and meaning, then think of a sound, rhyme, scene, or joke.

Create image
03
Nemasis cue prompt screen

Nemasis draws it

Describe the scene. The more specific and ridiculous, the better.

Practice recall
04
Nemasis image card screen

Study the sticky

Practice image, target, and meaning so each side can lead you back.

Gigi the cat Gigi
Our story

It started with a cat called Gigi.

I found Gigi in a gutter in Penang - tiny, weak, and somehow still looking magnificently unimpressed. Rescuing her was an easy choice. Her name wasn't a choice at all.

I was learning Bahasa Malay at the time. Gigi means teeth in Malay, and one look at that glorious underbite made the word impossible to forget.

That was the spark: the right image can make a word feel like a story instead of a chore. Nemasis grew from that moment.

Pricing and beta

Make vocab unforgettable.

Start with 30 free images. No credit card. Upgrade when you need more image generation for bigger decks.

Free to start 30 images included. Then $4.99/month for 300 images. Cancel anytime.

Private decks, no public feed

Nemasis is designed as a quiet study tool, not a social network. Your study material stays focused in your own deck space.

Beta feedback

Join the beta to shape image prompts, deck flow, and the recall experience before store launch.

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