Wanikanify

A tool for reinforcing your WaniKani vocabulary

What is Wanikanify?

Wanikanify is a unique Chrome extension designed to reinforce your WaniKani vocabulary. By swapping the English words on a webpage with the kanji you've studied, it converts mundane browsing into productive learning. Simply save your WaniKani API key, activate the extension and view webpages filled with familiar kanji. It also features options to import Google Spreadsheet data, override vocab, and has Google Chrome Sync and audio functionalities.

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Extension stats

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-12-05

By: jose.e.falcon

Users: 1,909+

Rating: 4.48 (64)

Version: 1.1.3 (Last updated: 2019-09-26)

Creation date: 2019-09-26

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
storage
contextMenus
http://*/*
https://*/*

Size: 267.26K

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Extension summary

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Take the kanji you've studied and inject them into the web!

Wanikanify takes the vocabulary you've studied, finds the english word on a webpage and substitutes the kanji character. As you learn more kanji, your webpages begin to fill up with kanji! Wanikanify can find word anywhere on a webpage and replace it for kanji characters. It is a great utility for practicing and recalling vocabulary you may have forgotten.

To get started, install the extension, and go to the options page. Add your public WaniKani API key, which can be found on on the WaniKani website, and hit save.

Navigate to your favorite webpages, hit the Crabigator and read as normal. As you read you'll come across kanji characters you should know. Do you remember what the mean? How to pronounce them?

Features:

Importing Google Spreadsheet Data
Custom Vocab Override
Google Chrome Sync
Audio

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Great for learning secondary and tertiary meanings of kanji
Heightening immersion based on your Wanikani level
Good for remembering vocab and reading quickly
As a sort of flashcard implementation
Able to see your vocabulary slowly start to be introduced into daily reading

Cons

No longer seems to be working
Takes longer for a page to load
Has an impact on other elements such as emails/blog entries
Does not provide phonetic pronunciation when hover over Kanji
Causes new tabs to freeze for ~10 seconds

Most mentioned

Great for learning and practice
Needs improvement, particularly in functionality and features
Causes slowdowns or interruptions on both specific websites and the browser in general

User reviews

Unfortunately no longer seems to be working. Working open-source alternative: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wanikanify-20/mgnblnbdmneollbncamkogcpgpjgekpf?hl=en Github: https://github.com/ThePieMonster/WaniKanify-2.0