Furiganator

Inserts Furigana in Hiragana, Katakana or Romaji.
What is Furiganator?
"Furiganator" is a Chrome extension designed to aid Japanese language learners by inserting Furigana (Ruby text) in Hiragana, Katakana, or Romaji into various webpages. It is a perfect tool for enhancing Japanese reading practice with features like mouse-over Furigana display, unselectable Furigana text, and kanji-level color coding. It is known for its speed and reliability, and provides multiple color themes for customization.

Extension stats

By: Crelier
Users: 10,000+
Rating: 4.38 (34)
Version: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2021-12-14)
Creation date: 2021-11-29
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • alarms
  • scripting
  • storage
Host permissions:
  • *://*/*
Size: 15.78M

Ranking

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Extension summary

Inserts Furigana (Ruby text) in Hiragana, Katakana or Romaji in the webpage. Perfect companion for Japanese reading practice. • Very fast and reliable. • Furigana in Hiragana, Katakana or Romaji. • Option to show Furigana only on mouse over. • Option to make the furigana text unselectable. • Option to use color-tags to easily identify the kanji level or grade. • Multiple color themes.

User reviews

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Pros
  • Works well for learning Japanese
  • Easy to use
  • Furigana display is accurate and maintains original formatting
  • Helpful for reading Japanese texts
Cons
  • Breaks navigation bars on some websites
  • Injects CSS that can cause existing elements to be hidden
  • Adds double furigana on websites that already have it
  • No on/off toggle button for controlling the extension
Most mentioned
  • Breaks other sites
  • Easy to use
  • Accurate furigana display
Recent reviews
This extension causes removing randomly elements on pages. For example the complete navigation on some pages.
by Lars Lorenz, 2024-11-01

Just what I needed
by May Thin Nwe, 2024-10-14

by Uyên Võ, 2024-10-06
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Furiganator requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Furiganator has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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