Furiganator

Inserts Furigana in Hiragana, Katakana or Romaji.

Furiganator: Enhance Your Japanese Reading

"Furiganator" is an Android app that easily adds furigana (Ruby text) in Hiragana, Katakana, or Romaji to any webpage, enhancing Japanese reading practice. It boasts fast performance, options for mouse-over display, unselectable furigana text, and color-coded kanji levels. With multiple themes, this app is the ideal tool for anyone looking to improve their Japanese reading skills.
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Extension stats

By: Crelier
Users: 10,000+
Rating: 4.35
(37)
Version: 1.2.0 (Last updated: 2025-01-05)
Creation date: 2021-11-29
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • alarms
  • scripting
  • storage
Host permissions:
  • *://*/*
Size: 15.69M

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

I've updated the extension to fix the issue with the most recent versions of Chrome. Some other incompatibility bugs with other extensions and specific webpages have also been resolved. Thank you for your understanding and patience! Special thanks to everyone who reported the bug. If you spot any other issues, please let me know via the email address on the options page.

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

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Useful for learning Japanese
  • Works perfectly for furigana needs
  • Convenient option to show furigana on hover
Cons
  • Breaks navigation elements on websites
  • Injects conflicting CSS that hides elements with 'hidden' class
  • Issues with adding double furigana on pages that already have it
Most mentioned
  • Breaks navigation bars on various websites
  • Injects CSS that uses class 'hidden' causing conflicts
  • No on/off toggle button for enabling/disabling the extension
User reviews
It's work. But there are also a lot of misread words.
by Putri Ayu Annisa, 2025-01-11

by Tony IG, 2025-01-05

太小了,要是能条件振假名的大小就更好了。 除此之外会把所有中文汉字都识别,如果能检测网页是日文时才自动启动就更好了。
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Extension safety

Risk impact

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

Risk likelihood

Furiganator is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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