Furigana

Convert japanese text (kanji, kana) to latin (roumaji)
What is Furigana?
"Furigana" is a unique Chrome extension designed to simplify the complex Japanese language. It converts kanji, hiragana, and katakana to roman characters (roumaji) with highlighted pronunciation hints. Apart from standard words from the EDICT dictionary, the tool lets users add their own translations. Enhance your reading with complete translations or enjoy the additional furigana support which other competitors fail to provide.

Extension stats

Users: 10,000+
Rating: 3.68 (38)
Version: 3.0.90 (Last updated: 2021-09-02)
Creation date: 2018-08-08
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • activeTab
Size: 645.12K

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Extension summary

Furigana (振り仮名) is chrome extension that convert kanji (japanese text) to furigana, that is a japanese text with small hints above each word how to pronounce it. For known words it also displays english meaning of the word. It uses my own dictionary-based kanji tokenizer. Data are from EDICT dictionary plus my own data.

Unlike similar extensions (e.g. IPA Furigana), this one converts all kanji, not just the hard ones. It also converts hiragana and katakana.

For example:

Original: 時速501キロ体験!リニアモーターカー車内映像 !

Furigana: jisoku 501 kiro taiken! rinia mootaakaa shanai eizou!

IPA Furigana: jisoku 501キロ taiken !リニアモーターカーshanai eizou!

How to use it?

Select text you want to translate. Right-click to display context menu and choose "Furigana" with yellow icon. This will translate selected text.

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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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Offers furigana or hiragana over kanji options
  • Provides English translations when hovering over words
  • User-friendly for converting lines of text
  • Helpful for translating Japanese text
  • Ability to display hints of translation
Cons
  • Manual process can be tiresome
  • Romaji is not preferred by many users as furigana
  • Inconsistent conversion with some kanji
  • Patreon reminder is intrusive
  • Requires copying text to the app window
Most mentioned
  • Romaji is not ideal for furigana
  • Manual process can be tiresome
  • Need for a better way to show hiragana over kanji
  • Patreon reminder is annoying
  • Overall dissatisfaction with certain functionalities
Recent reviews
by 吳秉樺, 2024-08-08

Uh ... How do I import a dictionary? Every JSON file I tried keeps saying "unexpected token"!
by Jeffrey Sosebee, 2024-06-25

The person above said that he hopes that Hiragana can be displayed on the Chinese characters instead of Romaji, and a button for independent selection can be set.
by Sann Dom, 2024-05-11
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Furigana is safe to use. It does not request any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Furigana has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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