Furigana

Convert japanese text (kanji, kana) to latin (roumaji)

Furigana - Convert Japanese Text to Latin (Roumaji)

"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.
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Extension stats

Users: 20,000+
Rating: 3.73
(40)
Version: 3.0.90 (Last updated: 2021-09-02)
Creation date: 2018-08-08
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
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

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Pros
  • Offers the option to show furigana or hiragana over the kanjis.
  • Provides English translations when hovering over words.
  • Helps with learning Japanese through the display of text.
Cons
  • Many users find the manual process tiresome.
  • Romaji display is not preferred; users want hiragana instead.
  • Does not always work as advertised or has issues with certain kanji.
Most mentioned
  • Issues with displaying romaji instead of hiragana.
  • Functionality requiring manual selection and conversion.
  • Problems with importing dictionaries and JSON files.
User reviews
by Mariana Baroni, 2024-11-05

Changing default Output in the extension setting from furigana to hiragana will help you learn better.
by Yang Zhang, 2024-10-17

by 吳秉樺, 2024-08-08
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Furigana does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Furigana has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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