Furigana - Convert Japanese Text to Latin (Roumaji)
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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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- 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.
- 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.
- Issues with displaying romaji instead of hiragana.
- Functionality requiring manual selection and conversion.
- Problems with importing dictionaries and JSON files.
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Furigana does not require any sensitive permissions.
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Furigana has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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