Furigana

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.
Stats
Users: 10,000+
Rating: 3.69 (35)
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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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
  • Has romaji and even has hint of translation
  • Many options available
Cons
  • Manual process can be tiresome
  • Display hiragana above the kanji instead of romaji
  • Too many clicks and navigation to translate
  • Limited support for kana
Most mentioned
  • Display hiragana above the kanji
  • Romaji conversion
  • Tiresome manual process
Recent reviews
Not only has romaji, but even has hint of translation
by Hance Hance, 2024-04-01

by Arialt Urha Arialt Urha, 2024-01-04

Just looking for one, Thank you really helpful.
by Vivek Swansi Vivek Swansi, 2024-03-18
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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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