Japanese Highlighter

Highlights rare Japanese words with the help of BCCWJ frequencylist list on web pages. Facilitates Japanese language learning.
What is Japanese Highlighter?
Japanese Highlighter is a Chrome extension that highlights rare Japanese dictionary words, idioms, and proverbs on web pages. It helps non-native Japanese learners discover new expressions while browsing the Internet. The extension allows users to adjust the frequency threshold of highlighted words and operates in two modes: highlighting all pages except sites on a special list or only highlighting sites on a favorite Japanese sites list. Users can add words to their personal vocabulary, view definitions, and use online dictionaries. Try Japanese Highlighter to enhance your Japanese language learning experience!

Extension stats

Users: 316 ▲ 6
Rating: 5.00 (1)
Version: 0.1.2 (Last updated: 2020-09-27)
Creation date: 2020-08-20
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • storage
  • activeTab
  • tts
  • identity
Size: 45.34M

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox
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Extension summary

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Japanese Highlighter highlights rare Japanese dictionary words, idioms and proverbs on web pages. It helps non-native Japanese learners to discover new expressions while they are browsing the Internet. Highlighting of rare words is useful because some people do not even notice vaguely known words, especially when these words are not critical for understanding of the text that they read. One possible explanation of this strange and pertexing effect is that mind of a reader is concentrated on understanding the meaning and structure of the text, and after finishing reading a sentence many readers won't go back to check the meaning of unfamiliar words that they have already forgot. E.g. some readers will forget to check the definition of word "pertexing" from the previous sentence which, in fact, doesn't exist. And even if you did check it, you still can try this extension, it highlights only real Japanese dictionary words and idioms =)

The source code is here if you are curious: https://github.com/cyj98/JapaneseHighlight

This extension if a fork of mechatroner's word-discoverer, which can be found here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/word-discoverer-expand-yo/noncaeikjgpbdeoocblijjgegnobogib.

You can also check my modified English version which use better frquency list and deinflector(can interpret dogs to dog etc.): https://github.com/cyj98/word-discoverer

Here are some features of the extension:

Depending on your vocabulary size, you can adjust frequency threshold of highlighted words e.g. skip 8000 most common Japanese words, and highlight all the rest. There's no way to set such threshold for idioms and proverbs, the extension can either highlight all of them or none.

Japanese Highlighter can operate in two modes:

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Japanese Highlighter requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Japanese Highlighter has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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