IPA furigana

Looks up the readings for kanji words and inserts them as furigana

What is IPA furigana?

IPA furigana is a browser extension that injects phonetic annotations (furigana) into Japanese text on web pages. It works locally in your browser and automatically detects pages where furigana can be inserted. With customizable options for size, color, and display style of furigana, IPA furigana is a convenient tool for improving Japanese reading comprehension.

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-06-11

By: quro

Users: 300,000+

Rating: 4.43 (202)

Version: 1.21 (Last updated: 2019-03-08)

Creation date: 2019-03-08

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

http://*/*
https://*/*
file://*/*
activeTab
tabs

Size: 8.87M

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Extension summary

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A browser extension allowing the injection of phonetic annotations for Japanese text (furigana) on the fly. Uses the IPADIC Japanese dictionary.

Works locally in your browser - no external server required
Automatically detects pages where furigana insertion is possible
Can switch between displaying the readings as hiragana, katakana or romaji
Persistent mode - extension will add furigana to all pages automatically until turned off
Customisable size and color for furigana
Auto-start option: extension will be turned on automatically from browser startup

NEW in version 1.21:

Minor bug fixes

User reviews

It is generally useful but the furigana is often wrong with compound kanji words. One that comes to mind is instead of 一人　being ひとり　instead pops up as いちにん which is technically correct but not really.