IPA furigana

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

IPA furigana Chrome Extension | Add furigana to Japanese text

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.

Extension stats

Manifest V2
By: quro
Users: 300,000+
Rating: 4.43
(202)
Version: 1.21 (Last updated: 2019-03-08)
Creation date: 2019-03-08
Permissions:
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
  • file://*/*
  • activeTab
  • tabs
Size: 8.87M
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

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.
by Amazing Flapples, 2022-05-18

I found some mistakes, but they are small ones.
by valeria muslera, 2022-04-14

Didn't work.
by Samuel Abner, 2022-04-07
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Extension safety

Risk impact

IPA furigana requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

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