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Furigana Reader

by https://2008-horse.com · 2008-horse.com · Education
Established publisherManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Learn Japanese with furigana on web pages & PDFs. Built-in JMdict dictionary, karaoke TTS, vocabulary tracker & translation.

Users
207
+31 in 30 days
Rating
4.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
3
+1 in 30 days
Store rank
#63K
#53K among extensions
Version
1.9.3
updated 14 Oct 2026

Users

monthly, 7 months
0104207Mar 2026Jul 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 207 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 7 months
023Mar 2026Jul 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 3 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Furigana Reader

Furigana Reader - Smart Furigana for Japanese Web Pages Stop breaking your reading flow to check pronunciation and meaning. Furigana Reader combines reading, listening, translation, intelligent reading area detection, and spaced-repetition review in one workflow — with sentence-by-sentence navigation for focused study. Built for academic papers, technical docs, news, and original books. ✨ Key Features: • On-device neural reading model + JMdict — context-aware readings for every kanji, checked against the dictionary • Three reading styles: hiragana, katakana and romaji (modified Hepburn; long vowels as Tōkyō, Tookyoo or Toukyou) • Correct any reading — tap ✎ in the tooltip; your correction is remembered on every page and PDF • Okurigana splitting (送り仮名分割) • Jukujikun (熟字訓) support for multi-kanji compounds • Whole-page furigana mode — show readings for all kanji at once • Hover tooltip with pronunciation and speak button • Pitch accent — Tokyo-standard high/low pitch graph in the hover tooltip • Text-to-speech with karaoke-style word highlighting • Adjustable furigana size (50 %–200 %) for comfortable reading • Built-in PDF Reader with furigana for every kanji — no readings skipped • Anki export — one-click cards via AnkiConnect or a text-file import; furigana, pitch accent and example sentence included • User interface available in 53 languages 🔊 Text-to-Speech: • Karaoke-style word highlighting while reading selections aloud • Japanese voice selection; adjustable speech rate 📖 Reading Area: • Smart detection — auto-detect main content, filtering out navigation, ads, and cookie banners • Sentence mode — tap a sentence to view word-by-word furigana, definitions, frequency, TTS, translation, and save • Sentence navigation — read through the article sentence by sentence • Reading analysis — one-click page scan: word count, readability (FK), difficulty level, frequent/rare words, phrases, and entities • Focus mode — highlight the current word, sentence, or paragraph; dim the rest 📚 Perfect for: • Learners reading Japanese websites • Checking readings of unfamiliar kanji • JLPT preparation and reading practice 🔒 Privacy: No data collection. All processing is local.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+8+4.0%00.00
30 days+31+17.6%+10.00
6 months+178+613.8%+3+4.00

Version history

15 versions recorded
1.9.314 Oct 2026
1.9.24 Oct 2026
1.9.115 Sep 2026
1.9.06 Sep 2026
1.8.126 Aug 2026
1.7.115 Jul 2026
1.7.029 Jun 2026
1.6.022 Jun 2026

Details

Category
Education
First seen
26 Mar 2026
Size
40.0 MB
Languages
de, en, en-GB, fil, id, ms, nl, vi
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
2008-horse.com
Support
2008-horse.com
Extension ID
njlplmimknfbapdfdfgcnnomefbaoblk

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 2, likelihood 2
Permissions
storagettsscriptingcontextMenusnotificationsalarmsdeclarativeNetRequest
Site access
<all_urls>
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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