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Nihongo: Learn Japanese Simply

by Galactus Inc. · Education
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Make learning Japanese easier wherever you browse.

Users
3
−1 in 30 days
Rating
0.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
0
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#312K
#250K among extensions
Version
1.1.53
updated 14 Oct 2026

Users

monthly, 3 months
024Jul 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 3 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 months
001Jul 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 0 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 Nihongo: Learn Japanese Simply

Learn directly from Japanese webpages without breaking your flow. Translate a Japanese webpage in place: - Choose Translate page to English from the extension - Read natural, idiomatic English in the original page layout - Translate new modal content while page translation is on - Keep translation on across navigation, reloads, and Back or Forward in the tab - Reuse cached text translations without a server request - Choose Show original Japanese to turn translation off for the tab Highlight a Japanese term or short phrase, then press Translate to see: - A clear, natural English meaning within seconds - Play the selected Japanese aloud with the app's Japanese voice - Keep several translations open at once - Find your recent selection translations in the extension popup's History tab Translate the Japanese text inside an image: - Right-click the image and choose Translate image to English - Read the English text in a notification that stays open until you close it - Select and copy the translation; scroll to read long results - Reopen the original image and translated text from the Chrome section of app history Read translations under Netflix video: - Press Add to Nihongo from a show details screen or episode list - Follow download and preparation progress in the extension popup - Stay on the show screen while a muted temporary window loads Japanese audio - Read prepared subtitles automatically when you play the matching Japanese track - Read the Japanese transcript and English translation below the video - Read overlapping speech on separate rows at the same time - Choose furigana, English translation, and keyboard shortcuts in the Netflix tab - Hide the English line until you click it, to test your listening first - Select a word in a caption to see its meaning - Prepare the next episode automatically near the end of the current one - Pause automatically after each line or overlapping exchange for study - Save a caption or selected Japanese phrase to an app deck - Copy a line, copy or download the episode transcript, and report a wrong line from the caption menu - Change furigana, English, and pause settings from the caption menu, also in fullscreen - Create a deck while saving, with episode and series name suggestions - Generate the transcript from audio without using Netflix subtitles - Count your watching time in the app's study tracking - Check progress or press Cancel in the Nihongo toast - Link a Nihongo account to use transcription and translation credits Keep Japanese prices in context: - Turn on Convert yen to USD to show estimated USD values on every site you visit - Hover a converted value to see the original yen amount - Turn the switch off to restore the original yen prices Link your Nihongo account securely: - Open the extension to generate a short-lived QR code - Scan it from the signed-in Nihongo iOS app - Manage and revoke linked browsers from the app - See Chrome translations in a separate 12-item history with a Chrome badge Privacy by design: - Japanese text is sent only after you actively choose a selection translation or its audio playback, or Translate page to English; images are sent only after you invoke Translate image to English - Whole-page translation sends the page title and visible Japanese text, but not the page URL or browsing history - Completed text translations are cached locally, up to 4 MiB; unlinking clears the cache - Netflix audio sections are sent for transcription only after Add to Nihongo - Netflix transcripts are cached locally and are not added to app history - Yen detection and conversion happen locally in your browser - No ads and no sale of personal data Exchange-rate conversions are estimates and may differ from card or payment provider rates.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%00.00
30 days−1−25.0%00.00

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Nihongo: Learn Japanese Simply appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
learn#39new

Version history

13 versions recorded
1.1.5314 Oct 2026
1.1.4313 Oct 2026
1.1.3511 Oct 2026
1.1.318 Oct 2026
1.1.257 Oct 2026
1.1.216 Oct 2026
1.1.122 Oct 2026
1.1.1119 Sep 2026

Details

Category
Education
First seen
30 Jul 2026
Size
3.0 MB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
nihongo.colin.fun
Support
nihongo.colin.fun
Extension ID
ccjlfcagbmaokpbjpojiammaccdlclpo

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 2, likelihood 3
Permissions
alarmscontextMenusscriptingstorageoffscreen
Site access
http://*/*https://*/*
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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