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Rubi — AI Japanese Furigana & Contextual Translation

by Ousinki · Education
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 16 Oct 2026

Immersive Japanese reading assistant: Auto-injects Furigana and features AI-powered contextual translation and dictionary…

Users
21
−1 in 30 days
Rating
0.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
0
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#148K
#124K among extensions
Version
0.2.0
updated 10 Oct 2026

Users

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01021Jul 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 21 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

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001Jul 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 0 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Rubi — AI Japanese Furigana & Contextual Translation

Rubi is a next-generation browser extension designed for an immersive, interruption-free Japanese reading and learning experience. It automatically injects Furigana into Japanese webpages and offers context-aware AI explanations without breaking your reading flow. ✨ Key Features: - 📖 Full-Page Furigana Injection: Instantly annotate Japanese kanji with Hiragana readings. Filter annotations by your JLPT level (N5 to N1). - 🔍 Word Lookup & Dictionary: Powered by a high-performance offline dictionary with deinflection support for conjugated verbs. - 🧠 Context-Aware AI Explanation: Long-press any word or selection to bring up a floating card with detailed grammatical explanations and contextual definitions. - ⌨️ Inline Paragraph Translation: Translate entire paragraphs inline. The translation is elegantly injected directly below the original text block using a semi-transparent style. - 🗣️ Multi-Engine Text-to-Speech (TTS): Hear native pronunciations with support for Microsoft Edge Neural TTS, Google Translate TTS, and Voicevox. - 🎨 Premium Dark UI: Features beautiful HSL-tailored dark modes and gem-inspired color schemes for comfortable long-term reading. Whether you are browsing Japanese social media or reading deep technical articles, Rubi is your ultimate tool to overcome the language barrier.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days−5−19.2%00.00
30 days−1−4.5%00.00

Version history

2 versions recorded
0.2.010 Oct 2026
0.1.06 Jul 2026

Details

Category
Education
First seen
6 Jul 2026
Size
15.8 MB
Languages
en, zh-CN, zh-TW, ja, ko
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
github.com
Extension ID
hpdckjfgplljkjjieaedfcbmgbdofiod

Permissions and risk

Elevated riskimpact 4, likelihood 3
Permissions
storageactiveTabdeclarativeNetRequest
Site access
*://*.googleapis.com/**://api.deepl.com/**://www2.deepl.com/**://api.openai.com/**://api.deepseek.com/**://open.bigmodel.cn/**://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/**://api.anthropic.com/**://api.x.ai/**://dashscope.aliyuncs.com/*and 8 more

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