Add furigana readings above every kanji on any web page and explain selected Japanese text with study cards.
Users
633
+47 in 30 days
Rating
4.8 / 5
+0.03 in 30 days
Ratings
9
+1 in 30 days
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#39K
#33K among extensions
Version
1.3.0
updated 11 Sep 2026
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Latest, 16 Oct 2026:633 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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About Shiritai — Furigana Reader for Japanese
Read real Japanese anywhere on the web, with the reading shown above each kanji.
Shiritai adds furigana to Japanese text on any page: news, blogs, Wikipedia, and social media. Turn it on while you read and off when you're done.
• Furigana on any page: show or hide readings above kanji with one click
• Look up any word: click it—or hover if it's inside a link—to see its reading, definitions in six languages, pitch accent, and pronunciation. Common multi-word expressions are recognized too
• Save for review: keep a word, its meaning, and the original sentence for later; you can also copy the word card
• Color by JLPT level: see at a glance which words are N5 and which are N1
• Hide what you know: set your JLPT level and readings disappear up to it
• Explain with Shiritai: select a sentence, right-click or press Alt+S, and get a full study card with translation, grammar, vocabulary, and kanji
• Reading comfort: reading ruler, word spacing (分かち書き), text size controls
Built for N5–N2 learners who want to read real Japanese, not just textbook examples.
Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), with Warodai for Russian; Portuguese and some Russian meanings are machine translated. Pitch accents: kanjium (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese glosses: Tomoshi open data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Kanji levels: kanji-data (MIT).