Shiritai — Furigana Reader for Japanese icon

Shiritai — Furigana Reader for Japanese

by Panikka PTE. LTD. · shiritai.app · Tools
Established publisherManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 16 Oct 2026

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
Store rank
#39K
#33K among extensions
Version
1.3.0
updated 11 Sep 2026

Users

monthly, 3 months
0316633Jul 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 633 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 months
049Jul 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 9 ratingsMove 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).

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+24+3.9%+1+0.03
30 days+47+8.0%+1+0.03

Version history

7 versions recorded
1.3.011 Sep 2026
1.2.21 Sep 2026
1.2.027 Aug 2026
1.1.019 Aug 2026
1.0.010 Aug 2026
0.2.06 Aug 2026
0.1.023 Jul 2026

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
23 Jul 2026
Size
49.5 MB
Languages
de, en, es, pt-BR, ru, zh-CN
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
shiritai.app
Support
shiritai.app
Extension ID
faoplcgkankhbphnagbaihfcafkobaed

Permissions and risk

Low riskimpact 1, likelihood 2
Permissions
contextMenusscriptingactiveTabstorageoffscreen
Site access
https://www.shiritai.app/*

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