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Oops, I accidentally learned Japanese.

Japanese words you are ready for get swapped into the English on the pages you already read. The more you read, the more of it is Japanese.

The 猫ねこ sat by the 窓まど and watched the 雨あめ.

Rest on a word for half a second to read it. Click it to be told what it means.

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Pronunciation help fades as you learn

One sound at a time.

猫neko at first
猫ねko after ね
猫ねこ after こ
猫  eventually

Grows with what you know

The gold bar shows how much of the line you can read.

your first words The 猫ねこ sat by the window and watched the rain fall on the garden.
a few dozen in The 猫ねこ sat by the 窓まど and 見みた the 雨あめ fall on the garden.
phrases start joining upplanned 猫ねこが窓まどのそばに座すわって and watched the 雨あめ fall on the 庭にわ.
the whole thingplanned 猫ねこが窓まどのそばに座すわって、庭にわに降ふる雨あめを見みていた。
がwho をwhat にwhere のwhose

Joining words arrive with the phrase they belong to.

What you get

Marked features need your own API key. The rest work straight away.

Reads along with you

Words turn up in the pages you had open anyway. No separate app to remember.

Notices what slips

Words you find hard come back sooner. Nothing to grade, and no quiz.

Furigana that fades

The reading goes one sound at a time, only once that sound has stuck.

Answers when you are stuck

One click gives the meaning, the forms, and why the kanji reads that way here.

Shows how far you have come

Kana, kanji and JLPT levels fill in as you read. Nothing you have to keep yourself.

Goes at your pace

Start with nouns. Add verbs when ready. Turn it off on any site.

Stays on your machine

No page you visit is sent anywhere.

Follows you across browsersoptional

An optional account carries your progress and nothing else.

Yours to take with you

Save everything to a file whenever you like. Already learning elsewhere? Bring those words in.

Whole sentenceson device

See any sentence in full Japanese, translated by Chrome on your own machine. DeepL if you would rather.

Explanations on demandon device

Ask a model why a word behaves as it does. Chrome's own, or bring a key.

Takes your suggestions

Found a word you want? Select it on the page and it joins your list.

Currently implemented

LanguageJapanese
Vocabulary2,019 words
Kanji1,018
LevelsN5 to N1
ReadingsFurigana and romaji
BrowsersAny Chromium browser
Works offlineYes
AccountOptional

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