Shiritai | 知りたい is a Chrome extension that turns any web page into a Japanese reading lesson — from X posts and Threads replies to blogs, news, and YouTube comments. If you've ever frozen on a kanji you couldn't read, or stared at a casual sentence that looked nothing like your textbook drills, Shiritai is for you. 🎯 What it does 1. Furigana on any page Hit Annotate this page and Shiritai adds readings (furigana) above every kanji — instantly, on any site. Adjust the text size with a slider so it's comfortable to read. The reading engine runs locally inside the extension, so it's fast and private — no round-trip to a server for every word. 2. Select any text → get a study card Highlight a word, phrase, or sentence, right-click → Explain, and Shiritai opens a study card with: - 🌏 Natural + literal translation - 🇯🇵 A standard-Japanese rewrite (so you see the "textbook" version of casual speech) - 📐 Grammar breakdown — meaning, formation, formality, and JLPT level - 📖 Vocabulary — word, reading, meaning, part of speech - 漢 Kanji — the reading in this word and its basic meaning - 💬 Casual / social-media nuance (the stuff dictionaries skip) - 📝 A short study summary 👤 Who it's for Japanese learners reading real content — roughly N5 to N2. People who are past the textbooks and want to survive native text without losing momentum every three words. 🧩 How it fits together Shiritai is two things: - A Chrome extension (this) for furigana + select-to-explain while you browse. - A web app where you can paste any Japanese text and get the same study cards. The furigana reader does the reading; the study cards do the learning. 💸 Pricing Free! 🔗 Links - Chrome Web Store: https://chromewebstore.google.co... - Website: https://shiritai.app/ I'm building Shiritai in public and would love your feedback — especially if you study Japanese or build language tools. What would make this part of your daily reading habit? どうぞよろしくお願いします！ 🙇‍♀️

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2mo ago

This is exactly what I've been looking for, especially the local processing. One thing that would make it even better for me is letting users save the study cards directly into an Anki deck or export them as a CSV so I can actually review what I've learned. Right now the explain feature is amazing but the cards kind of disappear after I close the tab.

Shiritai — Furigana Reader for Japanese

Turn any webpage into a Japanese reading lesson

Turn any webpage into a Japanese reading lesson