Learn Japanese contextually while browsing
Shares rank 55 of 70 browser extensions by recommenders
Commenters praise the idea of learning Japanese from words in pages you browse, and note there are no daily limits. Critics report a missing space around wrapped words and pronunciation problems.
Commenters praise the idea of learning Japanese from words in pages you browse, and note there are no daily limits. Critics report a missing space around wrapped words and pronunciation problems.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 60%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Enthusiastic praise for the idea
“This is amazing. I was planning to build exactly this for movie subtitles yesterday!”
Comment from 17 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Learn Japanese contextually while browsing” “Nice concept but the design could use some love”
Comment from 17 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Learn Japanese contextually while browsing”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Pronunciation voice and performance problems
“The voice used for the pronunciation sound seems to be using the wrong language though”
Comment from 17 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Learn Japanese contextually while browsing” “I tried the pronunciation feature, which works less than awesome on my system.”
Comment from 17 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Learn Japanese contextually while browsing”
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The four most recommended other browser extensions, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| NoScript | 61 | 11 | 85% | 12 | 10 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| Claude in Chrome | 53 | 42 | 56% | 9 | — | — |
| Learn Japanese contextually while browsingThis page | 6 | 4 | 60% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Nice concept but the design could use some love”
“Thank you as well for having Chinese and Korean also included!”
“This is amazing. I was planning to build exactly this for movie subtitles yesterday!”
“our tool is far from perfect. this is a bug in the extension, we will fix it asap.”
“I tried the pronunciation feature, which works less than awesome on my system.”
“no worry about daily limits”
“The voice used for the pronunciation sound seems to be using the wrong language though”
“the lack of a space between regular words and words wrapped in a is driving my typo-radar nuts”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.