A Japanese immersion extension · Free & open source

Stay with the Japanese. Look up the rest.

Read an article. Watch a video. Pick up a manga. Hakkutsu helps you understand unfamiliar words and save them for review, right where you find them.

No account needed

Install it and start reading. No registration or analytics tracking.

Your collection stays local

Dictionary, saved words, and review history live in your browser.

Works with Anki

Send words, sentences, and media to your desktop decks through AnkiConnect.

Available for
Chrome Chromium
Firefox Firefox
Anki AnkiConnect
Hakkutsu inline dictionary lookup interface

Inline Lookup & Furigana

Instant hover dictionary with pitch accent curves, JMDict definitions, kanji stroke orders, and selective furigana.

From a new word to a familiar one.

Look up unknown vocabulary, mine context sentences, and schedule flashcards without breaking concentration.

DICTIONARY

Inline Dictionary & Furigana

Hover or select text on any webpage for readings, definitions, JLPT levels, pitch accents, and kanji stroke order diagrams. Clean furigana annotations above kanji help you read comfortably.

YOUTUBE & NETFLIX

Dual Subtitles & Transcript

Interactive dual subtitles for YouTube and Netflix. Hover any subtitle word to pause and inspect definitions. The side-panel transcript lets you follow, search, and jump to any timestamp.

MANGA

On-Device Manga OCR

Read raw Japanese manga directly in your browser. Bundled Tesseract LSTM detects speech bubbles and vertical text on canvas without uploading images to any third-party server.

ANKI

1-Click Sentence Mining

Capture the word, surrounding context sentence, source URL, screenshot, and audio to your vocabulary collection in one click. Configurable field mappings export cleanly to local Anki decks.

FSRS-4.5 / 5

FSRS Spaced Repetition

Review cards directly in browser with the DSR memory model (Difficulty, Stability, Retrievability). Includes Audio-First listening mode and Cloze Deletion context recall.

BACKUPS

Data Ownership & Backups

Export standard CSV for interoperability or full JSON backups preserving SRS scheduling state. Restore your collection anytime without resetting learning progress.

Review what you find.

Built-in spaced repetition brings saved words back for review. Choose a retention target and practice with audio or sentences.

Review toolHow you use it
FSRS schedulingReviews adapt to difficulty, stability, and retrievability.
Audio & sentence practiceListen before revealing the word, or recall it from a gap in its original sentence.
Smart decksFilter saved words by JLPT level, source, or words that need extra practice.
Portable collectionExport CSV or a full JSON backup, including your review history.

Make yourself at home.

Use the extension in any of eight interface languages.

English
English
English
Japanese
Japanese
日本語
Vietnamese
Vietnamese
Tiếng Việt
Chinese
Chinese
中文 (简体/繁體)
Korean
Korean
한국어
Spanish
Spanish
Español
French
French
Français
Indonesian
Indonesian
Bahasa Indonesia

Your words belong to you.

Your flashcards, review history, and reading habits never leave your computer. No user accounts, no analytics tracking, no external telemetry servers. 100% open-source under the MIT license.

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