10ten Japanese Reader (Rikaichamp)
Quickly translate Japanese by hovering over words. Formerly released as Rikaichamp.
What is 10ten Japanese Reader (Rikaichamp)?
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Summary
Look up Japanese words with the hover of a mouse.
After enabling the add-on from the toolbar (or press Alt+R) simply hover over Japanese text and a popup displays corresponding dictionary definitions.
Features:
- Pitch accent information
- Automatically updating dictionaries (updating twice a week)
- Support for non-English dictionaries
- Translation of
- Japanese yen amounts (e.g. 30億円) into another currency,
- Japanese numbers (e.g. 13億5千万 into 1,350,000,000),
- Japanese-era years (e.g. 昭和56年、令和元年),
- 畳/帖 measurements (e.g. 四畳半、12.6 帖),
- shogi moves (e.g. ☗8三銀引成)
- Recognition of a wide range of grammatical forms (e.g. 兼した, 食べてた, 分からん、じーちゃん、頑張ろー、そーゆー, 買っとく etc.)
- Automatic preview of name entries
- Handling of a wide range of characters (e.g. ㌀, ㋿, 𠏹沢, 8月, B級グルメ, オーサカ)
- Localized into Japanese (so you can study Japanese while you study Japanese!) and Simplified Chinese
- Romaji transliteration
- Copy to clipboard in various formats
- Support for the widest range of Web content (vertical text, SVG images, hidden text etc.)
- Minimal memory usage
- Kanji data for Kanji kentei, Conning references, updated educational levels, heavily reworked kanji components etc.
Twitter: @10tenstudy
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Pros
- Helpful for Japanese learning
- Superior dictionary tool
- Easy to use
Cons
- Shows too many definitions
- Difficulty enabling the extension
Most mentioned
- Shows too many definitions
- Difficulty enabling the extension
- Japanese to Japanese definitions
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Safety
Risk impact
10ten Japanese Reader (Rikaichamp) is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install 10ten Japanese Reader (Rikaichamp) if you trust the publisher.
Risk likelihood
10ten Japanese Reader (Rikaichamp) is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.