Yomitan

FreeBrowser Extensionschromewebstore.google.com

Best for: Reading online and sentence mining

Overview

Pop-up dictionary extension: hover over Japanese text in your browser to see definitions, and add words to Anki in one click. Uses dictionary files you install.

Strengths

  • Anki integration
  • Supports many dictionaries

Drawbacks

  • Needs dictionaries set up first

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