RetireJapan

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I have no affiliation with anything but I think it can help some of us who struggle with Kanji.

The problem many of us have with Japanese NISA or IDECO etc information is not just the kanji but how to read it, which makes it more difficult to look up or at least slow the whole process down. So in my mind speeding up this process accurately has to be a good thing.

So I appear to have found a possible solution that may help us get the reading automatically and also provide a translation.

1st solution I have used is called
Yomi browser. It’s really helped me.


This will put furigana over the kanji "AUTOMATICALLY" and if you click the word itself will also provide a translation if needed. I’ve used it a few times and it “appears” to do a very good job. I don't always need the translation, I just want the reading.
Here is a link if you wish to try it.

https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/japanese- ... 26021?l=en


The second one I use is DeepL.
Copy and paste what you want into Deepl.
The translation has been so much better than googles attempt and anything that can help us get the financial info we need in an easy to understand smoother way has to be a good thing for us,.
https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/deepl-tra ... 07475?l=en

These apps were pointed out to me by my students and I was impressed, so I thought I,d share them and hope you’d find them useful.

Here is a list suggested by others on this thread.

http://www.nomadai.org/yomibrowser PC/MAC
Iphone:
https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/japanese- ... 26021?l=en


https://www.deepl.com/en/translator

http://www.rikai.com/perl/HomePage.pl?Language=Ja

PLUG IN:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta ... mmhp?hl=en

I have been using rikai.com for many years.
It has been very useful. There are other similar tools now using the same Jim Breen dictionary database, but I think rikai.com was the first, so he has my loyalty.

beanhead wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 6:14 am I have been using rikai.com for many years.
It has been very useful. There are other similar tools now using the same Jim Breen dictionary database, but I think rikai.com was the first, so he has my loyalty.

I wonder if it’s possible to pin these tools that can help future users.
First time I’ve heard of Rikai but I prefer the furigana on top.

I have used the rikaikun plugin for Chrome for years. It gives you mouseover reading/translations for kanji etc.

RetireJapan wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 1:03 pm I have used the rikaikun plugin for Chrome for years. It gives you mouseover reading/translations for kanji etc.

I'm going check that one out. I like the Yomi browser as i don't need to click on the kanji for a reading.
I sometimes wonder if learning the kanji we need is better than learning the kanji the teacher forces me to learn.