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It really works. Very cool. I’ve been looking for this kind of service for a long time since I started learning Japanese, and I’ve rarely been satisfied with the available services.

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20 years now but rikaikun / chan were great at the time and I suspect still are for learning. Hover over the words you can't read, no corner cases really since it shows all the possible readings and meanings, not just one. I would say that extra context is useful for learning the word completely, not just being able to read some content (can just fully translate an article for that).

The best part is the feeling of hovering less over time until finally removing the extension.

Thank you, that means a lot. I’ve been working on it for about a year now, so it’s really encouraging to hear it’s useful. I’m hoping to keep pushing the accuracy further, especially on the remaining hard cases like rendaku and person/place names.

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