Benkyu

Read any Japanese page with your Benkyu word knowledge: marks, dictionary popup, cards.

Benkyu turns the Japanese you already read and watch into study material. Turn Benkyu on for a site and every Japanese word on the page is marked by what you know: unknown, learning or known. Furigana appear only where you need them. A bar at the top shows how much of the page you understand and finds the sentences with exactly one new word, the best ones to learn from (i+1). LOOK UP ANY WORD • Hold Shift and point at a word, click it, or select it: the dictionary opens next to it. • Readings, pitch accent, frequency and every sense from the Benkyu dictionaries. • Hear the word and the whole sentence. • Works offline once the dictionaries are downloaded. MINE CARDS IN ONE CLICK • "Add card" saves the word with its sentence, reading, pitch and meaning to your Benkyu decks; the pencil opens the full card form first. • Cards are reviewed on the Benkyu website with spaced repetition (FSRS). WATCH WITH JAPANESE SUBTITLES • On YouTube and Netflix, Benkyu shows its own Japanese subtitles over the video, marked and clickable, with the full transcript in the side panel. • Click a subtitle word to look it up; the video pauses. • Cards from a video keep a picture of the scene and the audio of the line. • Replay, previous and next line with the keyboard; optional pause at the end of each line. TRACK YOUR IMMERSION • Reading and watching time is counted while Benkyu is on and shows in your Benkyu stats.