Japanese IO
Helps you read Japanese text
As of May 2026, Japanese IO has 10,000 users and a 4.52/5 rating from 67 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.
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10,000
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4.52
67 reviews
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Version
0.14.1
Manifest V3
History
1 snapshotsTracking since Apr 24, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2026 | 10.0K | 4.52 | 67 | 0.14.1 |
| Now | 10.0K | 4.52 | 67 | 0.14.1 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- contextMenusscriptingactiveTabbackgroundtabsstorage
- Host access
- *://*/*, http://localhost:5000/, https://*.japanese.io/, http://commons.wikimedia.org/, https://fonts.googleapis.com/, https://api.mixpanel.com/, https://www.google-analytics.com/
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About
This Chrome extension works in concert with Japanese IO (https://www.japanese.io) and brings easy access to dictionary lookups, readings, kanji and example sentences to help you read Japanese web pages. Notice that this extension requires a free Japanese IO account, which can be created from the extension after it has been installed. Paid feature upgrades are available. Word lookups are stored in your profile and you can review and study this vocabulary on the Japanese IO website.
Technical
- Version
- 0.14.1
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 747KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- Yes
Metadata
- ID
- dccefjeoofjkdjodbkkbncjcipagdnad
- Developer ID
- u31ff78e85a51f87b3c4c7be53885b551
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Oct 4, 2017
- Last Updated (Store)
- Oct 12, 2022
- Last Scraped
- May 19, 2026
- Website
- https://www.japanese.io/
- Support URL
- —
- Privacy Policy
- https://www.japanese.io/privacy/
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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified May 19, 2026.