ManabiDojo - Learn Japanese on the Web (Manga OCR, YouTube, NHK & more!)

Learn Japanese by browsing the web or reading your favorite Manga.

As of June 2026, ManabiDojo - Learn Japanese on the Web (Manga OCR, YouTube, NHK & more!) has 264 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 1 reviews in the Education category.

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1.2.2
Manifest V3
90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension 2 version updates.

History

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Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

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Changelog

  • May 2, 2026
    description
    Turn the web and your favorite manga websites into an interactive Japanese learning tool.
    
    🌐 Works on the Whole Web
    ➤ Press SHIFT while hovering over Japanese text to highlight individual words and open a detailed popup, or press ALT (Windows/Linux) / Option (Mac) while hovering to switch to fully parsed, interactive text — both modes include dictionary entries, AI explanations, and translations.
    
    🎞️ YouTube support
    ➤ Also works with Japanese YouTube subtitles, which are automatically parsed whenever the video is paused — manually or via the built-in hover-to-pause feature.
    
    📇 OCR (Text detection)
    ➤ Enable OCR on any manga site and hover over speech bubbles to extract Japanese text directly from manga panels.
    
    📖 Sentence parsing and dictionary lookups
    ➤ Our popup contains dictionary entries, including meanings, readings, example sentences, and more.
    
    🤖 AI explanations
    ➤ Stuck on a tricky sentence? Get concise AI breakdowns to understand grammar, nuance, and context.
    
    💬 Tranlations
    ➤ Translate speech bubbles and difficult sentences on the fly.
    
    This extension is part of the ManabiDojo project and requires a premium subscription to be used. You can find more information on our website: https://manabidojo.com
    
    ⚠️Disclaimer⚠️
    This extension is still early into development with plans of adding more features. If you experience any issues or bugs, please report them on our discord server or e-mail: [email protected].
    
    Join our Discord server:
    https://discord.com/invite/9bpAX9RbH3
    Turn the web and your favorite manga websites into an interactive Japanese learning tool.
    
    🌐 Works on the Whole Web
    ➤ Press SHIFT while hovering over Japanese text to highlight individual words and open a detailed popup, or press ALT (Windows/Linux) / Option (Mac) while hovering to switch to fully parsed, interactive text — both modes include dictionary entries, AI explanations, and translations.
    
    📖 Mine and Review words and sentences
    ➤ Save words and AI sentence breakdowns to your Wordbook and practice them with fun quizzes to level them up.
    
    🎞️ YouTube support
    ➤ Also works with Japanese YouTube subtitles, which are automatically parsed whenever the video is paused — manually or via the built-in hover-to-pause feature.
    
    📇 OCR (Text detection)
    ➤ Enable OCR on any manga site and hover over speech bubbles to extract Japanese text directly from manga panels.
    
    🔍 Sentence parsing and dictionary lookups
    ➤ Our popup contains dictionary entries, including meanings, readings, example sentences, and more.
    
    🤖 AI explanations
    ➤ Stuck on a tricky sentence? Get concise AI breakdowns to understand grammar, nuance, and context.
    
    💬 Tranlations
    ➤ Translate speech bubbles and difficult sentences on the fly.
    
    This extension is part of the ManabiDojo project and requires a premium subscription to be used. You can find more information on our website: https://manabidojo.com
    
    ⚠️Disclaimer⚠️
    This extension is still early into development with plans of adding more features. If you experience any issues or bugs, please report them on our discord server or e-mail: [email protected].
    
    Join our Discord server:
    https://discord.com/invite/9bpAX9RbH3

Permissions & access

Permissions
identitytabsstorage
Host access
https://manabi-ykww.onrender.com/*, https://jisho.org/api/*, https://www.youtube.com/*

Screenshots

ManabiDojo - Learn Japanese on the Web (Manga OCR, YouTube, NHK & more!) screenshot 1ManabiDojo - Learn Japanese on the Web (Manga OCR, YouTube, NHK & more!) screenshot 2ManabiDojo - Learn Japanese on the Web (Manga OCR, YouTube, NHK & more!) screenshot 3ManabiDojo - Learn Japanese on the Web (Manga OCR, YouTube, NHK & more!) screenshot 4ManabiDojo - Learn Japanese on the Web (Manga OCR, YouTube, NHK & more!) screenshot 5

About

Turn the web and your favorite manga websites into an interactive Japanese learning tool.

🌐 Works on the Whole Web
➤ Press SHIFT while hovering over Japanese text to highlight individual words and open a detailed popup, or press ALT (Windows/Linux) / Option (Mac) while hovering to switch to fully parsed, interactive text — both modes include dictionary entries, AI explanations, and translations.

📖 Mine and Review words and sentences
➤ Save words and AI sentence breakdowns to your Wordbook and practice them with fun quizzes to level them up.

🎞️ YouTube support
➤ Also works with Japanese YouTube subtitles, which are automatically parsed whenever the video is paused — manually or via the built-in hover-to-pause feature.

📇 OCR (Text detection)
➤ Enable OCR on any manga site and hover over speech bubbles to extract Japanese text directly from manga panels.

🔍 Sentence parsing and dictionary lookups
➤ Our popup contains dictionary entries, including meanings, readings, example sentences, and more.

🤖 AI explanations
➤ Stuck on a tricky sentence? Get concise AI breakdowns to understand grammar, nuance, and context.

💬 Tranlations
➤ Translate speech bubbles and difficult sentences on the fly.

This extension is part of the ManabiDojo project and requires a premium subscription to be used. You can find more information on our website: https://manabidojo.com

⚠️Disclaimer⚠️
This extension is still early into development with plans of adding more features. If you experience any issues or bugs, please report them on our discord server or e-mail: [email protected].

Join our Discord server:
https://discord.com/invite/9bpAX9RbH3

Technical

Version
1.2.2
Manifest
V3
Size
3.85MiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
1
Featured
Yes

Metadata

ID
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Developer ID
u35223220c12f09f7e10b7b88d09d1db9
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Dec 5, 2025
Last Updated (Store)
May 14, 2026
Last Scraped
Jun 22, 2026
Website
manabidojo.com
Support URL

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