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Best alternatives to Furigana (2026)

7 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Furigana, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

Furigana today

≈9K users3.8★ from 41 ratingsUpdated 8 weeks ago4 permissions

Furigana alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Furigana Plus

    振り仮名+,漢字の読みを示すために,片仮名も翻訳できるように。

    ≈4K users4.4★ from 7 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago2 permissions
    • About 2.3× fewer users than Furigana
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
    • Listed under Tools
  2. 2

    Auto Furigana

    Auto insert romaji to Japanese.

    ≈2K users4.5★ from 26 ratings3 permissions
    • About 4.5× fewer users than Furigana
    • Rated 0.7 stars higher
    • Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
    • Listed under Accessibility
  3. 3

    Furigana Maker

    Add furigana to Japanese text on any page for learning kanji pronunciation.

    ≈10K users4.6★ from 27 ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago2 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Furigana
    • Rated 0.8 stars higher
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
    • Listed under Accessibility
  4. 4

    Furiganator

    Inserts Furigana in Hiragana, Katakana or Romaji.

    ≈30K users4.4★ from 50 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago5 permissions
    • About 3.3× more users than Furigana
    • Rated 0.6 stars higher
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 4)
    • Listed under Accessibility
  5. 5

    Furigana Toggle

    Toggle furigana on and off.

    ≈2K users3.9★ from 13 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years5 permissions
    • About 4.5× fewer users than Furigana
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 4)
    • Listed under Education
  6. 6

    mirigana

    Adding furigana to kanji on Twitter

    ≈10K users4.9★ from 54 ratingsUpdated 15 months ago1 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Furigana
    • Rated 1.1 stars higher
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 4)
    • Listed under Accessibility
  7. 7

    Adding Furigana Function - Sateraito Office

    Adding Furigana Function allow to show the reading of a Kanji character by writing Furigana character at its side.

    ≈1M users3.9★ from 20 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years5 permissions
    • About 111× more users than Furigana
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 4)
    • Listed under Accessibility

Furigana alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Furigana?

By users, the most popular alternative is Adding Furigana Function - Sateraito Office with ≈1M users and a 3.9-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Furigana Plus.

Which Furigana alternative has the best rating?

mirigana has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.9 out of 5 from 54 ratings.

Is there a Furigana alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

mirigana asks for 1 permissions, against 4 for Furigana.

How many alternatives to Furigana are there?

We list 7 close alternatives to Furigana on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.

Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.