What users praise
- A hover dictionary for Japanese with stroke order, pronunciation and pitch accent — "head and shoulders above the rest", zero setup
- Reads words even in subtitles and local files; Russian glosses available; loved for years
- Hold-Ctrl activation only when needed; 4.67 rating
What users complain about
- Sometimes half-works after updates (errors)
- Doesn't work in Google Docs or Google results on Opera
- No monolingual (J-J) dictionary; occasional slang misses
Compiled from real Chrome Web Store reviews. We only report what users actually wrote — no summaries were invented.
Score breakdown
Reliability0.94
Satisfaction0.65
Usefulness0.70
Safety1.00
Trust0.80
Substance0.70
Strongest: safety.
Based on 100 reviews · computed Jul 18, 2026. Bars show only what we could actually measure.
What we checked
50recent reviews read
MV3manifest version
4permissions requested
May 08, 2026last updated
More in Education
1
Brisk Teaching - AI that Works Where Teachers Work
Brisk works inside Google Docs, Slides, and YouTube, saving teachers 10+ hours weekly on planning, feedback, and resource creation.
2
rikaikun
rikaikun shows the reading and English definition of Japanese words when you hover over Japanese text in the browser.
3
Audio Recordings for Google Classroom - Beep
Allows teachers and students to leave transcribed voice notes and feedback on Google Classroom, Gmail, & Google Docs.
4
Tasks for Canvas – now supporting Blackboard, D2L Brightspace
A better to-do list sidebar for Canvas, Blackboard, and D2L Brightspace.
Brisk Teaching - AI that Works Where Teachers Work
Brisk works inside Google Docs, Slides, and YouTube, saving teachers 10+ hours weekly on planning, feedback, and resource creation.
2
rikaikun
rikaikun shows the reading and English definition of Japanese words when you hover over Japanese text in the browser.
3
Audio Recordings for Google Classroom - Beep
Allows teachers and students to leave transcribed voice notes and feedback on Google Classroom, Gmail, & Google Docs.
4
Tasks for Canvas – now supporting Blackboard, D2L Brightspace
A better to-do list sidebar for Canvas, Blackboard, and D2L Brightspace.