2 useful tools (sites) for Japanese learners

If you are a Japanese learner like me, you may find the following two rikai tools useful for your net reading.

1) Rikai.com

There are several tools from rikai.com, but the one I use most is Japanese to English. Simply copy and paste the link of the Japanese page you want to read there, and it will come out with a page that show up the hiragana under the kanji wherever you move your mouse on. It’s simpler than it sounds like, just have a try.

Also for Japanese English-learner, a page translate English to Japanese might be useful too.

2) rikaichan firefox plugin

If you found the “copy and paste” is a hassle, try to install this rikaichan into your firefox. It will add an option to your right-click menu. Once it’s activated, it does the same job as rikai.com.