Rikaichamp

  



NHK News Web Easierイーシア provides content for peoplewishing to learn Japanese, in the form of text, voice and video.

  1. Rikaichamp Firefox
  2. Rikaichan
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NHK News Webis the online newspaper edited byNHK(日にっ本ぽん放ほう送そう協きょう会かい),Japan'spublic broadcastingcompany.News Web Easyイーシーis a version targeted at children with simpler words, kanji and sentence structures, and withfurigana(振ふり仮名がな).

NHKEasierイーシア gathers content from NewsWeb Easy and presents it in a way optimized for language learners:

  • partially (show on mouse hover) or fully disable furigana
  • quick access to translations of words and expressions
  • voice and video served by HTML5 (no Flash player needed)
  • valid RSS feed to use in your news aggregator

If you're unfamiliar with Rikaichamp, it does a few things that I consider vital (for myself) as a beginner learning Kanji and vocab/grammar. Basically, it detects Kanji on mouse-hover and gives you a list of (typically Kun'yomi) readings, along with meanings and the type/tense of the word. Make Microsoft Edge your own with extensions that help you personalize the browser and be more productive.

Regarding the translations, NHKEasierイーシア relies onthe EDICT Dictionary File andserves a subset optimized for each page.

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NHK News Web Easierイーシア is not affiliatedwith NHK.

Rikaichamp Firefox

The main feature of this website was inspired by a series of webbrowserextenions called Rikaikun(Google Chrome), Rikaichan(Mozilla Firefox, obsolete) and Rikaichamp(Mozilla Firefox, replacement of Rikaichan). You can use these extension tobenefit from a quick-access Japanese dictionary working on any website!

  1. Rikaichamp Firefox Extension Rikaikun Chrome Extension Word Search Radical Search Method Kanji Radical Composition Search Stroke Count Method SKIP Search Voice Context Verb Conjugation Particles Clauses Relative Clauses Dialects Not Fluent Japanese Slang Misspelling (?) Emphasis Onomatopoeia AKA Sounds as Words Abbreviations.
  2. Rikaichamp is similar to other rikai-tachi but aims to be simple, reliable, fast, and up-to-date. It includes simple installation, an always up-to-date dictionary, pitch accent information, definitions in multiple languages, and many many bug fixes over its predecessors. Twitter: @rikaichamp.
  3. Rikaichamp is the latest fork (deepest in the fork tree) with many performance improvements and an active development community. But you should definitely check out all the other choices, explore their features and decide which one has the best feel to it for you. Do you know something I don’t? Do you want to make this more comprehensive?
  • Install Rikaikun on Google Chrome
  • Install Rikaichamp on Mozilla Firefox

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If you prefer reading news directly on NHK News Web Easy, or regularlyconsult other website with furigana, install Furiganatoggle (either Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox) to hide them by default!You will be able to display them simply by hovering the kanji with your cursor.Alternatively, you can use the smartphone applicationSync for NHK Easy Newsfor offline reading.

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As an addition to News Web Easy articles, you can also studyNHK's introduction to Japanesefor English speakers (also available in multiple languages).