Yomichan Settings

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- Notice: - This settings page is planned to replace - the old settings page.
- Questions, comments, and other feedback is welcome and can be shared - on Github. -

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Use this new settings page by default

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Default profile

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Switch the primary profile that is used for scanning.

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Editing profile

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Change which profile is being modified on this page.

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Configure profiles…

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Configure installed and enabled dictionaries…

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Storage

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- - Yomichan is using an indeterminate amount of storage. - - - -

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Persistent storage

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- Enable to help prevent the browser from unexpectedly clearing the database. - More… -

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Enable content scanning

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Show the welcome guide on browser startup

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Result grouping mode

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- Change how related results are grouped. - More... -

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Maximum number of results

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Adjust the maximum number of results shown for lookups.

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Scan modifier key

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- Hold a key while moving the cursor to scan text. - More… -

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Scan using middle mouse button

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Hold the middle mouse button while moving the cursor to scan text.

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Configure advanced scanning inputs… (# defined)

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Auto-hide search popup

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When no definitions are found after scanning text, the popup will automatically hide.

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Scan delay (in milliseconds)

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Change the delay before scanning occurs when no modifier key is required.

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Select matched text

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Search text with non-Japanese characters

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Layout-aware scanning

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Use webpage styling information to determine where line breaks are likely to be.

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Deep content scanning

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Enable scanning text that is covered by other layers.

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Text scan length

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Change how many characters are read when scanning for terms.

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- Support inputs for devices with touch screens - (?) -

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Configure input action prevention…

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Allow scanning search page content

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Text on the search page can be scanned for definitions, which will open a popup.

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Allow scanning popup content

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Text inside of popups can be scanned for definitions, which will open a new popup.

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Search terms when clicking text from the results list

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- Show iframe popups in the root frame - (?) -

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Theme

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Adjust the style of the popup.

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Action bar appearance

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Control when and where the action bar is visible.

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Visibility

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Location

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Compact glossaries

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Display term glossaries using a more compact layout.

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Compact tags

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Show fewer repeated tags for term glossaries.

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Show tags for expressions and their readings

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These tags can be scanned if the options for popup content scanning are enabled.

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Show debug information

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A link to log debugging information will be shown in the search results.

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Selection indicator style

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Change how the selected definition entry is visually indicated.

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- Pitch accent display styles - (?) -

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Configure custom CSS…

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Display mode

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- Change the layout of the popup. - More… -

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Scale

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Control the scaling factor of the popup.

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Size

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Control the size of the popup, in pixels.

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Horizontal text positioning

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Change where the popup is positioned relative to horizontal text.

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Vertical text positioning

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Change where the popup is positioned relative to vertical text.

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Horizontal text offset

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Change the distance the popup is placed relative to horizontal text.

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Vertical text offset

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Change the distance the popup is placed relative to vertical text.

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Size

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Control the size of the window, in pixels.

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Left position

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Control the left position of the window, in pixels.

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Top position

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Control the top position of the window, in pixels.

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Window style

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Change the appearance of the window.

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Enable audio playback for terms

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Show a clickable speaker icon next to search results.

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Auto-play search result audio

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The audio for the first result will be played automatically.

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Audio volume

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Adjust the volume audio is played at, in percent.

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Configure audio playback sources…

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Parse text using installed dictionaries

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Words are scanned by automatically advancing in the sentence after a matching word.

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Parse text using MeCab

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- Requires a native component to be installed that Yomichan will connect to. - More… -

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Show space between parsed words

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Reading mode

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Change what type of furigana is displayed for parsed text.

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Sentence scanning extent

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Adjust how many characters are bidirectionally scanned to form a sentence.

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Enable sentence termination characters

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Configure sentence termination characters…

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Configure custom text replacement patterns…

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Convert half width characters to full width

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ﾖﾐﾁｬﾝ　→　ヨミチャン

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Convert numeric characters to full width

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1234　→　１２３４

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Convert alphabetic characters to hiragana

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yomichan　→　よみちゃん

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Convert hiragana to katakana

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よみちゃん　→　ヨミチャン

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Convert katakana to hiragana

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ヨミチャン　→　よみちゃん

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Collapse emphatic character sequences

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すっっごーーい　→　すっごーい / すごい

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Enable Anki integration

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- Connection status: - … -

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AnkiConnect server address

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Card tags

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List of space or comma separated tags to add to the card.

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Check for card duplicates

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When a card is detected as a duplicate, the add buttons will be disabled.

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Screenshot format

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Adjust the format and quality of screenshots created for cards.

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Suspend new cards

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New cards will be suspended when a note is added.

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Configure Anki card format…

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Configure Anki card templates…

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Enable background clipboard text monitoring

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Open the search page in a new window when the clipboard contains Japanese text.

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Enable search page clipboard text monitoring

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The query on the search page will be automatically updated with text in the clipboard.

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Maximum clipboard text search length

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Limit the number of characters used when searching clipboard text.

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Clipboard text search mode

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Change how the search page reacts to new text in the clipboard.

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- Yomichan has two categories of keyboard shortcuts: -

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- Standard keyboard shortcuts are controlled by the extension, and can be added, removed, - and configured to work on webpages that Yomichan functions on. -
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Configure standard keyboard shortcuts…

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Configure native keyboard shortcuts…

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- Yomichan can import and export settings files which can be used to restore settings, share settings across devices, and to help to debug problems. - These files will only contain settings and will not contain dictionaries. - Dictionaries must be imported separately. -

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Marker (for terms)	Description
`{audio}`	Audio sample of a native speaker's pronunciation in MP3 format, if available.
`{conjugation}`	Conjugation path from the raw inflected term to the source term.
`{expression}`	Term expressed using kanji. If kanji expression is not available, kana is used.
`{furigana}`	- Term expressed as kanji with furigana displayed above it. - Example: 日本語にほんご. -
`{furigana-plain}`	- Term expressed as kanji with furigana displayed next to it in brackets. - Example: 日本語[にほんご]. -
`{glossary}`	List of definitions for the term.
`{glossary-brief}`	List of definitions for the term in a more compact format.
`{glossary-no-dictionary}`	List of definitions for the term, except the dictionary tag is omitted.
`{pitch-accents}`	List of pitch accent downstep notations for the term.
`{pitch-accent-graphs}`	List of pitch accent graphs for the term.
`{pitch-accent-positions}`	List of accent downstep positions for the term as a number.
`{reading}`	Kana reading for the term, or empty for terms where the expression is the reading.
`{tags}`	Grammar and usage tags providing information about the term.
Marker (for kanji)	Description
`{character}`	Unicode glyph representing the current kanji.
`{glossary}`	List of definitions for the kanji.
`{kunyomi}`	Kunyomi (Japanese reading) for the kanji, expressed as katakana.
`{onyomi}`	Onyomi (Chinese reading) for the kanji, expressed as hiragana.
`{stroke-count}`	Number of strokes that the kanji character has.
Marker (for both)	Description
`{clipboard-image}`	An image which is stored in the system clipboard, if available.
`{clipboard-text}`	Text which is stored in the system clipboard, if available.
`{cloze-body}`	Original inflected term as it appeared before being reduced to dictionary form by Yomichan.
`{cloze-prefix}`	Fragment of the containing `{sentence}` starting at the beginning of `{sentence}` until the beginning of `{cloze-body}`.
`{cloze-suffix}`	Fragment of the containing `{sentence}` starting at the end of `{cloze-body}` until the end of `{sentence}`.
`{dictionary}`	Name of the dictionary from which the card is being created.
`{document-title}`	Title of the web page that the term or kanji appeared in.
`{screenshot}`	Screenshot of the web page taken at the time the term or kanji was added.
`{sentence}`	Sentence, quote, or phrase that the term or kanji appears in from the source content.
`{url}`	Address of the web page in which the term or kanji appeared in.

Yomichan Settings

Profile

Dictionaries (# installed, # enabled)

General

Scanning

Window

Audio

Text Parsing

Sentence Parsing

Translation

Anki

Clipboard

Shortcuts

Backup

Security