Welcome to Yomichan!

Thank you for downloading this extension! I hope that Yomichan will help you on your language learning journey.

Quick Guide

Read the steps below to get up and running with Yomichan. For complete documentation, visit the official homepage.

  1. Left-click on the icon to enable or disable Yomichan for the current browser instance.
  2. Right-click on the icon and select Options to open the Yomichan options page.
  3. Import any dictionaries (bundled or custom) you wish to use for Kanji and term searches; none are imported by default.
  4. Hold down Shift (or the middle mouse button) as you hover over text to see term definitions.
  5. Resize the definitions window by dragging the bottom-left corner inwards or outwards to make it smaller or larger.
  6. Click on Kanji in the definition window to view additional information about that character.