Welcome to Yomitan!
Yomitan Quick Start Guide
Clicking the 
Yomitan button in the browser bar will open the quick-actions popup.
Yomitan button in the browser bar will open the quick-actions popup.
The 
cog button will open the Settings page.
cog button will open the Settings page.
The 
magnifying glass button will open the Search page,
enabling text and terms to be looked up using the installed dictionaries.
This can even be used in offline mode!
magnifying glass button will open the Search page,
enabling text and terms to be looked up using the installed dictionaries.
This can even be used in offline mode!
The 
question mark button will open the Information page,
which has some helpful information and links about Yomitan.
question mark button will open the Information page,
which has some helpful information and links about Yomitan.
Yomitan requires one or more dictionaries to be installed in order to look up terms, kanji, and other information.
Several downloadable dictionaries can be found on the Yomitan homepage.
Dictionaries can be configured from the Settings page.
You can also import an exported collection of dictionaries from the Backup section of the Settings page.
If you are migrating from Yomichan, you may be interested in importing your data into Yomitan. Please follow instructions from Yomitan's README for that.
If you are using or planning to use custom templates for Anki note creation, note that some syntax has changed from Yomichan and Yomibaba. Please ensure that your custom templates are using the updated syntax.
If you are migrating from Yomichan, you may be interested in importing your data into Yomitan. Please follow instructions from Yomitan's README for that.
If you are using or planning to use custom templates for Anki note creation, note that some syntax has changed from Yomichan and Yomibaba. Please ensure that your custom templates are using the updated syntax.
After dictionaries have been installed, webpage text can be scanned by moving the cursor while holding a modifier key.
The default key is Shift, which can be disabled or configured below.
Clicking the 
speaker button of an entry in the search results
will play an audio clip of a term's pronunciation using an online dictionary, if available.
speaker button of an entry in the search results
will play an audio clip of a term's pronunciation using an online dictionary, if available.
Clicking on a kanji character in a term's definition will show additional information about that character.
(Requires a kanji dictionary to be installed.)
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