Alternatives to Kanji Word Index for Japanese Decks (Genki / Tobira)

Generates furigana readings for Japanese text, provides Japanese note types, kanji statistics, and dictionary lookup, with customizable furigana display in card templates.

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Automatically fills Anki fields with kanji readings, hiragana, word type, and limited JMdict definitions offline, plus example sentences, with configurable field mappings and bulk deck updates.

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Auto-generates Japanese vocabulary notecards from a word list via the Jisho.org API, including definitions, readings, JLPT level, kanji explanations, furigana and example sentences, placed in a custom deck.

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Adds Japanese vocabulary to kanji-writing cards using known words from other decks, prioritizing common words, hiding target kanji, and saving results in fields for syncing.

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Bulk generates Japanese vocabulary frequency rankings from bundled JMDict/Rikai-Sama databases and optionally adds word-type data to specified Anki note fields.

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Generates interactive color-coded kanji grids from your decks, sortable by JLPT, Jouyou, Kanken, frequency, score, Unicode, or order, with Jisho links and PNG/HTML export.

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Generates interactive, color-coded grids of deck kanji sorted by JLPT, Jouyou, Kanken, frequency, score, Unicode, or discovery order, with Jisho links and timestamped PNG/HTML exports.

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Looks up Japanese and Chinese definitions while reading and creates Anki cards, updating their intervals based on whether you needed to look words up.

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Shows a floating tooltip with dictionary definitions, examples, and pronunciation for selected Japanese words, kanji, or phrases via keyboard shortcuts, reducing app switching.

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Displays kanji stroke order in Jisho's visual style when hovering Japanese characters, for configured note types, with customizable styling.

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Automatically adds colored stroke order diagrams to kanji card fields, storing them as media so they display on AnkiWeb even without the addon installed.

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Queries Anthropic or OpenAI APIs with custom prompts to fill Anki note fields, supporting batch updates, card creation, and per-note-type configurations.

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