JPDB Anki Importer

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Imports JPDB Japanese word review history into Anki, including spelling, reading, and simulated answer history, with optional scraped definitions, custom sentences, and notes.
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Votes: 4 (👍 4 · 👎 0)
Updated: 2025-02-27
Anki versions: 24.11~
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Languages: Python, CSV, JSON, Ignore List
Description language: en

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Last update or commit: 2025-02-27 (612 days before the snapshot).
Commits in the last year: 0.
Issues: 2 open, 1 closed.
Pull requests: 1 open, 3 merged.
Median first response: 507 hours (3 answered issues and pull requests).
Outside pull requests: 100% of 1 merged.

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Repository: llvtt/jpdb_anki_import · more by llvtt
Stars: ⭐ 16 · forks 1 · open issues 3
Last commit: 2025-02-27
Languages: Python
Tests: 0

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Description

Github: https://github.com/llvtt/jpdb_anki_import/

jpdb_anki_import

Overview

An Anki plugin that imports review history for words studied in JPDB. Currently working as of Anki 2.60.0.

This plugin imports the following information:

Japanese spelling (e.g. 言葉)
Japanese reading (e.g. ことば)
Review history, accomplished by simulating the same button answer responses in Anki.

There's also an experimental option to scrape your existing cards in JPDB for more information that can be enabled in the setup window. This allows importing:

Card definitions
Custom sentence
Notes

This plugin does not import audio or pitch accent, but see the "Recommended Additional Plugins" section for some tips on plugins that can generate these for you!

Usage

Download your JPDB review history by going to the settings page and clicking "Export vocabulary reviews (.json)" near the bottom of the page.
Create a new Anki deck where you want to import your JPDB cards.
After installing this add-on, in Anki, go to "Tools" => "Import from JPDB"
Follow the instructions in the setup window.

Building

To build the package, run python3 build.py in the command line which will generate the add-on file jpdb_anki_import.ankiaddon.

Testing

To test the file in Anki, perform the following steps:

Open Anki and click on "Tools" in the top menu bar.
Select "Add-ons" from the dropdown menu.
Click on "Install from file..."
Navigate to the directory where the jpdb_anki_import.ankiaddon file was generated, and select it.
Click "Open" to install the addon.
Restart Anki if prompted to do so.

Recommended Additional Plugins

The following other Anki plugins can help flesh out cards created after the import to add translation and more detail:

Automatic Japanese Dictionary Lookup adds English definitions for Japanese words
Japanese Example Sentences adds example Japanese sentences.
AwesomeTTS adds Japanese audio for words.
Japanese Pitch Accent adds pitch accent diagrams.

Changelog

1.1.0

This version adds a new optional feature to scrape information from JPDB. This includes

definitions
custom sentence
notes

Because this relies on HTML scraping, it's quite brittle and could break if JPDB changes its HTML structure. Alas, there is no public API yet for this information.

In order to use this feature, one needs to obtain the login cookie information from a logged-in browser session. Instructions on how to do this are linked to from the setup window and are included in the wiki.

1.0.2

Fix parsing review json when using JPDB pass/fail system

1.0.1

Fix Windows and latest Anki version compatibility (special thanks to KaranveerB!)

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