Rikaichan

that provides a popup Japanese-English/German/French/Russian dictionary. Hover the mouse on top of Japanese words (kanji, hiragana or katakana) to display the translation. A more detailed kanji view shows the character's meaning, on/kun readings, number of strokes and other information. Rikaichan can be downloaded at the [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2471 Mozilla site] or at the [http://www.polarcloud.com/rikaichan/ Rikaichan website] .

Rikaichan has 1,953 weekly downloads [ [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2471 Rikaichan Weekly Downloads] ] and is recommended by japanesepod101.com as being "an essential tool for any student of the Japanese language!" [ [http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/05/04/news-45-understanding-rikaichan/ japanesepod101.com: Recommended Add-ons] ] .

References

External links

* [http://www.polarcloud.com/rikaichan/ Rikaichan website]
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2471 Mozilla Add-ons]
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3343 Perapera-kun] - a similar extension that enhances the functions of Rikaichan