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Learn Japanese from the anime and shows you already watch

Ikkimi puts a Japanese line you can click on top of your show: on Crunchyroll, Netflix and YouTube in Chrome. Click a word to see its reading in kana and romaji, its meaning, its JLPT level and a native-speaker recording where there is one, and keep it as a flashcard. Made for complete beginners.

It comes as a web app and a Chrome extension (get it on the Chrome Web Store). The iPhone app is coming soon.

How it works: watch, click, keep

  1. Play a show. Open Crunchyroll, Netflix or YouTube in Chrome and press play, on your own account. Ikkimi puts the Japanese line on top of the player.
  2. Click a word. The video pauses and the word opens: its reading in kana and romaji, the meaning, the JLPT level and a native-speaker recording where there is one. Keep it with one click.
  3. Review it. Kept words wait on the Ikkimi website as flashcards, with the scene they came from. Terebi, the TV mascot, brings each one back when it is due.

One deck, three screens

  • Chrome extension: the Japanese line sits on top of the player on Crunchyroll, Netflix and YouTube. Saved words get a yellow underline; words you know lose theirs.
  • Web app: review your words with their scene, with daily quests, XP, levels and a streak, and find shows picked for your level.

Pricing

Ikkimi is one paid plan with everything in it: $9.99 a month, or $59.99 a year. It covers the web app, with unlimited words and export to Anki, and the Chrome extension on Crunchyroll, Netflix and YouTube. The yearly plan starts with 7 days free: you add a card to start, and nothing is charged if you cancel before day 8. The monthly plan has no free trial. There is no free plan.

Questions

Do I need to know any Japanese?

No. Every word shows how to say it in kana and in romaji (Japanese written with English letters), and what it means. You can start from zero.

Which shows work?

Anything on Crunchyroll, Netflix or YouTube that has Japanese captions, in Chrome on a computer. On Crunchyroll, when an episode has no Japanese subtitles, Ikkimi can load a matching file from Jimaku’s catalogue and line it up with the episode.

Do I need a new streaming account?

No. Ikkimi does not host or stream anything. It works on top of the accounts you already have.

Is the audio real?

Yes. Where a word has a recording, it’s a native speaker, never a computer voice. Where it has none, the line from the show plays again.

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