Furigana Generator
Paste any Japanese text and get instant furigana — the small hiragana printed above each kanji — so you can read straight through without stopping to look up every character.
Add furigana to your text →What is furigana?
Furigana are the tiny kana written above kanji to show how they are pronounced. They are how Japanese children, and learners of every level, read words they have not memorized yet. With furigana in place you can keep reading for meaning instead of breaking your flow to hunt down each reading.
How Yomikit adds it
When you paste text, Yomikit runs it through a Japanese morphological analyzer that splits the writing into real words and chooses the reading that fits the context. It then renders the hiragana above each kanji, exactly where you expect it. Tap any word to look it up in a dictionary, and switch to the overview or frequency views to study the vocabulary underneath.
Great for
- Anime and drama subtitles — read along with the line you just heard.
- Song lyrics — finally sing the whole thing, kanji and all.
- Manga and light novels — get past the pages without furigana.
- JLPT passages — practice reading at your level, with a safety net.
FAQ
- Is the furigana generator free?
- Yes. It is completely free, runs in your browser, and needs no account.
- Can it add furigana to anime subtitles or song lyrics?
- Yes. Paste any Japanese text and Yomikit prints the reading above every kanji.
- How accurate are the readings?
- It reads context with the kuromoji analyzer, so everyday text is highly accurate. Rare names and unusual readings can occasionally vary.
- Do I need to install anything?
- No. Everything runs in the browser — nothing to download.