Hanabira
Provides tappable text and video tools for Japanese and Korean that explain words, readings, and grammar sentence by sentence and remembers lookups in a shared knowledge graph across readers and video
An open-source Japanese and Korean language learning platform that makes text and video tappable for word-level lookups, sentence explanations, and grammar analysis, with a shared knowledge graph that remembers looked-up words across readers and video tools. It is for individual consumers and students learning Japanese from beginner to JLPT N5-N1 and Korean learners who study through immersion in YouTube, Netflix, manga, and ebooks. It is delivered as a freemium web platform with free core tools and a supporter subscription for AI features, self-hostable via Docker with MIT-licensed code.
Key features
- Tappable word lookup with readings
- Sentence analysis and grammar explanations
- YouTube immersion with interactive subtitles
- EPUB reader with furigana controls
- Manga reader with OCR (Mokuro)
- Light novel reader
- Word breakdown and word web
- Vocabulary map and grammar navigator
- SRS flashcards with shared knowledge graph
- JLPT drills and vocabulary lists
- Grammar quiz and kanji quiz
- Conjugation practice
- Kanji mnemonics and radicals
- Kanji dashboard and kanji canvas
- Typing practice and OCR tools
- Chrome extension for Netflix and YouTube
- Anki import and AnkiConnect export
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