A gentle way to learn
Read Japanese like the
Read Japanese like the
spring breeze.
A Chrome extension that highlights every Japanese word by its grammatical role — particles, verbs, nouns — so the structure of every sentence is visible at a glance.
Part of the LingoTint family. More languages coming.
私は日本語の本を読みます。
noun
particle
verb
auxiliary
adverb
い-adjective
な-adjective
conjunction
interjection
pre-noun
Each part of speech gets its own gentle tint. Click any tinted word for a dictionary lookup.
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Free forever. No accounts, no tracking. Found a bug or have a feature request? Send feedback.
Simple & thoughtful
Thoughtfully designed features that make learning feel less like a chore and more like a walk through a garden.
- Morphological highlighting — Each part of speech gets its own soft tint, so grammar structure becomes visible as you read.
- Click-to-lookup sidebar — Tap any tinted word for definitions (Jisho), reading, romaji, and example sentences (Tatoeba).
- Sentence context on YouTube — Click a word in a comment, see the whole sentence with your word bolded, hear it read aloud.
- AI vocabulary flashcards — Extract topic-specific words from any page you're reading. Free, on-device.
- AI comprehension quizzes — Test whether you actually understood what you just read. Same on-device AI, no signup.
- YouTube-aware — Caption tinting + English→Japanese translation overlays on comments.
- Per-site toggle — Disable on any site with one click.
- No accounts, no ads, no tracking — Free to install, free to use today. Future premium voices may add optional credit packs — the core experience stays free forever.
Privacy first
A small tool that respects you.
Nihongo Tint stores a few preferences on your device and never sends them anywhere. Dictionary lookups go from your browser to Jisho's public API; AI features run entirely on-device using Chrome's Built-in Gemini Nano. We don't collect, transmit, or sell any data about you. Read the full privacy policy.