Hear a word you don't know. Press Ctrl+Shift+F. Pick the subtitle. Get a card with kanji, reading, meaning, examples, and native audio — in under 60 seconds. No copy-paste. No tab-switching.
Requires Anki · Chrome (Edge, Firefox & Safari coming soon)
Seven steps. All keyboard. Never leave Anki.
Open any Japanese video in Chrome. AJS runs silently in the background.
Hit Ctrl+Shift+F the moment you hear an unfamiliar word.
A picker shows every subtitle segment — search in romaji, hiragana, or kanji. Three lines per entry.
AJS extracts the target word and shows it to you. Press Enter to look it up.
A local AI model (Ollama) generates the dictionary entry. Runs 100% offline.
See the full card — kanji, reading, meaning, JLPT level, example sentences, audio.
Press Enter and the card lands in your deck. Done.
Each card includes the kanji, furigana reading, meaning, part of speech, JLPT level, an example sentence with romaji and English translation, and synthesised native-speaker audio.
View on GitHub →Ollama runs locally on your machine. No API key. No subscription. No data leaves your computer.
Azure TTS generates natural Japanese audio (ja-JP-NanamiNeural) for every card you create.
Fuzzy-search subtitle segments however you think — romaji, hiragana, or kanji all work.
Every step is Enter to confirm, Escape to go back. No mouse. No y/n prompts. No typing.
Exponential backoff on LLM timeouts. Connection errors fail fast with a clear message.
If something breaks, one keypress files a full diagnostic report directly to GitHub.
Free. No account required. Installer handles everything.
Also requires: Anki 2.1.55+
The installer handles everything else — Ollama, the AI model, and all dependencies.
Already have Anki? Install the add-on directly:
⬇ Download Anki Add-on (.ankiaddon)Double-click the file — Anki installs it automatically.
| Component | Details |
|---|---|
| Anki | 2.1.55 or newer (Qt6 build recommended) |
| Browser | Chrome — supported Edge · Firefox · Safari — coming soon |
| OS | Windows 10/11 · macOS 13+ |
| Ollama + AI Model | Installed automatically by the setup wizard — no manual steps |