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Rikaichan 1.09

Submitted by jon on Sat, 2010-01-30 08:00
Changes:
  • Fixed: Rikaichan may fail to display info when in Thunderbird 2.x's main window. Also generates invalid top/left error messages in the console.
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Rikaichan 1.08

Submitted by jon on Tue, 2010-01-19 21:07
Changes:
  • Fixed: Status bar icon transparency (new icon was also repacked in 1.07a).
  • Fixed: Position was wrong when document was zoomed. Thanks to Zork Zero for his help.
  • Fixed: Position may be wrong when over a listbox.
  • Added: Option to disable the mini help display.
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Rikaichan 1.07

Submitted by jon on Sun, 2009-11-15 22:37
Changes in 1.07
  • Now works even when the word is split between elements. Thanks to Zork Zero.
  • Added icon in Firefox's status bar. Left-click to activate Rikaichan, right-click for menu. Disable in the Options dialog. Thanks to Zork Zero.
  • Replaced the welcome message box with a friendlier welcome page.
  • Fixed SeaMonkey 2.0 compatibility.
  • Stop highlighting (selecting) if user manually selects another text. Thanks to Glenn M.
  • Show quick keyboard help at start.
  • Fixed: Disabling the hotkeys may cause Rikaichan to activate unexpectedly instead.
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Rikaichan 1.06

Submitted by jon on Sun, 2009-05-24 08:21
Changes in 1.06
  • Fixed: "undefined entity" error when viewing some files. When this happens, the word is highlighted, but nothing is displayed.
  • Fixed: 'Exception: TypeError: document.getElementById...' in Thunderbird 3.0b2.
  • Now installs in SeaMonkey. Thanks to Alfredo F.
  • Added option to disable keys in Preferences:Keyboard.
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rikaichan 1.05

Submitted by jon on Sun, 2009-02-15 11:01
Changes in 1.05
  • Tweaked lookupbar search.
  • Adjust document size setting is now off by default.
  • SELECT/OPTION elements are now translated in Firefox 3.
  • Cleaner results when over RUBY elements, thanks to Akira.
  • Entries with multiple kana readings, but the same kanji and definition are now folded into one line.
  • Fixed (adj-i) entries were not detected properly.
  • Tweaked popup position.
  • Can now be enabled for the "current tab," "current browser" (default) or "all browsers." Go to Options:General to change this setting.
  • Added rules for -chau.
  • Added Henshall index in the kanji dictionary.
  • Key "Y" moves the popup 20 pixels down temporarily.
  • Key "B" moves the selection back 1 character, "N" moves the selection forward 1 word (longest matched), "M" moves the selection 1 character forward. Note: This only works *within the current element*.
  • Now installs in Firefox 3.1 and newer Thunderbird 3 betas.
*** Please use the latest dictionary files with this version.

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rikaichan

Submitted by jon on Wed, 2006-09-13 06:27
About
rikaichan is a popup Japanese-English/German/French/Russian dictionary extension for Firefox.

Features:
  • Simple to use, just hover the mouse on top of a Japanese word.
  • Automatically de-inflects verbs and adjectives.
  • Has an optional toolbar that allows you to manually type the word to lookup.
  • Detailed kanji view shows meaning/keyword in English, on/kun readings, and other information.
  • Hiragana, katakana and half-width katakana are treated the same making it possible to lookup stylized/emphasized words.

Remembering The Kanji Flash Cards

Submitted by jon on Fri, 2006-07-07 09:47

These are printable kanji flash cards on PDF that can be used along with the books Remembering The Kanji I, II, and III by James Heisig.

Hiragana and Katakana Flash Cards

Submitted by jon on Fri, 2006-07-07 09:39
After a few changes to the Remembering The Kanji Flash Cards template, and thanks to Wikipedia's Hepburn Romanization article (and the inventor of copy & paste), we now have the Hiragana & Katakana Flash Cards.

This printable PDF includes the standard hiragana, katakana, and the extended katakana syllables - 249 flash cards in 21 double-sided pages.