Overview
What is jBrowse?
jBrowse is a free Internet Explorer plugin that can insert word definitions and pronunciations into Japanese web pages. Move the mouse over a japanese word and an English definition appears in the toolbar.
In depth
A closer look at jBrowse
If you want to read Japanese web pages, but your Japanese isn't perfect, you might be interested in jBrowse. It's a plugin for Microsoft Internet Explorer that adds furigana and word definitions to Japanese web pages. It's also a Japanese dictionary and kanji tool. It's also free, unless you pay out of charity. jBrowse can do four things: 1) Inject Definitions into a page in your browser 2) Add Furigana (explanatory kana) into a document that has hard kanji 3) Lookup Words -- it's also a decent two-way dictionary
Verdict
Should you download jBrowse?
jBrowse runs on
Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 2700 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
Utilities and Tools.
✓
Verified clean. Every jBrowse build on SoftLookup is scanned for viruses, spyware, adware, trojans and backdoors. We re-test on every update.
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At a glance
jBrowse specifications
- Last updated
- Feb 14, 2025
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- Windows 10/11
- File size
- 2700 KB
- Price
- $15
- Page views
- 452
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