Context-aware Japanese furigana using Sudachi and ModernBERT

In plain words

This tool adds furigana (pronunciation guides) to Japanese text by analyzing context. Using Sudachi for morphological analysis and ModernBERT for language understanding, it provides accurate readings for kanji characters based on how words are used in sentences. The software is designed for Japanese language learners, teachers, and anyone needing to read or create accessible Japanese content with proper pronunciation guidance.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Add furigana to Japanese text, PDFs, images, subtitles, and ebooks. Automatically converts kanji to hiragana to help you read and learn Japanese. Saved in this browser. Your saved words are stored locally and are not synced. Click on words to see definitions, hear pronunciation, and save them for later review. EZFurigana supports pasted Japanese text, .txt files, PDF documents, images with OCR, EPUB ebooks, SRT subtitle files, and Japanese webpage URLs. Depending on the input type, you can preview results in the browser and download annotated output such as HTML, text, PDF, EPUB, SRT, or Anki-ready vocabulary exports. Yes. You can select a JLPT reading level (N5–N1) to control which kanji…from ezfurigana.com

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