Can't see word translations

[kiryu]

Hi,

I am new to Bunpro, and I would like the option to click on words to see a translation during grammar reviews.

However, when I click on a Kanji word, it shows the “use furigana” tick box rather than the translation (see screenshot).

Is there a way to change the setting, so I can see the word translation/definition?

[Rukifellth]

There currently isn’t. but if I recall, they are working on it.
From this particular passage, you may be able to figure out the word by reading the sentence in english. (雨 mean rain, imagine it like a window with raindrops on it for easy rememberance ;))

Sidenote: Welcome to the community!

[veritas_nz]

Good suggestion!
We already have this system for some of the Vocab in our site, however just not all of it.

^Here is an example of it when clicking on 大学生

The problem is that currently we have to manually tie/link each specific bit of text in the sentences to a word. This has been done for some words, but not many.

We are currently writing a parser to automate this – soon every Vocab and Grammar in a sentence will be linked properly!

[kiryu]

Thanks for the responses, good to hear this is in development. I am keeping the sentence translation visible for now, so that helps (I might turn this off as my vocab improves).

[_HA472]

In the meantime, consider installing a pop-up dictionary such as Yomitan/Yomichan to look up words on Bunpro and other webpages. Also, if needed, Yomitan/Yomichan can automatically generate Anki flashcards with audio, definitions, pitch accent, etc.

Here is some discussion about pop-up dictionaries from another post:

@_HA472

Like others have mentioned, I use Yomichan/Yomitan (a pop-up dictionary) to quickly look up unknown words in the grammar deck:

I don’t consider this cheating since I’m not looking up the actual grammar point, just the words I need to understand the sentence.

Also, this allows me to use a lower hint level, so I can try and translate the sentence by myself (before revealing the full sentence hint to check if I am correct).

Another person in that thread uses 10ten Japanese Reader:

@wct

Seconded. And also there is another extension called “10ten Japanese Reader” (formerly “Rikaichamp”) which I use instead of YomiChan, because it’s a bit simpler to set up and use, and has a more focused/limited set of features (in particular, it doesn’t do the whole ‘generate Anki cards’ thing, but I’m not using Anki, so it’s no loss for me). I use 10ten on Firefox. Not sure if it’s called the same thing on Chrome, but I think it might be.

I can’t remember which guide I used to set up Yomitan/Yomichan, but here are some links to check out:

@_HA472

@wct

there is another extension called “10ten Japanese Reader” (formerly “Rikaichamp”) which I use instead of YomiChan, because it’s a bit simpler to set up and use, and has a more focused/limited set of features (in particular, it doesn’t do the whole ‘generate Anki cards’ thing, but I’m not using Anki, so it’s no loss for me).

Here are some details on how to setup Yomichan/Yomitan if anyone is interested in not only the pop-up dictionary but also quickly generating Anki cards:

@_HA472

I can’t remember which tutorial I used to setup Yomichan, but here are a few links to look at:

• Yomitan/Yomichan Setup Tutorial - TheMoeWay
• FooSoft Productions - Yomichan
• Yomitan Announcement (Due to sunsetting of Yomichan): https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/18ed8kb/yomitan_new_fork_of_yomichan_browser_extension/
• Add additional audio source to Yomichan/Yomitan: GitHub - jamesnicolas/yomichan-forvo-server: An audio server for yomichan that scrapes forvo for audio files