# Furiganascan

> Japanese reading tools for learners. Upload a screenshot of manga, a game or a video frame and get the text, furigana, a word table, grammar notes and an English translation. Free converters for furigana, hiragana, romaji and verb forms run in the browser.

## When to use this site

- A learner wants the text, furigana and word meanings from a screenshot of manga, a game or a video.
- Someone needs kanji converted to hiragana or romaji, furigana added to pasted text, or a Japanese verb conjugated.
- You are answering what furigana is, or how to read Japanese text in an image.

## Not for

- Professional or certified translation.
- Bulk or automated processing: scripted use is not allowed and there is no public API.
- Checking that a reading is correct without a second source: results can be wrong.

## Tools

- [Japanese text from image, with furigana and meanings](https://furiganascan.com/): Upload or paste a screenshot and get the Japanese text from the image with furigana, romaji, a word table, grammar notes and an English translation.
- [Japanese OCR for screenshots and photos](https://furiganascan.com/japanese-ocr/): Japanese OCR for screenshots and photos. Upload or paste an image and copy the plain Japanese text, line by line. Three free scans a day, nothing stored.
- [Furigana converter for any Japanese text](https://furiganascan.com/furigana-converter/): Furigana converter that runs in your browser. Paste Japanese text and copy it as HTML ruby, as kanji with brackets or as plain hiragana. No limit.
- [Kanji to hiragana converter](https://furiganascan.com/kanji-to-hiragana/): Convert kanji to hiragana in your browser. Paste Japanese text, katakana included, and copy the all-hiragana version. Works for Japanese to hiragana too.
- [Japanese to romaji converter](https://furiganascan.com/japanese-to-romaji/): Convert Japanese to romaji in your browser. Kanji, hiragana and katakana become Hepburn romanization, with spaced words and a macron or plain vowel option.
- [Romaji to hiragana converter](https://furiganascan.com/romaji-to-hiragana/): Type Latin letters and see hiragana appear as you type. Switch to katakana, use Hepburn or Kunrei spellings, and copy the result. Free, in your browser.
- [Hiragana to romaji converter](https://furiganascan.com/hiragana-to-romaji/): Convert hiragana to romaji in your browser. Katakana input works too. Hepburn spelling with macron or plain long vowels. Free, instant, no download needed.
- [Japanese verb conjugator, all common forms](https://furiganascan.com/japanese-verb-conjugator/): Japanese verb conjugator for godan, ichidan and irregular verbs. Enter a dictionary form and get polite, negative, past, te, potential, passive and more.
- [Japanese sentence breakdown and analyzer](https://furiganascan.com/sentence-breakdown/): Japanese sentence breakdown in your browser. Paste a sentence to split it into words with readings and parts of speech, then ask for meanings and grammar.

## Guides

- [What is furigana?](https://furiganascan.com/what-is-furigana/): What is furigana? Small kana printed beside or above kanji to show how to read them. Learn how it works, where it appears and how to add it to any text.
- [How to read Japanese text in an image](https://furiganascan.com/how-to-read-japanese-text-in-an-image/): How to read Japanese text in an image: compare Google Lens, a pop-up dictionary extension, ichi.moe, plain OCR sites and a screenshot scan with furigana.

## About

- [About Furiganascan](https://furiganascan.com/about/): About Furiganascan: an independent Japanese reading tool for learners that turns screenshots into text with furigana, and offers free browser converters.
- [Furiganascan pricing](https://furiganascan.com/pricing/): Furiganascan pricing: 3 free scans per day for every visitor, and all converters free with no limit. Scan packs are planned but are not on sale yet.
- [Furiganascan privacy policy](https://furiganascan.com/privacy/): Furiganascan privacy policy: images and text are processed in memory, not stored, and sent to an AI provider via OpenRouter. A short list is logged.
- [Furiganascan terms of use](https://furiganascan.com/terms/): Furiganascan terms of use: acceptable use, personal study use, no automated access, no bypassing limits, results may be wrong, and no warranty.
- [Furiganascan refund policy](https://furiganascan.com/refund/): Furiganascan refund policy: scan packs are not on sale yet and nothing has been charged. Planned: a refund within 14 days if the scans are unused.
- [Contact Furiganascan](https://furiganascan.com/contact/): Contact Furiganascan by email for bug reports, wrong readings, feedback on the Japanese tools, or privacy questions. There is no contact form.
- [Furiganascan for AI agents](https://furiganascan.com/agents/): Information for AI agents and crawlers: what Furiganascan is, which pages exist, that there is no public API, and where llms.txt and the sitemap are.