Lingaku help

How every part of Lingaku works for Japanese: the website, the mobile app and the browser extension.

Getting started

Getting startedWhat Lingaku does and where to begin.
Languages and scriptsSwitching between Japanese and Chinese, and simplified or traditional characters.

Dictionary searchSearch syntax, flags, the input method and the radical lookup.
The search dialogCtrl+K search across the dictionary, courses, grammar, texts and decks, and reading pasted text or images.
Dictionary pagesWhat a word page and a character page show: meanings, forms, conjugation, examples, readings, components and stroke order.

The word popupWhat opens when you click a word: meanings, the sentence, your level, suspending and adding to a deck.
Reading textsThe text library, reading your own text, how words are marked, and Mark as read.
Text in imagesPaste, drop or photograph an image and read the text in it with word popups.
Your lookupsThe history of every word you looked up: by page or by word, filters, details and studying them.

Study sessionsHow a session works: the card, Again and Good, the new-word drill, going back, leeches and the summary.
Daily study and goalsToday’s study, the daily goal, studying past it, streaks and the dashboard.
Levels and progressThe five levels, suggested level changes, the Currently learning batch, relevance, needs attention, leeches and suspending.
Decks and cardsThe deck library, your own decks, adding and importing cards, exporting to Anki, printing and sharing.
Word and character listsEvery word by frequency, character lists by grade, level and radical, word coverage, and importing your vocabulary.
The placement testTelling Lingaku what you already know: the five-minute test, importing a word list, confirming and reverting.

Courses and lessonsHow courses are built, what a lesson contains, unlocking and skipping lessons, course review and paid courses.
Grammar pointsThe grammar library, a grammar point’s page, favorites and marking points done.
The kana quizPractising hiragana and katakana by typing or picking their romaji.
ExploreArticles, videos and stories from around the web, sorted by level and by how many of their words you know.
Progress and leaderboardThe dashboard, the progress score, your profile, the public page and the leaderboard.

Setup and the sidebarInstalling the extension, the sidebar, and turning it off for a site.
Lookups on websitesClicking words on web pages, words marked by your level, and Mark as read.
YouTube and CrunchyrollClickable subtitles, the subtitle list, selecting words with the keyboard, and subtitle files for Crunchyroll.
Text in images and videosReading text in an area of the page, an image or a video frame, such as manga or burned-in subtitles.

The mobile appThe app’s tabs, what it does differently from the website, and what stays on the website.
Offline dataDownloading the dictionary and lessons, keeping a copy of your data, and what works without a connection.