“KIKUGO makes Japanese Netflix much more useful.”
Click any Japanese Netflix subtitle to understand the grammar in context, then save the sentence as an Anki card. KIKUGO turns authentic viewing into active study without breaking your immersion.
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I'm never giving up!
おれは ぜったいに あきらめねぇ！
Grammar · ねぇ is a casual, spoken form of ない.
Usage · Rough, masculine speech from an anime hero's vow. In polite conversation, say 諦めません.
Saved to your deck.
俺は絶対に諦めねぇ！
The Japanese you notice on Netflix is hard to understand, capture, and review. The exposure is there. But too much of it disappears before it becomes something you can actually learn.
The problem is not a lack of Japanese input. It is turning that input into learning that lasts.
Not sure you're ready for raw subtitles? Take the free readiness test.You don't need more hours of study. You need three habits that turn the Japanese you already watch into Japanese you keep.
Grammar met in the scene it belongs to makes sense faster than a rule met out of context. A single-word lookup rarely explains a full line.
A sentence from a scene you care about beats any textbook example. Keep it while you still remember why it mattered.
Spaced review brings the sentence back just before you would forget it, so a line you heard once becomes one you know.
Turn one Japanese subtitle line into something you understand and remember.
1Watch
When a line catches your attention, click it directly on Netflix. No copying, searching, or switching tabs.
2Understand
KIKUGO explains the sentence, its grammar, and its meaning while you are still in the scene.
3Remember
Save the sentence as an Anki card and turn authentic Japanese into study material you can review later.
Cancel anytime · Works with Netflix · Save to Anki
Same shows, same time on the couch. The difference is what you keep.
Grammar and meaning arrive while the scene is still on screen, so a confusing sentence stops being a gap in the story.
The hours you already spend watching feed your review, instead of competing with it.
Every card comes from a scene you remember, which makes it easier to recall than a sentence from a list.
“Just wanted to say THANK YOU!! SO MUCH! I’ve been trying to find a comprehensive resource for months and I’m very thankful that you gave me an amazing alternative”
“KIKUGO makes Japanese Netflix much more useful. When I hear a sentence I want to understand, I can see the grammar in context and save it as an Anki card instead of forgetting it when the scene ends.”
“I used to spend too much time turning Japanese sentences into useful flashcards. KIKUGO gives me a faster way to understand the sentence and keep it for review without breaking my immersion.”
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KIKUGO is a Chrome extension that explains any Japanese subtitle line on Netflix in one click, including grammar, slang, and nuance, and saves it as an Anki-ready flashcard. $10/month or $72/year, with a 7-day free trial (card required to start, cancel anytime before it ends).
For now, yes: Japanese Netflix on desktop Chrome.
Anything on Netflix with Japanese subtitles: anime, dramas, reality, films. If it's on screen in Japanese, you can learn from it.
Yes. KIKUGO only ever looks at the one subtitle line you click, never your account, your history, or what you're watching.
Built for roughly JLPT N5 to N1 immersion learners who already read kana. If you're sentence mining from native content, you're the target.
Saved cards export to a clean CSV (and Anki-ready format) with the sentence, reading, gloss, and notes already filled in. Import once, review forever.
読んで、覚える。
Install in 30 seconds, open something Japanese, and click the first line that flies past you.
Try free for 7 daysCancel anytime before the trial ends and you won't be charged.
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