Add Japanese Examples to Your Flashcards

Add example sentences and translations to your Japanese flashcards, sourced directly from the Tatoeba project. One card or an entire deck.

Japanese Examples plugin demo — adding a single example sentence

Why choose this plugin?

Everything You Need to Learn Better

Interactive Single-Card Processing

Find and select the perfect example sentence while editing a single flashcard. Browse results directly from the Tatoeba API in real time.

High-Performance Batch Processing

Automatically add examples to an entire deck at once. Downloads and indexes Tatoeba's database locally with SQLite for incredibly fast bulk processing.

Always Up-to-Date

For single additions, connects directly to the Tatoeba API for the latest community-contributed sentences.

Multilingual UI

Interface automatically adapts to your Anki language settings. Full support for English and French.

See it in action

Two Ways to Add Examples

Single card addition demo

Add one at a time

While editing a card, click the "Add an example sentence" button. The plugin queries Tatoeba in real time and lets you browse and pick the sentence that fits best.

Live API Interactive EN / FR
Batch processing demo

Process an entire deck

Go to Tools → Batch process examples, download the Tatoeba database locally, map your fields, and let the engine populate your deck in seconds.

SQLite index High speed

Get started in minutes

Quick Installation

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Install from AnkiWeb

Recommended

Paste this code in Anki to install with automatic updates:

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In Anki, navigate to:

Tools Add-ons Get Add-ons…
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Or install manually

Download the .ankiaddon file from Releases, then go to Tools → Add-ons → Install Add-on from File…

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Restart & Configure

Restart Anki, open the plugin configuration, and set the names of the fields for your Japanese examples and translations. You're ready to go!

Want to Contribute?

Japanese Examples is open source under the GPLv3 license. Contributions, bug reports, and feature requests are welcome!

# Fork & clone the repo
$ git clone https://github.com/your-username/anki-japanese-examples

# Create a feature branch
$ git checkout -b my-new-feature

# Commit & push
$ git commit -am 'Add some feature'
$ git push origin my-new-feature

# Then open a Pull Request on GitHub