# Yomichan for pdf

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**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [September 13, 2023, 9:50am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/yomichan-for-pdf/63258 "2023-09-13T09:50:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![gijsc1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/gijsc1/32/529710_2.png) [@gijsc1](https://community.wanikani.com/u/gijsc1)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 9:50am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/yomichan-for-pdf/63258/1 "2023-09-13T09:50:51Z")

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I wanted to try reading some of the free tadoku graded readers, but apparently yomichan does not work on pdf files for browser security related reasons. I assumed there would be some program with similar functionality for pdf files as they have selectable text, but so far I have not been able to find any. Does anyone know of some way to read pdf files with dictionary popup support like yomichan?

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**Author:** ![kmca](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/kmca/32/641986_2.png) [@kmca](https://community.wanikani.com/u/kmca)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/yomichan-for-pdf/63258/2 "2023-09-13T15:07:38Z")

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Don’t quote me on this, but you might be able to use the Calibre ebook reader to convert pdfs to epubs

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**Author:** ![Akashelia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/akashelia/32/576782_2.png) [@Akashelia](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Akashelia)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/yomichan-for-pdf/63258/3 "2023-09-13T15:40:30Z")

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I also converted the pdf to jpeg and then ran Mokuro on it. See this thread for what is Mokuro / how to run it

> [@Mokuro: Read Japanese manga with selectable text inside a browser](https://community.wanikani.com/t/mokuro-read-japanese-manga-with-selectable-text-inside-a-browser/60907):
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> As I write this, 25 threads include mention of [Mokuro](https://github.com/kha-white/mokuro). Of those, 16 mentions were by me, and one was an offshoot of one of my mentions. I’ve considered adding Mokuro to the Ultimate Additional Japanese Resources List, but including Mokuro as part of a larger process leads to unlimited potential. Note: I didn’t write Mokuro. Full credit goes to Maciej Budyś. I’m just a happy customer of this free software and use it every day. Mokuro Historyplay_button History of OCR and Mokuro What does Mokuro do? M…

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**Author:** ![evandcs](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/evandcs/32/447480_2.png) [@evandcs](https://community.wanikani.com/u/evandcs)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/yomichan-for-pdf/63258/4 "2023-09-13T16:11:17Z")

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If you use this method:

> **[Anime - Animecards Site](https://animecards.site/minefromanime/)**
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> Introducing Japanese learning methods and tools, in particular those important in regards to using Japanese media to learn the language.

Copying the content of the pdf file will appear on web browser, because of the clipboard watcher, then you can check with yomichan

I guess this is the easiest way.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/6/2/a/62a8b0f4c59ff2c5b6651ffcf43531480b3e5297.png) [@system](https://community.wanikani.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/yomichan-for-pdf/63258/5 "2024-09-12T16:11:27Z")

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