Hey, awesome website, thanks for posting!

If you want to turn off furigana you can do so on any individual page there by pasting this into the address bar:

javascript:void(function(){var rubies = document.getElementsByTagName("rt"); for(var i=0; i<rubies.length; i++) rubies[i].innerHTML = '';}())

I tested in Chrome but should work in other browsers as well.
Note that for some reason when you paste that Chrome automatically removes the javascript: part. So check that the URL still starts with javascript: and add it if necessary, otherwise it will take you to a Google search.

Last edited by avelicu (2012 June 12, 7:58 am)

Thanks, that is a great find!

I don't enough furigana to get too annoyed...within the news stories themselves I don't see any furigana.  I like how it gives simple Japanese definitions of the underlined words in the news stories.

This is really a fantastic resource - thanks for posting it!

gaiaslastlaugh wrote:

avelicu wrote:

If you want to turn off furigana you can do so on any individual page there by pasting this into the address bar:

javascript:void(function(){var rubies = document.getElementsByTagName("rt"); for(var i=0; i<rubies.length; i++) rubies[i].innerHTML = '';}())

Perfect! Thank you!! This makes it easier to copy/paste things into my sentence database.

FYI, you can also define this as a Bookmark in Chrome, then just click the bookmark to remove furigana. Easier than pasting it into the address bar each time.

-J-

RawrPk wrote:

An even easier way to get the article without the furigana is to click on the image which is located on the top right of the article.

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/img/btn … normal.png

It should open a new tab to a non furigana version (Example today's article without furigana)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/2012061 … 71000.html

They're not the same thing. That link is the original article for a general audience (一般のニューズ原稿). The article with furigana is a simplified version of that. Of course, it's worthwhile trying to read both. At my level, however, I'm having a better time with the simplified article. I read that first, digest it, learn any missing vocabulary, and then attempt to tackle the original article.

-J-

Last edited by gaiaslastlaugh (2012 June 12, 2:54 pm)

Seamoby wrote:

That dude is great.

+1