What If You Could Learn πŸ‡°πŸ‡· Korean by Enjoying Your Favorite Media?

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Unknown words are underlined in red, Seen in yellow and Known in green. When a word has multiple possible definitions and mixed states it is again underlined as Seen . Known words are only shown when you press Shift on desktop.
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Sentence Mining
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About me

Like you, I wanted to learn Korean but I was fed up with the existing tools to learn through immersion.

So, I made Kimchi Reader.

Hopefully you too will enjoy using it as much as I enjoyed making it.

Features
Immerse with Videos
Youtube, Netflix, Viki and your local videos and subtitles
Screenshot of the Video player
Words breakdown
See exactly how the words are formed
Grammar
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Mark your knowledge
Start tracking your knowledge
Unknown
Seen
Known
Statistics
Visualize your progression
Start tracking yours
Chart of distribution of known/seen words per level example
Works on mobile
Install the PWA to get the full experience.
Web Extension on Android
Download Firefox on Android and use the extension with YouTube.
Import content to read
EPUB, Text, Markdown or extract from websites
Offline Reader
Continue to read even without internet
Frequency list
Learn the most common words first with the frequency list.
Customizable Reader
Customize colors, fonts, size, etc.
Dark mode
Easier on your eyes
Fast & Lightweight
Built for speed and efficiency
Sentence Mining
The ultimate way of acquiring new vocabulary
  1. Find a sentence with only 1 unknown word
  2. Make a card out of it
  3. Sync your card with Anki
Screenshot of Sentence Mining in Kimchi Reader
Screenshot from the amazing youtube channel Didi의 ν•œκ΅­μ–΄ Podcast
Recommendation System
Kimchi Reader's recommendation system has analyzed over 45,000 pieces of Korean content, including shows, movies, videos, and books. By comparing your current knowledge with the vocabulary in these materials, we find the perfect match for you. This ensures you always have something enjoyable and easy to understand, so you'll never run out of interesting content to explore.
Screenshot of the Recommendation System in Kimchi Reader
Import your vocabulary
From Anki, Migaku, LingQ or any text.
Discord community
A friendly community of fellow learners!
Is This Product Right for You?
Great for absolute beginners too!
Even if you're just starting out, our product can be incredibly useful. There is some absolute beginner content on YouTube and a few initial books from 두루책방.com. As you progress, you'll be able to make use of the full power of the tool and experience all its benefits.
A perfect fit for
Learners with a vocabulary of 500+ Korean words
Has basic grammar understanding
Want to learn through immersion
Read anything, anywhere
Language Learning through Videos
Browser Extension
Youtube
Netflix
Viki
Desktop
Mobile
Web application
Your own video and subtitle files
Desktop
Mobile
Screenshot of the Video player
Accelerate your vocabulary growth with Sentence Mining
What is Sentence Mining?
Sentence Mining is the process of finding sentences in native material and adding them to your flashcard deck. The folks at Refold made a good explanation and a guide
Why Sentence Mine?
Sentence Mining is one of the most efficient ways to learning vocabulary. It is also extremely fun as you are consuming the content you enjoy.
How does it work?
It is just that great
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