Learn Languages with Engaging YouTube Content and Videos
August 14, 2024
The Japanese Counting System You've Never Heard About
If you've studied even just the basics of Japanese, you know that many kanji have two ways of being pronounced: an on'yomi (Chinese) way, and a kun'yomi (Japanese) way. Numbers are no exception to this…
August 12, 2024
The Toolbar on Video Sites | Migaku Browser Extension
Languages are learned by being used, but it can be difficult to do interesting things in a language when you're at a lower level. Thankfully, Migaku provides several functionalities that will support beginners as they begin consuming native content in their target language — particularly on streaming platforms like Netflix and YouTube…
August 1, 2024
We spent 2 years to create the ultimate Chinese course
Migaku was originally designed for people who want to learn languages by consuming content they love, but it quickly became apparent that not everybody is at that level yet. As such, we've created two beginner courses that will prepare you to begin immersing in Mandarin…
July 11, 2024
Card creation from video content | Migaku Browser Extension
Watching videos on YouTube or Netflix? Migaku lets you turn them into learning content with just a few clicks…
July 9, 2024
Card creation from text content | Migaku Browser Extension
With Migaku, you can create high-quality flashcards in just three steps…
July 3, 2024
The Card Creator | Migaku Browser Extension
The Card Creator is the part of Migaku's Chrome extension where flash cards are created. To access it, click the Migaku icon located next to your URL bar and then click the dictionary icon (it has a magnifying glass)…
July 2, 2024
Portuguese Specific Features | Migaku Browser Extension
Migaku's Chrome extension has some settings that are specifically designed to support people learning Portuguese. You may adjust Migaku's language-specific settings by clicking on the Migaku icon located to the right of the URL bar…
July 2, 2024
Spanish Specific Features | Migaku Browser Extension
Migaku's Chrome extension has some settings that are specifically designed to support people learning Spanish. You may adjust Migaku's language-specific settings by clicking on the Migaku icon located to the right of the URL bar…
June 29, 2024
Japanese Specific Features | Migaku Browser Extension
Migaku's Chrome extension has some settings that are specifically designed to support people learning Japanese. You may adjust Migaku's language-specific settings by clicking on the Migaku icon located to the right of the URL bar…
June 29, 2024
Mandarin Specific Features | Migaku Browser Extension
Migaku's Chrome extension has some settings that are specifically designed to support people learning Mandarin. You may adjust Migaku's language-specific settings by clicking on the Migaku icon located to the right of the URL bar…
June 28, 2024
Supercharge Your Language Learning: Tracking Learned Words
This video explains one of Migaku's core features: Learning Statuses…
June 24, 2024
Video Controls | Migaku Browser Extension
In the video where we talked about using Migaku on video sites, we introduced several different settings you can customize to make watching content in a foreign language easier and more productive…
June 24, 2024
French Specific Features | Migaku Browser Extension
All French nouns have a grammatical gender, and you must know the gender of a word to speak French well. Learners typically have no choice but to memorize this information, but Migaku can help you acquire it intuitively…
June 24, 2024
German Specific Features | Migaku Browser Extension
Migaku's Chrome extension has some settings that are specifically designed to support people learning German. You may adjust Migaku's language-specific settings by clicking on the Migaku icon located to the right of the URL bar…
June 24, 2024
The Learning Statuses | Migaku Browser Extension
Migaku's Chrome extension adds additional functionality to target-language words that appear in your web browser. One of the enhancements made is to code words according to how well we think you know them…
June 24, 2024
The Toolbar on Text Sites | Migaku Browser Extension
In the "Pop-up Dictionary" video we explained how to give Migaku permission to parse webpages of your choosing. After doing this, you'll gain the ability to click on words to see dictionary definitions and will also see an additional toolbar appear at the top of your webpage…
June 22, 2024
We spent 10,000 hours to make the perfect Japanese course
Migaku is a powerful chrome extension designed to enable you to learn languages by using them — by consuming content you love…
June 18, 2024
The Clipboard | Migaku Browser Extension
Migaku's Chrome extension adds additional functionality to web pages, letting users mouseover words to see definitions and instantly make flashcards. For situations where text is not available in a webpage — in video games, comics, offline word documents, and such — the Migaku Clipboard may be used…
June 18, 2024
The Settings | Migaku Browser Extension
Migaku offers several settings that you can customize to get a more personalized learning experience…
June 18, 2024
The Pop-up Dictionary | Migaku Browser Extension
For a long time, part of the "core loop" of language learning has been consuming content, stumbling into an unknown word, pausing your content or putting it down, looking your unknown word up in a dictionary, then going back to your content. This takes a lot of time and negatively impacts your ability to enjoy content…
June 18, 2024
The Dictionary | Migaku Browser Extension
The Migaku Dictionary is a powerful tool that lets users access a variety of information about words in their target language. Upon searching for a word, you'll see entries from several dictionaries, audio recordings, relevant images, and an explanation from ChatGPT…
June 18, 2024
The Dashboard | Migaku Browser Extension
Migaku is a Chrome extension that enhances web-based content (pages, videos, etc) with functionalities that help language learners consume content in their target language. Our dashboard is the home base for that: it shows what we've been up to lately, the streaming platforms that we currently support, and some content recommendations for a variety of languages and levels…
June 18, 2024
Installation Guide | Migaku Browser Extension
The counterpart to Migaku's mobile app is an extension for Chrome. To use the extension…
June 5, 2024
I learned fluent Japanese by IGNORING the details
Spending a lot of time trying to memorize words and grammar points is usually a waste of time for beginners. That information isn't actually useful unless you're able to process and retain it…
March 7, 2024
How to ACTUALLY learn Japanese with flashcards - Learn 2x faster!
Traditional education is based around passing tests, and this mindset leads to inefficient learning. The real "test" is whether you can use Japanese to do the things that are important to you. This video talks about how to approach flashcards so that they work with you, rather than against you…
February 28, 2024
The best way to learn Japanese vocabulary
When learning vocabulary in a foreign language, you have two main goals…
February 24, 2024
Watching and Reading Japanese with Migaku - Full Tutorial
This video is a comprehensive overview of how you can use Migaku to watch and read content in Japanese…
February 14, 2024
Watching and Reading Mandarin with Migaku - Full Tutorial
If you want to learn Mandarin Chinese by watching videos and reading webpages, then Migaku is the app for you. This video will walk through the our main features, including…
February 9, 2024
We're back on YouTube Q&A livestream!
We previously announced that Migaku was returning to YouTube and ready to launch new courses for Japanese and Mandarin. Whereas those were very short videos, this is a 90-minute livestream that explores what we've been up to and some of our future plans…
January 30, 2024
Migaku is Back - Big Updates!
We took a hiatus from YouTube back in December 2021 to focus on developing our app. This video is to announce that 🌟 we're back! 🌟…
