J-Tool

J-Tool is a small and handy utility created to offer simple ways to analyze Japanese words, sentences or bigger text parts. It also features readings, meanings and synonyms.

Make fast analyses on Japanese text

It's wrapped in a modern and self-explanatory interface that comes packed with a Japanese text analyzer and a Kana/Romaji converter.
The app can serve as a language analysis assistant for Japanese words and phrases. However, J-Tool doesn't offer a simple help file, where all the functions should be explained in short in order to get familiarized with how the app works.

Learn the meaning of each character

For the analyzer, all you have to do is load the text in the application main window and press the "Start Analysis" button, which initializes the scan. Every character or word combination is highlighted in red, which means that the term is followed by detailed information, such as readings, sense or Kanji info.

Convert English and Japanese content to Katakana or Romaji dialects

The main purpose of the app is to help novices to know when a word ends and another starts by highlighting them in a default tone and providing an English translation for each one. J-Tool also comes with a character conversion tool, which can handle Hiragana, Katakana and Romaji conversions for the text you wrote or pasted in the field.

Export the composition to a PDF document

The transformation is done almost instantly, but the waiting time can vary from a computer to another. You have the option to export the translated and converted text to PDF, and print it out.

Rudimentary Japanese analyzer and Kana/Romaji converter

Taking everything into account, J-Tool is a basic and poorly-developed piece of software that helps you analyze Japanese content while providing basic translation details, as well as convert content from English or Japanese languages to Hiragana, Katakana and Romaji.
The lack of a help file or a short tutorial to show the users how to use the program can frustrate and make them uninterested in browsing its features.