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Originally Posted by salamanderjuice
Where are you getting your files? I'm wondering if kepubs from the Kobo Japan store are better at word selection than books from other places. I've found my converted AZW3 and some books I've bought off Google Play Japan will only ever highlight a single character. I haven't yet been able to figure out a way to buy off Kobo Japan outside Japan so I can't try any legit kepubs.
Is it possible for Kobos to get the kanji compound at all? My Kindle won't do it all the time, and it doesn't really seem to work for converted books, but for AZW3 from the Amazon store 9/10 it will select the right kanji compound word for lookup.
It's easier to move the text selection things on my Kobo, but I don't have to really do it all on the Kindle. I'm liking my Aura One for manga use, but I feel their Japanese book support is a step behind Amazon's. Which is kinda ironic.
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The only Japanese book I have at the moment is the Harry Potter series which I bought off of Kobo's Canadian website. I stripped the DRM off it using Calibre and then reconverted the DRM-free epub back to a kepub and sideloaded it onto my KA1.
Unfortunately, there didn't seem to be a lot of books in Japanese on the Canadian Kobo website. So once I finish the series in Japanese, which will likely take a good while yet, I will look into somehow getting a Kobo Japan account. Since I go back for a visit about once every two years or so, I'm hoping that I'll be able to set something up. Actually, what I'm really hoping is that the library will start carrying Japanese epubs the way they do Chinese epubs and books in other languages.
As for selecting Japanese text, the Kobo software will usually only select one character/kana. I then have to move the toggles to select the compound or phrase I'm interested in. Because I tend to use a fairly big font size, this usually isn't much of a problem. However, there are occasional hiccups. Gradually, you learn where to position your finger to select the initial character/kana you are interested in capturing. It seems to change a bit with where the character/kana is on the page. It's a bit quirky, but it works well enough for me. I just prefer reading on an eink screen to reading on a tablet. Much easier on the eyes when reading for extended periods.