Count words and characters
Counts as you type, and counts Japanese properly: by character, split into kanji and kana, with the 400-character sheet total that Japanese publishers and translation quotes actually use — plus a readability read-out based on kanji share and sentence length.
- Runs entirely in your browser
- Works offline
- No upload
- No sign-up
- No watermark
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How it works
- Type or paste your text, or drop a .txt / .md file.
- Read the counts — they update on every keystroke.
- For Japanese text, the composition bar and readability notes appear below.
Why nothing is uploaded
Every operation on this page is done by code running inside your browser tab, using the same engine that renders web pages. The file is read from disk into your tab’s memory, transformed there, and written back out as a download. It is never sent anywhere — not to us, not to a third party.
Verify it yourself
- Open your browser’s developer tools (F12) and select the Network tab.
- Load your file and run the tool.
- The only requests you will see fetch the tool’s own code — and, for a few heavy tools, their open-source engine from a public CDN — plus one small page-view ping to loreatec.jp (page address and title, nothing more). None of them carry your file.
Frequently asked questions
Why is the Japanese word count different from the character count?
Because Japanese is not written with spaces, so “words” are not directly countable without a morphological analyser. The unit that matters in practice — for manuscripts, forms and translation pricing — is the character, so that is what is shown, split into kanji and kana.
What does the kanji share tell me?
The proportion of kanji among the Japanese characters. Around 30% is the register of newspapers; much above 40% reads as legal or academic, much below 20% as casual. It is a rule of thumb, not a grade — but if your customer-facing page measures like a statute, that is worth knowing before a reader tells you.
What is the 400-character sheet figure?
Genkō yōshi: the standard Japanese manuscript sheet of 400 squares. Publishers and universities still specify length in sheets, so the tool divides your character count by 400.
Does the text leave my browser?
No. There is no request on any keystroke — the counting is a few lines of JavaScript in this page. Paste a draft or a contract without thinking twice.