Japanese captions
Japanese captions on every clip, word by word
Paste a link to a video in Japanese. Clyper hears the Japanese, finds the best moments and captions every word of up to 30 vertical clips in Japanese, with no language to pick.
- No watermark
- 1080 × 1920 exports
- Captions in 50+ languages
- Up to 30 clips per video
Japanese captions, done right
- No spaces between words, as Japanese is written
- Up to 8 characters a caption in Pop, 3 in One word
- Noto Sans JP Bold, with Japanese forms of each kanji
- 。 and 、 start a new caption and aren't drawn
Drawn live in your browser by Clyper's own caption builder, the one that burns captions into every clip. Switch styles to compare.
How it works
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Paste a link
A YouTube video in Japanese, or an upload. Clyper finds its language itself.
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Get captioned clips
Up to 30 vertical clips of its best moments, every word captioned in Japanese as it's said.
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Fix and download
Correct any word or switch styles in the editor, then download 1080 × 1920 MP4s with the captions burned in.
What you get
- No language to pickClyper reads the language from YouTube or hears it in the speech, and captions in Japanese.
- Timed to every wordEach word appears as it's said, a few at a time, with a new caption at each sentence and pause.
- Noto Sans JP BoldJapanese captions are drawn in Noto Sans JP Bold, made for its letters and bold enough to read over any video.
- 5 styles in JapanesePop on every plan; Pro and Studio add Karaoke, Highlight, One word and Plain, and styles of your own.
- Hook headlinesOn Pro and Studio, each clip opens with its hook as a headline, written in Japanese.
- Fix any wordCorrect a name or a misheard word in the editor and see the change at once.
“Tripled our client load without hiring anyone. Clyper is basically a second team.”
Dan Reyes, Lowkey Media · 9 clientsHow Clyper captions Japanese videos
There's no language to choose. For a YouTube link, Clyper takes the video's language from YouTube; for an upload, or when YouTube doesn't say, it hears it in the speech. If a YouTube video has dubbed audio tracks, Clyper uses the original one, so a Japanese video is captioned in Japanese, not in a dub.
The speech is transcribed word by word, with the moment each word starts and ends, and the video's title is used as a hint, so names in it come out right more often. Each clip's captions are built from those times: a few words at a time, with a new caption at the end of a sentence, at a comma and at a pause, so a caption never runs across two thoughts.
The captions are burned into the clip, so they look the same on TikTok, Reels and Shorts, with nothing to upload separately. More on styles, size and placement in how to caption short videos.
No spaces, and captions that fit
Japanese has no spaces between words, so captions can't be counted in words. Clyper counts characters instead: Pop, Karaoke and Highlight show up to 8 at a time, One word 3, and Plain 14. A kanji or a kana counts as one, a Latin letter as half.
The transcript comes in short pieces, and Clyper joins them without spaces and only ever starts a new caption between two pieces, never inside one, so 信じて stays together. A 。 or a 、 ends the caption it's in and isn't drawn, as a full stop isn't in English captions.
A font made for Japanese
Poppins has no kanji or kana, so Japanese captions are drawn in Noto Sans JP Bold, with the Japanese forms of the characters Japanese shares with Chinese. Latin words in a Japanese clip, like YouTube or OK, are drawn in it too, so the line doesn't switch fonts halfway through. The font is a few MB, which is why the preview on this page waits for you to ask for it. Your clips don't wait: the font is part of the render.
Every caption style, in Japanese
All 5 styles work in Japanese: switch between them on the preview above. Pop is on every plan, Starter included; Pro and Studio add the other 4, and styles of your own.
- Pop: Three words at a time. The spoken word turns blue with a quick pop. Every plan.
- Karaoke: The whole line stays up and fills with yellow as each word is said. Pro and Studio.
- Highlight: The spoken word gets a bright yellow highlight. Pro and Studio.
- One word: One big word at a time, popping in as it's said. Pro and Studio.
- Plain: Calm subtitles in sentence case on a soft dark band, no animation. Pro and Studio.
Hook headlines in Japanese
On Pro and Studio, each clip opens with its hook as a headline in a box at the top for the first 4 seconds, like the one on the preview above. It's written in the video's language, so a Japanese clip opens with a Japanese headline. Reword or remove it on any clip in the editor, or switch headlines off for a video before you start it.
Captions in other languages
Clyper captions 50+ languages, each in the right font for its script. See how it handles these, or read about captions in every language.
Clyper's site is also in Japanese: 日本語.
What it costs
A credit is a minute of video, so a plan is how much video you can clip in a month, however many clips it makes.
Starter
$20/mo
150 minutes, about 75 clips
Pro
$19/mo yearly
400 minutes, about 200 clips
Studio
$48/mo yearly
1,000 minutes, about 500 clips
Also as 2× or 4×, for more of both
Questions
Does Clyper put spaces between Japanese words?
No. Japanese captions are written without spaces, as Japanese is, and a new caption starts only between two pieces of the transcript, never inside a word.
Are kanji drawn in their Japanese or Chinese forms?
Japanese. Japanese captions use Noto Sans JP. Chinese videos get Noto Sans SC, or Noto Sans TC for traditional Chinese.
What do the capital-letter styles do to Japanese?
Nothing: Japanese has no capitals. Latin words in a Japanese clip are written in capitals in those styles.
Do I have to set the language to Japanese?
No. Clyper takes the language from YouTube or hears it in the speech, and captions each clip in it. There's no setting.
Can I fix a word in the Japanese captions?
Yes. In the clip editor, correct any word, a name or a misheard word, and the preview shows the change before you download.
Can Clyper translate Japanese captions into English?
No. Captions are in the language spoken in the video, so a Japanese video gets Japanese captions, and an English video English ones.
Which plans caption Japanese videos?
Every plan. Starter clips use Pop; Pro and Studio add the other 4 styles, styles of your own and hook headlines.
Japanese clips with captions, ready to post
Paste a YouTube link to a video in Japanese. Clyper finds the best moments, frames them vertically and captions every word: up to 30 clips, ready for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.
Learn more
- Making clipsHow to caption short videos so people keep watchingWhy every clip needs captions, the styles that hold attention, and where to put them so the apps don't cover them.5 min read
- Making clipsHow to add captions on TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube ShortsEach app's own captions, step by step: turning them on, fixing words, and why most clippers burn styled captions into the video instead.10 min read
- GrowingHook examples for TikTok, Reels and Shorts (and why they work)Why the first seconds decide a short video's reach, 54 hook templates with examples, and how to find and test the hook in your own clips.12 min read
Free tools
- Auto caption generatorTurn a video's speech into timed captions in your browser: edit them, download SRT or VTT, or burn them into a vertical video.
- Add captions to videoBurn captions into a vertical video, word by word in the styles clips use: transcribed from its speech, or from an SRT or VTT file.
- Video to text converterTranscribe a video or audio file into text with timestamps, in your browser, and copy or download it.