Subtitle Search

Search for any word or phrase across millions of video subtitles. See how native speakers actually use it — in context, with timestamps, ready to watch.

How It Works

Type a word or phrase in your target language, and Language Player searches every subtitle line in its video database. Results show you exactly where that word appears, in which video, and at what moment.

You can access subtitle search in two ways:

• From a dictionary entry — open the Examples from Videos tab on any dictionary entry page. It searches for the headword across all subtitles automatically.
• From the explore page — use the search bar on the Explore page to find words or phrases in video subtitles.

Understanding the Results

Each result shows:

• The subtitle line containing your search term, with the matching word or phrase highlighted.
• The video title — click it to open that video.
• A timestamp link — click it to jump directly to the moment the line is spoken. The video starts playing from that exact subtitle line.

Results are grouped by video. If a word appears multiple times in the same video, each occurrence gets its own result line. This way you can compare different contexts for the same word in the same video.

Exact vs. Partial Matching

By default, the search matches inflected and conjugated forms of your word. For example, searching for "食べる" (to eat) also finds "食べた" (ate), "食べます" (eat, polite), and other forms.

Toggle Exact Match to restrict results to the exact form you typed. This is useful when you want to see how a specific conjugation or tense is used, rather than all forms of the word.

Tips

• Use it to verify usage — before using a new word yourself, check how native speakers use it in real conversations.
• Jump between examples — click different timestamps for the same word to hear it in different contexts, accents, and speaking speeds.
• Combine with saved words — save a word from the dictionary, then use the Examples tab to find videos where you can hear it in action.