diff --git a/ext/bg/js/database.js b/ext/bg/js/database.js
index 4a4f5e82..ea55416c 100644
--- a/ext/bg/js/database.js
+++ b/ext/bg/js/database.js
@@ -87,6 +87,21 @@ class Database {
         return results;
     }
 
+    async findTermFreq(term, titles) {
+        if (!this.db) {
+            throw 'database not initialized';
+        }
+
+        const results = [];
+        await this.db.termFreq.where('expression').equals(term).each(row => {
+            if (titles.includes(row.dictionary)) {
+                results.push({frequency: row.frequency, dictionary: row.dictionary});
+            }
+        });
+
+        return results;
+    }
+
     async findKanji(kanji, titles) {
         if (!this.db) {
             return Promise.reject('database not initialized');
@@ -174,6 +189,23 @@ class Database {
             await this.db.terms.bulkAdd(utilIsolate(rows));
         };
 
+        const termFreqDataLoaded = async (title, entries, total, current) => {
+            if (callback) {
+                callback(total, current);
+            }
+
+            const rows = [];
+            for (const [expression, frequency] of entries) {
+                rows.push({
+                    expression,
+                    frequency,
+                    dictionary: title
+                });
+            }
+
+            await this.db.termFreq.bulkAdd(utilIsolate(rows));
+        };
+
         const kanjiDataLoaded = async (title, entries, total, current)  => {
             if (callback) {
                 callback(total, current);
@@ -219,7 +251,7 @@ class Database {
             archive,
             indexDataLoaded,
             termDataLoaded,
-            null,
+            termFreqDataLoaded,
             kanjiDataLoaded,
             null,
             tagDataLoaded
diff --git a/ext/bg/js/translator.js b/ext/bg/js/translator.js
index 1be485c7..3b9a1128 100644
--- a/ext/bg/js/translator.js
+++ b/ext/bg/js/translator.js
@@ -62,7 +62,14 @@ class Translator {
             for (const definition of deinflection.definitions) {
                 const tags = definition.tags.map(tag => dictTagBuild(tag, definition.tagMeta));
                 tags.push(dictTagBuildSource(definition.dictionary));
+
+                let frequencies = await this.database.findTermFreq(definition.expression, titles);
+                if (frequencies.length === 0) {
+                    frequencies = await this.database.findTermFreq(definition.reading, titles);
+                }
+
                 definitions.push({
+                    frequencies,
                     source: deinflection.source,
                     reasons: deinflection.reasons,
                     score: definition.score,