diff --git a/changes/sentence-card-secondary-subtitle.md b/changes/sentence-card-secondary-subtitle.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c37592a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/sentence-card-secondary-subtitle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: fixed
+area: anki
+
+- Sentence cards now refresh the current secondary subtitle before saving, so SelectionText uses the loaded translation instead of repeating the primary subtitle.
diff --git a/src/anki-integration/field-grouping-merge.ts b/src/anki-integration/field-grouping-merge.ts
index e2883dfa..d7def9ef 100644
--- a/src/anki-integration/field-grouping-merge.ts
+++ b/src/anki-integration/field-grouping-merge.ts
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ export class FieldGroupingMergeCollaborator {
           return existingValue || newValue;
         }
         return this.sortEntriesByGroupIdDescending([...keepEntries, ...sourceEntries])
-          .map((entry) => this.ensureImageGroupId(entry.tag, entry.groupId))
+          .map((entry) => entry.tag)
           .join('');
       }
 
diff --git a/src/core/services/ipc.test.ts b/src/core/services/ipc.test.ts
index fd09cd24..17a5afde 100644
--- a/src/core/services/ipc.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/services/ipc.test.ts
@@ -667,6 +667,46 @@ test('registerIpcHandlers forwards valid subtitle sidebar mining context', () =>
   ]);
 });
 
+test('registerIpcHandlers records yomitan lookup when subtitle context recording fails', () => {
+  const { registrar, handlers } = createFakeIpcRegistrar();
+  const calls: string[] = [];
+  const warnings: unknown[][] = [];
+  const originalWarn = console.warn;
+  console.warn = (...args: unknown[]) => {
+    warnings.push(args);
+  };
+  const deps = createRegisterIpcDeps({
+    immersionTracker: createFakeImmersionTracker({
+      recordYomitanLookup: () => {
+        calls.push('lookup');
+      },
+    }),
+  }) as IpcServiceDeps & {
+    recordSubtitleMiningContext: (context: unknown | null) => void;
+  };
+  deps.recordSubtitleMiningContext = () => {
+    throw new Error('context write failed');
+  };
+
+  try {
+    registerIpcHandlers(deps, registrar);
+
+    const handler = handlers.on.get(IPC_CHANNELS.command.recordYomitanLookup);
+    assert.equal(typeof handler, 'function');
+
+    assert.doesNotThrow(() => {
+      handler?.({}, { source: 'subtitle-sidebar', text: 'line', startTime: 1, endTime: 2 });
+    });
+
+    assert.deepEqual(calls, ['lookup']);
+    assert.equal(warnings.length, 1);
+    assert.equal(warnings[0]?.[0], 'Failed to record subtitle mining context:');
+    assert.equal(warnings[0]?.[1], 'context write failed');
+  } finally {
+    console.warn = originalWarn;
+  }
+});
+
 test('registerIpcHandlers returns empty stats overview shape without a tracker', async () => {
   const { registrar, handlers } = createFakeIpcRegistrar();
   registerIpcHandlers(createRegisterIpcDeps(), registrar);
diff --git a/src/core/services/ipc.ts b/src/core/services/ipc.ts
index 9f03ef2c..466f2714 100644
--- a/src/core/services/ipc.ts
+++ b/src/core/services/ipc.ts
@@ -465,7 +465,14 @@ export function registerIpcHandlers(deps: IpcServiceDeps, ipc: IpcMainRegistrar
   });
 
   ipc.on(IPC_CHANNELS.command.recordYomitanLookup, (_event: unknown, payload: unknown) => {
-    deps.recordSubtitleMiningContext?.(parseSubtitleMiningContext(payload));
+    try {
+      deps.recordSubtitleMiningContext?.(parseSubtitleMiningContext(payload));
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.warn(
+        'Failed to record subtitle mining context:',
+        error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
+      );
+    }
     deps.immersionTracker?.recordYomitanLookup();
   });
 
diff --git a/src/core/services/mining.test.ts b/src/core/services/mining.test.ts
index 431a1332..b31604e5 100644
--- a/src/core/services/mining.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/services/mining.test.ts
@@ -124,6 +124,38 @@ test('mineSentenceCard creates sentence card from mpv subtitle state', async ()
   ]);
 });
 
+test('mineSentenceCard refreshes secondary subtitle text before creating card', async () => {
+  const created: Array<{ sentence: string; secondarySub?: string }> = [];
+  const requestedProperties: string[] = [];
+
+  await mineSentenceCard({
+    ankiIntegration: {
+      updateLastAddedFromClipboard: async () => {},
+      triggerFieldGroupingForLastAddedCard: async () => {},
+      markLastCardAsAudioCard: async () => {},
+      createSentenceCard: async (sentence, _startTime, _endTime, secondarySub) => {
+        created.push({ sentence, secondarySub });
+        return true;
+      },
+    },
+    mpvClient: {
+      connected: true,
+      currentSubText: '日本語字幕',
+      currentSubStart: 10,
+      currentSubEnd: 12,
+      currentSecondarySubText: '日本語字幕',
+      requestProperty: async (name: string) => {
+        requestedProperties.push(name);
+        return name === 'secondary-sub-text' ? 'English subtitle' : null;
+      },
+    },
+    showMpvOsd: () => {},
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(requestedProperties, ['secondary-sub-text']);
+  assert.deepEqual(created, [{ sentence: '日本語字幕', secondarySub: 'English subtitle' }]);
+});
+
 test('handleMultiCopyDigit copies available history and reports truncation', () => {
   const osd: string[] = [];
   const copied: string[] = [];
diff --git a/src/core/services/mining.ts b/src/core/services/mining.ts
index 3baa7275..a812a428 100644
--- a/src/core/services/mining.ts
+++ b/src/core/services/mining.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ interface MpvClientLike {
   currentSubStart: number;
   currentSubEnd: number;
   currentSecondarySubText?: string;
+  requestProperty?: (name: string) => Promise<unknown>;
 }
 
 export function handleMultiCopyDigit(
@@ -95,6 +96,35 @@ function getSecondarySubTextForMinedBlocks(
   return getCurrentSecondarySubText();
 }
 
+function normalizeSecondarySubText(text: unknown, primaryText: string): string | undefined {
+  if (typeof text !== 'string') {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const trimmed = text.trim();
+  if (!trimmed || trimmed === primaryText.trim()) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  return trimmed;
+}
+
+async function getCurrentSecondarySubTextForSentenceCard(
+  mpvClient: MpvClientLike,
+): Promise<string | undefined> {
+  const primaryText = mpvClient.currentSubText;
+  if (mpvClient.requestProperty) {
+    try {
+      const latestSecondaryText = await mpvClient.requestProperty('secondary-sub-text');
+      const normalizedLatest = normalizeSecondarySubText(latestSecondaryText, primaryText);
+      if (normalizedLatest) {
+        return normalizedLatest;
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // Fall back to the cached secondary subtitle below.
+    }
+  }
+  return normalizeSecondarySubText(mpvClient.currentSecondarySubText, primaryText);
+}
+
 export async function updateLastCardFromClipboard(deps: {
   ankiIntegration: AnkiIntegrationLike | null;
   readClipboardText: () => string;
@@ -141,11 +171,12 @@ export async function mineSentenceCard(deps: {
     return false;
   }
 
+  const secondarySubText = await getCurrentSecondarySubTextForSentenceCard(mpvClient);
   return await anki.createSentenceCard(
     mpvClient.currentSubText,
     mpvClient.currentSubStart,
     mpvClient.currentSubEnd,
-    mpvClient.currentSecondarySubText || undefined,
+    secondarySubText,
   );
 }