16.2. Online dictionaries
Edict / kanjidic based sites
The following sites are all based on the electronic dictionaries
compiled by Professor Jim Breen of Monash University in Australia.
- WWWJDIC
- WWWJDIC is Jim Breen's own interface to his "Edict", "Kanjidic",
and "Enamdic" dictionaries.
- Denshi Jisho
- Online Japanese dictionary by Kim Ahlstrom, based on Edict and the
related dictionaries. Features a word, kanji, multiradical lookup, and
example sentence lookup, and has options for romaji input and
output.
- Tangorin
- Online dictionary by Grzegorz Bober. Features Words, Kanji,
Multiradical Words, Multiradical Kanji, Example Sentences, Proper
Names, Classical Japanese and Specialized Dictionaries.
- Jeffrey's online
dictionary
- Jeffrey Friedl's interface to Jim Breen's dictionaries. The first
and the longest-running of any of the online dictionary servers. It
features "vague" searching patterns which can match both long and
short vowels, and because it can also create Japanese character
graphics, it can be used by people without Japanese capable
browsers. Which is virtually no use in 2010, but still it is there if
you need it. Also features giant ASCII kanji. Also extensively
customizable.
- popjisyo
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This page helps you to read web sites which are written in
Japanese. You enter a URL into Popjisyo, and it makes a page which
pops up windows in your browser which show the meaning of the words as
you move the mouse over them.
- Todd David Rudick's Rikai
- Popjisyo is a clone of this site. Rikai is just like popjisyo,
but much more irritating.
- rikaichan
- A Firefox extension which adds popups to your browsing experience.
Commercial dictionary based sites
The following sites are based on various commercial Japanese
dictionaries.
- Goo
dictionary
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Goo's dictionary contains the EXCEED English to Japanese and Japanese
to English dictionaries, as well as the Japanese to Japanese
Daijirin and Shingojiten (new word) dictionaries. The
interface is in Japanese. See 5.6. What "false friends" are there between Japanese and English? if the name "Goo"
seems confusing.
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Sanseido's online dictionaries
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Biglobe's interface to the Sanseido dictionaries.
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In Japanese.
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Kenkyusha's Online Dictionary
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A very large and authoritative dictionary. Requires payment to access.
Non-Edict volunteer-based dictionaries
- eijiro (英字郎)
- A user-contributed dictionary which values quantity over quality.
- Wiktionary
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This is the dictionary associated with Wikipedia, with many similar
problems.
Other lists of dictionaries
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Online
Japanese Dictionaries and Glossaries
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A list from Jim Breen, contains
general and specialized dictionaries.
sci.lang.japan FAQ
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