WWWJDIC
Encyclopedia
WWWJDIC is an online Japanese dictionary based on the electronic dictionaries compiled and collected by Australian academic Jim Breen
. The main Japanese–English dictionary files (EDICT
) contain around 150,000 entries, and the ENAMDICT dictionary contains over 720,000 Japanese name
s. There are also several specialized dictionaries covering topics such as life sciences, law, computing, engineering, etc.
For example sentences with Japanese words, WWWJDIC makes use of a sentence database from the Tatoeba
project, largely based on the Tanaka Corpus. Unlike the original Tanaka Corpus, the sentences from the Tatoeba project are not public domain
, but are available under the non-restrictive CC-BY license. The sentence collection contains over one hundred and fifty thousand sentence pairs in Japanese and English.
In addition to Japanese–English, the dictionary has Japanese paired with German, French, Russian, Hungarian, Swedish, Spanish and Dutch. However, currently there are no example sentences for these languages.
The dictionary is updated freely, and may be copied under its own licence arrangements.
Several mirror sites of the main WWWJDIC also exist around the world. These sites update daily from the home site at Monash University
.
Jim Breen
James William Breen is a Research Fellow at Monash University in Australia, where he was a professor in the area of telecommunications before his retirement in 2003...
. The main Japanese–English dictionary files (EDICT
EDICT
The JMdict/EDICT project was started by Jim Breen in 1991 with the aim to provide a machine-readable Japanese to English dictionary. Since that time it has been updated and expanded by many contributors. The dictionaries resulting from the project are simply text files; other programs are needed to...
) contain around 150,000 entries, and the ENAMDICT dictionary contains over 720,000 Japanese name
Japanese name
in modern times usually consist of a family name , followed by a given name. "Middle names" are not generally used.Japanese names are usually written in kanji, which are characters of usually Chinese origin in Japanese pronunciation...
s. There are also several specialized dictionaries covering topics such as life sciences, law, computing, engineering, etc.
For example sentences with Japanese words, WWWJDIC makes use of a sentence database from the Tatoeba
Tatoeba
Tatoeba.org is a free online database of example sentences geared towards foreign language learners. Its name comes from the Japanese term "tatoeba" , meaning "for example". Unlike other online dictionaries, which focus on words, Tatoeba focuses on complete sentences, their grammatical...
project, largely based on the Tanaka Corpus. Unlike the original Tanaka Corpus, the sentences from the Tatoeba project are not public domain
Public domain
Works are in the public domain if the intellectual property rights have expired, if the intellectual property rights are forfeited, or if they are not covered by intellectual property rights at all...
, but are available under the non-restrictive CC-BY license. The sentence collection contains over one hundred and fifty thousand sentence pairs in Japanese and English.
In addition to Japanese–English, the dictionary has Japanese paired with German, French, Russian, Hungarian, Swedish, Spanish and Dutch. However, currently there are no example sentences for these languages.
The dictionary is updated freely, and may be copied under its own licence arrangements.
Several mirror sites of the main WWWJDIC also exist around the world. These sites update daily from the home site at Monash University
Monash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
.
External links
- WWWJDIC – Main site (Monash University)