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Words Dictionary

Standard Japanese-English, English-Japanese reference with in-line example sentences. General glossary based on JMDict with 136 000+ entries.

• If you're looking for a fast method for looking up complex compounds, and have trouble reading kanji, try the Multi-Radical Words Search.

Search examples

• Search with English, e.g. trombone
• Search with Japanese, e.g. 読む
• Search with kanji, e.g. 英和辞典
• Search with hiragana, e.g. えいわじてん
• Search with katakana, e.g. トロンボーン
• Search with rōmaji, e.g. eiwajiten
• Find whole phrases, e.g. drinking one's glass dry
• Use _ wildcard for exactly one character, e.g. 和_辞典
• Use * wildcard for many or none characters, e.g. 和*

Tips

• Remember to use proper kana → rōmaji transcription rules.
• Look for adjectival nouns with without the 「な」 suffix.
  e.g. 「きれい」 and not 「きれいな」.
• Click on any kanji to view detailed info.
• When searching with romanized katakana use - (dash) instead of repeating vowels.
• Find popular yojijukugo with any character using wildcards.
• Click Add to vocabulary to create your own vocabulary list ready for print and export to Anki.

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