Akane dictionary program
09/10/05 10:33 Filed in: Japanese
In response to a post in Japanese! Japanese! on
sharing word lists, Pawel pointed me to the
EDICT dictionary project.
EDICT uses a standard format for dictionary
entries, which would be one option to look at if
we do go ahead.
To see how the format works in practice, I downloaded the Akane dictionary program (available from the Monash ftp site - scroll down to the Mac software).
Searching for ざっし, here's what I got:-
You can search by English word as well as Japanese.
If you search by a single kanji, it returns entries that include the same pronunciation as that kanji, whether or not they include the kanji itself. Search by a kanji compound, and it seems to work fine - perhaps depending on whether there are homophones of the compound.
Anyway, I like it. As you can see from the screen-shot, the related words would be useful as a way of expanding your vocabulary. 漫画雑誌 as a little bonus there.
To see how the format works in practice, I downloaded the Akane dictionary program (available from the Monash ftp site - scroll down to the Mac software).
Searching for ざっし, here's what I got:-
You can search by English word as well as Japanese.
If you search by a single kanji, it returns entries that include the same pronunciation as that kanji, whether or not they include the kanji itself. Search by a kanji compound, and it seems to work fine - perhaps depending on whether there are homophones of the compound.
Anyway, I like it. As you can see from the screen-shot, the related words would be useful as a way of expanding your vocabulary. 漫画雑誌 as a little bonus there.
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