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JMdict for Rikaitan

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This repository contains automatically generated dictionaries for use with Rikaitan, a free Japanese dictionary browser extension. They are built using information from the JMdict project, which is a freely available Japanese dictionary maintained by the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. There are also releases for JMnedict and KANJIDIC, which are respectively a Japanese proper names dictionary and a kanji dictionary.

This repository is automatically updated daily and the dictionary files are built from JMdict using the Rikaitan Import tool.

Set up Rikaitan

If you are new to Rikaitan, read Setting up Rikaitan.

Downloads

The download links below will always point toward the latest release.

JMdict for Rikaitan

To see your current version of JMdict, hover over this entry:

JMdict

JMnedict for Rikaitan

KANJIDIC for Rikaitan

FAQ

Legacy vs Extra/Regular JMdict

The legacy JMdict for Rikaitan is a version of JMdict for Yomichan with legacy formatting and with lots of information missing. The so-called "extra" version of JMdict was introduced by stephenmk to modernize the formatting and add vital missing information such as notes, type information, source languages, references, antonyms, other forms, and more.

The terminology of "Extra" is confusing since it implies that the extra version is a marginal improvement to the legacy version, so we will just call it the "regular" JMdict. The legacy version is available for download as some third-party apps do not yet support new structured-content features, but we recommend using the regular version if possible as you will be missing out on a lot of important information otherwise.

How Often Should I Update?

漢字使い参考 vs JMdict Forms

There is a very old version of the JMdict Forms dictionary floating around under the name 漢字使い参考 dating back to 2021 or so. We recommend you update to the latest version of JMdict Forms from that so that you get the benefits of the latest JMdict data.

License

The code in this repository is licensed under the GNU AGPL. The released dictionaries are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence (V4.0) that JMdict is.

This repository uses the JMdict/EDICT and KANJIDIC dictionary files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and are used in conformance with the Group's licence.