Jotoba
A free online, multilang Japanese dictionary. (by WeDontPanic)
jisho.org
The source for classic.jisho.org (by Kimtaro)
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| Jotoba | jisho.org | |
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| 13 | 2 | |
| 148 | 66 | |
| 2.7% | - | |
| 4.3 | 10.0 | |
| 3 months ago | about 14 years ago | |
| Rust | Perl | |
| GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 | - |
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Jotoba
Posts with mentions or reviews of Jotoba.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-04.
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Can’t figure out how to search up kanjis
Jotoba also has a really nice radical picker which is kinda cleaner than Jisho imo
- Jotoba a handy Japanese dictionary for everyone
- Is there any Japanese dictionary api available other than Jisho API
- Jotoba: A free online, self-hostable, multilang Japanese dictionary
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Pitch Accent Resources
Or use Jotoba
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Advice for kanji lookup (in situations without furigana)? Stroke order is hard
Jotoba has a pretty neat radical lookup feature. Since you already know some kanji, you can for example search for radicals by writing kanji you know that use this radical. You can also Just enter the name of the radical you're looking for... Pretty neat
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Developing a browser-add on to study for the Kanken Exam - Part 1?
Have you seen Jotoba?
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Quick little tip for looking up words with kanji you don't know (if you can't copy/paste it)
Yep although looking up by radicals usually is pretty uncomfortable since searching the radical you're looking for takes long. But therefore on jotoba.de you can search radicals by name and usage in kanji you know
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How I read 50 light novels in the past 6 months (with tips and takeaways for beginners)
Book walker has DRM attached to their books, so you won't be able to use yomichan since there is no text as its in some sort of PDF format. Your only hope is to either use a radical kanji search tool like https://jotoba.de/ or image to text software. I
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Some dictionary/lookup websites and apps that I recommend
Yeah, Jisho.org is solid, but I like how Aedict translates as you type so that you don't have to press enter and wait for a separate page to load. Jotoba is a good runner-up.
jisho.org
Posts with mentions or reviews of jisho.org.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-04.
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Online Japanese Accent Dictionary down?
Jisho.org being closed-source, it means that, in theory, if whatever happens to the maker (Kim Ahlström, @Kimtaro on Twitter) or they suddenly want to monetize, there'll be no way back. It most probably won't happen, as the author even open-sourced the classic Jisho.org 12 years ago.
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Who's the owner of jisho or classic.jisho? Classic jisho is shutting down soon, people probably prefer older than new
I will also say that I did open source the classic version, so anyone is welcome to run it themselves: https://github.com/kimtaro/jisho.org
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Jotoba and jisho.org you can also consider the following projects:
KantanManga - KantanManga is an application that helps you read raw manga
wikit - Wikit - A universal lookup tool
trust-dns - A Rust based DNS client, server, and resolver [Moved to: https://github.com/hickory-dns/hickory-dns]
wikit - Wikipedia summaries from the command line
AppFlowy - AppFlowy is an open-source alternative to Notion. You are in charge of your data and customizations. Built with Flutter and Rust.
RG3D - 3D and 2D game engine written in Rust [Moved to: https://github.com/FyroxEngine/Fyrox]
monokakido - A Rust library for parsing and interpreting the Monokakido dictionary format. Full test coverage and efficient implementation with minimal dependencies.