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Japanese dictionary
Posted: 2006-03-23 02:58pm
by Nub
Anyone know of a good Japanese dictionary for download?
I'm currently using FreeLang dictionary which seems to be pretty decent, but was wondering if there might be something else out there worth downloading.
Posted: 2006-03-23 03:21pm
by General Zod
Does it specifically have to be free and for use on computer? If so, then your options are somewhat limited.
Posted: 2006-03-23 03:51pm
by Nub
Specifically for the computer, yes.
I'd be willing to look at something with a price if it's significantly better than what is free.
Posted: 2006-03-23 04:08pm
by Datana
EDICT is the largest, most effective Japanese dictionary that I've encountered. It's only available as a database file, which you need to plug into a program that knows how to read it. I use
JWPce for this -- it's a word processor / dictionary program that was created to provide an IME interface prior to MS introducing their own, but which I still use to look up stuff. I also hear that
RikaiChan is a Firefox plugin for a similar purpose (dictionary using EDICT to look things up), but I haven't tried it.
Posted: 2006-03-24 12:03am
by Nub
This works great, thanks!
Posted: 2006-03-24 02:54am
by Neko_Oni
Hongfire forums have some links to excellent dictionaries, I use Jlookup. Though I can't remember where I got it from anymore.
Posted: 2006-03-24 10:12am
by General Zod
Neko_Oni wrote:>blank forums< have some links to excellent dictionaries, I use Jlookup. Though I can't remember where I got it from anymore.
Considering they have a torrent section on their forums, I'd be a bit leery about mentioning that site, myself. Given legal issues and everything. . .