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Search guide

Every term you type must match the same entry, and only the dictionary chosen in the search field is queried. Wrap a phrase in quotation marks to keep its spaces, and add hashtags to narrow what comes back.

Choose a language

The dropdown at the left of the search field selects which dictionary to search: Japanese (JMdict), Chinese (CC-CEDICT), French, or English. Open the Japanese, Chinese, French, or English home for lookups in that spoken language. Queries are never mixed across those dictionaries.

Match part of a word

Use * where any number of characters may fill a gap, or ? where exactly one character is unknown. The full-width forms ＊ and ？ behave the same way. A plain Japanese query matches the start of an entry — surround it with * to match the middle or end instead.

食?two-character entries beginning with 食?*家entries of two or more characters ending in 家*んわ*entries containing んわ anywhere

Numbers and era years

Number searches return Arabic-numeral equivalents. Year searches translate between western years and the Meiji, Taishō, Shōwa, Heisei, and Reiwa eras.

４７７８万to Arabic numerals1983to Japanese era notation明治1to a Gregorian yearTaisho 13to a Gregorian year昭和元年to a Gregorian yearHeisei 28to a Gregorian year

Limit the kind of result

Word filters

  • #verball verb classes
  • #adjectiveall adjective classes
  • #counterentries used as counters
  • #commonfrequently encountered entries
  • #jlpt-n5 … #jlpt-n1unofficial JLPT level

Kanji filters

Name filters

Every word tag

Each tag below matches entries carrying that grammatical or usage label in JMdict.