jiten 0.3.5

japanese cli&web dictionary based on jmdict/kanjidic

File        : README.md
Maintainer  : Felix C. Stegerman <[e-mail]>
Date        : 2020-10-28

Copyright   : Copyright (C) 2020  Felix C. Stegerman
Version     : v0.3.5
License     : AGPLv3+

Description

jiten - japanese android/cli/web dictionary based on jmdict/kanjidic

→ https://jiten.obfusk.dev

Features

• Fine-grained search using regexes (regular expressions)
  • simple searches don't require knowledge of regexes
  • quick reference available in the web interface and android app
• JMDict multilingual japanese dictionary
  • kanji, readings, meanings (english, dutch and/or german) & more
  • pitch accent (from Wadoku)
  • browse by frequency
• Kanji dictionary
  • readings, meanings (english), jmdict entries, radicals & more
  • search using SKIP codes
  • search by radical
  • browse by frequency/level
• Example sentences (from Tatoeba)
  • with english, dutch and/or german translation
  • some with audio
• Stroke order
• Android app
  • wraps the web interface (running locally on your device) in a webview
  • completely offline, no internet access required
• Web interface
  • available online at https://jiten.obfusk.dev
  • light/dark mode
  • search history (stored locally)
  • use long press for tooltips on mobile
  • can be run on your own computer (or e.g. android phone)
• Command-line interface

CLI

JMDict

$ jiten -v jmdict --max 1 --word cat
$ jiten -v jmdict --max 1 --word kat --lang dut
$ jiten -v jmdict --max 1 --exact 誤魔化す
$ jiten -v jmdict +random   # random entry

Kanji

$ jiten -v kanji --max 1 --word cat
$ jiten -v kanji --max 1 --exact cat
$ jiten -v kanji --max 1 --word 日

Web Interface

$ jiten -v serve

Help

$ jiten --help

Requirements

Python >= 3.5 + Flask + click.

To build the (not yet optional) SQLite PCRE C extension: a C compiler (e.g. gcc/clang) and the sqlite3 & pcre libraries & headers.

Debian/Ubuntu

$ apt install python3-dev build-essential libsqlite3-dev libpcre3-dev
$ apt install python3-flask   # optional: Flask & click w/o pip

Installing

Using pip

$ pip install jiten

From git

NB: this installs the latest development version, not the latest release.

$ git clone https://github.com/obfusk/jiten.git
$ cd jiten
$ pip install -e .

NB: you may need to add e.g. ~/.local/bin to your $PATH in order to run jiten.

Miscellaneous

Web Interface on Android

You can also run the web interface locally (& offline) on your android phone. First, install termux, then run:

$ apt install clang python
$ pip install jiten

You can then run the web interface with:

$ jiten serve

and open http://localhost:5000 in your browser.

The web interface will keep running until you close termux or reboot.

Generating the DB

$ jiten setup

Forcing HTTPS

$ export JITEN_HTTPS=force

Forcing Domain Name

$ export JITEN_DOMAIN=jiten.obfusk.dev

License

Code

© Felix C. Stegerman

JMDict & KanjiDic

© James William BREEN and The Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group

Wadoku (pitch)

© Ulrich Apel & Wadoku.de contributors

Non-commercial

Tatoeba (sentences & audio)

© Tatoeba contributors

Audio by huizi99, Mizu & yomi (CC BY-NC 4.0).

KanjiVG (radicals)

© Ulrich Apel

Stroke Order Font

© Ulrich Apel, the AAAA project and the Wadoku project

BSD-3-Clause

Kana Tables

© Wikipedia contributors

Material Design Icons

© Google