jiten 0.4.0

japanese cli&web dictionary based on jmdict/kanjidic

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

→ available online at https://jiten.obfusk.dev

NB: unfortunately, jiten is not (yet) available in the official F-Droid repository. You can use obfusk's f-droid repo instead: this contains the exact same APKs available via Google Play, as well as occasional beta versions (which are only installed when selected manually).

Screenshots

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 (romaji optional), meanings (english, dutch and/or german) & more
  • pitch accent (from Wadoku)
  • browse by frequency/jlpt
• Kanji dictionary
  • readings (romaji optional), meanings (english), jmdict entries, radicals & more
  • search using SKIP codes
  • search by radical
  • browse by frequency/level/jlpt
• Example sentences (from Tatoeba)
  • with english, dutch and/or german translation
  • some with audio
• Stroke order
  • input a word or sentence and see how it's written

Interfaces

• Android app
  • wraps the web interface (running locally on your device) in a webview
  • completely offline, no internet access required
  • easily share and open jiten.obfusk.dev links
• Web interface
  • available online at https://jiten.obfusk.dev
  • light/dark mode
  • search history (stored locally)
  • tooltips to quickly see meanings and readings for kanji and words
  • use long press for tooltips on mobile
  • converts romaji to hiragana and between hiragana and katakana
  • can be run on your own computer
• Command-line interface
• WebView GUI
  • wraps the web interface (running locally on your computer)

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
$ jiten -v jmdict --prio +random  # random "priority" entry"
$ jiten -v jmdict -n 4-5 +random  # random JLPT N4 or N5 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

WebView GUI for Linux/macOS/Windows

NB: requires pywebview (Debian/Ubuntu users can apt install python3-webview).

$ jiten-gui

Bugs & Feature Requests

→ Issue Tracker

Questions & Feedback

→ Discussions

→ [e-mail]

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.

Basic build tools like make and patch.

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
$ make
$ pip install -e .

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

To update to the latest development version:

$ cd jiten
$ git pull --rebase
$ make

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

JLPT Data

© Jonathan Waller

CC-BY

Kana Tables

© Wikipedia contributors

Material Design Icons

© Google