Dictionaries in EPWING format

Introduction

(Please note: most links lead to Japanese pages! Non-Japanese pages are marked with a small flag indicating the language.)

The dictionaries below have been converted to JIS X 4081 format (a subset of EPWING) using FreePWING. Some of the archives contain files that have been compressed with ebzip from the EB library that are readable with viewers such as zten, EBview, GxDic, Kotonoko, WordSeeker, EB Pocket, etc.

See also (local page in English):

• short intro to the EPWING format
• Viewer and dictionary software
• Tools and Utilities

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KanjiDic

This is Jim Breen's KanjiDic in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. The dictionaries may be searched by kana, kanji, romaji, and various kanji dictionary indexes and text encodings. Furthermore, conditional search is supported, i.e. a simultaneous search with several keywords (japanese, chinese and korean readings, kanji component elements, and non-unique dictionary codes) is possible.

based on script version 1.7.2:

• English (all 6.355 kanji as defined in JIS X 0208): ebzip compressed (6.0 MB), uncompressed (5.9 MB)
• Spanish (meanings of 2.280 kanji in Spanish): ebzip compressed (6.1 MB), uncompressed (6.0 MB)
• Portuguese (meanings of the 1.945 Jouyou kanji in Portuguese): ebzip compressed (6.0 MB), uncompressed (5.9 MB)

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EDICT

Jim Breen's EDICT searchable in both directions. The output also lists word type, part of speech, kana/kanji irregularities etc. Kana keys have also been converted to their romaji equivalents with KAKASI.

Note: this is a new version 2 not to be confused with conversions based on script v1.2.1 (also some Linux distributions include v1.2.1 EDICT format based packages).

JMdict version from 2007-03-16 (converted with script version 2.4.0):

• English (109.180+100.410 entries): ebzip compressed (15.7 MB), uncompressed (15.0 MB)
• French (52.252+47.325 entries): ebzip compressed (6.9 MB), uncompressed (6.6 MB)
• Russian (6769+6670 entries): ebzip compressed (0.96 MB), uncompressed (0.84 MB)

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ENAMDICT

Jim Breen's ENAMDICT, a comprehensive dictionary of Japanese and foreign names. This dictionary may be searched by romaji, kana, and kanji.

JMnedict version from 2007-03-16 (converted with script version 1.3.1):

• ENAMDICT (587.166+400.149 sans 58 non JIS X 0208 kanji entries): ebzip compressed (38.0 MB), uncompressed (36.9 MB)

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Example Sentences

The dictionaries are indexed by Japanese keywords (kanji/kana). The kanji keys also have been automatically converted to kana (except were already provided to clarify the readings) with KAKASI. The original data may be downloaded from Jim Breen's example sentence page.

version from March 16, 2007 (converted with script version 1.3.1):

• JP example sentences: ebzip compressed (45.8 MB), uncompressed (42.6 MB)
• example sentences subset (randomly generated subset): ebzip compressed (15.1 MB), uncompressed (14.0 MB)

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Sources

The Perl conversion scripts (based on FreePWING) and a very simple script to convert kanjidic2.xml to EDICT format, xml2edict, are also available (both mostly undocumented). You might have to install several additional modules to be able to use them.

I implemented a module which allows complete control over the FreePWING functions via a simple markup language (based on HTML::TokeParser). This is especially useful when, for instance, links or gaiji characters appear in the middle of the text. The module is part of the Perl conversion scripts.

If you find any bugs, have suggestions, etc. please let me know.

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Thanks

Thanks a lot to Jim Breen for hosting the dictionary files on his Nihongo FTP page (see also the list of mirrors).

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Other Dictionaries/Useful Links

Some other scripts and/or dictionaries in EPWING format.

• OpenLab scripts/FPWBOOK (some for commercial products) and ready to use dictionaries: Eijiro/Otojiro, The Jargon File, Webster's, Mypedia, EDICT (old), Life Science, GENE95, Ryakugo, FOLDOC, Esperanto, V.E.R.A, etc.
• Maximilk's page: EDICT, Wadoku (Japanisch-Deutsch), F2J2 (Un Dictionnaire Français), CEDICT (Chinese-English), C2EPW (Chinese-Japanese), Roget's Thesaurus, Moby, Webster's, PDD, WordNet, The CIA World Factbook, FOLDOC, Nuttall, Holy Bible, etc.
• Webpage of Satomi/Rei: The Jargon File, Wired and Wireless Dictionary (WDIC), Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
• waeijiro-fpw script (FreePWING) to convert the Waeijiro dictionary.
• The Life Science Dictionary Project.
• A Unix guide by Junn Ohta on how to use EPWING dictionaries.
• Ikushimo: some guides on how to convert and manipulate EPWING dictionaries.
• "Guide des dictionnaires electroniques de japonais (epwing)" (Forum Japon).
• Some DDwin related information but mostly generally useful: here and here.
• Commercial products:
  • lineup of the EPWING consortium.
  • the Fujitsu compilations.
  • thakata's page (Introduction to electronic dictionaries on the main page)
  • some older information on how to use dictionaries on the Sharp Zaurus.
• Technical information on the EPWING format.

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Last modified: Fri Mar 16 13:18:08 JST 2007