Gjiten (pronounced goo-jee-tenhttps://github.com/odrevet/gjitenkai グジテン) is a

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dictionary application developed for

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operating systems, using the

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development libraries. It functions primarily as a Japanese–English dictionary tool meant to search

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dictionary files, but it has other features such as hand-drawn kanji recognition. It was first published on December 25, 1999. Its current release is v2.6, available since October 28, 2006. The source code is downloadable from the developers' website.

Function

Gjiten has a

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, with most of the search options and parameters readily shown in the toolbar. The window serves as a frontend for dictionary lookup actions, able to look up words based on

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or English. It requires the user to define UTF8 dictionary files for use, otherwise it will not work. The EDICT and KanjiDIC dictionaries are installed by default. A further requirement is a Japanese Input method and fontset, like im-ja, kinput2, or

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Main features

* Multiple dictionary search (extensions) * Extensive kanji information on a single click ( Kanjidic) * Kanji search based on stroke counts, radicals or search keys * Handwritten kanji recognition (requires Kanjipad installation) * English and Japanese menus * All important search parameters ** Beginning with.../End with... etc. ** Search result limiter * Customizable font/font size

References

External links

, GJITEN, Japanese dictionary for GNOME download , SourceForge.net
- sourceforge repository for Gjiten. Contains a release and license.
Gjiten website
– developer's website in English and Japanese. DEB and RPM packages available
Debian Package Repository
– older and up-to-date *.deb packages for use with Debian or compatible Linux systems. Dictionary software that uses GTK GNOME Applications Japanese dictionaries Japanese language learning resources {{GNOME-stub

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