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for Japanese-speaking sites operated by the , formerly known as the . Weblio can perform a bulk search on a variety of dictionaries, encyclopedias and glossaries, and return results. The dictionary facility includes '' Kenkyūsha's New Japanese-English Dictionary'' and 70 other Japanese–English and English–Japanese dictionaries with 4,160,000 English words and 4,730,000 Japanese words. As of January 20, 2016, a total of 665 dictionaries, encyclopedias and glossary sites can be searched in full.

History

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began on December 12, 2005, and the site began to formally provide services searching 11 different dictionaries and encyclopedias on January 25, the following year.

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* {{Authority control 2006 establishments in Japan Internet properties established in 2006 Internet technology companies of Japan