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Jisho辞書

The words of JMdict looked up by reading, written form, English meaning, a kanji in them or romaji, in small pieces fetched as needed, safe by default or unfiltered with every sense's marks, and the school grades, JLPT levels, readings, meanings and look-alike pairs of 2,999 kanji, each table an entry point of its own.

Jisho is the Japanese word 辞書 for a dictionary: this one holds Japanese words and kanji. About the name

Contents

Reference · Look words up by reading, written form, English meaning, kanji or romaji

StudyRowtype

One word of a study list.

Import it

import type { StudyRow } from "@johnmorrisdotca/jisho/words";

Definition

type StudyRow = {
    readonly written: string;
    readonly reading: string;
    readonly meaning: string;
    readonly level: JlptLevel | null;
    readonly grade: SchoolGrade | null;
    readonly count: number;
    readonly example: string;
};

Members

NameTypeDescription
writtenstring

The dictionary form, as JMdict's commonest spelling shows it.

readingstring

How the dictionary form is read, in kana.

meaningstring

Its short English meaning.

levelJlptLevel | null

The hardest JLPT level among its kanji, or null.

gradeSchoolGrade | null

The highest school grade among its kanji (1 to 6, then 8 for secondary school, 9 and 10 for names), or null.

countnumber

How many times the text has it, in any form.

examplestring

The first place the text has it, as written: 食べなかった for 食べる.

Examples

import type { StudyRow } from "@johnmorrisdotca/jisho/words";

const row: StudyRow = { written: "食べる", reading: "たべる", meaning: "to eat", level: "N5", grade: 2, count: 1, example: "食べなかった" };
console.log(row.written);
食べる

What it prints (run when this page was built)

View sourceEdit on GitHubMade from the source of @johnmorrisdotca/jisho 2.11.0.