thovip119 / jl

JL is a program for looking up Japanese words and expressions.

JL

JL is a program for looking up Japanese words and expressions. Inspired by Nazeka and Chiitrans Lite.

Download from the releases page. Prefer the x86 version for 50-80% less memory usage.

IMPORTANT: If you are using Windows 7 and you intend to use EPWING dictionaries, you MUST use the x86 version because of a .NET bug. See the link for more details.

Screenshots

System requirements

• Windows 7 or later
• .NET Desktop Runtime 6.0 or later

Features

• Highly customizable
• Custom word and name dictionaries
• Anki mining
• Pass-through mode
• Remembers last window position
• Recursive lookups
• Halfwidth -> Fullwidth conversions (and vice-versa)
• Hiragana -> Katakana conversions (and vice-versa)
• Chouonpu conversions

Supported dictionaries

EDICT

• JMdict - Full support
• JMnedict - Full support
• KANJIDIC - Full support (w/ composition data)

EPWING

• Daijirin - Basic+ support (Yomichan Import and Nazeka EPWING Converter format)
• Kenkyuusha - Basic+ support (Yomichan Import and Nazeka EPWING Converter format)
• Daijisen - Basic support (Yomichan Import and Nazeka EPWING Converter format)
• Shinmeikai - Basic support (Nazeka EPWING Converter format)
• Gakken - Basic support (Yomichan Import format)
• Kotowaza - Basic support (Yomichan Import format)
• Koujien - Basic support (Yomichan Import format)
• Meikyou - Basic support (Yomichan Import format)

Credits

• Nazeka: Deconjugation rules, deconjugator, frequency lists
• JMdict: JMdict_e.gz
• JMnedict: JMnedict.xml.gz
• KANJIDIC: kanjidic2.xml.gz
• cjkvi-ids: ids.txt

FAQ

Why can't I look anything up?

Make sure you're not in pass-through mode, kanji mode, have lookup-on-select-only enabled, or have disabled lookups.

Why can't I scroll down the results list?

You need to be in mining mode in order to interact with the popup window.

How do I disable pass-through mode?

Press the opacity slider button located top-left of the main window.

How do I add EPWING dictionaries?

Select the folder containing the unzipped (so you should have a folder of files named like term_bank_1.json, term_bank_2.json...) contents of a dictionary converted with yomichan-import, on the Manage Dictionaries window.

Where are my settings stored?

• Anki settings: Config/AnkiConfig.json
• Dictionary settings: Config/dicts.json
• Everything else: JL.dll.config

Will you add machine translation capabilities?

No.

License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0