Global InformationList of Japanese dictionaries information
The following is a list of notable print, electronic, and online Japanese dictionaries.
| Title | Year (Period) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Dai Kan-Wa Jiten | 1955–1960, 1990, 2000 | Tetsuji Morohashi's Chinese-Japanese character dictionary, 13 volumes, 2 supplements, over 50,000 entries |
| Daijirin | 1988, 1995, 2006 | comprehensive single-volume Japanese dictionary, 3 editions |
| Daijisen | 1995, 1998 | general-purpose Japanese dictionary, 2 editions |
| Dictionary of Sources of Classical Japan | 2006–present | English, French, and Japanese dictionary of classical Japanese literature |
| Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language | 1632 (Edo period) | grammatical description of Japanese in framework of Latin grammar |
| EDICT | 1991–present | Jim Breen's machine-readable multilingual Japanese dictionary, KANJIDIC for kanji, more than 180,000 entries[1] |
| Eijirō | 2002–2014 | large English-Japanese translation database, 8 revisions |
| Gjiten | 1999–2006 | free software using GNOME development libraries, allows searching dictionaries like EDICT |
| Iroha Jiruishō | 1165(?) (Heian period) | first kanji dictionary to collate characters by pronunciation rather than logographic radical, several revisions and expansions |
| Jikyōshū | 1245(?) (Kamakura period) | Kanji dictionary with Chinese rime and Japanese pronunciations, 3 editions |
| Kagakushū | 1444 (Muromachi period) | first semantically collated dictionary of Chinese characters, designed for average users rather than scholars, 3000 entries |
| Kenkyūsha's New Japanese-English Dictionary | 1918 ... 2003 | largest and most authoritative Japanese-English dictionary, 5 editions, |
| Kiten | 2001–2006 | KDE Software Compilation's program for learning kanji |
| Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary | 2002 | Jack Halpern's Kanji-English dictionary, collated by SKIP system, also pronunciations and radical indexes |
| Kōjien | 1955 ... 2008 | Shinmura Izuru's bestselling authoritative single-volume dictionary, 6 editions, 240,000 entries |
| Kokushi Daijiten | 1927, 1979–1997 | general-purpose dictionary of Japanese history, 15 volumes |
| The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 1962, 1974 | Andrew Nelson's kanji dictionary, 5,446 entries |
| Moji | 2011 | open source, cross-platform extension for using Japanese and Chinese dictionaries |
| The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 1997 | John H. Haig's revised edition of The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary, 7,000 entries including variants |
| Nichi-Ran jiten | 1934 | Peter Adriaan van de Stadt's Japanese–Dutch dictionary, 33,800 entries |
| Nihon Kingendaishi Jiten | 1978 | dictionary of modern Japanese history from 1848 to 1975, 12,000 entries |
| Nihon Kokugo Daijiten | 1972–1976, 2000–2002 | largest Japanese language dictionary, 20-volume and 14-volume editions, 503,000 entries |
| Nihongo Daijiten | 1989, 1995 | Tadao Umesao's popular color-illustrated Japanese dictionary, 2 editions |
| Nippo Jisho | 1603 (Edo period) | Japanese-Portuguese dictionary, first European language dictionary of Japanese, 32,293 entries, later translations in Spanish, French, and Japanese editions |
| Onkochishinsho | 1484 (Muromachi period) | first Japanese dictionary collated in the now standard gojūon system, 13,000 entries |
| Rakuyōshū | 1598 (Muromachi period) | first dictionary to separate kanji pronunciation between Sino-Japanese on'yomi and native kun-yomi readings |
| Ruiju Myōgishō | 1100 (Heian period) | usage examples from over 130 Chinese classics and Japanese literature, collated by 120-radical system, 32,000 entries |
| Sanseido Kokugo Jiten | 1960 ... 2014 | general-purpose dictionary, quotes contemporary usage examples, 7 editions, 82,000 entries |
| Setsuyōshū | 1496 (Muromachi period) | popular early dictionary collated in iroha order, contemporaneous usage examples, many later editions |
| Shin Meikai kokugo jiten | 1972 ... 2020 | a best-selling Japanese dictionary, 8 editions |
| Shinsen Jikyō | 0901 (Heian period) | first dictionary to include Japanese kun'yomi readings and kokuji characters, 21,300 entries |
| Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary | 1986 ... 2012 | medium-sized learners' dictionary, 5 editions, 13,800 entries |
| Tenrei Banshō Meigi | 0835 (Heian period) | Kūkai's classic dictionary adapted from the (c. 543) Chinese Yupian, 1,000 character entries, 534-radical system collation |
| Wagokuhen | 1489 (Muromachi period) | Japanized version of the Chinese Yupian dictionary, katakana annotations for on'yomi and kun'yomi pronunciations |
| Wamyō Ruijushō | 0938 (Heian period) | first Japanese dictionary collated by semantic fields, gives Chinese pronunciations, Japanese readings in ancient Man'yōgana transcription, and definitions |
| Wordtank | 1989 | early Japanese electronic dictionary for learners of kanji |
| Wordtank G50 | 2004 | updated export version Wordtank with Japanese-English and English-Japanese dictionaries, superseded by G70 |
| WWWJDIC | 1998–present | Jim Breen's searchable online EDICT Japanese-English dictionary server, additional versions in German, French, Russian, Hungarian, Swedish, Spanish, Italian, and Dutch |
- ^ "At 180,000 entries, Jim Breen's freeware Japanese dictionary is still growing". June 25, 2018.