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JEDict 4 is multilingual dictionary capable to search any plain text files including:

Originally JEDict was developed as Japanese-English dictionary, therefore it supports all conceivable methods of kanji lookup.
JEDict has internal text editor, multilingual user dictionary, handwritten kanji recognition, JLPT list viewer and web browser with contextual word translation.

Unregistered version supports limited number of dictionaries: EDICT, KANJIDIC and one XDXF/Startdict dictionary.

What's New in version 4.9.6

Updated KVG viewer.
Kanji scanner inside KVG view.
Install dictionaries from tar.bz2 archives.
Editable dictionary titles.
JLPT is included in search.
Fixed crach in word list window.
Fixed search result presentation with closed headwords panel.

Downloads

JEDict 4.9.6 - multilingual dictionary viewer, requires OSX 10.6 or later.

JEDict 3.8.1 - Japanese-English dictionary viewer, runs on any Macintosh with Carbon support (MacOS 8.1 - OSX 10.6).

Acknowledgements

EDICT and KANJIDIC dictionaries included in application bundle are under copyright of The Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University.

Last News

August 9, 2015: JEDict 4.9.6, fixed KVG, editable dictionary titles, untar tar.bz2 atchives March 1, 2015: JEDict 4.9.5, fixed handwriting recognition. January 18, 2015: JEDict 4.9.4, 0SX 10.6 compatibiliy. December 25, 2014: JEDict 4.9.3, Yosemite compatibility. December 16, 2014: JEDict 4.9.2, beta release for testers. Yosemite bug fixed. June 22, 2014: JEDict 4.9.1, minor fixes. May 6, 2014: JEDict 4.9 with text-to-speech support. Aug 31, 2012: JEDict 4.8 with stardict format support. March 11, 2011: JEDict 4.7 with new handwritten kanji recognition engine. Nov 22, 2010: JEDict 4.6.7, minor fixes. Nov 1, 2010: JEDict 4.6.6, minor fixes. Mar 28, 2010: JEDict 4.6.5, fixed indexing of examples file. Jan 24, 2010: JEDict 4.6.3, fixed verb conjugation. Dec 27, 2009: JEDict 4.6.2 minor fixes. Dec 19, 2009:JEDict 4.6.1 with improved Snow Leopard compatibility. Nov 27, 2008: JEDict 4.6 with new playable JLPT lists from www.PlaySay.com. Oct 7, 2008: JEDict 4.5.5 is released. July 1, 2008: JEDict 4.5.4 is released. Apr 16, 2008: JEDict 4.5.3 is released. Feb 17, 2008: JEDict 4.5.2 is released. Jan 29, 2008: JEDict 4.5.1 is released. Dictionary viewer, French and Russian localizations. Oct 28, 2007: JEDict 4.5: Leopard compatibility. Sep 17, 2007: FAQ section in JEDict home page is added. Sep 15, 2007: JEDict 4.4.5 is released. Aug 8, 2007: JEDict 4.4.4 is released. May 9, 2007: JEDict 4.4.2 is released. Mar 18, 2007: JEDict 4.4.1 with minor fixes. Feb 24, 2007: JEDict 4.4 is released. Dec 20, 2006: JEDict 4.3.1 with contextual menu plugin. Nov 19, 2006: JEDict 4.3 is released. Main feature - faster search for XDXF dictionaries. Oct 29, 2006: JEDict 4.2.5 is released. Oct 21, 2006: JEDict 4.2.4 is released. Oct 3, 2006: support@jedict.com was not responding. Whole site was moved to another hosting. Oct 1, 2006: JEDict versions from 4.2 to 4.2.2 were found to be expired. My mistake, I just forgot to remove "This beta version is expired" alert introduced in JEDict 4.2b. Fixed JEDict 4.2.3 version was released the same day. On Sep 23, 2006 new serial numbers were sent to all JEDict 4 registered users (registered since March 1st, 2006).

Technical support

Please send comments, bugs, or technical support questions to support@jedict.com

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