Find any Japanese word in seconds
Latest news
It's been a while since our last update, but instead of doing summer vacations, we've been very busy working on some new features and improvements! We hope you like them.
🖌️ Kanji user lists
🗣️ Collocations and expressions
🔖 New categories and tags
🧑🎓 New JLPT word lists
🐛 Other small improvements and bugfixes
Dictionary search
Use the Japanese dictionary to search for any Japanese word and get its meaning in many languages. We also provide example sentences, conjugations, kanji decomposition, pictures, and extended explanation for selected words.
グリコ アイクレオ赤ちゃんミルク125ml〔液体ミルク〕Lists and tags
Lists of words grouped by different categories. Each list has a hashtag associated so it's possible to use them in the search. User created lists can be found here too.
シルバーリング 指輪 ピンキーリング 親指リング シンプル 槌目加工 凹凸 デコボコ でこぼこ 細身User lists
Lists of words created by other users. Create your own lists and share them with our community.
森永乳業 はぐくみ エコらくパック つめかえ用 400g×2袋Kanji search
Search any kanji directly by its character, its meaning, or its reading in onyomi, kunyomi and nanori. Our powerful search engine will do the rest and present you with the best results possible.
3956 エーモン工業 面ファスナーテープ(LL) オス メス×各1 サイズRadical list
正絹 平組 高麗 帯締め 単品-No.171-180（絹100％ 並尺 レディース 女性用 正装 礼装 訪問着 付下げ 色無地 小紋 お召）
List of all the kanji radicals with their meaning and other information, ordered by the number of strokes. It can be a really useful resource for everyone studying kanji.
コンバース ボストンバッグ 60センチ 修学旅行 バッグ CONVERSE かわいいボストンバッグ 林間学校 女子高生 70-46Search by radical
When you don't know how to write a particular kanji character, we also provide the search by radical engine, which allows you to select the components of the kanji to identify it without needing to reproduce it.
コート モッズコート シェア キルティング フード ミドルコートSearch by drawing
Find any kanji character by drawing it with your mouse or finger. Our algorithm is capable to identify any kanji even if the stroke order is not correct.
スナックえんどうForum
Join the JapanDict community and suggest new features for the dictionary, report possible bugs or ask any question about the Japanese language.
OpenHiragana table
Hiragana is the phonetic syllabary used mainly to write Japanese words or grammatical inflections. Our hiragana chart provides all the characters with their pronunciation and stroke order.
ナカバヤシ デスクチェア チェアハンガー 服の神 ブラック 81889Katakana table
Katakana is another phonetic syllabary. It is commonly used to write foreign-language and loan words or onomatopoeia. Our katakana chart has all the characters with their pronunciation and stroke order.
洗濯機すっぽりカバーSocial Networks
Social networks are a great way to learn more vocabulary and to share your experiences with the Japanese language with other learners like you.
About us
JapanDict is a Japanese dictionary maintained by a group of enthusiasts in the Japanese culture and the Japanese language. After not finding any online Japanese dictionary that fulfilled our needs, we decided to start a fresh alternative to the already oversaturated offer available on the internet.
We know learning any language can be a difficult task, so we want to provide a new Japanese dictionary simple, useful and fun to use at the same time.
Using some of the great publicly available content on the internet, and some of our own, we aim to offer the most valuable information when looking for any Japanese word or kanji.
Our mission
We want to inspire passion in the Japanese language by providing the best experience to search, learn and understand any word or kanji