List of unique online Japanese dictionaries

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  mog86uk August 27, 2015 at 8:28am

  --- 国語 Dictionaries ---
  
  デジタル大辞泉
  Shōgakukan's Digital Daijisen
  http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/srch/jn/
  
  大辞林 第三版 （三省堂）
  Sanseido's Daijirin (3rd ed)
  http://www.excite.co.jp/dictionary/japanese/
  
  デイリーコンサイス国語辞典
  Sanseido's Daily Concise Japanese Dictionary
  http://www.sanseido.net/User/Dic/Index.aspx?DailyJJ=checkbox
  
  --- 英和・和英 Dictionaries ---
  
  JMdict/EDICT
  http://wwwjdic.com
  http://www.jisho.org
  
  英辞郎
  Eijirō
  http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=%20
  
  翻訳☆
  Honyaku Star
  http://honyakustar.com
  
  --- 英和 Dictionaries ---
  
  プログレッシブ英和中辞典（第４版）
  Shōgakukan's Progressive English-Japanese Dictionary (4th ed)
  http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/ej/
  
  新英和中辞典 第６版 （研究社）
  Kenkyūsha's New College English-Japanese Dictionary (6th ed)
  http://www.excite.co.jp/dictionary/english_japanese/
  
  デイリーコンサイス英和辞典
  Daily Concise English-Japanese Dictionary
  http://www.sanseido.net/User/Dic/Index.aspx?DailyEJ=checkbox
  
  --- 和英 Dictionaries ---
  
  プログレッシブ和英中辞典 (第３版)
  Shōgakukan's Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary (3rd ed)
  http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/je/
  
  新和英中辞典 第４版 （研究社）
  Kenkyūsha's New College Japanese-English Dictionary (4th ed)
  http://www.excite.co.jp/dictionary/japanese_english/
  
  デイリーコンサイス和英辞典
  Sanseido's Daily Concise Japanese-English Dictionary
  http://www.sanseido.net/User/Dic/Index.aspx?DailyJE=checkbox
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  mog86uk August 27, 2015 at 8:55am

  I suppose Wiktionary is pretty much a dictionary by some standards. Guess it wouldn't hurt to add it...
  
  Wiktionary (和英)
  http://en.wiktionary.org
  
  Wiktionary (国語)
  http://jp.wiktionary.org
  
  Entering Japanese words in the English version of Wiktionary seems to give better results than in the Japanese version most of the time.
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  mog86uk August 27, 2015 at 8:56am

  * oops *
  http://ja.wiktionary.org
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  mog86uk August 27, 2015 at 9:09am

  I guess as I used macrons for the other names, I should probably have spelt Sanseidō with a macron too, for consistency. Not really sure why I randomly decided to make use of macrons anyway... :P
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  mog86uk August 27, 2015 at 10:10am

  Bleh, I removed too much of the sanseido.net links, making them not work. Wish we could edit posts, instead of leaving a crazy mess... Not that it really matters, because you can select whatever mode you want on the page, but would have been nice if the link selected the correct modes. Here are the working links of Sanseidō's Daily Concise dictionaries:
  
  国語
  http://www.sanseido.net/User/Dic/Index.aspx?st=1&DailyJJ=checkbox
  
  英和
  http://www.sanseido.net/User/Dic/Index.aspx?st=1&DailyEJ=checkbox
  
  和英
  http://www.sanseido.net/User/Dic/Index.aspx?st=1&DailyJE=checkbox
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  ricardojp August 27, 2015 at 10:19am

  Thanks Mr. Mog
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  mog86uk August 27, 2015 at 10:51am

  People who are happy to pay subscription fee to use online dictionaries might be interested in having access to all the other dictionaries on Sanseidō's site for 250円/month (3,000円/year). You can see the full list of available dictionaries on their top page:
  http://www.sanseido.net
  
  Better yet, if you're happy to fork over a lot more money just to read dictionaries and other educational stuff, you can have online access to the biggest Japanese physical dictionary: the 日本国語大辞典 (the Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)! Access to this is much more expensive at 1,620円/month (16,200円/year) but it also gives you access to a huge load of other extremely amazing things:
  http://japanknowledge.com/personal/price.html
  
  Both of these options aren't really very sensible for just trying to learn to speak Japanese. I haven't subscribed to either of them, as it would just be wasting money on something I'm not at the level to make use of. Still, it would be awesome to have online access to the Nikkoku all the same... :P
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  mog86uk August 27, 2015 at 10:55am

  @ricardojp, Hope some of the links in this mess are helpful to you. I ramble on about way too much... ^^;
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  HuongHitachi August 27, 2015 at 2:07pm

  It's very kind of you. I haven't known about them until you mention. Just be sad about my JLPT result, but now I have motivation again. Thanks a lot.
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  Koukyoshi August 27, 2015 at 3:05pm

  Thanks for this. I usually use the same old dictionaries, but it's good to have something else for reference.
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  Aarowaim August 27, 2015 at 4:57pm

  One of my favourites while translating is alc.co.jp
  
  It's made for Japanese people to translate into english. Because the English translations are so crude, it becomes easy to tell the nuance of the original word. It also has many colloquialisms!
  It's great for those tricky words you may not find in English or Japanese dictionaries.
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  jimhaku August 27, 2015 at 9:03pm

  Thanks, I usually consult offline dictionaries for different definitions. Always good to have more at hand.