The Japanese dictionary for learners.

Instant search in romaji, kana, kanji, #k [kanji], or components #c [radicals].

search
Examples:

探す さがす N2

  1. to hunt for; to look for; to search for; to seek
  2. to fish around; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer); to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through

職を探す しょくをさがす

  1. to hunt for a job; to seek employment

アラを探す あらをさがす

  1. to find fault (with)

草の根を分けて探す くさのねをわけてさがす

  1. to search every square inch; to search high and low
menu_book

Search for a word, a kanji or a sentence above.

Keyboard shortcut: press / to search.

What you can look up

A free dictionary built on open data (JMdict, KANJIDIC2, Tatoeba). Try a word like 食べる, a kanji like 水, or find a kanji by its parts in the radical search. New to kana, kanji or JLPT? Read the glossary, or see fudami and its data sources.