The Japanese dictionary for learners.

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

search
Examples:

酒場 さかば N2

  1. bar; pub; tavern

安酒場 やすさかば

  1. cheap saloon

用心棒 ようじんぼう

  1. (security) guard; bodyguard; bouncer
  2. bar (on a door); bolt
  3. stick or pole used for self-defence

給仕 きゅうじ N1

  1. serving (at dinner); waiting on a table
  2. bellboy; cabin boy; page; pageboy; server; waiter; waitperson; waitress
  3. office boy; office girl
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.