In preparation for release of Jappleng versions 7.4 which will
also include a whole new Japanese entertainment section, the
dictionary system has been completely remade from scratch! This was
a week-long effort to improve the quality and reliability of the
site as a whole.
The previous dictionary system contained less than 10,000
entries. Wow, not terribly great considering there are a lot more
words than that in the Japanese language! The previous dictionary
system also contained very few entires with sample phrases.
Likewise, there was an issue with accuracy of each word as
different words would conflict with each other (because there are
different meanings for different kanji) and there was no real way
to sort through any of it… Until now.
Jappleng dictionary
version 2 is enormous and likely the biggest on the
internet!
There are over 500,000 entries, yes you heard that right… Over
500k!
There are over 200,000 sample sentences, soon to be available in
different languages. Wow!
We now support Japanese Radicals, Onyomi, Kunyomi, Nanori,
english translations, sample sentences for every word, romaji, word
type (part of sentence) with all 82 possibilities, stroke count,
dictionary number (for official use), rank of frequency of being
used in real life (like newspapers), JLPT grade support and lastly
student grade support (Grade 1 through 10 where 10 is high
school)
But
wait, there's more!
I had to say it, but the dictionary system no longer links to
the kanji itself (or word) but rather links to the word + type of
word. This means there are no longer confusion while clicking on
each vocabulary.
And
it gets better!
I fixed the title, description, the page layout, the search
system is so much better, the “add to vocabulary” module has been
retrofitted with the new system and boy is it amazing! There are so
many more features and just need to try it. It's a whole different
beast!
What's
missing?
Okay there's a catch because I'm tired and couldn't add every
feature and some features are going to have to wait until after the
entertainment section is up and running because let's be honest,
that's more important then the minor details here.
- Not all features are functional for the advanced search
feature. It's a hit / miss depending on what.
- The way pages link together hasn't been completely tested.
There may be some errors. Let me know if you encounter any!
- Pagination does not exist yet. This means you can't just keep
searching through the results as much as you'd like. At least not
yet.
- “How do you say…. in japanese” and its japanese equivalent as
dedicated pages has not been published yet. This is going to be big
because they will be setup as Q&A cards for search engines.
This will most likely bring more people to the site and may even be
included by asking alexa ;)
- Hourly / Daily / Weekly / Monthly / Yearly stats on each word
and their related modules are not yet available.
Tips on using
it!
I found the most interesting way to use the search system is to
not type in any words but to search by grade and what part of
sentence you would like to search for. What this will do is
generate a list for you to study so that you can be on-par with
certain grade levels such as Grade 1. You can mix and match but
since not all advanced features work yet, it's a hit or miss.
When will the final
features be added?
In about 1-2 weeks because next week i will dedicate my time to
the Entertainment section. I will most likely add the “How do you
say” portion within the next few days regardless.
Where is the
dictionary?
You can find the dictionary in multiple ways.
- Go to the “Learn Japanese” portion of the website and you will
find it on the right panel or on mobile in the mobile menu.
- You can find it from the dashboard
- You can click
here to access the new dictionary.
Happy learning!
