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Type any English word or phrase, and get a list of possible Japanese equivalents:

Type any English word or phrase, and get a list of possible Japanese equivalents

Result details show the full Japanese text (either the kanji characters and the associated kana, or kana alone), along with the corresponding romaji, and the English meaning, with the parts that matched the search input highlighted:

Result details

Select words and phrases also come with usage examples:

Usage examples

Each usage example comes side by side with an English translation, along with the featured Japanese text highlighted:

Usage example detail

The "Kanji Notes" feature defines some of the Kanji characters found within the specific uesage example.

Kanji Notes

Input Japanese words in romaji, and search using the corresponding hiragana or katakana:

Japanese search example

The search returns a list of possible English equivalents:

Japanese search results

As with English to Japanese search results, the result details show the full Japanese text, along with the corresponding romaji, and the English meaning:

Result details

Kanji characters can be found by radical or stroke count:

Kanji Lookup

Kanji lookup by radical is organization by the radical's stroke count; the radical base meaning is also displayed:

Kanji Lookup by Radical

Choosing a given radical lists all the kanji characters containing that radical:

Kanji Lookup by Radical Results

As with English to Japanese and Japanese to English search results, the result details show the full Japanese text, along with the corresponding romaji, and the English meaning:

Result details

Kanji lookup by stroke count can be done using either the stroke count of the radical, the total number of strokes, or both:

Kanji Lookup by Stroke Count