/DictReader

Compilation of ways to read JMdict and Edict

Primary LanguagePythonMIT LicenseMIT

DictReader

This project is intended to help read JMdict and EDICT -- online dictionaries for Japanese. I planned to add ones of Chinese and CJK in the future.

Operations

from reader import japanese as jp
import json

edict = jp.edict()
print(json.dumps(edict.getRaw('２０００年問題対応'), indent=4, ensure_ascii=False))
print(json.dumps(edict.get('２０００年問題対応'), indent=4, ensure_ascii=False))

jm_dict = jp.JMdict()
print(json.dumps(jm_dict.getRaw('２０００年問題対応'), indent=4, ensure_ascii=False))
print(json.dumps(jm_dict.get('２０００年問題対応'), indent=4, ensure_ascii=False))

Resulting format

{
    'vocab': vocab,
    'kana': kana,
    'english': english,
    'type': type,
    'uses': uses,
    'see_also': see_also,
    'entry_id': entry_id
}

I have to plan to improve the resulting format from get. EDICT is quite hard, as the specification is quite old.

As for JMdict, there is quite a clear spec, but how to actually implement it is in my thought process in the Google Spreadsheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15SwRL96IHjyCwAm2PhGIMkkEwDBtFDuvxtLgUwIlmXc/edit?usp=sharing