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Look words up in Jisho, the online Japanese-English dictionary. Translate in either direction, get readings in kana, meanings, parts of speech, JLPT and WaniKani levels, search Japanese proper names, and filter by level, part of speech, usage or subject field, plus wildcard pattern searches for study lists and drills. No account or API key required.

Actions

ActionWhat it does
Advanced searchCombine any of Jisho's filters in a single search, with or without search text: JLPT level, WaniKani level, part of speech, usage, subject field, name type and common-only.
Search by JLPT levelList the vocabulary at one JLPT level (N5 through N1): a study list for that level, or, with search text added, the entries at that level matching a word.
Search by part of speechSearch for words of one or more parts of speech (verbs, い-adjectives, counters, particles and the rest), optionally narrowed by search text.
Search by patternSearch with wildcards: * matches any run of characters and ?
Search by subject fieldSearch the vocabulary of one subject field: medicine, computing, law, food, sumo and around ninety more.
Search by usage or registerSearch by how a word is used rather than what it means: slang, honorific, humble, colloquial, archaic, onomatopoeic, four-character idioms and more.
Search by WaniKani levelList the vocabulary taught at one WaniKani level (1-60), so a study workflow can pull exactly the words for the level someone is on.
Search common wordsSearch only the words Jisho marks as common: the everyday vocabulary a learner actually meets, with the rare, archaic and specialist entries left out.
Search Japanese namesLook up Japanese proper names (surnames, given names, places, railway stations, companies and more) and get each one's reading, so you can tell how a name is actually pronounced.
Search the dictionarySearch Jisho for a word in English, Japanese (kanji, hiragana or katakana) or romaji, and get every matching dictionary entry with its readings, meanings, parts of speech, JLPT level and WaniKani level.
Translate English to JapaneseFind the Japanese words that mean a given English word or phrase, each with its kanji, its reading in kana and its full set of meanings so you can pick the right one.
Translate Japanese to EnglishLook up a Japanese word or phrase and get its reading in kana and its English meanings.

Combine any of Jisho's filters in a single search, with or without search text: JLPT level, WaniKani level, part of speech, usage, subject field, name type and common-only. Filters are additive, so picking JLPT N5 and Verb returns the N5 verbs.

Inputs

Search textkeywordtext
Optional text to narrow the results, in English, Japanese or romaji. Leave blank to return everything matching the filters.
Common words onlycommon_onlytrue/false
Only return words Jisho marks as common: the everyday vocabulary, with the rare and archaic entries left out.Default: false.
JLPT levelsjlpt_levelslist
Limit results to these JLPT levels. Leave empty for any level.One or more of: jlpt-n5 (N5 (beginner)), jlpt-n4 (N4 (upper beginner)), jlpt-n3 (N3 (intermediate)), jlpt-n2 (N2 (upper intermediate)), jlpt-n1 (N1 (advanced)).
Parts of speechparts_of_speechlist
Limit results to these parts of speech. Leave empty for any.One or more of: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, particle, counter, pn (Pronoun), conj (Conjunction), exp (Expression), aux (Auxiliary), and 28 more.
Usageusage_tagslist
Limit results to words carrying these usage labels. Leave empty for any.One or more of: col (Colloquial), sl (Slang), m-sl (Manga slang), net-sl (Internet slang), vulg (Vulgar), derog (Derogatory), euph (Euphemistic), joc (Jocular / humorous), fam (Familiar), pol (Polite (丁寧語)), and 20 more.
Subject fieldfieldtext
Limit results to one subject field. Leave blank for any field.One of: agric (Agriculture), anat (Anatomy), archeol (Archaeology), archit (Architecture), art, astron (Astronomy), audvid (Audiovisual), aviat (Aviation), baseb (Baseball), biochem (Biochemistry), and 86 more.
Name typesname_typeslist
Limit results to these kinds of proper name. Leave empty to search the dictionary rather than names.One or more of: surname, given (Given name), male (Male given name), fem (Female given name), person (Full name of a person), place (Place name), station (Railway station), company (Company name), organization, product (Product name), and 15 more.
WaniKani levelwanikani_levelnumber
Limit results to the vocabulary taught at one WaniKani level, 1 to 60. Leave blank for any level.From 1 to 60.
Exact match onlyexacttrue/false
Match the text exactly as typed instead of also returning entries that merely contain it, and turn off Jisho's automatic romaji-to-kana conversion. Leave off to search the way jisho.org does by default.Default: false.
Pagepagenumber
Which page of results to fetch. Jisho returns up to 20 matches per page: page 1 is the first 20, page 2 the next 20, and so on. Defaults to 1.From 1 to 1000. Default: 1.
Number of resultslimitnumber
How many results to return from the page, from 1 to 20. Dictionary entries are detailed, so keep this small when you only need the best matches. Defaults to 20.From 1 to 20. Default: 20.

Outputs

countnumber
has_moretrue/false
pagenumber
querytext
wordslist
Example output
{
  "count": 1,
  "has_more": false,
  "page": 1,
  "query": "#jlpt-n5 #v1 eat",
  "words": [
    {
      "attribution": {
        "dbpedia": false,
        "jmdict": true,
        "jmnedict": false
      },
      "is_common": true,
      "japanese": [
        {
          "reading": "\u305f\u3079\u308b",
          "word": "\u98df\u3079\u308b"
        }
      ],
      "jlpt": [
        "jlpt-n5"
      ],
      "jlpt_levels": [
        "N5"
      ],
      "meanings": [
        "to eat",
        "to live on (e.g. a salary)",
        "to live off",
        "to subsist on"
      ],
      "parts_of_speech": [
        "Ichidan verb",
        "Transitive verb"
      ],
      "reading": "\u305f\u3079\u308b",
      "senses": [
        {
          "antonyms": [],
          "english_definitions": [
            "to eat"
          ],
          "info": [],
          "links": [],
          "parts_of_speech": [
            "Ichidan verb",
            "Transitive verb"
          ],
          "restrictions": [],
          "see_also": [],
          "source": [],
          "tags": []
        },
        {
          "antonyms": [],
          "english_definitions": [
            "to live on (e.g. a salary)",
            "to live off",
            "to subsist on"
          ],
          "info": [],
          "links": [],
          "parts_of_speech": [
            "Ichidan verb",
            "Transitive verb"
          ],
          "restrictions": [],
          "see_also": [],
          "source": [],
          "tags": []
        }
      ],
      "slug": "\u98df\u3079\u308b",
      "tags": [
        "wanikani6"
      ],
      "url": "https://jisho.org/word/%E9%A3%9F%E3%81%B9%E3%82%8B",
      "wanikani_levels": [
        6
      ],
      "word": "\u98df\u3079\u308b"
    }
  ]
}

Search by JLPT level

List the vocabulary at one JLPT level (N5 through N1): a study list for that level, or, with search text added, the entries at that level matching a word.

Inputs

JLPT leveljlpt_leveltextRequired
Which Japanese-Language Proficiency Test level.One of: jlpt-n5 (N5 (beginner)), jlpt-n4 (N4 (upper beginner)), jlpt-n3 (N3 (intermediate)), jlpt-n2 (N2 (upper intermediate)), jlpt-n1 (N1 (advanced)).
Search textkeywordtext
Optional text to narrow the results, in English, Japanese or romaji. Leave blank to return everything matching the filters.
Common words onlycommon_onlytrue/false
Only return words Jisho marks as common: the everyday vocabulary, with the rare and archaic entries left out.Default: false.
Pagepagenumber
Which page of results to fetch. Jisho returns up to 20 matches per page: page 1 is the first 20, page 2 the next 20, and so on. Defaults to 1.From 1 to 1000. Default: 1.
Number of resultslimitnumber
How many results to return from the page, from 1 to 20. Dictionary entries are detailed, so keep this small when you only need the best matches. Defaults to 20.From 1 to 20. Default: 20.

Outputs

countnumber
has_moretrue/false
pagenumber
querytext
wordslist
Example output
{
  "count": 2,
  "has_more": false,
  "page": 1,
  "query": "#jlpt-n5",
  "words": [
    {
      "attribution": {
        "dbpedia": false,
        "jmdict": true,
        "jmnedict": false
      },
      "is_common": true,
      "japanese": [
        {
          "reading": "\u305f\u3079\u308b",
          "word": "\u98df\u3079\u308b"
        }
      ],
      "jlpt": [
        "jlpt-n5"
      ],
      "jlpt_levels": [
        "N5"
      ],
      "meanings": [
        "to eat",
        "to live on (e.g. a salary)",
        "to live off",
        "to subsist on"
      ],
      "parts_of_speech": [
        "Ichidan verb",
        "Transitive verb"
      ],
      "reading": "\u305f\u3079\u308b",
      "senses": [
        {
          "antonyms": [],
          "english_definitions": [
            "to eat"
          ],
          "info": [],
          "links": [],
          "parts_of_speech": [
            "Ichidan verb",
            "Transitive verb"
          ],
          "restrictions": [],
          "see_also": [],
          "source": [],
          "tags": []
        },
        {
          "antonyms": [],
          "english_definitions": [
            "to live on (e.g. a salary)",
            "to live off",
            "to subsist on"
          ],
          "info": [],
          "links": [],
          "parts_of_speech": [
            "Ichidan verb",
            "Transitive verb"
          ],
          "restrictions": [],
          "see_also": [],
          "source": [],
          "tags": []
        }
      ],
      "slug": "\u98df\u3079\u308b",
      "tags": [
        "wanikani6"
      ],
      "url": "https://jisho.org/word/%E9%A3%9F%E3%81%B9%E3%82%8B",
      "wanikani_levels": [
        6
      ],
      "word": "\u98df\u3079\u308b"
    },
    {
      "attribution": {
        "dbpedia": "http://dbpedia.org/resource/Cat",
        "jmdict": true,
        "jmnedict": false
      },
      "is_common": true,
      "japanese": [
        {
          "reading": "\u306d\u3053",
          "word": "\u732b"
        },
        {
          "reading": "\u30cd\u30b3"
        }
      ],
      "jlpt": [
        "jlpt-n5"
      ],
      "jlpt_levels": [
        "N5"
      ],
      "meanings": [
        "cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus)",
        "feline",
        "shamisen"
      ],
      "parts_of_speech": [
        "Noun"
      ],
      "reading": "\u306d\u3053",
      "senses": [
        {
          "antonyms": [],
          "english_definitions": [
            "cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus)",
            "feline"
          ],
          "info": [],
          "links": [],
          "parts_of_speech": [
            "Noun"
          ],
          "restrictions": [],
          "see_also": [],
          "source": [],
          "tags": []
        },
        {
          "antonyms": [],
          "english_definitions": [
            "shamisen"
          ],
          "info": [],
          "links": [],
          "parts_of_speech": [
            "Noun"
          ],
          "restrictions": [],
          "see_also": [],
          "source": [],
          "tags": []
        }
      ],
      "slug": "\u732b",
      "tags": [
        "wanikani15"
      ],
      "url": "https://jisho.org/word/%E7%8C%AB",
      "wanikani_levels": [
        15
      ],
      "word": "\u732b"
    }
  ]
}

Search by part of speech

Search for words of one or more parts of speech (verbs, い-adjectives, counters, particles and the rest), optionally narrowed by search text. Pick several to match words that are all of them at once, such as a transitive godan verb.

Inputs

Parts of speechparts_of_speechlistRequired
Which parts of speech to match. Choosing more than one narrows the results to words that are all of them.One or more of: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, particle, counter, pn (Pronoun), conj (Conjunction), exp (Expression), aux (Auxiliary), and 28 more.
Search textkeywordtext
Optional text to narrow the results, in English, Japanese or romaji. Leave blank to return everything matching the filters.
Common words onlycommon_onlytrue/false
Only return words Jisho marks as common: the everyday vocabulary, with the rare and archaic entries left out.Default: false.
Pagepagenumber
Which page of results to fetch. Jisho returns up to 20 matches per page: page 1 is the first 20, page 2 the next 20, and so on. Defaults to 1.From 1 to 1000. Default: 1.
Number of resultslimitnumber
How many results to return from the page, from 1 to 20. Dictionary entries are detailed, so keep this small when you only need the best matches. Defaults to 20.From 1 to 20. Default: 20.

Outputs

countnumber
has_moretrue/false
pagenumber
querytext
wordslist
Example output
{
  "count": 1,
  "has_more": false,
  "page": 1,
  "query": "#verb eat",
  "words": [
    {
      "attribution": {
        "dbpedia": false,
        "jmdict": true,
        "jmnedict": false
      },
      "is_common": true,
      "japanese": [
        {
          "reading": "\u305f\u3079\u308b",
          "word": "\u98df\u3079\u308b"
        }
      ],
      "jlpt": [
        "jlpt-n5"
      ],
      "jlpt_levels": [
        "N5"
      ],
      "meanings": [
        "to eat",
        "to live on (e.g. a salary)",
        "to live off",
        "to subsist on"
      ],
      "parts_of_speech": [
        "Ichidan verb",
        "Transitive verb"
      ],
      "reading": "\u305f\u3079\u308b",
      "senses": [
        {
          "antonyms": [],
          "english_definitions": [
            "to eat"
          ],
          "info": [],
          "links": [],
          "parts_of_speech": [
            "Ichidan verb",
            "Transitive verb"
          ],
          "restrictions": [],
          "see_also": [],
          "source": [],
          "tags": []
        },
        {
          "antonyms": [],
          "english_definitions": [
            "to live on (e.g. a salary)",
            "to live off",
            "to subsist on"
          ],
          "info": [],
          "links": [],
          "parts_of_speech": [
            "Ichidan verb",
            "Transitive verb"
          ],
          "restrictions": [],
          "see_also": [],
          "source": [],
          "tags": []
        }
      ],
      "slug": "\u98df\u3079\u308b",
      "tags": [
        "wanikani6"
      ],
      "url": "https://jisho.org/word/%E9%A3%9F%E3%81%B9%E3%82%8B",
      "wanikani_levels": [
        6
      ],
      "word": "\u98df\u3079\u308b"
    }
  ]
}

Search by pattern

Search with wildcards: * matches any run of characters and ? matches exactly one. Use it to find every word ending in する, every four-character compound starting with 日, and so on.

Inputs

PatternpatterntextRequired
The pattern to match. * stands for any run of characters and ? for exactly one, so 食* finds words starting with 食 and ??する finds two characters followed by する.
Pagepagenumber
Which page of results to fetch. Jisho returns up to 20 matches per page: page 1 is the first 20, page 2 the next 20, and so on. Defaults to 1.From 1 to 1000. Default: 1.
Number of resultslimitnumber
How many results to return from the page, from 1 to 20. Dictionary entries are detailed, so keep this small when you only need the best matches. Defaults to 20.From 1 to 20. Default: 20.

Outputs

countnumber
has_moretrue/false
pagenumber
querytext
wordslist
Example output
{
  "count": 1,
  "has_more": false,
  "page": 1,
  "query": "\u98df\u3079*",
  "words": [
    {
      "attribution": {
        "dbpedia": false,
        "jmdict": true,
        "jmnedict": false
      },
      "is_common": true,
      "japanese": [
        {
          "reading": "\u305f\u3079\u308b",
          "word": "\u98df\u3079\u308b"
        }
      ],
      "jlpt": [
        "jlpt-n5"
      ],
      "jlpt_levels": [
        "N5"
      ],
      "meanings": [
        "to eat",
        "to live on (e.g. a salary)",
        "to live off",
        "to subsist on"
      ],
      "parts_of_speech": [
        "Ichidan verb",
        "Transitive verb"
      ],
      "reading": "\u305f\u3079\u308b",
      "senses": [
        {
          "antonyms": [],
          "english_definitions": [
            "to eat"
          ],
          "info": [],
          "links": [],
          "parts_of_speech": [
            "Ichidan verb",
            "Transitive verb"
          ],
          "restrictions": [],
          "see_also": [],
          "source": [],
          "tags": []
        },
        {
          "antonyms": [],
          "english_definitions": [
            "to live on (e.g. a salary)",
            "to live off",
            "to subsist on"
          ],
          "info": [],
          "links": [],
          "parts_of_speech": [
            "Ichidan verb",
            "Transitive verb"
          ],
          "restrictions": [],
          "see_also": [],
          "source": [],
          "tags": []
        }
      ],
      "slug": "\u98df\u3079\u308b",
      "tags": [
        "wanikani6"
      ],
      "url": "https://jisho.org/word/%E9%A3%9F%E3%81%B9%E3%82%8B",
      "wanikani_levels": [
        6
      ],
      "word": "\u98df\u3079\u308b"
    }
  ]
}

Search by subject field

Search the vocabulary of one subject field: medicine, computing, law, food, sumo and around ninety more. A glossary workflow gets the terms of art rather than the everyday senses.

Inputs

Subject fieldfieldtextRequired
Which field of study or activity to search.One of: agric (Agriculture), anat (Anatomy), archeol (Archaeology), archit (Architecture), art, astron (Astronomy), audvid (Audiovisual), aviat (Aviation), baseb (Baseball), biochem (Biochemistry), and 86 more.
Search textkeywordtext
Optional text to narrow the results, in English, Japanese or romaji. Leave blank to return everything matching the filters.
Pagepagenumber
Which page of results to fetch. Jisho returns up to 20 matches per page: page 1 is the first 20, page 2 the next 20, and so on. Defaults to 1.From 1 to 1000. Default: 1.
Number of resultslimitnumber
How many results to return from the page, from 1 to 20. Dictionary entries are detailed, so keep this small when you only need the best matches. Defaults to 20.From 1 to 20. Default: 20.

Outputs

countnumber
has_moretrue/false
pagenumber
querytext
wordslist
Example output
{
  "count": 1,
  "has_more": false,
  "page": 1,
  "query": "#comp \u30c7\u30fc\u30bf\u30d9\u30fc\u30b9",
  "words": [
    {
      "attribution": {
        "dbpedia": "http://dbpedia.org/resource/Database",
        "jmdict": true,
        "jmnedict": false
      },
      "is_common": true,
      "japanese": [
        {
          "reading": "\u30c7\u30fc\u30bf\u30d9\u30fc\u30b9"
        }
      ],
      "jlpt": [],
      "jlpt_levels": [],
      "meanings": [
        "database"
      ],
      "parts_of_speech": [
        "Noun"
      ],
      "reading": "\u30c7\u30fc\u30bf\u30d9\u30fc\u30b9",
      "senses": [
        {
          "antonyms": [],
          "english_definitions": [
            "database"
          ],
          "info": [],
          "links": [],
          "parts_of_speech": [
            "Noun"
          ],
          "restrictions": [],
          "see_also": [],
          "source": [],
          "tags": [
            "Computing"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "slug": "\u30c7\u30fc\u30bf\u30d9\u30fc\u30b9",
      "tags": [],
      "url": "https://jisho.org/word/%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%99%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9",
      "wanikani_levels": [],
      "word": "\u30c7\u30fc\u30bf\u30d9\u30fc\u30b9"
    }
  ]
}

Search by usage or register

Search by how a word is used rather than what it means: slang, honorific, humble, colloquial, archaic, onomatopoeic, four-character idioms and more.

Inputs

Usageusage_tagslistRequired
Which usage labels to match. Choosing more than one narrows the results to words carrying all of them.One or more of: col (Colloquial), sl (Slang), m-sl (Manga slang), net-sl (Internet slang), vulg (Vulgar), derog (Derogatory), euph (Euphemistic), joc (Jocular / humorous), fam (Familiar), pol (Polite (丁寧語)), and 20 more.
Search textkeywordtext
Optional text to narrow the results, in English, Japanese or romaji. Leave blank to return everything matching the filters.
Pagepagenumber
Which page of results to fetch. Jisho returns up to 20 matches per page: page 1 is the first 20, page 2 the next 20, and so on. Defaults to 1.From 1 to 1000. Default: 1.
Number of resultslimitnumber
How many results to return from the page, from 1 to 20. Dictionary entries are detailed, so keep this small when you only need the best matches. Defaults to 20.From 1 to 20. Default: 20.

Outputs

countnumber
has_moretrue/false
pagenumber
querytext
wordslist
Example output
{
  "count": 1,
  "has_more": false,
  "page": 1,
  "query": "#yoji",
  "words": [
    {
      "attribution": {
        "dbpedia": false,
        "jmdict": true,
        "jmnedict": false
      },
      "is_common": true,
      "japanese": [
        {
          "reading": "\u3044\u3063\u3057\u3087\u3046\u3051\u3093\u3081\u3044",
          "word": "\u4e00\u751f\u61f8\u547d"
        }
      ],
      "jlpt": [
        "jlpt-n4"
      ],
      "jlpt_levels": [
        "N4"
      ],
      "meanings": [
        "very hard",
        "with utmost effort",
        "as hard as one can",
        "with all one's might"
      ],
      "parts_of_speech": [
        "Adverb (fukushi)",
        "Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)",
        "Noun"
      ],
      "reading": "\u3044\u3063\u3057\u3087\u3046\u3051\u3093\u3081\u3044",
      "senses": [
        {
          "antonyms": [],
          "english_definitions": [
            "very hard",
            "with utmost effort",
            "as hard as one can",
            "with all one's might"
          ],
          "info": [],
          "links": [],
          "parts_of_speech": [
            "Adverb (fukushi)",
            "Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)",
            "Noun"
          ],
          "restrictions": [],
          "see_also": [],
          "source": [],
          "tags": [
            "Yojijukugo (four character compound)"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "slug": "\u4e00\u751f\u61f8\u547d",
      "tags": [
        "wanikani40"
      ],
      "url": "https://jisho.org/word/%E4%B8%80%E7%94%9F%E6%87%B8%E5%91%BD",
      "wanikani_levels": [
        40
      ],
      "word": "\u4e00\u751f\u61f8\u547d"
    }
  ]
}

Search by WaniKani level

List the vocabulary taught at one WaniKani level (1-60), so a study workflow can pull exactly the words for the level someone is on.

Inputs

WaniKani levelwanikani_levelnumberRequired
The WaniKani level whose vocabulary to return, from 1 to 60.From 1 to 60.
Search textkeywordtext
Optional text to narrow the results, in English, Japanese or romaji. Leave blank to return everything matching the filters.
Pagepagenumber
Which page of results to fetch. Jisho returns up to 20 matches per page: page 1 is the first 20, page 2 the next 20, and so on. Defaults to 1.From 1 to 1000. Default: 1.
Number of resultslimitnumber
How many results to return from the page, from 1 to 20. Dictionary entries are detailed, so keep this small when you only need the best matches. Defaults to 20.From 1 to 20. Default: 20.

Outputs

countnumber
has_moretrue/false
pagenumber
querytext
wordslist
Example output
{
  "count": 1,
  "has_more": false,
  "page": 1,
  "query": "#wanikani15",
  "words": [
    {
      "attribution": {
        "dbpedia": "http://dbpedia.org/resource/Cat",
        "jmdict": true,
        "jmnedict": false
      },
      "is_common": true,
      "japanese": [
        {
          "reading": "\u306d\u3053",
          "word": "\u732b"
        },
        {
          "reading": "\u30cd\u30b3"
        }
      ],
      "jlpt": [
        "jlpt-n5"
      ],
      "jlpt_levels": [
        "N5"
      ],
      "meanings": [
        "cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus)",
        "feline",
        "shamisen"
      ],
      "parts_of_speech": [
        "Noun"
      ],
      "reading": "\u306d\u3053",
      "senses": [
        {
          "antonyms": [],
          "english_definitions": [
            "cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus)",
            "feline"
          ],
          "info": [],
          "links": [],
          "parts_of_speech": [
            "Noun"
          ],
          "restrictions": [],
          "see_also": [],
          "source": [],
          "tags": []
        },
        {
          "antonyms": [],
          "english_definitions": [
            "shamisen"
          ],
          "info": [],
          "links": [],
          "parts_of_speech": [
            "Noun"
          ],
          "restrictions": [],
          "see_also": [],
          "source": [],
          "tags": []
        }
      ],
      "slug": "\u732b",
      "tags": [
        "wanikani15"
      ],
      "url": "https://jisho.org/word/%E7%8C%AB",
      "wanikani_levels": [
        15
      ],
      "word": "\u732b"
    }
  ]
}

Search common words

Search only the words Jisho marks as common: the everyday vocabulary a learner actually meets, with the rare, archaic and specialist entries left out.

Inputs

Search textkeywordtextRequired
What to look up, in English, Japanese or romaji.
Pagepagenumber
Which page of results to fetch. Jisho returns up to 20 matches per page: page 1 is the first 20, page 2 the next 20, and so on. Defaults to 1.From 1 to 1000. Default: 1.
Number of resultslimitnumber
How many results to return from the page, from 1 to 20. Dictionary entries are detailed, so keep this small when you only need the best matches. Defaults to 20.From 1 to 20. Default: 20.

Outputs

countnumber
has_moretrue/false
pagenumber
querytext
wordslist
Example output
{
  "count": 1,
  "has_more": false,
  "page": 1,
  "query": "#common cat",
  "words": [
    {
      "attribution": {
        "dbpedia": "http://dbpedia.org/resource/Cat",
        "jmdict": true,
        "jmnedict": false
      },
      "is_common": true,
      "japanese": [
        {
          "reading": "\u306d\u3053",
          "word": "\u732b"
        },
        {
          "reading": "\u30cd\u30b3"
        }
      ],
      "jlpt": [
        "jlpt-n5"
      ],
      "jlpt_levels": [
        "N5"
      ],
      "meanings": [
        "cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus)",
        "feline",
        "shamisen"
      ],
      "parts_of_speech": [
        "Noun"
      ],
      "reading": "\u306d\u3053",
      "senses": [
        {
          "antonyms": [],
          "english_definitions": [
            "cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus)",
            "feline"
          ],
          "info": [],
          "links": [],
          "parts_of_speech": [
            "Noun"
          ],
          "restrictions": [],
          "see_also": [],
          "source": [],
          "tags": []
        },
        {
          "antonyms": [],
          "english_definitions": [
            "shamisen"
          ],
          "info": [],
          "links": [],
          "parts_of_speech": [
            "Noun"
          ],
          "restrictions": [],
          "see_also": [],
          "source": [],
          "tags": []
        }
      ],
      "slug": "\u732b",
      "tags": [
        "wanikani15"
      ],
      "url": "https://jisho.org/word/%E7%8C%AB",
      "wanikani_levels": [
        15
      ],
      "word": "\u732b"
    }
  ]
}

Search Japanese names

Look up Japanese proper names (surnames, given names, places, railway stations, companies and more) and get each one's reading, so you can tell how a name is actually pronounced.

Inputs

Namekeywordtext
The name to look up, in Japanese or romaji. Leave blank to browse a name type instead.
Name typesname_typeslist
Optionally limit the results to certain kinds of name. This is an exact filter and Jisho's name tagging is uneven, so start with the name on its own and add a type only if you need to narrow it.One or more of: surname, given (Given name), male (Male given name), fem (Female given name), person (Full name of a person), place (Place name), station (Railway station), company (Company name), organization, product (Product name), and 15 more.
Pagepagenumber
Which page of results to fetch. Jisho returns up to 20 matches per page: page 1 is the first 20, page 2 the next 20, and so on. Defaults to 1.From 1 to 1000. Default: 1.
Number of resultslimitnumber
How many results to return from the page, from 1 to 20. Dictionary entries are detailed, so keep this small when you only need the best matches. Defaults to 20.From 1 to 20. Default: 20.

Outputs

countnumber
has_moretrue/false
pagenumber
querytext
wordslist
Example output
{
  "count": 1,
  "has_more": false,
  "page": 1,
  "query": "#place \u4eac\u90fd",
  "words": [
    {
      "attribution": {
        "dbpedia": "http://dbpedia.org/resource/Kyoto_Pharmaceutical_University",
        "jmdict": true,
        "jmnedict": true
      },
      "is_common": false,
      "japanese": [
        {
          "reading": "\u304d\u3087\u3046\u3068\u3084\u3063\u304b\u3060\u3044\u304c\u304f",
          "word": "\u4eac\u90fd\u85ac\u79d1\u5927\u5b66"
        }
      ],
      "jlpt": [],
      "jlpt_levels": [],
      "meanings": [
        "Kyoto Pharmaceutical University"
      ],
      "parts_of_speech": [
        "Noun",
        "Place"
      ],
      "reading": "\u304d\u3087\u3046\u3068\u3084\u3063\u304b\u3060\u3044\u304c\u304f",
      "senses": [
        {
          "antonyms": [],
          "english_definitions": [
            "Kyoto Pharmaceutical University"
          ],
          "info": [],
          "links": [],
          "parts_of_speech": [
            "Noun"
          ],
          "restrictions": [],
          "see_also": [],
          "source": [],
          "tags": [
            "Organization name"
          ]
        },
        {
          "antonyms": [],
          "english_definitions": [
            "Kyoto Pharmaceutical University"
          ],
          "info": [],
          "links": [],
          "parts_of_speech": [
            "Place"
          ],
          "restrictions": [],
          "see_also": [],
          "source": [],
          "tags": []
        }
      ],
      "slug": "\u4eac\u90fd\u85ac\u79d1\u5927\u5b66",
      "tags": [],
      "url": "https://jisho.org/word/%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E8%96%AC%E7%A7%91%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6",
      "wanikani_levels": [],
      "word": "\u4eac\u90fd\u85ac\u79d1\u5927\u5b66"
    }
  ]
}

Search the dictionary

Search Jisho for a word in English, Japanese (kanji, hiragana or katakana) or romaji, and get every matching dictionary entry with its readings, meanings, parts of speech, JLPT level and WaniKani level.

Inputs

Search textkeywordtextRequired
What to look up. English (water), Japanese (水), or romaji (mizu) all work.
Pagepagenumber
Which page of results to fetch. Jisho returns up to 20 matches per page: page 1 is the first 20, page 2 the next 20, and so on. Defaults to 1.From 1 to 1000. Default: 1.
Number of resultslimitnumber
How many results to return from the page, from 1 to 20. Dictionary entries are detailed, so keep this small when you only need the best matches. Defaults to 20.From 1 to 20. Default: 20.
Exact match onlyexacttrue/false
Match the text exactly as typed instead of also returning entries that merely contain it, and turn off Jisho's automatic romaji-to-kana conversion. Leave off to search the way jisho.org does by default.Default: false.

Outputs

countnumber
has_moretrue/false
pagenumber
querytext
wordslist
Example output
{
  "count": 1,
  "has_more": false,
  "page": 1,
  "query": "to eat",
  "words": [
    {
      "attribution": {
        "dbpedia": false,
        "jmdict": true,
        "jmnedict": false
      },
      "is_common": true,
      "japanese": [
        {
          "reading": "\u305f\u3079\u308b",
          "word": "\u98df\u3079\u308b"
        }
      ],
      "jlpt": [
        "jlpt-n5"
      ],
      "jlpt_levels": [
        "N5"
      ],
      "meanings": [
        "to eat",
        "to live on (e.g. a salary)",
        "to live off",
        "to subsist on"
      ],
      "parts_of_speech": [
        "Ichidan verb",
        "Transitive verb"
      ],
      "reading": "\u305f\u3079\u308b",
      "senses": [
        {
          "antonyms": [],
          "english_definitions": [
            "to eat"
          ],
          "info": [],
          "links": [],
          "parts_of_speech": [
            "Ichidan verb",
            "Transitive verb"
          ],
          "restrictions": [],
          "see_also": [],
          "source": [],
          "tags": []
        },
        {
          "antonyms": [],
          "english_definitions": [
            "to live on (e.g. a salary)",
            "to live off",
            "to subsist on"
          ],
          "info": [],
          "links": [],
          "parts_of_speech": [
            "Ichidan verb",
            "Transitive verb"
          ],
          "restrictions": [],
          "see_also": [],
          "source": [],
          "tags": []
        }
      ],
      "slug": "\u98df\u3079\u308b",
      "tags": [
        "wanikani6"
      ],
      "url": "https://jisho.org/word/%E9%A3%9F%E3%81%B9%E3%82%8B",
      "wanikani_levels": [
        6
      ],
      "word": "\u98df\u3079\u308b"
    }
  ]
}

Translate English to Japanese

Find the Japanese words that mean a given English word or phrase, each with its kanji, its reading in kana and its full set of meanings so you can pick the right one.

Inputs

English word or phraseenglish_texttextRequired
The English word or phrase to look up.
Common words onlycommon_onlytrue/false
Only return words Jisho marks as common: the everyday vocabulary, with the rare and archaic entries left out.Default: false.
Pagepagenumber
Which page of results to fetch. Jisho returns up to 20 matches per page: page 1 is the first 20, page 2 the next 20, and so on. Defaults to 1.From 1 to 1000. Default: 1.
Number of resultslimitnumber
How many results to return from the page, from 1 to 20. Dictionary entries are detailed, so keep this small when you only need the best matches. Defaults to 5, which is usually enough to see the right translation.From 1 to 20. Default: 5.

Outputs

countnumber
has_moretrue/false
pagenumber
querytext
wordslist
Example output
{
  "count": 1,
  "has_more": false,
  "page": 1,
  "query": "cat",
  "words": [
    {
      "attribution": {
        "dbpedia": "http://dbpedia.org/resource/Cat",
        "jmdict": true,
        "jmnedict": false
      },
      "is_common": true,
      "japanese": [
        {
          "reading": "\u306d\u3053",
          "word": "\u732b"
        },
        {
          "reading": "\u30cd\u30b3"
        }
      ],
      "jlpt": [
        "jlpt-n5"
      ],
      "jlpt_levels": [
        "N5"
      ],
      "meanings": [
        "cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus)",
        "feline",
        "shamisen"
      ],
      "parts_of_speech": [
        "Noun"
      ],
      "reading": "\u306d\u3053",
      "senses": [
        {
          "antonyms": [],
          "english_definitions": [
            "cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus)",
            "feline"
          ],
          "info": [],
          "links": [],
          "parts_of_speech": [
            "Noun"
          ],
          "restrictions": [],
          "see_also": [],
          "source": [],
          "tags": []
        },
        {
          "antonyms": [],
          "english_definitions": [
            "shamisen"
          ],
          "info": [],
          "links": [],
          "parts_of_speech": [
            "Noun"
          ],
          "restrictions": [],
          "see_also": [],
          "source": [],
          "tags": []
        }
      ],
      "slug": "\u732b",
      "tags": [
        "wanikani15"
      ],
      "url": "https://jisho.org/word/%E7%8C%AB",
      "wanikani_levels": [
        15
      ],
      "word": "\u732b"
    }
  ]
}

Translate Japanese to English

Look up a Japanese word or phrase and get its reading in kana and its English meanings. Use it to gloss Japanese text coming from an earlier step.

Inputs

Japanese wordjapanese_texttextRequired
The Japanese word to translate, in kanji, hiragana or katakana.
Exact match onlyexacttrue/false
Match the text exactly as typed instead of also returning entries that merely contain it, and turn off Jisho's automatic romaji-to-kana conversion. Leave off to search the way jisho.org does by default.Default: false.
Pagepagenumber
Which page of results to fetch. Jisho returns up to 20 matches per page: page 1 is the first 20, page 2 the next 20, and so on. Defaults to 1.From 1 to 1000. Default: 1.
Number of resultslimitnumber
How many results to return from the page, from 1 to 20. Dictionary entries are detailed, so keep this small when you only need the best matches. Defaults to 5, which is usually enough to see the right translation.From 1 to 20. Default: 5.

Outputs

countnumber
has_moretrue/false
pagenumber
querytext
wordslist
Example output
{
  "count": 1,
  "has_more": false,
  "page": 1,
  "query": "\u98df\u3079\u308b",
  "words": [
    {
      "attribution": {
        "dbpedia": false,
        "jmdict": true,
        "jmnedict": false
      },
      "is_common": true,
      "japanese": [
        {
          "reading": "\u305f\u3079\u308b",
          "word": "\u98df\u3079\u308b"
        }
      ],
      "jlpt": [
        "jlpt-n5"
      ],
      "jlpt_levels": [
        "N5"
      ],
      "meanings": [
        "to eat",
        "to live on (e.g. a salary)",
        "to live off",
        "to subsist on"
      ],
      "parts_of_speech": [
        "Ichidan verb",
        "Transitive verb"
      ],
      "reading": "\u305f\u3079\u308b",
      "senses": [
        {
          "antonyms": [],
          "english_definitions": [
            "to eat"
          ],
          "info": [],
          "links": [],
          "parts_of_speech": [
            "Ichidan verb",
            "Transitive verb"
          ],
          "restrictions": [],
          "see_also": [],
          "source": [],
          "tags": []
        },
        {
          "antonyms": [],
          "english_definitions": [
            "to live on (e.g. a salary)",
            "to live off",
            "to subsist on"
          ],
          "info": [],
          "links": [],
          "parts_of_speech": [
            "Ichidan verb",
            "Transitive verb"
          ],
          "restrictions": [],
          "see_also": [],
          "source": [],
          "tags": []
        }
      ],
      "slug": "\u98df\u3079\u308b",
      "tags": [
        "wanikani6"
      ],
      "url": "https://jisho.org/word/%E9%A3%9F%E3%81%B9%E3%82%8B",
      "wanikani_levels": [
        6
      ],
      "word": "\u98df\u3079\u308b"
    }
  ]
}

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