rikaichan

Submitted by jon on Wed, 2006-09-13 06:27. ::
About
rikaichan is a popup Japanese-English/German/French/Russian dictionary extension for Firefox.

Features:
  • Simple to use, just hover the mouse on top of a Japanese word.
  • Automatically de-inflects verbs and adjectives.
  • Has an optional toolbar that allows you to manually type the word to lookup.
  • Detailed kanji view shows meaning/keyword in English, on/kun readings, and other information.
  • Hiragana, katakana and half-width katakana are treated the same making it possible to lookup stylized/emphasized words.
This extension is licensed under GNU General Public License v2.

Preview Video: 9MB Flash


Download
Requires: Firefox 2.0+ or Thunderbird 2.0+.


2. The word dictionary v1.06 [2007-12-24] (select one)

Japanese-English Dictionary
Install [alternate site]

Japanese-German Dictionary
Install [alternate site]

Japanese-French Dictionary
Install [alternate site]

Japanese-Russian Dictionary
Install [alternate site]

* Only one word dictionary should be installed.

3. The names dictionary v1.06 [2008-04-05] (optional)

Names Dictionary (11 MB)
Install [alternate site]

What's New


Firefox 3 Beta/RC: Please see the FAQ page for issues regarding this version of Firefox.

To manually install a downloaded XPI in Firefox, drag the file from your hard drive and drop it into an open Firefox window. You can also install it by clicking the File menu, then Open File in Firefox.

To install a downloaded XPI in Thunderbird, go to Tools, Addons/Extensions and click Install or drag the XPI file into the window.

You can now also download rikaichan from mozdev.org and addons.mozilla.org.
Acknowledgements
Rikaichan exists thanks to the work of these guys... :)

Todd Rudick for rikaiXUL [link]
rikaichan was originally based on this extension by Todd Rudick who also created the original popup dictionary site rikai.com.
James William Breen, Jean-Marc Desperrier, Oleg V. Volkov, Ulrich Apel, and the Electronic Dictionary Research & Development Group for JMDICT/KANJIDIC/ENAMDICT [link]
The guys that made the dictionary data used in rikaichan.
Michael Raine and James William Breen for RADKFILE
Parts of the data used for the kanji display are based on this work.
Josh Glover for Thunderbird port
Thanks to Josh's work, rikaichan now works with Thunderbird.