Bug#990387: ITP: jiten -- Jiten Japanese Dictionary
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: "Felix C. Stegerman" <flx@obfusk.net>
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, flx@obfusk.net
* Package name : jiten
Version : 1.1.0
Upstream Author : Felix C. Stegerman <flx@obfusk.net>
* URL : https://github.com/obfusk/jiten
* License : AGPLv3+ (code) + various other licenses (data)
Programming Lang: Python
Description : Jiten Japanese Dictionary
Jiten is a Japanese dictionary based on JMDict/Kanjidic
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Features:
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Fine-grained search using regexes (regular expressions)
* simple searches don't require knowledge of regexes
* quick reference available in the web interface and android app
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JMDict multilingual japanese dictionary
* kanji, readings (romaji optional), meanings & more
* meanings in english, dutch, german, french and/or spanish
* pitch accent (from Wadoku, non-free)
* browse by frequency/jlpt
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Kanji dictionary
* readings (romaji optional), meanings (english), jmdict entries, radicals & more
* search using SKIP codes
* search by radical
* handwritten kanji recognition
* browse by frequency/level/jlpt/SKIP
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Example sentences (from Tatoeba)
* with english, dutch, german, french and/or spanish translation
* some with audio (non-free)
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Stroke order
* input a word or sentence and see how it's written
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Interfaces:
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Android app
* wraps the web interface (running locally on your device) in a webview
* completely offline, no internet access required
* easily share and open jiten.obfusk.dev links
* not included in this Debian package
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Web interface
* available online at https://jiten.obfusk.dev
* light/dark mode
* search history (stored locally)
* tooltips to quickly see meanings and readings for kanji and words
* use long press for tooltips on mobile
* converts romaji to hiragana and between hiragana and katakana
* can be run on your own computer
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Command-line interface
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WebView GUI
* wraps the web interface (running locally on your computer)
* requires python3-webview
I'm the developer of Jiten Japanese Dictionary.
I also maintain the NixOS package.
The Android version is available on F-Droid.
I've already packaged it for Debian [1], but I need a sponsor and
could use some advice on how best to deal with some of the remaining
complaints from lintian :)
I'll upload a source package to mentors.debian.net after I release
v1.1.0 in a few days.
Dependencies not yet in Debian: kanjidraw [2].
- Felix
[1] https://salsa.debian.org/obfusk/jiten/-/tree/debian/sid
[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=988516
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