Moji (extension)

Moji

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Developer(s)	Erwan Loisant, Gerald Vogt
Stable release	1.0.3 / August 22, 2011
Development status	Active
Operating system	Cross-platform
Available in	English
Type	Mozilla extension
License	Open Source Freeware
Website	moji.mozdev.org/

Moji is a free, open source, cross-platform Japanese and Chinese dictionary for Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird and SeaMonkey written by Erwan Loisant and Gerald Vogt. It is also an extension that makes it possible to search much bigger free dictionary databases. Moji was designed as a tool to help foreigners who are learning Japanese read Web pages, and it therefore allows search of hiragana, katakana and kanji terms, but not of rōmaji. The program is compatible with Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Linux.

Available dictionaries

Because they have the greatest number of entries, installation of the two English dictionaries is recommended to all users.

• Japanese–English dictionary (based on Jim Breen's EDICT)
• English–Kanji dictionary
• Japanese–French dictionary (based on J.-M. Desperrier's Dico FJ)
• French–Kanji dictionary
• Japanese–German dictionary (based on Ulrich Apel's WaDoKu)
• German–Kanji dictionary
• Japanese–Korean dictionary
• Japanese–Russian dictionary (based on Oleg V. Volkov's Edict files)
• Japanese–Spanish dictionary
• Dictionary of Japanese places with hiragana and rōmaji readings
• Dictionary of Japanese names and last names with hiragana and rōmaji readings
• Simplified Chinese–German dictionary (based on HanDeDict)
• Chinese–German dictionary (based on HanDeDict)
• Simplified Chinese–English dictionary (based on Paul Denisowski's CEDICT)
• Chinese–English word dictionary (based on Paul Denisowski's CEDICT)
• Japanese–Spanish dictionary

Installation

Automatic installation of the extension is possible online using Firefox's or Thunderbird's Add-ons tool or Moji's own automatic tool. Using Moji requires the installation of the Moji extension itself and of at least two dictionaries (a word dictionary and a kanji dictionary). Automatic installation requires JavaScript, but all necessary files can be downloaded and installed manually.

Use

In Firefox Moji opens in a sidebar, and the sidebar itself can be opened using the browser's main menu. Words can then be selected in a Web page and looked up dropping them directly onto Moji's search box. It is also possible to use a drop-down menu that appears right-clicking on a word or a user-configurable keyboard shortcut. The program has numerous user-configurable options that can be set through Firefox.

See also

• rikaichan

External links

• Moji at Firefox Add-ons
• Moji at mozdev.org

Dictionaries of Japanese
Monolingual dictionaries	Classical Japan Tenrei Banshō Meigi Shinsen Jikyō Wamyō Ruijushō Ruiju Myōgishō Iroha Jiruishō Medieval Japan Jikyōshū Kagakushū Onkochishinsho Wagokuhen Setsuyōshū Rakuyōshū Modern Japan Kokushi Daijiten Shin Meikai kokugo jiten Dai Kan-Wa Jiten Kōjien Sanseido Kokugo Jiten Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Nihon Kingendaishi Jiten Daijirin Nihongo Daijiten Daijisen
Bilingual dictionaries	Print Nippo Jisho Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language Kenkyūsha's New Japanese-English Dictionary Nichi-Ran jiten The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary Dictionary of Sources of Classical Japan Electronic Wordtank EDICT WWWJDIC Gjiten Kiten Eijirō Wordtank Wordtank G50 Moji
List of Japanese dictionaries