Search help
Simple search: type Japanese (kanji, hiragana or katakana), romaji. Romaji is forgiving: toukyou, tokyo and tōkyō are equivalent. Hiragana and katakana are treated alike, and matching is case-insensitive. Leave the box empty to browse everything.
Regular expression (tick the box) supports standard JavaScript syntax:
^た | starts with た |
る$ | ends with る |
か.る | か, any one character, る |
^.{2}$ | exactly two characters |
cat|dog | either word |
[あいう]ます | one of the listed characters |
colou?r | optional character (? * +) |
\bwork\b | whole word "work" |
With "Everything" selected, a regex is tested against the headword, reading, romaji and English meaning separately, so ^ and $ anchor each field. Whole-word / exact match only applies to simple search.