Re: [tlug] a japanese dictionary

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

>>>>> "dabicho" == dabicho  <tsukebumi@example.com> writes:

    dabicho> On 4/1/06, David Stibbe <dstibbe@example.com> wrote:

    >> So, I'm working on building a japanese dictionary for the pc
    >> and was wondering, is there something current dictionaries
    >> don't have that the tlug-crowd would really like to see in a
    >> dictionary program ?

Integration with input methods, ie, type "input" [henkan], see "入力",
type RET.

    dabicho> How about classifying the words by subject, searching for
    dabicho> synonyms or related words and for antonyms (oposite
    dabicho> meaning words) A sort would be pretty usefull too. Sort
    dabicho> by furigana, by stroke count, by some dictionary
    dabicho> number. Grouping by kanji.

    dabicho> And finally, a regexp would be great too.

    dabicho> I could think of many different types of searches that I
    dabicho> have wanted to do sometimes, like All words that has this
    dabicho> particular kanji as the second character, or whos
    dabicho> previous kanji has n strokes and this radical, but maybe
    dabicho> that is too much...

Just give it an SQL interface. :-)

I think that would be best, some kind of standard query language.

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