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Weblio

Type of site	Online dictionary
Available in	Japanese
Country of origin	Japan
Owner	GRAS Group, Inc.
URL	weblio.jp
Commercial	Yes
Launched	January 25, 2006 (18 years ago) (2006-01-25)
Current status	Active

Weblio is a free integrated bilingual dictionary website and online encyclopedia for Japanese-speaking sites operated by the GRAS Group, Inc. (GRASグループ株式会社), formerly known as the Weblio Corporation (ウェブリオ株式会社). Weblio can perform a bulk search on a variety of dictionaries, encyclopedias and glossaries, and return results. The dictionary facility includes Kenkyūsha's New Japanese-English Dictionary and 70 other Japanese–English and English–Japanese dictionaries with 4,160,000 English words and 4,730,000 Japanese words. As of January 20, 2016, a total of 665 dictionaries, encyclopedias and glossary sites can be searched in full.

History

Beta testing began on December 12, 2005, and the site began to formally provide services searching 11 different dictionaries and encyclopedias on January 25, the following year.

References

1. Japanese Language: Reference: Encyclopedias, University of Washington Libraries
2. Japanese e-resources: Dictionaries, Stanford University libraries
3. "Weblio homepage". Retrieved 2016-01-20.
4. "プレスリリース オンライン百科事典「Weblio:ウェブリオ」のベータ版をオープン" [Weblio opens beta version] (press release). Weblio. 2005-12-12. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
5. "プレスリリース オンライン百科事典「Weblio:ウェブリオ」を正式オープン" [Weblio officially open] (press release). Weblio. 2006-01-25. Retrieved 2008-01-28.

External links

• Official website

v t e 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 The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary Dictionary of Sources of Classical Japan Electronic Eijirō JMdict Wadoku
List of Japanese dictionaries

• 2006 establishments in Japan
• Internet properties established in 2006
• Internet technology companies of Japan