Weblio | |
Logo Alt: | Lowercase text logo of Weblio with W made blue and the remaining letters black |
Type: | Online dictionary |
Language: | Japanese |
Country Of Origin: | Japan |
Owner: | GRAS Group, Inc. |
Commercial: | Yes |
Current Status: | Active |
Weblio is a free integrated bilingual dictionary website and online encyclopedia for Japanese-speaking sites operated by the, formerly known as the . 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.[1]
Beta testing began on December 12, 2005,[2] and the site began to formally provide services searching 11 different dictionaries and encyclopedias on January 25, the following year.[3]