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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 First published in 1918, has long been the largest and most authoritative Japanese-English dictionary. Translators, scholars, and specialists who use the Japanese language affectionately refer to this dictionary as the ''Green Goddess'' or ('' ...

'' 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.

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* {{Authority control 2006 establishments in Japan Internet properties established in 2006 Internet technology companies of Japan