Weblio
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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).[1][2][3] 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.[4][5] As of January 20, 2016, a total of 665 dictionaries, encyclopedias and glossary sites can be searched in full.[6]
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Type of site | Online dictionary |
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| Available in | Japanese |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Owner | GRAS Group, Inc. |
| URL | weblio.jp |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | January 25, 2006 |
| Current status | Active |
History
Beta testing began on December 12, 2005,[7] and the site began to formally provide services searching 11 different dictionaries and encyclopedias on January 25, the following year.[8]