YomiLens Dictionaries

Dictionary packages for YomiLens Popup Dictionary, an Anki add-on that opens a fast popup lookup while reviewing cards.

This repository is used as the download source for the add-on's built-in dictionary manager. The files here are packaged in Yomitan/Yomichan-compatible ZIP format so they can be imported directly into YomiLens.

Available Dictionaries

How to Use

From YomiLens

1. Open Anki.
2. Go to Tools -> YomiLens Settings.
3. Open the Dictionaries tab.
4. Choose a dictionary and click Download.
5. Enable the language you want in the General tab.
6. Review a card, select a word, and the popup will look it up.

Manual Import

You can also download any ZIP file from this repository and import it manually:

1. Open Tools -> YomiLens Settings.
2. Go to Dictionaries.
3. Click Import ZIP.
4. Select the downloaded dictionary ZIP.

Manifest

manifest.json lists the dictionaries shown inside the YomiLens download manager. Each entry contains:

• id: stable dictionary identifier
• title: display name
• description: short summary shown in the add-on
• url: download URL
• size_mb: approximate package size
• lang: language code used for grouping

Credits and Licenses

These packages are built from open dictionary projects and community-maintained datasets. Please preserve the original credits and licenses when redistributing.

Chinese Dictionaries

• CC-CEDICT Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT / MDBG contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
• CFDICT Chinese-French: CFDICT / Chine Informations, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
• CVDICT Chinese-Vietnamese: CVDICT / Phong Phan, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
• Chinese EN/VI/FR source data was prepared from the LingLook dictionary data project.

Japanese Dictionaries

• JMdict, JMnedict, and KANJIDIC are maintained by the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG) and used under the EDRDG license.
• Yomitan-ready JMdict/JMnedict/KANJIDIC packages are from the Yomidevs dictionary build projects and conversion tooling.
• Jitendex is based on JMdict/EDRDG data and distributed by the Jitendex project.
• KANJIDIC Vietnamese is distributed by KanjiDictVN. Its generator is MIT-licensed; the package credits KANJIDIC/EDRDG and Vietnamese readings and meanings from Từ điển Hán Nôm.
• Kanjium Pitch Accents is generated by toasted-nutbread from Kanjium data and is distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0. The pitch accent notation and other additions were provided by Uros O. through the Kanjium database. The Yomitan package generator is available at toasted-nutbread/yomichan-pitch-accent-dictionary.

Why JPDB Frequency Is Not Mirrored Here

The upstream JPDB v2.2 package is publicly downloadable, but neither the package repository nor the scraped JPDB dataset currently states a redistribution license. YomiLens therefore does not mirror that ZIP. Users may still import a copy obtained from its upstream source manually with Import ZIP.

English Dictionaries

• English Dictionary (EN->EN) combines Open English WordNet, MongoDB english-words-definitions, and ipa-dict data.
• English-Vietnamese Dictionary (EN->VI) uses data from the Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project by Ho Ngoc Duc.

Yomitan

YomiLens uses dictionary formats, language logic, and ideas inspired by the Yomitan ecosystem.

Special thanks to the Yomitan project and the Yomitan contributors for building and maintaining the modern popup dictionary tooling that made this workflow possible.

Related Links

• Yomitan
• Yomitan Import
• Yomidevs JMdict Yomitan builds
• EDRDG
• Jitendex
• CC-CEDICT

Support

If these dictionaries or YomiLens help your study workflow, you can support the project here:

ko-fi.com/marshnguyen