Waydict: dictionary importer

AnkiWeb addon 377012597

Imports Yomitan-format dictionaries and adds definitions to chosen fields in Anki notes, with HTML or plain-text formatting.
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Updated: 2025-03-02
Anki versions: 24.11~
Description language: en

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Repository: hundway/anki-way-dict · more by hundway
Stars: ⭐ 4 · forks 1 · open issues 0
Last commit: 2025-12-28
License: GPL-3.0
Languages: Python
Tests: 0

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README

Waydict: dictionary importer

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Waydict is an open-source, free anki add-on that lets you import your favorite dictionary and add its definitions to notes.

Usage

After installation, the add-on can be accessed in multiple ways. Selecting any option will open a dialog to process all notes currently selected. First, you should set a dictionary and a note configuration; after pressing Start, notes will be updated. To access the dialog, choose one of the following options on the browser menu:

定 button inside note editor.
Add definition action in edit menu or right-click context menu.

Note editor	Edit Menu	Context Menu
<img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f618f907-357e-4fd9-a267-2d1a2aaff84c" style="width: 220px; height: 300px">	<img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/38644558-bd0a-4040-a29e-191ba0c1dcec" style="width: 325px; height: 300px;">	<img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6b631119-e820-4ad9-baea-8b825e1a6064" style="width: 325px; height: 300px;">

1. Select a dictionary

At the top-right of the dialog, there's a Browse button that will let you select a zip file containing the dictionary entries. To check if a dictionary was properly imported, use the Preview tab to search a word definition.

There are three text formats to choose from:

HTML-Full: keep all HTML.
HTML-Brief: keep only list elements, discard styles.
Plain-Text: format list elements to plain text.

[!WARNING] Only dictionaries on yomitan format are currently supported. To access a handful of those, please refer to yomitan wiki.

2. Set note options

Given a selection of notes, definitions will only be added on those that match the given note configuration:

Note type: target note type.
Source field: field with the word to be searched.
Destination field: field in which definitions will be added.
Overwrite destination: overwrite destination even if it has content.

Installation

AnkiWeb

The easiest way to install Waydict is through AnkiWeb add-on code: 377012597.

Open Anki > Tools > Add-ons > Get Add-ons.
Paste the code and hit Ok.

Manual installation

Download waydict.zip file from the latest release.
Open Anki > Tools > Add-ons > Install from file.
Select and open the downloaded file.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to:

Report issues.
Request a feature.
Send pull requests.