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Note: this project is no longer maintained. Please seethispost for more information.

Yomichan Import allows users of theYomichan extension to import customdictionary files. It currently supports the following formats:

• JMdict XML
• JMnedict XML
• KANJIDIC2 XML
• Rikai SQLite DB
• EPWING:
  • Daijirin (三省堂　スーパー大辞林)
  • Daijisen (大辞泉)
  • Kenkyusha (研究社　新和英大辞典　第５版)
  • Kotowaza (故事ことわざの辞典)
  • Meikyou (明鏡国語辞典)
  • Kojien (広辞苑第六版 • 付属資料)
  • Gakken (学研国語大辞典 • 古語辞典 • 故事ことわざ辞典 • 学研漢和大字典)

Yomichan Import is being expanded to support other EPWING dictionaries based on user demand. This is a mostlynon-technical (although laborious) process that requires writing regular expressions and creating font tables; volunteercontributions are welcome.

Follow the steps outlined below to import your custom dictionary into Yomichan:

1. Download a pre-built binary for Linux, Mac OS X or Windows from theprojectpage.
2. Launch theyomichan-gtk executable after extracting the entire archive (oryomichan from the command line).
3. Specify the source path of the dictionary you wish to convert.
4. Specify the target path of the dictionary ZIP archive that you wish to create.
5. Press the button labeledImport dictionary... and wait for processing to complete.
6. On the Yomichan options page, browse to the dictionary ZIP archive file you created.
7. Wait for the import progress to complete before closing the options page.

Notice: When converting EPWING dictionaries on Windows, it is important that the dictionary path you provide doesnot contain non-ASCII characters (including Japanese characters). This problem is due to the fact that the EPWINGlibrary used does not support such paths. Attempts to convert dictionaries stored in paths containing illegal charactersmay cause the conversion process to fail.