Nihongo Benkyo
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    Nihongo Benkyo is a Japanese dictionary and learning tool.

    Nihongo Benkyo:

      * Is available for Windows, Linux and other Unix operating systems.
      * Does not require any installation on Windows: unzip, it works!
      * Can be put on an usb key drive and brought everywhere!
      * Imports JMDict, a word dictionary with a lot of interesting metadata.
      * Imports JMnedict, a proper name dictionary.
      * Imports EDICT, a format in which you can find many specialized dictionaries (science, computing, etc).
      * Imports Kanjidic2, a kanji dictionary with over 10,000 entries.
      * Finds words from Japanese (kanji, kana, romaji) or from a translation.
      * Can search words with wildcards (* and ?).
      * Lists results in a table for quick overview.
      * Shows further details about a selected result (part of speech, similar words, dialect...).
      * Scans selection from other applications.
      * Keeps an history of searched words so you can go back and go forward easily.
      * Includes interface translations for several languages.


Requirements
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    Ruby >= 1.8.0:              http://www.ruby-lang.org
    GTK+ >= 2.6:                http://www.gnome.org
    libxml2 >= 2.6.22 [**]:     http://www.xmlsoft.org
    Ruby-GetText >= 0.6.1:      http://ponx.s5.xrea.com/hiki/ruby-gettext.html
    Ruby-GNOME2 >= 0.14.1 [*]:  http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp
    libsqlite3 >= 3.2.1:        http://www.sqlite.org         
    Sqlite3/Ruby >= 1.1.0:      http://rubyforge.org/projects/sqlite-ruby/
    Intltool:                   http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software_2fintltool

    [*]: Required libraries are: Ruby/Libglade2, Ruby/Gtk2 and Ruby/GdkPixbuf2.
    [**]: Only required if you want the import facility.


Install 
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    * With the import facility:

        $ ruby setup.rb config
        $ ruby setup.rb setup
        ($ su)
        # ruby setup.rb install

    * Without the import facility:
    
        ($ su)
        # ruby setup.rb all --without-ext


Data
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    See http://www.nihongobenkyo.org for data to use with Nihongo Benkyo.


Usage
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    $ nihongobenkyo


FAQ
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    * How to upgrade to version 0.3 ?

        First delete ~/.nihongobenkyo/ and then proceed to the install.

    * How to load automatically SCIM with Nihongo Benkyo ?

        $ GTK_IM_MODULE=scim nihongobenkyo


License
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    Nihongo Benkyo is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
    See the COPYING file for more information.
