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Jisho vs Janus Glossa: catalog facts
Jisho	Janus Glossa
Free Free to use online.	Free Free and open source under Apache-2.0.
Web	Android
Kanji lookup by radicals or handwriting Searches words, kanji, sentences and names at once	Uses Wikipedia article matches for contextual translations Supports multiple source and target languages
Works only online Japanese-English only	Android app only
Web application	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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