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Kiten vs Jisho: catalog facts
Kiten	Jisho
Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0-or-later licence.	Free Free to use online.
Windows, Linux	Web
English-Japanese and Japanese-English dictionaries Kanji dictionary with several lookup methods	Kanji lookup by radicals or handwriting Searches words, kanji, sentences and names at once
Built around KDE, so it looks most at home on a Plasma desktop Focused on lookup rather than structured lessons	Works only online Japanese-English only
Downloadable app	Web application
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-2.0-or-later	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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