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Yomitan vs Jisho: catalog facts
Yomitan	Jisho
Free Free and open source.	Free Free to use online.
Browser extension	Web
Instant hover lookups without leaving the page Continues Yomichan with active maintenance	Kanji lookup by radicals or handwriting Searches words, kanji, sentences and names at once
Dictionaries must be found and imported separately Setup takes some effort for new users	Works only online Japanese-English only
Browser extension	Web application
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-3.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
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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