jmdict.js

jmdict.js is a library for working with JMdict Japanese dictionary files and KanjiDic2 kanji dictionary files

Installation

You can install jmdict.js via npm:

npm install jmdict.js

Features

• Parse JMdict files and XML strings into typesafe objects
• Write JMdict objects to JSON files
• Parse KanjiDic2 files and XML strings into typesafe objects
• Write KanjiDic2 objects to JSON files
• CLI for converting JMdict files to JSON

Usage

Parsing a JMdict from an XML string

import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
import { JMdictParser } from 'jmdict.js';

const xmlString = readFileSync('pathToJMdictFile.xml', 'utf8');
const jmdict = await JMdictParser.fromXmlString(xmlString);
const entries = jmdict.entries;

Parsing a JMdict from a file

import { JMdictParser } from 'jmdict.js';

const jmdict = await JMdictParser.fromXmlFile('pathToJMdictFile.xml');
const entries = jmdict.entries;

Writing to a JSON file

import { JMdictParser } from 'jmdict.js';

const jmdict = await JMdictParser.fromXmlFile('pathToJMdictFile.xml');
jmdict.writeToJsonFile('pathToOutputFile.json');

KanjiDic2

The KanjiDic2 parser works just like the JMdict parser, but with the KanjiDicParser class

Using the CLI

To convert a JMdict file to JSON, you can use the CLI:

jmdictjs convert -i pathToJMdictFile.xml -o pathToOutputFile.json

Converting KanjiDic2 files is not yet supported in the CLI