J-Ben
J-Ben is an aid for studying Japanese. Its primary focus is for looking up and studying kanji (the Chinese characters used in Japanese writing). It also features kanji and vocabulary study lists, cross-referencing of kanji searches with the vocabulary list, a kanji flash card drilling mode, and a Japanese-English dictionary.
| Tags | education |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPLv2 |
| Operating Systems | Windows Windows Windows POSIX Linux |
| Implementation | C++ |
Recent releases
- 09 Dec 2008 13:32
Changes: A bug with the shebang line in the Linux download script was fixed. A bug involving the kanji test configuration tab's default settings on fresh installs was fixed. A few other minor changes were made.
- 30 Nov 2008 11:44
Changes: Kanji can now be added and sorted by Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) level. A bug with the JLPT code introduced in the previous version was also fixed. The kanji list editor has also been slightly revised.
- 16 Nov 2008 15:06
Changes: The default kanji file was changed from KANJIDIC2 to KANJIDIC to improve performance. The Kanji dictionary now shows Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) levels for kanji characters. Kanji test mode now has single-key keyboard shortcuts, stroke order display in kanji writing mode, and a "show answers" button. Improved installers for Linux and Windows allow users to download and install optional dictionary and stroke order diagram packages automatically.
- 21 Apr 2008 07:28
Changes: KANJIDIC2 support has been added. A multi-method kanji search method has been added, supporting SKIP, stroke count, and handwriting recognition methods. The fonts for dictionary output and several other areas of the program can now be customized. Gzipped dictionaries are now supported, as are both UTF-8 and EUC-JP encoding for dictionary files. The interface has been changed from wxWidgets to GTK+/GTKmm. Many tabs from the previous interface have been moved into menus. For Windows only: a "mobile mode" has been added, allowing USB "thumb drive" installs.
- 08 Feb 2008 03:29
Changes: The makefile was changed to support "make install" and to better handle intermediate build files. Linux builds now follow the File Hierarchy Standard. The software now uses libiconv for handling charset conversions. All wxWidgets-specific code has been removed from non-GUI classes with the exception of the error log. A DocBook manual has been written and is now on the project Web site.
