About

Tanro Dictionary is a free online dictionary for three languages, English, Japanese and Vietnamese, made for Vietnamese speakers learning English and Japanese, and for foreigners learning Vietnamese.

Why Tanro Dictionary

Most dictionaries only work in one direction, e.g. Japanese → English or English → Vietnamese. Vietnamese learners of Japanese often have to open several sites at once: one for the English meaning, one for the Sino-Vietnamese reading, and another for examples. Tanro Dictionary brings all of that together in one place:

• One search box for everything: type kanji, hiragana, katakana, romaji, English or Vietnamese (with or without diacritics).
• Sino-Vietnamese readings for every kanji, a big head start for Vietnamese speakers learning Japanese.
• Reverse lookup by meaning: type “hạnh phúc” to find the matching Japanese and English words.
• Kanji information includes On/Kun readings, stroke count, JLPT level and Japanese school grade.
• IPA transcription, audio pronunciation and example sentences where data is available.

Where the data comes from

Tanro Dictionary compiles data from reputable open dictionary projects: JMdict and KANJIDIC2 by EDRDG, Wiktionary, and open-source English – Vietnamese dictionaries. Every meaning on the site cites its source. Some Vietnamese meanings of Japanese words are machine-translated from JMdict and marked with the icon; we are gradually re-editing them. See the Data sources page for details.

Our commitment

Tanro Dictionary is always free and requires no registration.

If you find a wrong meaning or have feedback, write to us via the Contact page.