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Fully searchable and browsable databases including English-Japanese and Japanese-English dictionaries, Encyclopedia Nipponica and Encyclopedia of Japan, articles published in a weekly magazine Ekonomisuto, collection of Tōyō bunko series and other visual and sound databases. Also includes Jitsu – online kanji dictionary/reference tool for the meaning of the Chinese characters, JKBooks and Fuzoku Gaho as well as “Iwanami Shoten, Publishers” (Iwanami Shoten).
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JapanKnowledge guides on YouTube (in Japanese)
JapanKnowledge user guide can be found here.
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