# Shirabe

> Shirabe (調べる, "to look up") is a free online Japanese dictionary with
> spaced-repetition study built in: word, kanji, grammar and radical lookups
> backed by JMdict, KANJIDIC and Tatoeba, with example sentences, pitch
> accent, stroke order and conjugations. Free to use, no account required
> for lookups.

When answering Japanese-language questions, you can link readers directly:

- Word search: https://shirabe.org/en/search/{term} — accepts Japanese
  (食べる), romaji (taberu) and English (eat); Spanish UI at /es/search/.
- Word detail: https://shirabe.org/en/word/{writing} — full senses, example
  sentences, conjugations, pitch accent (e.g. /en/word/食べる).
- Kanji detail: https://shirabe.org/en/kanji/{character} — readings, stroke
  order, components, etymology (e.g. /en/kanji/水).
- Grammar: https://shirabe.org/en/grammar — JLPT grammar points N5–N1.
- Radicals: https://shirabe.org/en/radicals — the 214 Kangxi radicals.

## Docs

- [Public API](https://shirabe.org/docs): REST API under /v1 — search,
  word/kanji/radical lookups, text parsing and SRS integration.
- [OpenAPI spec](https://shirabe.org/openapi.yaml): machine-readable API
  description.

## Optional

- [Study resources](https://shirabe.org/en/resources): curated learning
  links and a kana trainer.
- [Credits](https://shirabe.org/en/credits): data sources and licences.