About Matane

Matane is standing on the shoulder of giants. Without the work done in the projects listed below, it would not exist.

JMdict

The JMdict/EDICT project is a project with the goal of creating a freely-available dictionary database for the Japanese language. It was started in 1991 by Jim Breen.

KANJIDIC

Another project started in 1991 by Jim Breen is the KANJIDIC project. Similarly to JMdict, it is a project aiming to create a freely-available database. Whereas JMdict is a dictionary for words, KANJIDIC is a dictionary for Kanji.