Weblio
Type of site | Online dictionary |
|---|---|
| Available in | Japanese |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Owner | GRAS Group, Inc. |
| URL | weblio.jp |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | January 25, 2006 |
| Current status | Active |
Weblio is a free integrated bilingual dictionary website and online encyclopedia for Japanese-speaking sites operated by the GRAS Group, Inc. (GRASグループ株式会社), formerly known as the Weblio Corporation (ウェブリオ株式会社).[1][2][3] Weblio can perform a bulk search on a variety of dictionaries, encyclopedias and glossaries, and return results. The dictionary facility includes Kenkyūsha's New Japanese-English Dictionary and 70 other Japanese–English and English–Japanese dictionaries with 4,160,000 English words and 4,730,000 Japanese words.[4][5] As of January 20, 2016, a total of 665 dictionaries, encyclopedias and glossary sites can be searched in full.[6]
History
Beta testing began on December 12, 2005,[7] and the site began to formally provide services searching 11 different dictionaries and encyclopedias on January 25, the following year.[8]
References
- ^ Japanese Language: Reference: Encyclopedias, University of Washington Libraries
- ^ 日経クロステック（xTECH） (2007-03-26). "月間1000万ビュー近くのアクセスを自社内の40～50台の中古パソコンでさばくWeblioのシステム | 日経クロステック（xTECH）". xtech.nikkei.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-12-07.
- ^ "国内の総合辞書検索屋への挑戦者、ウェブリオとは？". ＠IT (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-12-07.
- ^ Japanese e-resources: Dictionaries, Stanford University libraries
- ^ Cao, Longbing; Motoda, Hiroshi; Srivastava, Jaideep; Lim, Ee-peng; King, Irwin; Yu, Philip S.; Nejdl, Wolfgang; Xu, Guandong; Li, Gang (2013-12-13). Behavior and Social Computing: International Workshop on Behavior and Social Informatics, BSI 2013, Gold Coast, Australia, April 14-17, and International Workshop on Behavior and Social Informatics and Computing, BSIC 2013, Beijing, China, August 3-9, 2013, Revised Selected Papers. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-04048-6.
- ^ "Weblio homepage". Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- ^ "プレスリリース オンライン百科事典「Weblio:ウェブリオ」のベータ版をオープン" [Weblio opens beta version] (press release). Weblio. 2005-12-12. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
- ^ "プレスリリース オンライン百科事典「Weblio:ウェブリオ」を正式オープン" [Weblio officially open] (press release). Weblio. 2006-01-25. Retrieved 2008-01-28.