daijisen
why
My Japanese professor wanted a web app that could quickly find japanese-to-japanese definitions using Yahoo's daijisen dictionary.
installation
gem install daijisen
usage
Pass some furigana to a new daijisen query object
query = Daijisen::Query.new("漢字")
You will now have access to a list of readings, examples, and links to specific definitions
query.defs[0].link
query.defs[0].reading
query.defs[0].example
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