The Glossary holds the words and expressions you add to the dictionary yourself. Each one is Public or Private, and ready to add to your collections.
Create an entry
- In the Glossary, choose Create an entry.
- Type the Japanese Text. Leave Reading (Kana) blank to have eevy work it out, or type the reading you want.
- Pick a Translation Style, and add a context hint if the word needs one.
- Choose Generate Preview, check each section, set Visibility, then Save.
Translation styles
| Gloss | A short one-line meaning |
| Standard | A definition with brief usage context |
| Cultural | Adds cultural context and connotation |
| Encyclopedic | Full cultural background and usage notes |
Translation Context is an optional hint, such as ファッション用語 for a fashion term.
Check the preview
Written form
- How the word is spelled when saved. You can change it here.
- The furigana has to be written over the same text, or the word can't be saved.
- Furigana goes over each kanji when its readings make the split clear. Words read as a whole, like 大人, keep one reading.
- For a prefix or suffix, put 〜, ~ or - at the open end, like 〜日後. The mark stays in the spelling but isn't read aloud or added to the furigana.
Reading & Pronunciation
Kana, romaji, furigana and pronunciation, each editable. Play the audio to hear it.
Part of speech and classification
The primary part of speech, the entry type (word, expression, proper noun and more), and whether it is a common word or a polite form.
Meanings and tags
Edit or remove meanings, or choose Generate Translation for another in a different style. An entry needs at least one meaning to save. Word tags describe the entry as a whole.
The buttons above each meaning move it up or down, make it lowercase, or remove it. The first meaning is the main one, and the order you set is the order learners see.
Public and private
- Public: everyone can find and use the word.
- Private: other learners never see it. You use it in your own private collections and study. A new entry starts Private, and private rows show a lock.
- Going public, a moderator may take a quick look first. The word stays private until then.
Manage your entries
- Search filters your entries as you type.
- Choose a column heading to sort by it, and again to reverse the order. On a phone, use Sort by.
- Visibility shows All, Public, Private or Needs review. All also lists words waiting for review at the top.
- Status marks each row: a globe for Public, a lock for Private, a clipboard for Needs review. Tap a Needs review word to review it, or choose Delete from its menu to take it off the list.
- Tap an entry, or choose Edit from its menu, to open it with every section above. View opens its dictionary page.
- Delete, in the entry's menu here or on its page, removes the entry, and from every collection that holds it. You are told how many first.
- Check rows to act on several at once. Select all picks the entries on this page.
- Then choose Make public, Make private or Delete. Each asks first with the count. Words that need a check wait for review; the rest go through.