Where does the data come from?
The dictionaries, metadata APIs, text sources, and audio voices Jiten relies on.
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The dictionary data comes from:
- JMdict, JMnedict and KANJIDIC, property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group and used under its licence.
- Kanji stroke order and components from KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
For the metadata, these APIs are used:
- Some metadata (descriptions, tags, and ratings) is derived from VNDB, licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0.
- TMDB
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. - AniList
- IGDB
- Google Books
The sources for the data are:
- Subtitles from Jimaku
- Game scripts from Jo-Mako
- Some VN scripts from Wareya
- Everything else comes from me or our generous contributors on Discord!
Audio pronunciations are generated using VOICEVOX with voices 四国めたん (Female 1), 九州そら (Female 2, ASMR), 剣崎雌雄 (Male 1), and 青山龍星 (Male 2).