Weblio
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{{Infobox website
| name = Weblio
| logo = Weblio logo.svg
| logo_size = 250px
| logo_alt = Lowercase text logo of Weblio with W made blue and the remaining letters black
| type = Online dictionary
| language = Japanese
| country_of_origin = Japan
| owner = GRAS Group, Inc.
| url = {{URL|https://www.weblio.jp/|weblio.jp}}
| commercial = Yes
| registration =
| num_users =
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|p=yes|br=yes|2006|1|25}}
| current_status = Active
}}
Weblio is a free integrated bilingual dictionary website and online encyclopedia for Japanese-speaking sites operated by the {{Nihongo|GRAS Group, Inc.|GRASグループ株式会社}}, formerly known as the {{Nihongo|Weblio Corporation|ウェブリオ株式会社}}.{{citation|title=Japanese Language: Reference: Encyclopedias |publisher=University of Washington Libraries|url=http://guides.lib.uw.edu/c.php?g=342139&p=2302813}} 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. As of January 20, 2016, a total of 665 dictionaries, encyclopedias and glossary sites can be searched in full.{{cite web|url=http://www.weblio.jp/|title=Weblio homepage|accessdate=2016-01-20}}
History
Beta testing began on December 12, 2005,{{cite web|url=http://www.weblio.jp/company/pr/20051212.jsp|title=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|trans-title=Weblio opens beta version|type=press release|publisher=Weblio|date=2005-12-12|accessdate=2008-01-28}} and the site began to formally provide services searching 11 different dictionaries and encyclopedias on January 25, the following year.{{cite web|url=http://www.weblio.jp/company/pr/20060125.jsp|title=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|trans-title=Weblio officially open|publisher=Weblio|type=press release|date=2006-01-25|accessdate=2008-01-28}}
References
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.weblio.jp/}}
{{Dictionaries of Japanese}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:2006 establishments in Japan