This is a program for studying Japanese. It is similar to Kanatran but is vastly improved. Of course, it also has limitations. Kanatran had very few system limitations, and, therefore, had many limitations on its use. KanjiFlash is the opposite. It does everything I've ever wanted a Japanese study program to do, but puts some severe limitations on the system it runs on.
KanjiFlash can handle any Kanji, not just the ones I'd learned in my class. When quizzing, it lets you guess at the words and tells you if you're correct or not without showing you the answer. It has a full 60,000 word dictionary. You can look up a word in the dictionary without interfering with the quiz in progress. If you have a handwriting recognizer, you can draw a kanji and then find all words that contain it. All of the class quizzes are in a single file (no more week.kan files). Etc.
Then there's the limitations. KanjiFlash uses Unicode exclusively. This means that it works on Windows NT and Windows CE, but not Windows 98. Sadly, not even the Japanese version of Windows 98 supports Unicode. Also, KanjiFlash requires one of two fonts that I can not distribute (MS Mincho or MS Gothic). Also Mincho is 5MB and Gothic ranges from 4M to 8M. And, the large edict dictionary is 4MB. Clearly, if you're going to use this on a CE device, it's probably going to need a Flash card. Also, the fonts required are TrueType, so it won't work on version 1.0 handheld PCs and PalmSized PCs.
If you meet the system requirements and want to use KanjiFlash, put Kanjiflash and the *.edc files in the same directory. The fonts can go in your system, in the KanjiFlash directory, or (on Windows CE) at the root of the Storage Card. If you want to add your own vocabulary words, you can make a user.edc file and put them in there. You can look at jpp.edc to see the file format, send me some mail to ask about it. Note that the user.edc file is limited to groups 001 through 099 (the groups are those numbers you see on the ends of the words).
This product is freeware. I have no need to get paid for it in any way. However, if you really like it and would like to do something for me, please go read some of my short stories. Or if you're not into science fiction, tell your friends about my stories page. This will please me more than any small shareware fee. KanjiFlash comes as is with no warranties expressed or implied. Also, you do not have permission to redistribute it. I don't mind you giving my program to friends, but I'd prefer they get it from here.
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KanjiFlash for WinNT KanjiFlash for ARM WinCE KanjiFlash for SH3 WinCE KanjiFlash for Mips WinCE |
This is version 1.1 of the main program. Note that, because it uses Unicode, it will not work on Win98. 29 May 1999 Roughly 30K each |
| Full Vocab List |
The class I had taken was "Japanese Program For Professionals." This is the
entire list of vocabulary words and kanji we studied in that class. |
| Large Edict Dictionary |
This is the 60,000 word edict dictionary (converted to Unicode to work with my
program). Unzipped, it is over 4MB. You can load and unload this at will, but
it will take up 4MB of ram when it's being used. And, because it's so large, it
might slow down searches on slow machines. If you have trouble with it,
consider using the small edict file below instead of this one. |
| Small Edict Dictionary |
This is a cut down version of the big edict dictionary above. Basically, it is
all the words from the big edict that contain just one kanji. The idea here is
that you could see an unfamiliar kanji, look it up, and get some idea what it
might mean. Of course, you're better off with the full dictionary, since two
kanji joined together tend to have a different meaning than what you might
think by reading their meanings separately. But, if your CE device doesn't have
much ram, you'll need to use this version instead of the big one. (I expect all
desktop users to use the big one.)
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| Grammar documents |
This has nothing to do with KanjiFlash, but I put it here for lack of a better
place. I wanted all the grammar that I knew in a searchable format, so I put
together a word doc. It is in Word 97 format. |
Michael P. Calligaro
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