Abstract:  Electronic multi-lingual dictionaries have seen considerable
development in the last decade. The standardization of coding systems for the
orthography of many Asian languages in the same period, combined with the
increased availability of low-cost micro-electronic storage and display systems
has opened up considerable demand and potential for dictionary systems in these
languages. This report describes an on-going project to develop and maintain a
comprehensive electronic Japanese-English dictionary capable of use within a
variety of search-and-display, electronic-text reading support, and machine
translation environments. The project files are being developed in the public
domain. The dictionary files have, at the time of writing, attained the status
of being the major freely available electronic repository of Japanese-English
dictionary material in the world.