Setting up GoldenDict-NG

March 22, 2023 — Tatsumoto Ren

GoldenDict-NG is a libre dictionary application for GNU/Linux and other OSes. Like Qolibri, it lets you search multiple dictionaries at the same time so for every word you look up you immediately get a number of definitions. GoldenDict-NG is a great tool for language learners, and it becomes especially helpful when one switches from bilingual dictionaries to monolingual dictionaries. It can aid during the monolingual transition thanks to the ability to look up many words at once in separate tabs, simplifying recursive look-ups.

MDX dictionaries

December 13, 2020 — Tatsumoto Ren

GoldenDict is another dictionary lookup program useful for learning Japanese. GoldenDict supports MDX dictionaries. It can also read EPWING files, but that feature is clunky in my experience. Qolibri is much better for EPWING. This article provides download links for MDX dictionary files.