The scripts I used to build the edict2 japanese-english dictionary for the Kindle (2012 Paperwhite).
The instructions here are for Mac (SnoLeo). Shouldn't be too different for a GNU/Linux system.
Latest dictionary build: http://cipangu.s3.amazonaws.com/edict2.mobi
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http://www.mobipocket.com/dev/article.asp?basefolder=prcgen&file=indexing.htm
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http://www.perrygarvin.com/blog/2012/01/16/how-to-make-an-amazon-kindle-book-using-html-and-css/
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http://1manfactory.com/create-your-own-kindle-dictionary-for-every-language-for-free/
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000765211
Make sure you have the kindlegen command line tool available (I placed it in the edict2-kindle directory).
Ruby 1.9 or better is required.
run . make.sh
The last step of the automation (copy to the kindle) is commented out.
- Copy the edict2.mobi file to the documents/ directory of your Kindle
- Set it as primary dictionary for Japanese in your Kindle's settings
The edict2.txt file was generated with nkf -J -w edict2 > edict2.txt
Edict2: Copyright (C) 2010 The Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group.
Those scripts are released under the MIT license, (c) 2012 John Mettraux
- Jim Breen and all the edict2 contributors
- the authors and contributors of NKF
- the mobipocket/OPF contributors / communities