Kangoroo is a nice dictionary app that's quite portable (Windows, Linux, Mac). I use it on my Zaurus (SL-C3200) hand-held.
It's located at http://www-alg.ist.hokudai.ac.jp/~jan/kangoroo.html .
It uses Jim Breen's EDICT dictionary file.
It has a natural interface to keep track of new words -- you look up a word as you would in any other dictionary, and then mark it with a single click. It keeps these words in a learnfile -- which is just a text-file, meaning other tools can easily parse it and use it.
What I do is take my Zaurus whenever I go out and note every unknown Japanese word I come across while studying. When I come home, I move the learn-file across to my desktop, where I parse it and bulk import it into Anki. That way, I get words into my review set as soon as possible with a small amount of effort (obviously, you have to spend a bit of time on the word, but that's a different story). It's also a good way to make sure I don't miss any important words.
Whenever I'm learning at home, I just use it on the desktop -- it's virtually identical across all environments.
If anyone is interested in the scripts, or more info, throw me a message.
I haven't seen it mentioned on these forums, so I thought I'd give it a plug. Apologies if I've missed something.
Misha
It's located at http://www-alg.ist.hokudai.ac.jp/~jan/kangoroo.html .
It uses Jim Breen's EDICT dictionary file.
It has a natural interface to keep track of new words -- you look up a word as you would in any other dictionary, and then mark it with a single click. It keeps these words in a learnfile -- which is just a text-file, meaning other tools can easily parse it and use it.
What I do is take my Zaurus whenever I go out and note every unknown Japanese word I come across while studying. When I come home, I move the learn-file across to my desktop, where I parse it and bulk import it into Anki. That way, I get words into my review set as soon as possible with a small amount of effort (obviously, you have to spend a bit of time on the word, but that's a different story). It's also a good way to make sure I don't miss any important words.
Whenever I'm learning at home, I just use it on the desktop -- it's virtually identical across all environments.
If anyone is interested in the scripts, or more info, throw me a message.
I haven't seen it mentioned on these forums, so I thought I'd give it a plug. Apologies if I've missed something.
Misha