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"nciku has prepared bilingual versions of a number of classic public-domain short stories, including stories from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Happy Prince and other tales by Oscar Wilde, and other short stories by O Henry and Edgar Allan Poe. We provide English and Japanese versions of each paragraph, so you can easily see the translation for the part of the story you're reading, as well as listen to an audio recording of each story in its original language or select English or Japanese text with your mouse to see a translation of that word. "

"Have you used all of the features of the nciku Japanese dictionary? Apart from looking up English or Japanese words to see their translation, kana pronunciation and romaji, you can also draw kanji characters with your mouse to look up words you don't know how to type, take memorization tests and view flashcards based on prebuilt word lists or your own custom vocabulary lists, and highlight words in dictionary definitions to see a quick translation. "

Has handwriting recognition for look-up, plus user log-ins/lists, conversations, forums and video notes.