jmdict-util/types/index.d.ts

Parse JMdict XML file and export to SQLite and JSON files.

// Type definitions for JMdict
// Project: jmdict-util
// Definitions by: Ezzat Chamudi <https://github.com/echamudi>
// Descriptions are taken from https://www.edrdg.org/jmdict/edict_doc.html

declare namespace JMdict {
    interface JMdict {
        JMdict: [
            {
                /**
                 * Array of entry
                 * 
                 * Entries consist of kanji elements, reading elements, 
                 * general information and sense elements. Each entry must have at 
                 * least one reading element and one sense element. Others are optional.
                 */
                entry: entry[]
            }
        ]
    }

    /**
     * Entries consist of kanji elements, reading elements, 
     * general information and sense elements. Each entry must have at 
     * least one reading element and one sense element. Others are optional.
     */
    interface entry {
        /**
         * A unique numeric sequence number for each entry
         */
        ent_seq: [number];

        /**
         * Array of k_ele
         *
         * The kanji element, or in its absence, the reading element, is 
         * the defining component of each entry.
         * The overwhelming majority of entries will have a single kanji
         * element associated with a word in Japanese. Where there are 
         * multiple kanji elements within an entry, they will be orthographical
         * variants of the same word, either using variations in okurigana, or
         * alternative and equivalent kanji. Common "mis-spellings" may be 
         * included, provided they are associated with appropriate information
         * fields. Synonyms are not included; they may be indicated in the
         * cross-reference field associated with the sense element.
         */
        k_ele?: k_ele[];

        /**
         * Array of r_ele
         *
         * The reading element typically contains the valid readings
         * of the word(s) in the kanji element using modern kanadzukai. 
         * Where there are multiple reading elements, they will typically be
         * alternative readings of the kanji element. In the absence of a 
         * kanji element, i.e. in the case of a word or phrase written
         * entirely in kana, these elements will define the entry.
         */
        r_ele: r_ele[];

        /**
         * Array of sense
         * 
         * The sense element will record the translational equivalent
         * of the Japanese word, plus other related information. Where there
         * are several distinctly different meanings of the word, multiple
         * sense elements will be employed.
         */
        sense: sense[];
    }

    /**
     * The kanji element, or in its absence, the reading element, is 
     * the defining component of each entry.
     * The overwhelming majority of entries will have a single kanji
     * element associated with a word in Japanese. Where there are 
     * multiple kanji elements within an entry, they will be orthographical
     * variants of the same word, either using variations in okurigana, or
     * alternative and equivalent kanji. Common "mis-spellings" may be 
     * included, provided they are associated with appropriate information
     * fields. Synonyms are not included; they may be indicated in the
     * cross-reference field associated with the sense element.
     */
    interface k_ele {
        /**
         * This element will contain a word or short phrase in Japanese 
         * which is written using at least one non-kana character (usually kanji,
         * but can be other characters). The valid characters are
         * kanji, kana, related characters such as chouon and kurikaeshi, and
         * in exceptional cases, letters from other alphabets.
         */
        keb: [string],

        /**
         * This is a coded information field related specifically to the 
         * orthography of the keb, and will typically indicate some unusual
         * aspect, such as okurigana irregularity.
         */
        ke_inf?: string[],

        /**
         * This and the equivalent re_pri field are provided to record
         * information about the relative priority of the entry,  and consist
         * of codes indicating the word appears in various references which
         * can be taken as an indication of the frequency with which the word
         * is used. This field is intended for use either by applications which 
         * want to concentrate on entries of  a particular priority, or to 
         * generate subset files. 
         * The current values in this field are:
         * - news1/2: appears in the "wordfreq" file compiled by Alexandre Girardi
         * from the Mainichi Shimbun. (See the Monash ftp archive for a copy.)
         * Words in the first 12,000 in that file are marked "news1" and words 
         * in the second 12,000 are marked "news2".
         * - ichi1/2: appears in the "Ichimango goi bunruishuu", Senmon Kyouiku 
         * Publishing, Tokyo, 1998.  (The entries marked "ichi2" were
         * demoted from ichi1 because they were observed to have low
         * frequencies in the WWW and newspapers.)
         * - spec1 and spec2: a small number of words use this marker when they 
         * are detected as being common, but are not included in other lists.
         * - gai1/2: common loanwords, based on the wordfreq file.
         * - nfxx: this is an indicator of frequency-of-use ranking in the
         * wordfreq file. "xx" is the number of the set of 500 words in which
         * the entry can be found, with "01" assigned to the first 500, "02"
         * to the second, and so on. (The entries with news1, ichi1, spec1, spec2
         * and gai1 values are marked with a "(P)" in the EDICT and EDICT2
         * files.)
         *
         * The reason both the kanji and reading elements are tagged is because 
         * on occasions a priority is only associated with a particular
         * kanji/reading pair.
         */
        ke_pri?: string[]
    }

    /**
     * The reading element typically contains the valid readings
     * of the word(s) in the kanji element using modern kanadzukai. 
     * Where there are multiple reading elements, they will typically be
     * alternative readings of the kanji element. In the absence of a 
     * kanji element, i.e. in the case of a word or phrase written
     * entirely in kana, these elements will define the entry.
     */
    interface r_ele {
        /**
         * this element content is restricted to kana and related
         * characters such as chouon and kurikaeshi. Kana usage will be
         * consistent between the keb and reb elements; e.g. if the keb
         * contains katakana, so too will the reb.
         */
        reb: [string],

        /**
         * This element, which will usually have a null value, indicates
         * that the reb, while associated with the keb, cannot be regarded
         * as a true reading of the kanji. It is typically used for words
         * such as foreign place names, gairaigo which can be in kanji or
         * katakana, etc.
         */
        re_nokanji?: [{}],

        /**
         * This element is used to indicate when the reading only applies
         * to a subset of the keb elements in the entry. In its absence, all
         * readings apply to all kanji elements. The contents of this element 
         * must exactly match those of one of the keb elements.
         */
        re_restr?: string[],

        /**
         * General coded information pertaining to the specific reading.
         * Typically it will be used to indicate some unusual aspect of 
         * the reading.
         */
        re_inf?: string[],

        /**
         * (Note from JMdict docs: See the comment on ke_pri above.)
         * 
         * This and the equivalent re_pri field are provided to record
         * information about the relative priority of the entry,  and consist
         * of codes indicating the word appears in various references which
         * can be taken as an indication of the frequency with which the word
         * is used. This field is intended for use either by applications which 
         * want to concentrate on entries of  a particular priority, or to 
         * generate subset files. 
         * The current values in this field are:
         * - news1/2: appears in the "wordfreq" file compiled by Alexandre Girardi
         * from the Mainichi Shimbun. (See the Monash ftp archive for a copy.)
         * Words in the first 12,000 in that file are marked "news1" and words 
         * in the second 12,000 are marked "news2".
         * - ichi1/2: appears in the "Ichimango goi bunruishuu", Senmon Kyouiku 
         * Publishing, Tokyo, 1998.  (The entries marked "ichi2" were
         * demoted from ichi1 because they were observed to have low
         * frequencies in the WWW and newspapers.)
         * - spec1 and spec2: a small number of words use this marker when they 
         * are detected as being common, but are not included in other lists.
         * - gai1/2: common loanwords, based on the wordfreq file.
         * - nfxx: this is an indicator of frequency-of-use ranking in the
         * wordfreq file. "xx" is the number of the set of 500 words in which
         * the entry can be found, with "01" assigned to the first 500, "02"
         * to the second, and so on. (The entries with news1, ichi1, spec1, spec2
         * and gai1 values are marked with a "(P)" in the EDICT and EDICT2
         * files.)
         * 
         * The reason both the kanji and reading elements are tagged is because 
         * on occasions a priority is only associated with a particular
         * kanji/reading pair.
         */
        re_pri: string[]
    }

    /**
     * The sense element will record the translational equivalent
     * of the Japanese word, plus other related information. Where there
     * are several distinctly different meanings of the word, multiple
     * sense elements will be employed.
     */
    interface sense {
        /**
         * These elements, if present, indicate that the sense is restricted
         * to the lexeme represented by the keb and/or reb.
         */
        stagk?: string[],

        /**
         * These elements, if present, indicate that the sense is restricted
         * to the lexeme represented by the keb and/or reb.
         */
        stagr?: string[],

        /**
         * Part-of-speech information about the entry/sense. Should use 
         * appropriate entity codes. In general where there are multiple senses
         * in an entry, the part-of-speech of an earlier sense will apply to
         * later senses unless there is a new part-of-speech indicated.
         */
        pos?: string[],

        /**
         * This element is used to indicate a cross-reference to another
         * entry with a similar or related meaning or sense. The content of
         * this element is typically a keb or reb element in another entry. In some
         * cases a keb will be followed by a reb and/or a sense number to provide
         * a precise target for the cross-reference. Where this happens, a JIS
         * "centre-dot" (0x2126) is placed between the components of the 
         * cross-reference. The target keb or reb must not contain a centre-dot.
         */
        xref?: string[],

        /**
         * This element is used to indicate another entry which is an
         * antonym of the current entry/sense. The content of this element
         * must exactly match that of a keb or reb element in another entry.
         */
        ant?: string[],

        /**
         * Information about the field of application of the entry/sense. 
         * When absent, general application is implied. Entity coding for 
         * specific fields of application.
         */
        field?: string[],

        /**
         * This element is used for other relevant information about 
         * the entry/sense. As with part-of-speech, information will usually
         * apply to several senses.
         */
        misc?: string[],

        /**
         * The sense-information elements provided for additional
         * information to be recorded about a sense. Typical usage would
         * be to indicate such things as level of currency of a sense, the
         * regional variations, etc.
         */
        s_inf?: string[],

        /**
         * Array of lsource
         * 
         * This element records the information about the source
         * language(s) of a loan-word/gairaigo. If the source language is other 
         * than English, the language is indicated by the xml:lang attribute.
         * The element value (if any) is the source word or phrase.
         */
        lsource?: lsource[],

        /**
         * For words specifically associated with regional dialects in
         * Japanese, the entity code for that dialect, e.g. ksb for Kansaiben.
         */
        dial?: string[],

        /**
         * Array of gloss
         * 
         * Within each sense will be one or more "glosses", i.e. 
         * target-language words or phrases which are equivalents to the 
         * Japanese word. This element would normally be present, however it 
         * may be omitted in entries which are purely for a cross-reference.
         */
        gloss?: gloss[],
    }

    /**
     * This element records the information about the source
     * language(s) of a loan-word/gairaigo. If the source language is other 
     * than English, the language is indicated by the xml:lang attribute.
     * The element value (if any) is the source word or phrase.
     */
    interface lsource {
        /**
         * The xml:lang attribute defines the language(s) from which
         * a loanword is drawn.  It will be coded using the three-letter language 
         * code from the ISO 639-2 standard. When absent, the value "eng" (i.e. 
         * English) is the default value. The bibliographic (B) codes are used.
         */
        "xml:lang"?: string,

        /**
         * The ls_type attribute indicates whether the lsource element
         * fully or partially describes the source word or phrase of the
         * loanword. If absent, it will have the implied value of "full".
         * Otherwise it will contain "part".
         */
        ls_type?: string,

        /**
         * The ls_wasei attribute indicates that the Japanese word
         * has been constructed from words in the source language, and
         * not from an actual phrase in that language. Most commonly used to
         * indicate "waseieigo".
         */
        ls_wasei?: "y",

        /**
         * lsource text content
         */
        $t?: string
    }

    /**
     * Within each sense will be one or more "glosses", i.e. 
     * target-language words or phrases which are equivalents to the 
     * Japanese word. This element would normally be present, however it 
     * may be omitted in entries which are purely for a cross-reference.
     */
    interface gloss {
        /**
         * The xml:lang attribute defines the target language of the
         * gloss. It will be coded using the three-letter language code from
         * the ISO 639 standard. When absent, the value "eng" (i.e. English)
         * is the default value.
         */
        "xml:lang"?: string,

        /**
         * The g_gend attribute defines the gender of the gloss (typically
         * a noun in the target language. When absent, the gender is either
         * not relevant or has yet to be provided.
         */
        g_gend?: string,

        /**
         * The g_type attribute specifies that the gloss is of a particular
         * type, e.g. "lit" (literal), "fig" (figurative), "expl" (explanation).
         */
        g_type?: string,

        /**
         * gloss text content
         */
        $t?: string
    }
}