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5 Replies ・ Started by purayeru at 2017-05-20 09:37:43 UTC ・ Last reply by Kimtaro Admin at 2017-05-23 22:02:45 UTC

how to specify english word search

For example, I write "to shine​", but jisho thinks I look for "と　しね". What am I doing wrong?

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Celtic at 2017-05-20 10:25:09 UTC

In general when searching, drop the "to" part of the search and just look up the verb. (http://jisho.org/search/shine)

Is it possible you could give and example sentence you're trying to put together? Frequently "光る" is used for many "bright" applications.

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purayeru at 2017-05-20 10:37:44 UTC

Thank you! I was looking for all words usages that could be translated as "shine" in english.

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purayeru at 2017-05-20 10:39:16 UTC

Oh and right now I'm trying to make sense of this verb 差す for my n5 jlpt this summer so I can remember it.

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Kimtaro Admin at 2017-05-23 22:02:45 UTC

If Jisho thinks you are searching in Japanese when you in fact want to searching in English you can put quote marks (") around the search term to keep it from converting to Japanese.

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Kimtaro Admin at 2017-05-23 22:06:23 UTC

Can you post a URL to the search you are doing? When I search for "to shine" I get the expected result. http://jisho.org/search/to%20shine

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