Every dictionary I can find on the web translates Japanese words into English and provides a definition in English, even if I search using the Japanese word 辞書
Is there an online dictionary that provides definitions in Japanese?
You can find other dictionaries by typing「国語辞書」into a search engine. 国語 is the word Japanese people use when studying 日本語 academically. And 辞書 is just “dictionary”.
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There are many.
Tofugo has an excellent article about the various Japanese-English and Japanese-Japanese dictionaries available.
[https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/best-japanese-dictionary/](https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/best-japanese-dictionary/)
The Japanese dictionary world is extremely crowded — have a look at the wikipedia article to get an idea of just how many are out there!
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_dictionary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_dictionary)
If you have an iPhone, you can select any Japanese word and tap “Look up”. You’ll get both a Japanese and English description.
You can google _____ 意味 and it’ll come up with the definition in Japanese
Like “検索 意味” comes up with “文書・カード・データなどから必要な情報をさがし出すこと。”
https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/
You can find other dictionaries by typing「国語辞書」into a search engine. 国語 is the word Japanese people use when studying 日本語 academically. And 辞書 is just “dictionary”.