Does anyone know any online Japanese dictionary which provides audio reading?
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pronunciation resources dictionary
I am looking for an online Japanese dictionary with audio pronunciations
Pretty much every online Japanese dictionary that I know of provides reading,
unless you mean something out of the ordinary by "reading." Take the following
entry from [WWWJDIC](http://wwwjdic.mygengo.com/cgi-data/wwwjdic?1C) for
reference:

> 結論 【けつろん】 (n,vs,adj-no) conclusion; (P)

**Edit:** [WWWJDIC](http://wwwjdic.mygengo.com/cgi-data/wwwjdic?1C) also
contains audio examples for many common words, as Lukman points out in [his
answer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/1684/i-am-looking-for-an-
online-japanese-dictionary-with-audio-pronunciations/2099#2099).
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I've yet to see a dictionary that didn't provide the reading. Plus, if you did
manage to find one, you could just install RikaiChan or RikaiKun (depending on
your browser) and it would give you the reading.
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UmaiKanji has an [audio library](http://umaikanji.com/Library). It doesn't
have anywhere near as many words as a dictionary, so don't expect to get a
result for every word you look up. It's not a dictionary actually, but with
Rikaikun/chan its useful.

I've seen dictionaries on the iPhone that use software to synthesize the
readings.

Apple and Microsoft do this decently (for words more than sentences), in
English at least. So, desktop software in combination with the OS's text-to-
speech, or some dictionary that can take advantage of their frameworks is a
possible lead for you.
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I use <http://nihongoresources.com> which includes a lot grammar and
pronunciation as well as a dictionary.
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It's strange that no one mentioned that
[WWWJDIC](http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1C) provides
the audio clips for the reading for all the entries (rintaun only mentioned
about the pronunciation hiragana).

In case anyone misses it (I didn't realize the blue button is a play sound
button until later), here is where:

![play sound button wwwjdic](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Dqxqz.png)
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I use Nihongo de Care-navi for Japanese pronunciation with audio. It is
actually not a dictionary, but it is for nurses and doctors in Japan to learn
English. It however contains a large enough vocabulary that most of the
everyday Japanese words are included. It also includes variations of a same
word.

[http://eng.nihongodecarenavi.jp/jpn/search-
list.php?cmd=search&q=%E8%A8%AA%E5%95%8F](http://eng.nihongodecarenavi.jp/jpn/search-
list.php?cmd=search&q=%E8%A8%AA%E5%95%8F)
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I run Jlearn which is a fairly comprehensive Online Japanese dictionary and
has audio for all words and readings for kanji.

<http://jlearn.net>
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Throughout my searches I find the some of the best audio practice to Japanese
youtube video's with subtitles - though, of course, they may not always be
right.

Also free online TTS systems could work but their syntax is often strange. I
like <https://acapela-box.com/AcaBox/index.php> the best.

Or for those who are pretty beginner then of course you could use the audio
flashcards I just developed on my site. (Sorry for the shameless plug, it fit
lol)
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