/v1/words
Vocabulary that uses a kanji
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await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/kanji-api/v1/words", {
headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/kanji-api/v1/words");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
"https://api.oanor.com/kanji-api/v1/words",
headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)
Example response
A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.
{
"data": {
"count": 20,
"total": 890,
"words": [
{
"meanings": [
"(bind) firmly"
],
"variants": [
{
"written": "雁字搦みに",
"priorities": [],
"pronounced": "がんじがらみに"
}
]
},
{
"meanings": [
"(in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)"
],
"variants": [
{
"written": "八文字",
"priorities": [],
"pronounced": "はちもんじ"
}
]
},
{
"meanings": [
"(words with) different kanji but the same Japanese reading (and usu. a similar meaning)"
],
"variants": [
{
"written": "異字同訓",
"priorities": [],
"pronounced": "いじどうくん"
}
]
},
{
"meanings": [
"(words with) different kanji but the same Japanese reading (and usu. a similar meaning)"
],
"variants": [
{
"written": "同訓異字",
"priorities": [],
"pronounced": "どうくんいじ"
}
]
},
{
"meanings": [
"36 Initials (system for transcribing initial consonants of Middle Chinese)"
],
"variants": [
{
"written": "三十六字母",
"priorities": [],
"pronounced": "さんじゅうろくじぼ"
}
]
},
{
"meanings": [
"77th birthday"
],
"variants": [
{
"written": "喜の字",
"priorities": [],
"pronounced": "きのじ"
}
]
},
{
"meanings": [
"Arabic numeral"
],
"variants": [
{
"written": "算用数字",
"priorities": [],
"pronounced": "さんようすうじ"
}
]
},
{
"meanings": [
"Arabic numeral"
],
"variants": [
{
"written": "アラビア数字",
"priorities": [],
"pronounced": "アラビアすうじ"
}
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