Jisho MCP
A community MCP server that provides tools to search the Jisho.org Japanese-English dictionary. It allows agents to look up words, kanji readings, meanings, and example sentences in both directions (Japanese to English and English to Japanese) without requiring authentication keys.
Package and access
Local package with source-attributed installation metadata. Koskamo does not execute packages during review.
What you can do with it
- Search for Japanese words or English translations using keywords, kanji, or romaji.
- Look up a single word to get the best matching entry with readings and JLPT level.
- Translate English terms to Japanese or vice versa via dictionary lookup.
Source and maintenance
- Maintenance checked
Packages and installation
Source-provided package data. Koskamo has not executed or live-probed this package.
@pipeworx/mcp-jisho 0.2.0
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"transport": "stdio",
"identifier": "@pipeworx/mcp-jisho",
"registryType": "npm",
"environmentVariables": [
{
"name": "PIPEWORX_API_KEY",
"description": "Optional Pipeworx API key. Without it calls are anonymous and capped daily; a free key raises the cap."
}
]
}Tools
Reported by the attributed source; not independently observed by Koskamo.
Connect from your client
Each snippet configures the same source-provided package; replace placeholders before use.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"jisho-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-jisho@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"jisho-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-jisho@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"jisho-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-jisho@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"jisho-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-jisho@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
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