ALC is a Japanese website that acts as a dictionary/lookup tool. For those who don’t speak Japanese, the site can be deceptively simple: there’s one textbox where you can input either Japanese or English text and it will translate it for you. That’s it! If you are fluent in Japanese, then the site may contain more for you, but for 99% of people reading this review, they won’t need more than that.
Pros
- Free!
- Provides good example sentences and context.
- Created by native Japanese speakers.
Cons
- Site is entirely in Japanese.
- Not much beyond straight dictionary lookup.
Final Word?
ALC is a good site to bookmark to help you understand words or phrases better in context, but can be a little limited beyond that. It might make more sense to check out other dictionary sites, such as Denshi Jisho.
Pictures
Search results in ALC.