Issue when i press the "add definition" button in the card browser

[IEatRamen234]

1. OS name: Linux mint
2. OS version: 21.3 Cinnamon
3. Anki version: 24.06.2, installed from script. I also encountered the problem in older versions of anki, both flatpak and script.
   When i press the "add definition" button, i get this error: "Connection Error". I have it set up correctly in the settings, as seen in the image
   
   

[tatsumoto-ren]

The "add definition" button works by fetching definitions from https://sakura-paris.org. See this file for details.

Sakura-paris was an online dictionary website. But it died a while ago. There's ongoing work to replace it, and it will be implemented in future versions of AJT Japanese.

[IEatRamen234]

Thanks! now i know that the issue is taken care of. good luck!!

[tatsumoto-ren]

While the feature is not ready yet, in the mean time you can add definitions using either Rikaitan or Goldendict.

[Furshia]

Would it be possible to have custom sources for the "add definition"?

[tatsumoto-ren]

Hopefully, yes.

[PANICBUTT0N]

would jisho work? there are some libraries designed exclusively to act as an api for it.

[tatsumoto-ren]

would jisho work?

It offers only japanese to english translation. Ideally we want to be able to use a wide range of monolingual dictionaries.

[Hundway]

I created Waydict, an Anki add-on to import definitions from dictionaries in Rikaitan format. It could be useful.

[tatsumoto-ren]

@Hundway I'll take a look. We could probably integrate that into AJT Japanese.

[Hundway]

@tatsumoto-ren Sure. Let me know if you need any help.

[IEatRamen234]

have u also implemented bulk add feature? i did not have the time to check the addon properly but i cant seem to find it... thanks anyway for your great work!

[Hundway]

Yes, you can select multiple cards and use the "Waydict: Add definition" option in the right-click context menu to bulk add definitions.

[Tsogtpurev]

Hello Tatsumoto-san add definition not working it says connection error do you know why? Can you help me thanks

[tatsumoto-ren]

@Tsogtpurev the website that hosted the dictionaries got taken down. We will introduce a different feature where definitions will be looked up in Rikaitan dictionaries.