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HeyShima is built on openly licensed data, audio, and fonts. Thank you to the people and projects below.

  • JMdict / EDICT dictionary data
    Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG)
    Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
  • JLPT level for each kanji
    JLPT Kanji Dictionary by Egor Kiselev
    MIT License
  • Kana and kanji stroke-order data
    KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel
    Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0
  • Vocabulary pronunciation recordings
    Tofugu LLC / WaniKani
    Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
  • Kana voice synthesis
    VOICEVOX:玄野武宏
    VOICEVOX terms (credit required)
  • Japanese display font
    Klee One, Fontworks Inc.
    SIL Open Font License 1.1
  • Interface font
    Rubik, Hubert & Fischer, Meir Sadan, Cyreal
    SIL Open Font License 1.1
  • Website display font
    Montserrat, Julieta Ulanovsky and contributors
    SIL Open Font License 1.1
  • JLPT vocabulary lists
    Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk) and community conversions
    Creative Commons Attribution
  • Sound effects
    Dragon Studio and UNIVERSFIELD via Pixabay
    Pixabay Content License
  • Party popper and streak flame icons
    Icon made by Magnific from https://www.magnific.com
    Free with attribution
  • HeyShima Pro welcome chime
    the_ytp_guy_naxxwell79 on Pixabay
    Pixabay Content License
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