# Jim Breen

> James William Breen is an Australian retired academic, computational linguist and lexicographer. He is best known for creating and maintaining several foundational free resources for Japanese language learning and computational linguistics, including the EDICT/JMDict Japanese-English dictionaries, the KANJIDIC kanji dictionary, and the WWWJDIC online search portal. These resources are considered "reliable and close to comprehensive" and form the backbone of many popular Japanese dictionary applications and websites.

*Australian linguist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/jim-breen

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** Australia
- **Born:** 1947
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

James William Breen is an Australian retired academic, computational linguist and lexicographer. He is best known for creating and maintaining several foundational free resources for Japanese language learning and computational linguistics, including the EDICT/JMDict Japanese-English dictionaries, the KANJIDIC kanji dictionary, and the WWWJDIC online search portal. These resources are considered "reliable and close to comprehensive" and form the backbone of many popular Japanese dictionary applications and websites.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.4 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 4.8 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100
- **Total followers across platforms:** 7

## Platforms
- **GITHUB**: https://github.com/JMdictProject (@JMdictProject, 7 followers)

## Sources
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