<s>
Developed	O
by	O
the	O
editors	O
of	O
the	O
Electronic	O
Dictionary	B-Operating_System
Project	O
and	O
aimed	O
at	O
translators	O
,	O
Eijirō	B-Language
is	O
currently	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Eijirō	B-Language
project	O
was	O
started	O
by	O
an	O
anonymous	O
Japanese	O
translator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Noting	O
the	O
favorable	O
reception	O
it	O
received	O
when	O
he	O
shared	O
it	O
with	O
his	O
friends	O
,	O
he	O
started	O
the	O
Electronic	O
Dictionary	B-Operating_System
Project	O
,	O
a	O
wiki-like	O
structure	O
that	O
allowed	O
for	O
and	O
even	O
encouraged	O
contributions	O
to	O
the	O
dictionary	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
commonly	O
termed	O
a	O
dictionary	B-Operating_System
,	O
Eijirō	B-Language
differs	O
from	O
other	O
Japanese	O
dictionaries	B-Operating_System
such	O
as	O
the	O
Kōjien	O
by	O
not	O
distinguishing	O
examples	O
from	O
definitions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eijirō	B-Language
can	O
be	O
purchased	O
online	O
as	O
either	O
a	O
CD-R	O
or	O
downloadable	O
dictionary	B-Operating_System
file	O
for	O
a	O
comparatively	O
low	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eijirō	B-Language
was	O
also	O
released	O
from	O
SpaceALC	O
in	O
2002	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
SpaceALC	O
version	O
has	O
since	O
gone	O
through	O
eight	O
revisions	O
as	O
of	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
an	O
online	O
version	O
of	O
Eijirō	B-Language
is	O
provided	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
through	O
the	O
SpaceALC	O
Japanese	O
portal	O
.	O
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