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Search Toolbars
The Search Window's toolbars are all in a row at the top of the window:


The whole mess is broken down into mini-toolbars and such. Each major section gets a little label to go along with it.

Search Type
The Search Type toolbar has the following buttons (only one of which can be pressed at any given time):
  • : Search for words that start with the text.
  • : Search for words that have the text anywhere.
  • : Search for words that end with the text.
  • : Search for words that are equal to the text (this is my favorite).
And these (each is independent):
  • : Match multiple substrings of the text. Note: This takes a LONG time to do.
  • : Do NOT look in kana for results. By default, it does look in kana. This is necessary if you're searching with Japanese text.
Conversion
Each of these is independent:
  • : Convert ROMAji (English letters) to kana.
  • : Do a kana-insensitive search. This takes a bit longer, but it will give better results.
And here's another:
  • : Modify the search text to reflect JLookUp's internal conversions. For example, if you have 'convert ROMAji to kana' checked, then your search text will be replaced with what JLookUp converted it to (I like this option).
This is a list of encodings that JLookUp supports.
Whatever one is selected is the one that JLookUp uses for copy and paste operations. For example, if you have Shift-JIS selected, then anytime JLookUp copies or pastes, it will be in the Shift-JIS encoding.
  • Normal Unicode is what JLookUp uses itself;
  • EUC is what EDICT uses;
  • A lot of MP3s use Shift-JIS;
  • Some people use the huge Chinese encodings for Japanese, too.
These are organized by language (mostly), with the organizing factor surrounded by << and >>.
Clicking on such a title will select the one under it.

As a consequence, you can use JLookUp to convert text between encodings if you want.
The number in the box is the maximum number of results to display. As soon as a search's results reach this number, it stops.
Search for the selected text (same as pressing Enter). If no text is selected, it searches for all of it.
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