How to use BCCWJ2

BCCWJ2 is available as two online search tools: Shōnagon and Chūnagon.

When using BCCWJ2, please cite the following URL:
https://www2.ninjal.ac.jp/BCCWJ2/

If you use “Chunagon,” please be sure to include the following information as usage data. (Please substitute the version number and access date as appropriate.)

National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (2026), “Balanceed Corpus of Contemporary Written Japanese, Part 2” (Version 2026.03, Chunagon Version 2.7.3) https://www2.ninjal.ac.jp/BCCWJ2/(Verified on [Month] [Day],20XX))

少納言(検索結果)

Shōnagon(Search results)

中納言(検索画面)

Chūnagon(Search page)