Japanophile MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
| logging | {} |
| prompts | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| resources | {
"subscribe": false,
"listChanged": false
} |
| extensions | {
"io.modelcontextprotocol/ui": {}
} |
| experimental | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| kanjiB | Kanji dictionary: lookup | search | by_jlpt | by_grade | by_radical | random. lookup: query=single kanji char. search: query=English meaning fragment. by_jlpt: level=N5..N1. by_grade: grade=1..8. by_radical: radical=char. random: optional level filter. |
| jlptB | JLPT quiz: next | answer | progress. next: random unseen question for level (N5..N1, falls back to any level). answer: grade question_id with letter; records to progress store. progress: session score summary. |
| vocabB | Vocabulary: search | by_jlpt. Needs the big kanji.db (135MB, fetched). search: expression/reading/translation fragment. by_jlpt: jlpt_vocabulary level. |
| knowledgeC | Culture knowledge box: list | get. Vendored japan/ pages from ai-games-collection. |
| japanophile_helpB | List tools, data status, and next steps for agents and IDEs. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 5 tools
Each tool maps to a distinct resource domain: quizzes (jlpt), vocabulary (vocab), kanji dictionary (kanji), culture (knowledge), and help. The only mild overlap is that both vocab and kanji offer by_jlpt filters and text search, but the underlying entities (words vs characters) are clearly separable.
Names are consistently lowercase domain nouns (jlpt, vocab, kanji, knowledge), with actions expressed as sub-operations in the descriptions. Only japanophile_help deviates by using an underscore compound, a minor inconsistency.
Five tools is well-scoped, and each acts as a coherent namespace (quiz, dictionary, vocab, culture, help) rather than proliferating one-tool-per-operation. Every tool clearly earns its place.
The surface covers the core learning loop: quiz practice, vocabulary lookup, kanji lookup by multiple axes, culture reading, and onboarding help. Some gaps exist (e.g. no grammar/sentence tool, kanji has no vocab-style translation search), but agents can work around these.