About Epoche
A multilingual classical text platform for reading, translation, and learning.
Our Purpose
Epoche is dedicated to making the classics accessible to everyone. We host a free, ad-supported public library of thousands of public-domain works — literature, philosophy, history, and scripture in their original languages and in translation — together with AI reading assistance, text-to-speech, side-by-side translation, recitation practice, and community features. Books that are still in copyright are listed as catalogue entries with links to external bookstores. Revenue from ads, affiliate links, and the optional Epoche Pro subscription keeps the library free.
Site Operator
- Site Operator:
- Epoche (operated by Takahiro Ishigami, sole proprietor)
- Contact:
- support@epoche.app
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Dictionary Data Sources
Some entries in Epoche's learner dictionaries incorporate data from the following open-license sources. We gratefully acknowledge them; the data is used under the licenses shown, and any modifications are shared under the same terms.
- CC-CEDICTChinese–English dictionary (HSK 5–6 vocabulary) · CC BY-SA 4.0
- JMdict / EDICT — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development GroupJapanese–Multilingual dictionary (JLPT N1 vocabulary) · CC BY-SA
- JLPT vocabulary lists (Jonathan Waller) via yomitan-jlpt-vocabJLPT level tags and definitions · CC BY-SA 4.0
- complete-hsk-vocabularyHSK level word lists · MIT
- Wiktionary (via kaikki.org)Multilingual headwords, readings and glosses (learner dictionaries) · CC BY-SA
- Wikipedia / WikidataMultilingual terminology, definitions and readings (subject dictionaries) · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 法務省 日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 標準対訳辞書Japanese legal terms with official readings and English renderings (法学辞典) · 政府標準利用規約 (出典表示)