diff --git a/denops/skkeleton/dictionary_test.ts b/denops/skkeleton/dictionary_test.ts
index ee6da5630..4fbce9cd5 100644
--- a/denops/skkeleton/dictionary_test.ts
+++ b/denops/skkeleton/dictionary_test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
-import { Dictionary, Library, wrapDictionary } from "./dictionary.ts";
+import {
+  Dictionary,
+  Library,
+  okuriNasiMarker,
+  wrapDictionary,
+} from "./dictionary.ts";
 import { Dictionary as SkkDictionary } from "./sources/skk_dictionary.ts";
 import { Dictionary as DenoKvDictionary } from "./sources/deno_kv.ts";
 import { Dictionary as UserDictionary } from "./sources/user_dictionary.ts";
 
 import { assertEquals } from "@std/assert/equals";
+import { assertRejects } from "@std/assert/rejects";
 import { dirname } from "@std/path/dirname";
 import { fromFileUrl } from "@std/path/from-file-url";
 import { join } from "@std/path/join";
@@ -107,6 +113,24 @@ Deno.test({
   },
 });
 
+Deno.test({
+  name: "lazy loads global dictionary",
+  async fn() {
+    const tmp = await Deno.makeTempFile();
+    try {
+      await Deno.writeTextFile(
+        tmp,
+        `${okuriNasiMarker}\nあ /あ/\n`,
+      );
+      const dic = SkkDictionary.fromFile(tmp, "utf-8");
+      await Deno.remove(tmp);
+      await assertRejects(() => dic.getHenkanResult("okurinasi", "あ"));
+    } finally {
+      await Deno.remove(tmp).catch(() => {});
+    }
+  },
+});
+
 Deno.test({
   name: "get num candidates",
   async fn(t) {
diff --git a/denops/skkeleton/sources/skk_dictionary.ts b/denops/skkeleton/sources/skk_dictionary.ts
index 9b3166cde..83b845efa 100644
--- a/denops/skkeleton/sources/skk_dictionary.ts
+++ b/denops/skkeleton/sources/skk_dictionary.ts
@@ -23,32 +23,12 @@ interface Jisyo {
 }
 
 export class Source implements BaseSource {
-  async getDictionaries(): Promise<BaseDictionary[]> {
-    const globalDictionaries = await Promise.all(
-      config.globalDictionaries.map(async ([path, encodingName]) => {
-        try {
-          const dict = new Dictionary();
-          await dict.load(path, encodingName);
-          return dict;
-        } catch (e) {
-          console.error("globalDictionary loading failed");
-          console.error(`at ${path}`);
-          if (config.debug) {
-            console.error(e);
-          }
-          return undefined;
-        }
-      }),
+  getDictionaries(): Promise<BaseDictionary[]> {
+    return Promise.resolve(
+      config.globalDictionaries.map(([path, encodingName]) =>
+        wrapDictionary(Dictionary.fromFile(path, encodingName))
+      ),
     );
-
-    const dictionaries: BaseDictionary[] = [];
-    for (const d of globalDictionaries) {
-      if (d) {
-        dictionaries.push(wrapDictionary(d));
-      }
-    }
-
-    return dictionaries;
   }
 }
 
@@ -57,22 +37,38 @@ export class Dictionary implements BaseDictionary {
   #okuriNasi: Map<string, string[]>;
 
   #cachedCandidates: Map<string, CompletionData>;
+  #path: string | undefined;
+  #encoding: string;
+  #loadPromise: Promise<void> | undefined;
 
   constructor(
     okuriAri?: Map<string, string[]>,
     okuriNasi?: Map<string, string[]>,
+    path?: string,
+    encoding = "",
   ) {
     this.#okuriAri = okuriAri ?? new Map();
     this.#okuriNasi = okuriNasi ?? new Map();
     this.#cachedCandidates = new Map();
+    this.#path = path;
+    this.#encoding = encoding;
+  }
+
+  static fromFile(path: string, encoding: string): Dictionary {
+    return new Dictionary(undefined, undefined, path, encoding);
   }
 
-  getHenkanResult(type: HenkanType, word: string): Promise<string[]> {
+  async getHenkanResult(type: HenkanType, word: string): Promise<string[]> {
+    await this.ensureLoaded();
     const target = type === "okuriari" ? this.#okuriAri : this.#okuriNasi;
-    return Promise.resolve(target.get(word) ?? []);
+    return target.get(word) ?? [];
   }
 
-  getCompletionResult(prefix: string, feed: string): Promise<CompletionData> {
+  async getCompletionResult(
+    prefix: string,
+    feed: string,
+  ): Promise<CompletionData> {
+    await this.ensureLoaded();
     const candidates: CompletionData = [];
     if (feed != "") {
       const table = getKanaTable();
@@ -95,7 +91,7 @@ export class Dictionary implements BaseDictionary {
     }
 
     candidates.sort((a, b) => a[0].localeCompare(b[0]));
-    return Promise.resolve(candidates);
+    return candidates;
   }
 
   private getCachedCandidates(prefix: string): CompletionData {
@@ -115,22 +111,37 @@ export class Dictionary implements BaseDictionary {
     return candidates;
   }
 
-  async load(path: string, encoding: string) {
+  async load(path?: string, encoding?: string) {
+    if (path !== undefined) {
+      this.#path = path;
+      this.#encoding = encoding ?? "";
+      this.#loadPromise = undefined;
+    }
+    await this.ensureLoaded();
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  private async ensureLoaded(): Promise<void> {
+    if (!this.#path || this.#loadPromise === undefined) {
+      if (!this.#path) {
+        return;
+      }
+      this.#loadPromise = this.readFile();
+    }
+    await this.#loadPromise;
+  }
+
+  private async readFile(): Promise<void> {
+    const path = this.#path!;
     if (path.endsWith(".yaml") || path.endsWith(".yml")) {
-      const file = await Deno.readTextFile(path);
-      this.loadYaml(file);
+      this.loadYaml(await Deno.readTextFile(path));
     } else if (path.endsWith(".json")) {
-      const file = await Deno.readTextFile(path);
-      this.loadJson(file);
+      this.loadJson(await Deno.readTextFile(path));
     } else if (path.endsWith(".mpk")) {
-      const file = await Deno.readFile(path);
-      this.loadMsgpack(file);
+      this.loadMsgpack(await Deno.readFile(path));
     } else {
-      const file = await readFileWithEncoding(path, encoding);
-      this.loadString(file);
+      this.loadString(await readFileWithEncoding(path, this.#encoding));
     }
-
-    return this;
   }
 
   private loadJson(data: string) {