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Best Japanese app
Great new functions
I really like this new handed writing functions it makes search very convenient and efficient
FINALLY! Handwriting!
I’ve been waiting a very long time for this app to have handwriting included. There are so many times when I’m in a situation and I love using this app, but using the radical look up just takes too much time, and I have to use another app. Now I can read magazines and play video games without having to separate my flashcards from my look up app!
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Just what I needed
I’m still in the basics but this dictionary is very helpful. I’m learning more vocabulary and kanji every day as well as grammar. Soon I will find Japanese friends on a app so I can help them with English and they can help me with Japanese. There must always be a balance in any relationship where the other person has something just as valuable to offer that way there is always harmony. I’m not a English professor and my English grammar isn’t the strongest but my goal is to help someone become fluent in English while I become fluent in Japanese.
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Fantastic all-round Japanese app
This is by far the best Japanese language app I’ve used. Unlike many other dictionaries, the example sentences are relevant and not some obscure text that is difficult to integrate with your studies. You can make, save and organise flashcard sets easily. You can import text, save and study any content within the app - or using the safari extension, online. There are pre-made kanji decks by JLPT or Japanese school year. And you can take photos of kanji and it will translate them. The depth of detail in the individual vocabulary entries is deep and, for about £8, you can add pitch accent patterns. The interface is intuitive and easy to use and navigate. I’ve paid up for a lifetime membership at a rate I think is a bargain. Thanks to the developer for producing such a brilliant app.
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Invaluable Japanese learning app!
Absolutely invaluable learning tool for anyone studying or interested in Japanese. Really amazing features that I use literally everyday. I’d recommend this as the best dictionary/study combination app around, and I’ve used a lot over the last 10 years!
Pretty great!
Love the links to other words in example sentences, “elements” that make up kanji, and the new search-as-you-type functionality.
Subscriptions and a lofty lifetime purchase are a bit of a miss, for me, but I suppose that’s where everyone is headed. For the type of functionality a dictionary provides, it’s a tough sell, but to each their own.
Would love to see an “identify the kanji by drawing” feature like Shirabe offers, and explanations/links for the various verb conjugation forms.
Subscriptions and a lofty lifetime purchase are a bit of a miss, for me, but I suppose that’s where everyone is headed. For the type of functionality a dictionary provides, it’s a tough sell, but to each their own.
Would love to see an “identify the kanji by drawing” feature like Shirabe offers, and explanations/links for the various verb conjugation forms.
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Response from developer
Thanks for this feedback. Thought you might want to know, I did get to one of these features - search by drawing - in the latest update. Explanations for conjugations is a feature I've thought about too. Can't say exactly when I'll get to it, but knowing it's something you're looking for too helps me to prioritize it for a future release, so thanks!
Great Flash Cards
I really like using this app. It has great organized flashcards as well as a dictionary all in one and I find all its features to be super useful.
I think the flashcards are great because they include writing flashcards also, which is super helpful.
The only thing I wish this app had was notifications or something because I always forget until nighttime to do them.
I think the flashcards are great because they include writing flashcards also, which is super helpful.
The only thing I wish this app had was notifications or something because I always forget until nighttime to do them.
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Excellent app
Very easy to use, very comprehensive. It sure beats looking up in Kanji in Nelson's dictionary.... I think it’s great. Update months later: it’s still a great app!! Five stars.
Best Japanese dictionary in the App Store
Hands down this is the best Japanese dictionary in the App Store.
While learning Japanese I have downloaded my fair share of apps to aid in learning and this app has shone out as absolutely one of the best.
What I have found particularly useful is knowing how common your search word is and being able to quickly look up verb conjugations.
Having your looked up words become flash cards is also great for vocabulary consolidation as well.
Look no further if you’re studying Japanese and need a good dictionary!
While learning Japanese I have downloaded my fair share of apps to aid in learning and this app has shone out as absolutely one of the best.
What I have found particularly useful is knowing how common your search word is and being able to quickly look up verb conjugations.
Having your looked up words become flash cards is also great for vocabulary consolidation as well.
Look no further if you’re studying Japanese and need a good dictionary!
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