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Does it’s job
Incredible dictionary
No frills, no ads, impeccably organized. I love it
Wanted to thank and support
Don’t often leave written reviews, but felt compelled to with Shirabe Jisho. Just wanted to thank the developers for creating and keeping an app that prioritizes offline usage, does not seem to collect creepy amounts of user data (so, respects user privacy), and is committed to providing core functionality of the app for free without advertisements even as operating costs are on a significant rise. Additionally, and importantly to me and I’m sure many others, I also don’t see the kind of degradation from overuse/over-reliance of LLM tools in the development process that appears to be plaguing apps all over. Perhaps that speaks to a kind of ethical and values-based decision making that seems all too rare lately. 10$ hardly seems like enough support considering all that, but I was glad to give it regardless. Thanks so much for a truly great user experience!
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Great tool
Best japanese dictionary app by far
Finally a free dictionary app 😭
No hidden subscriptions
Literally amazing
I hope this app doesn’t disappear lol
This is the one!
All info you beed in the same place
- Easy to navigate
- Browser shows the search history
- easy to create unlimited favorite lists
- allows you to make notes inside the entry
- the selected word shows details on kanji with hyperlinks
- you can navigate to related kanjis and expressions
- stroke order, radicals and conjugations
- if you are researching for real, the compounds and references are gold
Its the best alternative after the casio dictionary for researchers and the best of all on mobile for regular use.
(The best desktop is Jisho.org)
- Easy to navigate
- Browser shows the search history
- easy to create unlimited favorite lists
- allows you to make notes inside the entry
- the selected word shows details on kanji with hyperlinks
- you can navigate to related kanjis and expressions
- stroke order, radicals and conjugations
- if you are researching for real, the compounds and references are gold
Its the best alternative after the casio dictionary for researchers and the best of all on mobile for regular use.
(The best desktop is Jisho.org)
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A great dictionary, reminiscent of the good-old appstore days!
I’ve tried so many Japanese dictionaries over time, and this one has been my go to for the last 2 years or so. Great features that I’ve been using for free so far, developer that clearly cares (consistently updated, adds significant new features, keeps up with apple UI changes!), flashcards with the right level of complexity (basic adaptive learning from custom lists, but also not ridiculously Anki-level complex so much easier to get started with), and generally an all-round pleasant experience which you can tell the dev has pride in. The app has just added a ‘support/pro tier’ which is a one-time payment instead of a subscription (like other dictionaries like Nihongo have, and are crazy expensive!). Bought the pro, thanks for years of your hard work!
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めっちゃ便利だよ
The most useful Japanese dictionary app EVER!
The end-all be-all for a Japanese dictionary app
Comprehensive with plenty of helpful features for studying and complete offline support. AND it’s completely free. You really can’t ask for a better app.
Pleasant surprise
Full featured, well designed, extremely helpful. Just what is needed with nothing extraneous.
Awesome
Awesome app! If you are learning Japanese at the moment, it’s a must have!
Very organized
Very helpful, indeed! Can’t recommend enough
Incredible
10/10
The GOAT
This app has been with me for years. It is an absolute necessity for learning Japanese. The sheer amount of uses it has is insane. The way you can see onyomi and kunyomi AND THE kanji components and pitch accent. Notice how I keep saying “and” because it doesn’t stop giving you materials to use.
amazing
great app. amazing for learning japanese. you get every verb conjugation in a quick list. you can search in english or japanese with hiragana or roman characters. very convenient. very glad it exists
Wonderful app, needs a tutorial
This dictionary has tons of wonderful tools within it. It even helps with stroke order by playing a video, and breaking down kanji into components so you know how a kanji is built from other kanji or radicals. However, there’s so much in this dictionary, it’s really easy to miss out on everything it can do for you. A tutorial or guide would help immensely with getting started with this dictionary.
I also think example sentences that can be filtered by JLPT level would help. Sometimes, I look up an easy word that has the most complex sentence I’ve ever seen in my life. I would love for a more predictable spread of difficulty to be included in this app.
I also think example sentences that can be filtered by JLPT level would help. Sometimes, I look up an easy word that has the most complex sentence I’ve ever seen in my life. I would love for a more predictable spread of difficulty to be included in this app.
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La meilleure application
Pendant que j’étais en étude de langue au japon c’était mon doudou, ma bouée de sauvetage, ma marraine la bonne fée
はい！
I needed this app in my life. Thank you for this (totally free) eternally useful little gem. 11/10
The best Japanese-English dictionary available
Top marks, does exactly what I need and never lets me down. Missing some net slang but otherwise extremely comprehensive and great UI.
