OpenABC vs ことばずかん

OpenABC brings listening, speaking, reading, and writing into one connected learning path: understand a word, write it by hand, say it aloud, and meet it again in real sentences and listening practice. LEARN WORDS WITH PICTURES Pointer lines connect each word to the exact object or part it describes, so meaning is understood before it is memorized. HANDWRITING DICTATION Write spellings directly on screen and receive on-device recognition. iPad supports both finger input and Apple Pencil. SPEAKING PRACTICE Practice situational phrases and full sentences with clear audio demonstrations and on-device pronunciation and intonation feedback. Recording only starts when you choose. GRAMMAR YOU CAN SPEAK Key structures appear inside useful, contextual sentences. Understand the situation, then say the pattern aloud instead of only answering grammar questions. LISTEN AND REPEAT ANY LINE Daily warm-ups, dialogues, and sentence-by-sentence content keep playback and speaking controls close to every line. CONTENT THAT GROWS WITH YOU Study vocabulary, everyday listening and speaking, life stories, children's content, graded readers, English audiobooks, exam listening, pronunciation, and spelling. Review is planned by vocabulary level, learning history, and memory intervals. MULTIPLE LEARNERS Create separate learner profiles on one device. Vocabulary level, progress, review history, and preferences stay independent for each person. OFFLINE AND AD-FREE Downloaded content works offline. OpenABC contains no third-party ads, does not use advertising identifiers, and does not track you across apps or websites. Learning data stays on your device. ONE-TIME UNLOCK Permanent free samples include selected content and every practice mode. One purchase unlocks the full version—no subscription. Restore Purchase is available when changing devices.

ことばずかん is a Japanese–English–Chinese dictionary. Kanji above a chosen school grade get furigana automatically, and words you cannot type can be looked up by handwriting or voice. ■ Three languages, one search • Japanese (JMdict, ~200k entries), English, Chinese (CC-CEDICT, ~120k) • Type hiragana, katakana, kanji, romaji or pinyin • Match modes: starts with / ends with / exact / contains ■ Easy to read • Pick a school grade: only unlearned kanji get furigana • Simple Japanese explanations with example sentences (JA / EN / ZH) • Read-aloud for every word, meaning and example ■ Kanji cards • Stroke-order animation with stroke numbers • Tracing practice with star ratings • Readings, radical, grade level ■ Look it up even if you can't read it • Handwriting input (kanji, kana, Latin, Chinese) • Hold-to-talk voice input (JA / EN / ZH), processed entirely on device ■ Remember and keep going • Wordbook with spaced-repetition review (flashcards + quizzes) • Word of the day, learning records, streaks and badges ■ Handy tools • Western ↔ Japanese era / age / zodiac table • Calendar with rokuyō, moon age and Japanese holidays ■ For parents • Dictionary, kanji, handwriting and voice all work offline • Google / Wikipedia tabs are off until a parent enables them (PIN or arithmetic gate). Google is locked to SafeSearch and nothing is stored • Optional daily time limit • No ads, no tracking, no account Data: JMdict / KANJIDIC2 © EDRDG (CC BY-SA 4.0), CC-CEDICT © MDBG (CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel (CC BY-SA 3.0)