Best Jisho Japanese Dictionary Apps

4.9😊(8.8K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

This app provides a comprehensive offline Japanese-English and English-Japanese dictionary. It includes extensive entries, kanji details with stroke order, name databases, and example sentences. Features handwriting recognition and advanced search options for efficient language learning.

What We Love

🚀 Comprehensive dictionary with many features
👍 Easy to use and intuitive interface
💡 Ability to draw kanji for lookup
🚀 Offline functionality
👍 Detailed word information including conjugations, example sentences, and JLPT levels
👍 Useful word lists and flashcard system
🚀 Fast and responsive
🚀 No ads or in-app purchases

Room to Improve

🐛 Search history can get cluttered
👎 Lack of pitch accent information
👎 Some example sentences are of poor quality
👎 Font size can be difficult to read on smaller screens

Japanese by renzo Inc.

More than a dictionary

Strong Contender

4.8😊(3.6K ratings)

Free

This comprehensive language learning tool offers an extensive dictionary with over 175,000 entries and 58,000 example sentences. It includes advanced features like handwriting recognition, conjugation search, and a text reader, alongside flashcard study tools and JLPT-specific lists. Learn Japanese offline with this pocket-sized study companion.

What We Love

📚 Comprehensive dictionary with detailed information
🔍 Efficient search options (kanji, radicals, handwriting)
🗂️ Customizable vocabulary lists and flashcards
💡 Helpful features like JLPT/Kanji Kentei levels, example sentences
🆓 Completely free with no ads

Room to Improve

🐛 Handwriting recognition issues, especially on newer iOS versions
🔇 Text-to-speech function not working for some users
🔀 Inconsistent organization of example sentences and conjugations

Japanese Dictionary Takoboto by Ondrej Benovsky

Japanese language study tool

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Nihongo - Japanese Dictionary

4.7(53 ratings)

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This app is a comprehensive Japanese-English dictionary and language learning tool. It offers detailed information on words, including example sentences, kanji details, and conjugated forms. Search functionality supports various input methods like kanji, kana, and romaji.

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Access a comprehensive Japanese dictionary with over 175,000 words and translations in seven languages. This app provides offline access to technical, academic, and scientific terms, searchable in Hiragana, Katakana, or Romaji.

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