Slant community chat on Discourse| 8 Recommended Products | Recommendations | Price | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 Akebi Japanese Dictionary· · · | 2 | 0 | – | Jan 10, 2017 |
| #2 imiwa?· · · | 1 | 0 | – | Feb 3, 2016 |
| #3 新和英大辞典第5版 - Kenkyuusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, 5th Ed· · · | 1 | 0 | $119.99 | Aug 18, 2016 |
| #4 Jishop· · · | 1 | 0 | $16.99 | Aug 19, 2016 |
| #5 JED· · · | 1 | 0 | – | Jul 2, 2017 |
| #6 Jsho - Japanese Dictionary· · · | 1 | 0 | – | Feb 18, 2017 |
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Pro Ease of Vocabulary Lookup
Lookup by Japanese kanji, Japanese hiragana/katakana, or English alphabetic romaji
Pro Free
All features are free, no in-app purchases necessary
Con Large Size
Since the app can be used entirely offline, there's a large size, 323 MB
Pro Significantly higher quality entries than EDICT
Most of the options on this page are thin interface skins over the freely available EDICT dictionary provided to the public originally by Jim Breen. (http://www.edrdg.org/jmdict/edict.html) Kenkyuusha's, on the other hand, is a professionally curated dictionary by a major Japanese publisher.
Con More limted coverage of manga/slang terms
Although this is is significantly larger and higher quality than EDICT, it will have fewer "slang" terms.
Pro Kanji dictionary entries are separated by 'theme'
There is often a slight correlation between pronunciation and shades of meaning for kanji, which most dictionaries don't seem to show you. Jishop will try to tease these connections out, helping to significantly clarify some rather broad kanji.
Pro Different (and better) radical lookup mechanism than the typical radkfile indexes
Most EDICT skins use the radkfile mechanism, which is 1) riddled with errors and 2) rather incomplete. Jishop has its own non-bushu lookup mechanism that is significantly easier to use once you get used to the slightly quirky interface.
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Pro Offline Use
The entire app is available offline
Con Development Hiatus
Last updated in 2013
Pro Lightweight
37 MB
Pro Offline Use
The entire app is available offline
Pro An audio pronunciation of words is included
There is a text-to-speech pronunciation of all its entries, so you are not left guessing on how to say a word or a phrase.
Pro Its dictionary contains a large number of useful translations
It contains thousands of offline entries that includes samples on how to use words or phrases.
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Pro Easy to look up kanji through several different methods
You can look up kanji through the dictionary's "SKIP" stroke-counting method or by a reading or compound word.
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