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Nihongo is a free offline Japanese dictionary designed for Android devices, providing users with a robust tool for learning and understanding the Japanese language. The application features an extensive database that includes vocabulary, kanji, and over 60,000 example sentences. Its user-friendly design is reminiscent of the iOS dictionary 'Imi_wa?', making it accessible for users familiar with similar platforms. Additionally, Nihongo facilitates offline access, allowing learners to use it without an internet connection, which is particularly beneficial for on-the-go study sessions.

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Nihongo includes several unique functionalities such as kana and romaji display while typing, wildcard support for vocabulary searches, and the ability to browse kanji by JLPT levels and school grades. Users can take notes, create lists, and benefit from a vocabulary search that recognizes basic grammar. While the substantial database size of approximately 230MB may pose storage challenges, it ensures a wealth of example sentences and efficient performance. Future updates promise to enhance user experience with features like vocabulary learning lists, kanji handwriting recognition, and interactive games.

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2.0.25.0919
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Platform
Android
Operating System
Android 15.0
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JDict is a Japanese-English offline dictionary featuring over 160000 entries, over 10000 kanji and almost 60000 example sentences.

JDict is a Japanese-English offline dictionary featuring over 160000 entries, over 10000 kanji and almost 60000 example sentences.

It is largely inspired by well-known "[Imi_wa?]" dictionary for [i_O_S] platform both functionally and visually.

Current features:

- works offline

- shows kana/romaji as you type

- supports wildcards in vocabulary

- recent words, examples and kanji

- romaji mode in search

- kanji search is divided by ON/KUN readings, Nanori and meaning results

- very fast example search

- extract words from sentences feature

- kanji stroke order animations

- furigana is matched everywhere with my own algorithm (still can have some bugs though)

- in component view, you can see all kanji with given component ordered by JLPT level and word commonness

- in kanji view, you can see all compounds with given kanji ordered like above

- search kanji by components (design inspired by "Japanese" dictionary)

- browse kanji by JLPT and School Grades

- notes

- lists (works like favorites but with folders/sub-folders)

- vocabulary search recognizes some basic grammar when typing

- in word detail view examples are categorized by word meaning if such a connection exists

As you can see features are mostly basic for now.

The database file is quite big (~230MB). The reason for that is that it contains a lot of example sentences data and needs a lot of indexes to run smooth.

My plans:

- make the application more user-friendly (list search)

- learn vocabulary feature (using lists)

- exporting lists to Anki

- external links in vocabulary

- kanji handwriting recognition

- Shiratori game

- improve extract words algorithm (I have some ideas using the statistical approach to make it run faster)

Acknowledgments:

- Electronic Dictionaries Research Groups

- KanjiVG

- Tatoeba

- KanjiCafe

- Tanos (JLPT)


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