Aedict3 Japanese Dictionary

Martin Vysny3

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About this app

The only Japanese dictionary worth paying for. An off-line english japanese dictionary which uses Jim Breen's JMDict (upgraded EDict)/KanjiDic2/WWWJDIC data along with data from the Tatoeba project. Does not require japanese keyboard. Internet access is used only to download the dictionary - the application itself works offline.

WARNING: Does not work correctly on some Galaxy Tabs 3, namely, the 10.1 Tab 3: users of 7" and 8" Tab tablets have reported that Aedict works correctly for them. Please do not buy this app if you own the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 device.

Features:
- allows kanji searching by parts/radicals, SKIP code search and by kanji drawing
- omnibar allows search by kana, romaji and/or english, german, french, Russian, Dutch, Portugalese, Spanish, Hungarian, Slovene, Swedish. Deinflects verbs automatically.
- powerful Japanese search: support for mixing kana and kanji (e.g. search for 見ため will also find 見た目), automatic vowel prolonging, e.g. しゅじん will also find しゅうじん.
- shows proper pitch accents for every word
- optionally shows romaji instead of hiragana/katakana.
- supports Hepburn, Nihon-Shiki and Kunrei-Shiki romanization systems
- JLPT/Joyo Quizes, with a simple SRS/Leitner support
- You can store entries in a notepad and practice the notepad contents with notepad quiz.
- Shows stroke order kanji diagrams (courtesy of KanjiVG), allows jlpt/Joyo Quiz kanji draw practice
- Samsung multi-window support, Japanese Names Dictionary support, shows verb conjugations
- Dropbox, OwnCloud and Aedict Online https://aedict-online.eu integration
- Japanese font for proper character display
- Kotowaza sentences dictionary taken from http://kotowaza.org/
- Export to AnkiDroid
- Add custom tags and colors to any dictionary entry

UPDATE NOTE: When updating Aedict, please also update all dictionaries, to gain access to the new features.

Aedict 3 needs to download the dictionaries which is cca 200mb download - please make sure that you are connected to the WIFI to avoid additional charges. Aedict 3 cannot use dictionaries used by Aedict 2.

Aedict 3 is based on Aedict 2.9 but introduces new Android 4 GUI. Aedict 3 works on Android 2.1 and greater.

For more questions please visit http://aedict.eu/faq.html

Ratings and reviews

By far the best resource I've ever experienced for someone seriously learning Japanese. I wish I had something like this twenty years ago first learning the language. It fills in so many gaps that so many dictionaries don't address: subtle differences in emphasis, kanji recognition, related words, real examples...just so much. An invaluable project made with real passion for the language, and I'm deeply grateful for it...

**EDIT: Apparently I now need a subscription to use something I already paid for, this app is no longer worth 5 stars** I'm an advanced level university Japanese language student and dictionary applications don't get much better than this. I can look up proper names, draw kanji, and view how vocabulary words are used in normal sentences. You can't go wrong buying this application no matter if you are an absolute beginner or a Japanese language expert.

It's definitely shady to remove features users paid extra for. I can't even envision why you would not just freeze Aedict3 (You don't even have to support it anymore) and move the subscription model to Aedict4... Or why not make it so that further dictionary updates require subscription? Had you done this, I would have at least considered paying a subscription. It's an application that has been of a lot of use to me, so I might have considered paying for further updates. What I cannot do is encourage the anti-consumer act of taking away extras that I paid to support, by paying more to have them returned. Please make this right, please return the extra paid features for those of us who gave you additional support. Don't spit on the users who actually paid for upgrades. Edit In response "Is it really that much?". It's not at all about the actual value. The fact of the matter is that we paid you for a product which you then took away from us. It's a small form of theft plain and simple. I would never give a single cent to anything associated with your name again since you've breached trust.

What’s new

Remove annoying "Speaking" snackbar in quiz