Japanese Dictionary Takoboto

Takoboto

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About this app

Offline Japanese-English dictionary and Japanese language learning study tool. Includes example sentences, kanji information and conjugated forms for each word. Some Japanese words are also translated to many other languages (see below).

The words can be searched using kanji, kana, romaji or latin alphabets. Full sentences and conjugated forms are also recognized. Kanji can be searched by selecting multiple radicals.

FREE FEATURES:

- 200,000+ Japanese words with English translations
- Search as you type with kanji, kana, romaji or alphabet
- Example phrases to see how words are used
- Easy kanji search by selecting multiple radicals
- Conjugations are provided and can be searched as well
- Common misspellings are recognized
- Voice audio using text-to-speech
- Dark theme for studying Japanese at night
- Export to AnkiDroid
- Favorites, history and custom lists of words for review
- Flashcards
- Can add your own custom translations and contribute new words
- Ready-made study lists
- Kana charts
- Japanese grammar links to external web sites
- Pitch display
- Japanese definitions for some words

TAKOBOTO CLOUD (requires paid subscription):

- Synchronize your lists and study data
- Backup your lists and translations to the cloud
- Share lists with others and download shared online study lists
- Access extra online resources such as real voice audio
- Remove ads from study game

OTHER FEATURES (ads sponsored):

- Study game / study quizzes (beta)

LANGUAGES:

The Japanese words are partially translated to many languages. Translations can be contributed directly from the app too. Available languages are:

- Japanese ↔ English (100% translated)
- Japanese ↔ German (66% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Russian (43% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Spanish (31% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Dutch (29% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Hungarian (28% translated)
- Japanese ↔ French (26% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Thai (23% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Portuguese (22% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Indonesian (20% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Swedish (20% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Chinese (19% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Italian (19% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Polish (18% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Finnish (17% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Korean (17% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Persian (16% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Vietnamese (16% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Ukrainian (15% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Arabic (15% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Czech (14% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Danish (12% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Romanian (12% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Slovene (11% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Greek (11% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Lithuanian (8% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Malay (8% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Hindi (8% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Latvian (7% translated)
- Japanese ↔ Tagalog (6% translated)

Like most of the Japanese dictionary apps out there, the data is from the awesome JMdict project made by the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group thanks to Jim Breen and others.

BETA TESTING

If you'd like to get more frequent updates with experimental features (and bugs), please subscribe to receive beta versions by following this link:
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/jp.takoboto

Ratings and reviews

My most used app when studying Japanese. I also use it for quick reference during conversations. I like the coding and layout . Sometimes the various definitions can be confusing to know which is the right word to use but that is also the nature of learning Japanese. I also like the kanji tool. It is the easiest one I have found.

In the short time I've been using it, this dictionary blows all the others I've tried out of the water. It's quick where others (like 'Japanese') are bloated. It accepts romaji, English, and radical input. You can save favorite words, create lists, and export those words to Anki as flashcards. There are also some crowd-sourced components, such as grammar examples and community lists, the latter requiring a sub but that's literally the only part. Well worth a look for learners of Japanese!

I absolutely love it, can't imagine my life without this app anymore. When I watch anime, I have it open to check the words I hear. When I'm in Japan and trying to communicate, I can quickly pull it up to look up a word. The kanji breakdown and the verb forms are super useful and give a valuable insight that helps me remember the words. All the features are thoughtfully designed and the app works without any issues. Reliable and valuable tool, highly recommend it!

What's new

Support adaptive icon and latest devices and Android versions.
Fixed issues in Reader.
Fixed some conjugated forms and pitch accents.
Added setting to automatically select search text when going back to the main screen.
Added Kana + Translations mode to flashcards.
Show definitions in correct place based on preferences.
Auto play sound mode when moving flashcards.
AnkiDroid export: Configure a global tag and notes as tags.
Allow copying whole kanji entry to clipboard.