Smart Japanese Dictionary

Contains adsIn-app purchases
4.5
5.87K reviews
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Smart Japanese Dictionary is a free Japanese Dictionary app that helps you instantly look up kanji, Japanese words, and English meanings by using your camera. Simply scan text and search in a powerful Japanese dictionary, Kanji dictionary, and English dictionary all in one app.

This all-in-one dictionary app uses our original in-house dictionary database and includes rich definition data for approximately 150,000 Japanese words, 30,000 English-Japanese / Japanese-English entries, and about 10,000 kanji characters. You can also explore synonyms, example sentences, and detailed word usage.

### Main Features

■ Camera Kanji Search / OCR Scan
Use your camera to scan kanji and unknown Japanese words. The app automatically recognizes text with fast OCR-style camera search and instantly shows meanings, readings, and dictionary results.

■ Japanese Dictionary + Kanji Dictionary + English Dictionary
Search once and check detailed Japanese definitions, kanji meanings, readings, and English translations in one place. Perfect for quick kanji lookup, vocabulary search, and word understanding.

■ Fast and Easy Kanji Lookup
Don’t know how to read a kanji? Just scan it with your camera and find the meaning immediately. Smart Dictionary is ideal for difficult kanji, unfamiliar words, and everyday reading support.

■ Simple, User-Friendly Design
The clean and intuitive interface makes searching easy for beginners, students, travelers, and advanced Japanese learners.

■ Great for Study, Reading, and Work
Use Smart Dictionary while studying Japanese, reading books, checking signs, reviewing documents, or looking up technical terms at work.

■ Free to Use
Core features are available for free, making it a practical Japanese learning app and kanji search app for daily use.

### Recommended For

- Students who want to quickly check the meaning and reading of kanji
- Busy professionals who need fast access to technical terms and difficult words
- Japanese learners looking for a reliable Japanese Dictionary and Kanji Dictionary
- Travelers who want to scan and understand Japanese text more easily

Just point your camera and scan. Smart Dictionary helps you understand difficult kanji and unfamiliar Japanese words in seconds, without slowing down your reading or study flow.

Smart Japanese Dictionary makes dictionary search easier, faster, and smarter.
Download this free Japanese Dictionary, Kanji Dictionary, English Dictionary, and camera search app today.
Updated on
Mar 24, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Photos and videos
This app may collect these data types
Location, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.5
5.69K reviews
Chris Spencer
January 16, 2024
Awful. No way to lookup kanji. Search returns very random entries. I typed in both "7" and "seven" and it wouldn't even give me the entry for 7, much less the kanji. The other tabs are just shortcuts to an embedded Google browser tab, so if you already have a web browser on your phone (which you do) you don't need this app.
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Knittely
October 22, 2025
Pros: + Can scan photos + Both JP only and EN<->JP dict Cons: - UI could be improved a bit, but you find everything you need (very minor issue) - Everything is online: Photo scanning, Video advertisement and even the dictionary is online, so the app requires quite a bit of mobile data if used outside.
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Michael Hopper
June 26, 2025
This app is one of the few Japanese dictionary apps on Android that features a monolingual Japanese dictionary - this alone makes it worth it for intermediate to advanced learners. The OCR and drawing input also make lookups smooth. Minor niggles include some annoying ads (which can be removed for a cost) and the fact that sometimes I've found the app will switch back to English for no discernable reason despite having it set to Japanese
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What’s new

・Add furigana to scan results
・Add guides to the scan screen
・Improve scan accuracy
・Fix bugs

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About the developer
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info@smartoolab.com
1-1-11, TERAMAECHO HIGASHIOSAKA, 大阪府 577-0845 Japan
+81 90-7886-7391