Kata ·NHK news reader and more

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About this app

Kata helps you read and understand Japanese text that might otherwise be difficult.

Copy Japanese text from another app and open it in Kata to break the text into words and view its readings and meanings. Kata provides an experience inspired by tools such as Rikaikun, Rikaichan, Rikaisama, and Yomichan.

Features:

- Japanese text segmentation and dictionary analysis
- Import compatible custom dictionaries
- Read NHK news inside the app
- Create flashcards and export them to AnkiDroid


Text segmentation and dictionary analysis run on your device.

Ratings and reviews

Great app for reading japanese texts. Just copy a text and you can see furigana and the vocabulary definition of any kanji/word. I also love the ankiDroid integration, which makes it really easy to build a vocabulary learning deck with words from the texts I read. Sadly the app can't handle emojis in texts. If the text contains any emoji i recieve an error "Illegal Argument: Failure when converting to UTF-8: Incomplete..." It would be great if you could fix this.

Not a good sign when the app parses the 間 from の間で as ま instead of 間. It's like, right in the example text for the tutorial. Nobody reads it にっぽん either unless they're ancient. Definitely needs a dictionary update, I imagine it uses a really old version of a shareware version which is understandable but that being the case this needs some bolts tightened before I recommend it. Maybe add a function for users to submit tickets for wrong readings? Hinders more than it helps.

One of the best apps for studying Japanese, and is great for reading. I use the clipboard listener function extensively for reading websites, articles, LINE messages, emails, and Twitter posts. Each new update brings added functionality which only adds to the app.