Jsho - Japanese Dictionary

Richard L

- January 28, 2016

Everyone

Books & Reference

Contains ads

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Description

Jsho is an English-Japanese dictionary that aims to be simple, lightweight, fast and accurate. No unnecessary splash screens and no need to download any additional files.

Features:
　• 100% functional offline

　• Flexible input/search methods
　　- Multi-radical kanji search
　　- Limited wildcard searching using '*' (JP only and slower than normal searching)
　　- Romaji input automatically converted to hiragana
　　- Filter search results by noun, adjective, verb etc.

　• Input analysis (accuracy will be improved over time, please expect mistakes)
　　- De-inflects conjugated words
　　- Attempts to split sentences into individual words and perform searches on each

　• Detailed lexical information
　　- Pitch accent & parts of speech info. for words
　　- Detailed kanji information
　　- Stroke order animation (viewable by tapping kanji on Kanji Details page)
　　- Verb conjugation tables

　• Multiple display options
　　- Toggle between kana/romaji
　　- Select between light & dark themes

　• 3rd party connectivity
　　- Send words directly to AnkiDroid
　　- Can share words with Jsho from other apps

　• Bookmark search results

Please note:
　• Extracted dictionary files require approx. 37MB of external storage space
　• Ads shown when online ('Remove Ads' is currently disabled due to some issues)
　• Network permission is used only for ads, this app doesn't collect any user data whatsoever

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Reviews

4.6

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Kristine Y

It does it's job. The ads at the bottom are really frustrating. Also, I don't like the decomposition of kanji - e.g., ashita/myounichi into 2 characters separately... would prefer a page with it together and then the option of selecting each character. The lightweight nature is good esp. compared to the other options out there.

Aish Halter

Love this app!! I haven't had a problem with this yet! It's useful in helping you find words, and if you're trying to understand a sentence without Google translate, you can input the sentence in this app and it will tell you what each word means, allowing you to understand it in your own way. Highly recommended, especially if you can't navigate Jed, like me, lol

Pauline Besserve

Very complete I would like to thank Richard L. for this amazing app. It contains so many entries, even specific words like scientific terms. The translations are nice as I have been seldom misunderstood here in Japan. I love the fact that from one kanji we can look for words containing it. Also, the app looks nice. I would surely not have bought an electronic dictionary if I had known this app existed. Great job !

Nicky Kath

I used to use Japanese on ios, then I move to android, tried the same app but it was buggy. Finally I found this app which works well. But component search is not convenient in this app, please mimic it from Japanese ductionary. One of the gratest advantages of this app that it can correctly split complex words into smaller ones. Like in 作動原理. The Japanese on Android just finds nothing and that type of bug is one reason I move to jishyo.

Chelsey Hichez

Easy to understand This app is so easy to understand and visually appealing. I love the simplicity. I've tried many other apps but none of them provide me with the direct translations that I want. I can spend hours on this learning new words. Thanks so much to the creators of this app. You guys don't know how much I looked for something like this before I found this 👌👌quality stuff right here y'all

Moving ads of doom This is a pretty awesome app, however, it's effing hard to concentrate when there's a man walking underneath your eye line or a tank driving just below you. Makes looking at this dictionary almost impossible. Kill the ads, charge a £1 for this app and I'll buy it. It's a good app being destroyed by moving ads, which is a shame. So for now 3 stars. Will upgrade rating to 5 when the ads of cak have gone.

User reviews

Kristine Y February 28, 2016

Aish Halter February 8, 2016

Pauline Besserve May 10, 2016

Nicky Kath June 26, 2017

Chelsey Hichez August 13, 2016

Richard L December 7, 2015

Thank you very much!

June 10, 2016

Greg Johnston April 12, 2016

I would pay to remove ads This would be almost the ideal dictionary app (example sentences would be a nice bonus) if it didn't always have an ad at the bottom. As it is, there's no way that I'll be using this app, so I give it 1 star.

Daniel Watson June 24, 2016

Great but I love this dictionary and want to use it, but I keep getting an error that says "Missing databases/bkmrks.zip file in assets or target folder not writable." Whenever I download it, the app world for a little while and then this error keeps popping up whenever a search is attempted. It seems to somehow somewhat rectify itself when I restart but not not for long. Until this is fixed I'm going to have to use another dictionary, thanks.

Christopher Nuzzi September 6, 2016

Babies whining about ads! Don't listen to these losers. The ads are tiny - I've never noticed them. If you can't concentrate on the dictionary because there is a tiny little ad at the bottom of the screen, you must be a 20-something who has blown your brain out on adderal. Great app - I use it daily.

Christoph Kulle June 11, 2016

Kanji writing sometimes not correct I like the app and use it frequently but some Kanji are not written according to correct Japanese rules. This varies and is sometimes only true for the "preview" and not for the kakijun display. Note e.g. 新's 木 radical! 直して下さい

Joel Fox June 8, 2017

THIS APP is #1! First of all, it is an awesome dictionary, which works offline, and has basically every word you will ever need. In addition, you can search kanji by radicals, it gives you conjugations, individual kanji info, tells you if it is a commonly used word, and more. My favourite feature is that by long pressing a word, you can instantly export it to your Anki deck. This is the greatest tool ever for learning new words. There is a small ad at the bottom of the screen, but i don't even notice it anymore. Definetely not in the way. If anything could be improved, it would be to add example sentences, but I can see that being quite difficult, so I don't expect it soon. I would pay $20 or more for this app if I had to, I truly value it as an essential tool for living in Japan. Bless the person who made it.

Karma Akabane April 15, 2016

Very helpful This is the reason me and my girlfriend met I was messaging and confessing to her in japanese (she's japanese btw) which she then responded in kanji I was searching like heck for a translator app till I stumbled upon this which then I translated her message to the romaji Aishiteru (I love you) I was very happy that day 10/10 for this app

Nicola Bortolami May 1, 2017

I absolutely love it!! Great app, fast and easy to use. There is a list of radicals which is very useful, and the meaning of the words is well explained yet simple. One of the best Japanese dictionary apps I've tried so far. The only thing I wanted to say: I think it would be great if when I click on a kanji, it showed the radicals it's composed of. It's not a critique, just an observation. Overall I'd say this app is really amazing!!

December 4, 2016

Thank you I love this app; I can save words to AnkiDroid, the kanji stroke order is useful, and the selection of words is better than others. (I have found some real obscure stuff.) The only way to make it better, for me, is to make the Japanese and English word input field the same, so you don't have to tap the Jap vs Eng button all the time.

Tashi Sherpa May 18, 2016

Very useful, but a paid version... This app is great. Sure, you often end up not having the word you want at the top of the search results, but that is a common problem with all dictionaries. An ad-free paid version would be nice though, and my phone at least seems to like kicking it out of memory.

Ghost Hunter August 22, 2016

Downgraded to three stars Update: After using JSHO for while, I have downgraded my rating to three stars. This dictionary is missing very common word translations such as 'windy'. There really is no excuse for this. I'm guessing the developer is using the free public domain EDICT word database for his definitions. There are many missing words and drawbacks to using EDICT, and I wish the developer would find or make a more complete database.

Ericka Galang April 20, 2016

TOTALLY WORTH IT Had a minor hiccup but finally it's working again! Seriously wouldn't even dream of switching to a different dictionary. This one is complete already. Thank you developer!

Richard L April 20, 2016

Great! Glad you were able to solve your issue.

Nhung Nguyễn November 15, 2016

5 stars overall, Super good app! Couldn't find any better eng-jap (and vice versa) out there! The only inconvenience is that I can't backup and restore my bookmarks when changing device and the bookmark storage is kind of limited to me (500 words or so and you have to delete some words if you wanna save some more). If only these are to be improved then this app is perfect 👌

Henry Foxon July 31, 2016

I'm trying to look up words but it's not helpful. I search for a word for you, it gives me a over a dozen results with no real guidance on which one to use where.

Hala Halo February 16, 2016

This app will surely be perfect IF there's no ads while connecting to the internet. I expect for your improvement in removing all yhr ads away while there's internet connection. On the other hand, this app is super cool and suitable for every kind of Japanese learners from newbies to experts. Thank you Richard L for bearing this wonderful app to the world!!:)

Yao Ri April 28, 2016

Perfect but needs improvements Its my most used jap app. すごい！and would like a search of words like IMI do: when typing words on search the answers appears at the same time.

April 23, 2017

Excellent app. My go to app to find Kanji using the radical search. Kanji Recognizer app is pretty useless without knowing the proper stroke order so this app helps me find Kanji better. I love the function of finding compound words in both suffix and appendix search after I've found the Kanji. I use it daily.

minijbnc mamasita September 21, 2016

Excellent As denji jisho was online, this is an awesome app. nice UI, offers a lot for a free app, with the kanji search/info, possibility to search in EN, JP or romanized, view kana on/off, wild card, very complete results, kana table etc - everything you need, works offline with as good as no permissions: perfect!

Jake Brunton May 16, 2016

Very useful tool I love this. One of my favorite Japanese language apps. It's lightweight, well made, fast and informative. Offline dictionary and the ability to natively search in English or Kana is super helpful. I highly recommend this app if you want to expand your Japanese vocabulary and extend your knowledge.

Bassem Boustany May 8, 2017

No te form in the conjugation table, and doesn't recognise the te form if you input it as a search term. Pretty useless for any serious use.

Gilang Vinnosa July 31, 2016

Very useful An app that you should have on your phone, especially when you live in Japan. I live there, and this app saves me so many times.

LainieMarie Johnson May 3, 2016

Best dictionary This dictionary is way better than the one assigned for class. Gives the way to write kanji stroke by stroke and ive yet to not find a word. Dont even need a japanese keyboard to use it. It allows us of an english keyboard to type words so "hikari" when typed using the japanese side will be spelt with hiragana.

Alice Mai Anh Tran March 30, 2016

Really good app Pretty good and I love the fact it explains individual kanji's meanings. Would be awesome if we can input hand written kanji like the webpage but I'm happy with the app as it is.

Scott Petersen February 19, 2016

Great app - its the only dictionary app to provide accent numbers and the conjugation layout for verbs is really great! I would pay for an add-free version, esp if the dev added example sentences.

David H. January 7, 2017

Great, but needs one thing now... I've been using Jisho for a couple of years now, and love it! But now, after switching from Samsung to a stock android phone, I see that my system font is locked and it favors Chinese over Japanese font styles. I can't change it short of rooting. So Jisho *really* needs an option to select a different font, maybe even a non-system user font file. ... Edit: thanks so much for the prompt reply and link to the upgrade key. I couldn't find it through search.

Richard L January 6, 2017

Thank you for your feedback. If you have bought the key in the past, it should still be accessible at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ric.ov.key

S K Cheung February 20, 2016

アックセントをふくまれています It's great to know that accent is still available - a unique feature of this dictionary. Very useful and important. お返事くれてありがとうございます。

Richard L February 20, 2016

Accent is still available, it must first be enabled in the settings.

sir mcmeaties January 10, 2017

Defaults keyboard to English every time. Edit - Developer's suggestion fixed the problem and now that I've looked deeper into the app, I'm liking it considerably more than JED, my current and now soon to be previous Japanese dictionary. Original - I only searched four words before giving up. The app looks nice but every time I click the search box, it opens my keyboard set to English, despite it having been set on Japanese for the search I just did a second ago. No other app I have does this and this is too annoying to use on a consistent basis.

Richard L January 9, 2017

Hi, sorry about this. Try disabling "auto convert romaji" in the settings and see if the problem persists.

Adam Powell-Davies January 29, 2016

Incredibly useful So many great features - radical search, loads of vocabulary, a feature that shows you kanji stroke order. You can also search for words by position of the kanji in the word which is really useful to find jukugo once you have learned a new kanji.

Elias Sixtel May 12, 2016

An easy-to-use and useful app! Great dictionary app! Needs some more features like radical list for a single Kanji, and should enable the "remove ads" feature, but all-in-all a robust and useful app

Lisa Lund June 17, 2017

Fantastic app, I have been using it for years. It has great offline functionality and is comprehensive. It marks which words are "common", and the kanji dictionary works really well. Knowing kana and how to use a kanji dictionary is a must to use the app to its full extent, though. Hands down one of my all time favourite dictionary apps.

Marti Dulalas April 10, 2016

Survived Japan This really saved me while I was living in Japan for over a year. I would have given it 5 sta rs if only there were more slang words.

Andrew Carpenter July 7, 2016

This is one of the most useful apps I've ever seen! Especially if you're learning to read and write Kanji, the ease of use, functionality, content, etc. are exceptional. I would gladly PAY for this application!

albertt steve June 12, 2017

Simple,complete,convenient, moreover it's free and unlike other apps, you don't need to download any other files after u download the apps. One thing i would recommend is to add example of sentence from each word for further understanding. Thank you! :)

Landon Lewis November 16, 2016

Excellent Great jdict, very useful pitch accent indicator, great dev. The conjugation view is great but could be expanded. Audio pronunciations like spacehamster's would make this the only app I'd need.

Richard L October 6, 2015

For the input issues, try disabling "auto convert romaji" in the settings.

Liz Mallory June 2, 2017

This dictionary has everything! It's lightweight, fast, and doesn't miss anything, even when I've only got part of the word. When searching in Japanese, you can input romaji, kana, or kanji, or search by radicals. It's better than any other dictionary I've found. UI could be a bit better; app Back button and phone Back button do different things, and there's no "how to use," so you have to play around. But totally worth it.