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Lost in translation?
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Japanese is the ultimate study companion for any Japanese learner. Discover the language, learn the grammar and master it with flashcards.

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Rewritten from the ground up. Now better than ever.

Rewritten from the ground up.
Now better than ever.

With Japanese, learning the Japanese language couldn't be easier. Japanese is truly comprehensive, giving you the tools you need to master the language.

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Handwriting Recognition

Draw any kanji or kana with handwriting recognition and Japanese will decipher and display the most likely character.

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Memorize Lists

Save your favorite words, your daily go-tos and those tricky ones you can't help but forget in easily manageable lists.

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Flashcards in Japanese
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Study Flashcards

Create and customise flashcard lists, and then practice them until mastered with Japanese’s new and improved flashcard system.

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Japanese is packed with all the features you need to get started on your Japanese adventures. Master the language and become a Japanese pro!

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What Our Users Say

Raskolnik0v09099090
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Extremely useful. I have lists with thousands of words. This is how I drill kanji, I write some of my notes in here, I have created lists dedicated to certain subjects and conversations. It’s been a while since they’ve updated this app, but I use it all the same. Definitely useful if someone is wanting to study Japanese, and it’s a free alternative to anki that’s just as good. Also, no ads, no payments, nothing but learning and knowledge. I wish the devs would update the app a bit to include some words and phrases like 盗み入り、メシウマ、行目、係決め、班別、which I’ve heard but seem to be more obscure. However, it’s a great app
Four of five stars Five of five stars
July 28, 2025
Arthur
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simply the best Japanese dictionary out there, the best part is that it works even without internet connection! Highly recommend.
Four of five stars Five of five stars
July 26, 2025
Ghost Duck
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Voice reading is bugged. It says the first entry, then is silent for all others until you reset the app. And does it again for only the first search entry.
Four of five stars Five of five stars
July 24, 2025
Ahmed Abd elhamid
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Thanks alot
Four of five stars Five of five stars
July 16, 2025
paperscenery
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In 2025, 17 years after this app debuted it is still working and it is free. That’s incredible in and of itself. The language learning features are also very strong and easy to use. There are some bugs: personally I can’t get the “speak” feature to do anything with any audio setup, but again: free. Thank you to the people who put work into this!
Four of five stars Five of five stars
July 15, 2025
Bijaya Rana
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waoooo
Four of five stars Five of five stars
July 14, 2025
Ollie Lufti (Bungles)
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Excellent app. I've been using it for years and it's much better than others for me. One request to the developer would be to have the option to have the results stay visible after closing the keyboard after searching. It was like this until the most recent update. Thank you!
Four of five stars Five of five stars
July 09, 2025
Jaspreet Singh
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I have a bug on the text part, whenever I try to paste any length of japanese text by using the paste button, the app consistently crashes, I'm not sure if this is just for my device or just this version of the app, but it's such a shame, I'm not able to use one whole feature. Otherwise, the app is great!
Four of five stars Five of five stars
July 06, 2025
Mikael Stockman
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Thanks for the bugfix update, it no longer seems to crash :) Still think it would be great if the search results did not disappear when you hide the keyboard, and tapping the search-button on the keyboard means the keyboard closes and any results are not displayed.
Four of five stars Five of five stars
July 02, 2025
Wangstu
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No ads characters with romaji very good for beginners
Four of five stars Five of five stars
June 24, 2025
Yuda Kurniawan
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in android, when you just close the app and want to reopen it, the app always crashed
Four of five stars Five of five stars
June 23, 2025
Maria Miatari
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perfect..It has everything you need to learn..very easy to use.
Four of five stars Five of five stars
June 22, 2025
Jwowz_br
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This app has all the functionality you need to study vocabulary from the complete beginner level to native speaker. Many thanks to the team who developed this app. I'm very grateful! Excellent work!
Four of five stars Five of five stars
June 20, 2025
Sergio Bruno
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Bugs I have noticed in this version: 1st. The search results on the search tab doesn't show up if the app isn't being covered by the keyboard. That's an issue because when the app is being viewed in landscape mode the keyboard of some devices covers the entire screen and if someone tries to close the keyboard to see the results, the results disappear. Also if the app is in window mode the app won't show any results if the window isn't being partially covered by the keyboard. | 2nd. The text tab
Four of five stars Five of five stars
June 17, 2025
Khaledkucci خالد كوتشى
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the best I have used it. I recommended it so much
Four of five stars Five of five stars
June 15, 2025
Татьяна Тарчуткина
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Очень удобное приложение. Еще не протестировала загрузку списка иероглифов, но даже так все чудесно работает. Карточки очень удобные: в отличие от других приложений, здесь можно написать *только* слово, которое хочется выучить, а его перевод или чтения в карточку подтягиваются автоматически.
Four of five stars Five of five stars
June 09, 2025
1234567xdhdhdb
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Despite not getting updates in 5 years, this is by far the best dictionary for Japanese. It is so good. I wish other languages had an app as amazing as this one.
Four of five stars Five of five stars
June 08, 2025
Kai Suisen
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This is my favorite dictionary. Please never let it be outdated. とても使いやすくてわかりやすい辞書。10前からiPhoneで愛用していてやっとアンドロイドバージョン見つけた(検索しても出てこなかった)、これからリリースされるアンドロイドでも常に使えるようにアプデート続けてください!
Four of five stars Five of five stars
May 31, 2025
Uncle Bob
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why does the new update looks so sinister 😭😭 stii love it though
Four of five stars Five of five stars
May 30, 2025
Ifwi
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Can you add more JLPT levels on the kanjis and fix the Text section of the app?
Four of five stars Five of five stars
May 30, 2025

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