Aedict3 Japanese Dictionary

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4.0
886 reviews
10K+
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

The only Japanese dictionary worth paying for. An off-line english japanese dictionary which uses Jim Breen's JMDict (upgraded EDict)/KanjiDic2/WWWJDIC data along with data from the Tatoeba project. Does not require japanese keyboard. Internet access is used only to download the dictionary - the application itself works offline.

WARNING: Does not work correctly on some Galaxy Tabs 3, namely, the 10.1 Tab 3: users of 7" and 8" Tab tablets have reported that Aedict works correctly for them. Please do not buy this app if you own the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 device.

Features:
- allows kanji searching by parts/radicals, SKIP code search and by kanji drawing
- omnibar allows search by kana, romaji and/or english, german, french, Russian, Dutch, Portugalese, Spanish, Hungarian, Slovene, Swedish. Deinflects verbs automatically.
- powerful Japanese search: support for mixing kana and kanji (e.g. search for 見ため will also find 見た目), automatic vowel prolonging, e.g. しゅじん will also find しゅうじん.
- shows proper pitch accents for every word
- optionally shows romaji instead of hiragana/katakana.
- supports Hepburn, Nihon-Shiki and Kunrei-Shiki romanization systems
- JLPT/Joyo Quizes, with a simple SRS/Leitner support
- You can store entries in a notepad and practice the notepad contents with notepad quiz.
- Shows stroke order kanji diagrams (courtesy of KanjiVG), allows jlpt/Joyo Quiz kanji draw practice
- Samsung multi-window support, Japanese Names Dictionary support, shows verb conjugations
- Dropbox, OwnCloud and Aedict Online https://aedict-online.eu integration
- Japanese font for proper character display
- Kotowaza sentences dictionary taken from http://kotowaza.org/
- Export to AnkiDroid
- Add custom tags and colors to any dictionary entry

UPDATE NOTE: When updating Aedict, please also update all dictionaries, to gain access to the new features.

Aedict 3 needs to download the dictionaries which is cca 200mb download - please make sure that you are connected to the WIFI to avoid additional charges. Aedict 3 cannot use dictionaries used by Aedict 2.

Aedict 3 is based on Aedict 2.9 but introduces new Android 4 GUI. Aedict 3 works on Android 2.1 and greater.

For more questions please visit http://aedict.eu/faq.html
Updated on
Nov 28, 2023

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Ratings and reviews

4.1
809 reviews
Rachel Kaelin
April 2, 2022
Truly the best Japanese dictionary. I've been using it now for at least 3 years. It contains kanji stroke orders, words labeled with how commonly -used they are, dictionaries focusing on specialized fields, and so on. Clean UI, not beautiful, but dependable and utilitarian. I opted to support the developer with a mere $1.61/mo--and he's putting out new features all the time. Most recent is a (paid) add-on for highlighting and translating text in the wild.
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Domenic Denicola
June 2, 2023
Such a frustrating app. It's a good dictionary! But more than half the time when you open it, it forces you to watch while it downloads new dictionaries. Several hundred megabytes, usually. So even over a fast connection, you're waiting for a while before you can finally look up that word you were curious about. I wish it would just not block on dictionary updates. (You can try to X out but that will close the app.) I've struggled with this app for over a year and it's so painful.
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Martin Vysny3
August 20, 2023
Hi, thank you ☺️ the dictionaries should update once per month so it shouldn't be super annoying; however please go to settings, dictionaries and automatic updates and set it to "never", hopefully that helps.
Wesley Ireland
July 16, 2023
By far the best resource I've ever experienced for someone seriously learning Japanese. I wish I had something like this twenty years ago first learning the language. It fills in so many gaps that so many dictionaries don't address: subtle differences in emphasis, kanji recognition, related words, real examples...just so much. An invaluable project made with real passion for the language, and I'm deeply grateful for it...
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Martin Vysny3
August 22, 2023
Thank you so much :)

What's new

Dictionary files moved to aedict-online.eu