A Japanese to English dictionary, based on JMdict.
About this app
Search for English definition of Japanese words using kanji, kana or rōmaji. Search for Japanese words from their English definition. Basic wildcards are supported, to search for incomplete words, words ending with a specific kanji, etc.
JMdict data is not included in the APK. It must be downloaded (or loaded from a file) from the application first. Afterwards, the application is completely standalone and can be used offline.
JMdict is provided by Electronic Dictionaries Research Group. See https://www.edrdg.org/
Licensed under GPL-3.0-only.
What's New in v1.5
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- * Fix possible crash when resizing and rotating the app (#3)
- * Preserve UI state when resizing or rotating the app
Version history
Feb 9, 2025 · 1.3 MB · Android API 24–35 · code 6
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- * Fix possible crash when resizing and rotating the app (#3)
- * Preserve UI state when resizing or rotating the app
SHA-256 889088ba996dc9d83e384c2a84396718d1bfb36666fef419c02347c191768024
Jan 10, 2025 · 1.3 MB · Android API 24–35 · code 5
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- * Add filtering on part-of-speech (adjectives, nouns, verbs)
- * Add togglable toolbar with action to focus the search pattern, clear it, or set part-of-speech filter
- * Don't limit display to the first 50 results
- * Searching for Japanese kanji is now a bit faster
- * Improve the "Database" screen
SHA-256 844298147e61f637d2e37078492f9d8bdeb5e961f3423c30e1a207cb17a52a27
Nov 19, 2024 · 1.3 MB · Android API 24–35 · code 4
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- * Ignore the "force English" toggle when pattern contains Japanese
- * Always strip leading "/" when searching for English
- * Reset the "force English" toggle when searching from the "share" intent
SHA-256 40d7872de1e02602aa514124abfa32641223c23ff0c84b316b7376c8f2884e50
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889088ba996dc9d83e384c2a84396718d1bfb36666fef419c02347c191768024
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