Aedict3 Japanese Dictionary

Offline English Japanese Dictionary uses Jim Breen's JMDict/Kanjidic/Tatoeba.

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Aedict3 Japanese Dictionary - Offline & Powerful

"Aedict3 Japanese Dictionary" is a premium offline English-Japanese dictionary that utilizes Jim Breen's JMDict and other resources. It allows advanced kanji searching, supports multiple languages, and includes features such as stroke order diagrams, verb conjugations, and customizable tags. Integration with cloud services and AnkiDroid export enhances its functionality. Compatible with various Android versions, this app is ideal for serious learners of the Japanese language.

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By: Martin Vysny3

Users: 30,462

Rating: 4.03

(919)

Version: 3.51.6 (Last updated: 2024-07-21)

Creation date: 2013-12-03

Email: ae*****@googlegroups.com

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Other: view network connections, full network access

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App summary

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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

User reviews

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Pros

Excellent features and functionalities for learning Japanese.
Responsive developer and regular updates.
Clean and utilitarian interface.
High-quality kanji recognition (when functioning properly).
Useful for both beginners and advanced learners.

Cons

Recent updates have led to crashes and app instability.
Transition to a subscription model has frustrated many users.
Kanji recognition issues persist for some users.
Downloading dictionaries can be slow and cumbersome.
Loss of user data and word lists after updates.

Most mentioned

App crashes and startup issues after recent updates.
Transition to a subscription-based payment model.
Quality and range of features compared to other dictionaries.
Problems with downloading dictionaries.
Loss of data following app reinstallations.

User reviews

This otherwise excellent app has a very irritating flaw built in, apparently on purpose. Even when getting the stroke order right, the kanji you draw are often not recognised. The workaround used to be a paid-for extension, which I paid for but which is no longer available or recognised. To get better kanji recognition, you have to get a subscription, which, for the occasional learner, is not worth the price. Compare that to the Pleco Chinese app, which has flawless kanji recognition.

Richard van Leeuwen, 2024-11-15

Last update broke it. Stuck on update dictionarys page. Deleting and reinstalling dictionaries, deleying data and cache did NOT fix the problem.

Stu McC, 2024-09-08

Better than the alternative but not very good. Downloading the dictionaries is a real pain, taking more than an hour on wifi. Visually the screen is too crowded. The quality of the dictionaries is not very good, esp. for beginners since they include too many rare or unusual readings Latest version is an absolute disaster: although dictionaries are up-to-date, no way to get out of the download manager