Midori (Japanese Dictionary) App Reviews

This is a great dictionary, which recognizes handwriting as well and is quite sensitive to the order of strokes. The latter feature is helpful for kanji learners like myself so I would say it corresponds to most of my needs and is worth the price.

Ive been using another iPhone Japanese dictionary for some time now (the one with the Japanese and British flags on a cube-icon) and this one blows it away. Im still fairly new to the Japanese language but I found that the search engine on Midori is far superior to the other apps. Also, being a real beginner, the hiragana above kanji really helps with the examples. The other app does not provide this. Im actually learning more about grammar because of this, as I can (finally) understand what the examples are saying! I will give a more thorough review as I get to know the app better. For now, I think its great!

This program is useful, however the handwriting recognition is not very good. The kanji lookup is based on number of strokes as opposed to the how the kanji actually looks. So this program cannot recognize natural handwriting which makes it very difficult to look up unknown kanji. However the other features of this app are amazing. You can organize kanji into bookmark folders. These folders can then be reviewed as flash cards. A great feature for anyone studying kanji.

I have already commented once about my love of this app (in September). It has now been updated with neat additions (like the animated kanji - yay!) and a vocabulary list by JLPT-levels (double yay!)... It is, in my books, the best kanji app out there... the only other thing I would like (and I hope it gets added in another update) is a FORWARD button so one can move from one kanji to the next when using the lists (so one does not have to go back to the main window to get to the next kanji).

Oh, wow. I downloaded the app just now and Im totally blown away by the layout. This is definitely something Im going to use... All kanji are viewable by grade, and organized simply with the kanji themselves, pronunciations in kana, and meaning. Definitely a beautiful, convenient, and complete app.

While not that unique or beautiful, this app provides a universal app that has an easy to use dictionary with a good number of sample sentances, flash cards and kanji stroke order. A great reference on both ipad and iphone. It could use a bit of design love, but sticks to a native ios experience, which is pretty key to its ease of use. I find the kanji handwriting recognition can be a bit hard to use for complex stroke orders that I am not as comfortable with writing, however it offers the more common radical lookup as well. This app seems to have frequent updates and has been the best app of its kind on the apple store that i have found.

This app surpassed my expectations! There are countless phrases & examples of word use for both formal and colloquial circumstances, which are easily searchable by any word. The context these examples provide are invaluable to learners of any skill level. The kanji search tool is also fantastic and extremely helpful if you find yourself in a situation where the hiragana is not present. Simply clicking on a word in the definition will take you to that definition, without having to type or copy and paste it into the search bar. Verb conjugation is another useful feature. Very recommended to all students of Japanese!

This app is truly great! Im living in Japan and I use this app daily. And its constantly getting updated with the latest phrases in use. Also, the ability to look up Japanese names is a VERY useful feature for me, and one Ive never found in another dictionary. You cant go wrong buying this app!

A nice app for those in need of a exceptional Japanese dictionary app. A wider variety of conjugations would be nice, such as hortative conjugations. The stroke order for kanji is nicely written, easy to access, large varieties of example sentences. Overall an okay app.

A great Japanese dictionary dictionary. The most useful features and the handwriting recognition and the many example sentences. One request that I have though is for an example sentence search field to find all the sentences that contain a certain word (either Japanese or English). Definitely recommended for studying Japanese.

wonderful app to help learn and understand an amazing language!

「緑」は「意味は?」より便利な辞書ですよ！ For the longest time, imi wa?/kotoba! was my dictionary of choice; it worked and for free. Seeing this dictionarys excellent reviews, I was still extremely wary of purchase if it did not outdo imi sa?. I finally gave in and made the purchase. This app has practically everything imi wa? lacks. First, while searching in english, it lists all words pertaining to the phrase as one result near the top. It can also search japanese names and when you click a word in example sentences, it takes you to that entry. Second, the entries are very clean and have all relevant information on the main page without cluttering it (conjugations, examples, meanings). Like imi wa?, it includes kanji links. This alone makes searching and translation quicker. Speaking of which, searches are faster and less prone to lag; you can instantly switch between keyboard, character and radical searching. When you click search, results appear instantaneously. This app also can take a paragraph of japanese and automatically parses it with translations for all the words you probably dont know as well as their pronunciations. Very useful if you read japanese on the web and miss rikai-kun/chan. Finally, one of the features I have wanted in imi wa? is to make notes in entries. Have a useful mnemonic, example sentence or related word that isnt in the entry? add it using a note at the bottom of the page ^_^ Also includes flashcards, lists and favourites for organizing your studying. Anyways, I was really wary of not getting my moneys worth on this; if you have $10 that you arent using elsewhere, this app wont disappoint. Among all other dictionary apps Ive tried, imi wa? is the only one that can compare to the features midori has. Every other dictionary was basically google translate.

This app is awesome. I use it all the time and use the flash cards for N3 kanji practice. 素晴らしいです！five stars. :)

I was unsure about buying this because of the price. It is worth every penny. I highly recommend it for those studying Japanese.

Its my favourite Japanese - English dictionnary. I Highly recommend it! Superbe application pour apprendre le japonais. Cest mon dictionnaire favori et il est très complet, je le recommande fortement!

I absolutely love this app. Full purchase was totally worth it. Keep the example sentences coming. =]

The ability to look up kanji by drawing them is incredibly useful.

Very good tool for beginners.

A complete japanese dictionary. Blazing fast and plenty of flashcard for vocab and kanji! Simple and clean!

Thank you for this amazing dictionary! Its easy to use and very comprehensive. It is one of the best paid apps Ive purchased so far.