Midori (Japanese Dictionary) アプリのレビュー

本当にいい辞書と思います

ニュースを和文英訳するとき役に立ちます。

Can’t use it for novels/etc

I have been using Midori for years but have to say that the “scan/photo” function that I have been using more recently has transformed its effectiveness

Must have for traveling!

Been using this dictionary app for years, definitely the best dictionary on iOS.

i've been using this app for longer than i can remember (well over 10 years) and it has been wonderful and rock solid every time i've used it. the ruby text enhanced translation mode is a super power for anyone wanting to learn japanese and the kanji writing system. i give it 5 stars but it really deserves 5 hearts.

This is a very extensive dictionary! However there are some issues: when I was looking up the verb nagusameru, it did not show up, even though it is a valid verb. In general it can sometimes not display all the possible words for a given definition (like not listing oyatsu as a word for snack) so it definitely needs some work.

I bought this at the suggestion of a friend. After a day of using it I discovered it’s just a paid version of the free Japanese Dictionary App that has everything it does, but even a few more functions that I’m looking for like listing what JLPT level each word is on the dictionary entry. Not really the all inclusive app I was hoping for. I don’t find the flash cards very useful without a voice playback either. Not really helpful for my ADHD learning style.

Fantastic app & dictionary, though I just have one issue - the iPhone version has pitch accent information, but I don’t see it anywhere in the iPad version. If this could be fixed, the app would be perfect for my uses!

I have been using this app for years it is my go to Denshi jishou. (電子辞書) The new camera scan features rocks. 20 out of 10.

This is the best dual language dictionary I’ve ever used. I have heavily studied 4 languages and never seen anything like this. Because Japanese is so complex, with multiple alphabets, so many sounds meaning so many different things, so many different ways to say things, it’s overwhelming. But this app is highly organized. You can approach from grade level, to most used words, can save words in different folders, make notes, it breaks down how to write characters step by step…I just keep discovering more abilities with this app, it’s so cool. One of my favorite things is that you don’t have to switch keyboards to look up a Japanese word, you can write out the sound/characters of the word/syllables using the English keyboard and it will present you with the Japanese characters

Please fix this issue. It works on the iPad but not iPhone. Please fix this soon and I will change to 5 stars.

Firstly, I really appreciate this sleek app. It makes looking up words and seeing examples so easy, and I really love the writing support. However, there is one thing that feels like a bug. I mainly use this app while using my ipad. I open Midori as a Slide Over app. When writing kanji, a fantastic mini window pops up for me to start writing, however when I use the apple pencil, after one stroke the window immediately expands into the full writing window taking up the bottom part of my screen. If I only use my finger to write in the mini window, there is no problem; it only happens when using the apple pencil. This isn’t the biggest deal, and I think you deserve 5 stars regardless. I’d love it if the apple pencil didn’t make the mini writing window expand, but it’s not going to stop me from using the app. Thanks again for the great app!

Truly the best JP dictionary app. I learn a lot through this. Worth every penny. Thank you dev for your hard work.

Couple months ago, when translating a text, the "delete" option dissapeared and now it has to be selected manually and then deleted. Next after that the feature of automatic jumping to translation when tapping on the word totally dissapeared. Now I have to manually search it by scrolling. I paid for this app and now I can’t use it normally for translation, as I used to. Contacted the developer by mail, no reply. I hope they can see the review and take care of the bugs.

I have used several dictionaries over the years. This is best one.

I could easily recommend this app to beginners, but not for anyone who wants to fill the gaps in their vocabulary. Most of the words I’ve searched don’t show results. Vocabulary related to specific topics (for example, government, science/medical, architecture, math, etc.) is absent. One way I try to acquire new vocabulary is to read books and jot down the words I don’t know, so I can look them up afterwards and commit them to memory. I want to find an app I can rely on without pulling out my denshi jisho, but this isn’t it. For the price, I was hoping for something more sophisticated.

Ignore dictionaries that try to be too much (imiwa? Shirabe? Japanese?). I’ve tried them all, still prefer the smooth efficiency of Midori. The pros: fast, reliable, good handwriting, stroke and radical lookups, bookmarking, pitch accent guides, click-through to dive deeper. Works fine on on iPhone and iPad. I was able to easily integrate it with my massive hand tuned Anki decks (10,000+ cards I’ve used for a decade), so I have the best possible integrated flash cards, too. If you want kanji writing recognition flash cards, get Skritter. It’s worth it. But for a dictionary, the only thing you need after Midori is DAIJIRIN, when you’re ready to learn Japanese in Japanese. Forget the rest. Cons: Can’t sync word lists (bookmarks) automatically. It does have a reliably functional export-import that I use to mail myself to manually sync once/week. It’s a workaround that works, and not ridiculously cumbersome, but automatic direct sync would be nice.

I use this app about everyday for learning how to read Japanese involving kanji. It’s great that there are multiple ways to look up unknown kanji with this app. The way I use it is to use the multi-tasking feature of my iPad to open up the Google Translate web page with Safari on the left side of the iPad screen, and then to open up Midori on the right side of the screen. Then I can look up individual kanji and Japanese words with Midori, and then either cut-and-paste or type the words into Google Translate on the left side of the screen so I can quickly translate entire Japanese sentences into English.

Not only the best Japanese dictionary, but the best of any foreign language dictionary that I’ve found. UI is clean and easy to navigate. The flash card system is fantastic for learning vocabulary and the adaptive recall system is the perfect amount of functionality without bombarding you with endless options that you need to configure. Using the flash card system I was able to learn almost 1000 words in about a month, by simply reviewing the recommended cards for each day. Only thing that’s lacking - please make an equivalent app for Chinese! :)

The best, hands-down. Couldn’t progress without it.

I love this app, I’ve used it for years and it helped me greatly in Japan. I’m only giving four stars because I’d like a sync across devices feature, but that’s my only complaint, after over 5 years of use.

Please add verb-たい form to the conjugation list for verbs

I’ve been using Midori for about seven years now, and it has been consistently one of my most valuable tools in learning Japanese. Other dictionaries have similar features, but something about this one just feels and flows better. It gets out of the way and lets you just learn. Feature request: could you add WaniKani level information for kanji and vocabulary? That would be AMAZINGLY useful for a lot of people, and would likely attract new users from the large pool of WK users. Edit: While I’m at it, how hard would it be to add pitch accent information?

This is the only dictionary app you will need. I’m bummed that they don’t seem to be active with updates anymore, not active website etc I wish that sentences could be added to entries manually so they could be bookmarked and studied :)

I love this app. I use it all the time living in Japan and often bookmark things I look up to review later. It’s incredibly handy. The only thing I wish it had is a way to limit daily new words to study. I also wish there was a way to sync between devices. I usually study in my iPhone, but read Japanese books on my iPad. Most of the new words from reading wind up saved on the iPad, so I never get around to studying them.

This app is absolutely brilliant. I use it everyday and recommend it to all my friends that use Japanese for work or leisure. Its database is huge and very detailed. The “paste from clipboard” functionality is extremely handy. To the developer: iCloud sync would make this app a 5 stars app. It would be fantastic, specially for people who uses this app in more than one device. Being able to add a word to more than one bookmark at a time would be a great time saver too.

This is hands down the best Japanese dictionary app out of all the ones I checked out for iOS. It does everything I would want out of an electronic dictionary. Look up words in English or Japanese by entering characters, or selecting radicals, or drawing the kanji. It automatically saves everything you look up to the history so you can refer to it later. You can also bookmark useful entries and organize them into folders. Each entry is very detailed: gives the definition, shows stroke order, gives example sentences, shows the relevant kanji's meaning, and let's you add notes. All words are cross-linked so you can easily jump to another entry. What a wonderful job this developer has done! Worth every penny!

This app is so amazing I cannot understand why it has so few downloads. The flash cards, the examples, the ability to translate and have hiragana written over the kanji is incredible!!!

I always have it open in front of me when studying. It’s very well done, and super useful. Along side with Anki a must have to learn Japanese.

Every time you search for a new word, you go down a wonderful rabbit hole and can get lost as you bounce from one new word to another. I especially love how you can drill down into a kanji to see the basic radicals that compose the whole. Also, thrilled to have the stroke order for kanji. Everything is laid out so clearly and neatly. I love using this dictionary!

It’s my favorite Japanese app! I’m using it now to prepare for the upcoming exam and love every feature of it: words and kanji lists for each level, ability to add bookmarks and practice only selected words. It has flash card option too. I love plenty of examples and how easy it is to see the compounds of a word or kanji. I don’t know what I would do without this app!

Love this app!! You have no idea how easy drawing the kanji itself makes it to look it up! There are some words missing though, that don’t come up when I search: Reputable Legwarmer 某君

I have had this dictionary for years. It’s only improved since first getting it. The most useful thing for me is the kanji drawing app, which is by far the most accurate and smartest I’ve come across. It has tons of example sentences, which you can search either by English or Japanese. It also include some slangs and more modern words. I’m very very happy with this dictionary!

I’ve tried many Japanese dictionaries and Midori ended up being my favorite by far. Great functionality, minimalistic but easy to see design, good speed and the best kanji writing feature I’ve seen so far. However, there’s one thing that’s keeping me from giving 5 stars to this app: it lacks cloud sync, which is something other apps have. It’s very frustrating to have to save my bookmarks in dropbox on the phone and then open, extract and save them in my iPad’s app. This takes out a lot of time since I use both devices often daily. I’ve thought about picking other dictionaries before multiple times due to this particular feature missing. I sincerely hope this will be implemented soon.

I've passed the JLPT N1 and have lived in Japan for the last five years. However, I use Midori wash l each and everyday whether to check the newspaper, to confirm the meaning of a sign I see outside, or to double-check a word that I heard during a meeting. It's so easy to use. One small improvement I would like to see is the ability to put a folder within a folder in bookmarks a little easier. I come across so many words that I bookmark thanks to Midori and would love to be able to organize my lists a little better. Otherwise, this is an amazing app!

Midori has been my go-to for Kanji look-up, organizing bookmark sets by chapter from my text book, translation, and verb conjugation. My favorite two features are: 1) the draw-kanji input: when drawing a character by sight, the recognition is so generous it’s scary, and is the biggest help of all when trying to decipher kanji I can’t recognize. 2) the list of example uses and breakdowns of multi-character words. Most of the examples from my text book are in the first few examples of the kanji I’ve bookmarked in this app.

Awesome app but please let me practice kanji on the iPhone app just like the iPad app. Also, provide most common words used by kanji list

I came for the dictionary, I stayed for the flashcards. That’s not true – the dictionary is actually amazing. It’s hard to imagine a better layout for a Japanese dictionary than this; or with more functionality than this.

The app is a great dictionary and reads drawn kanji well. The translate function only works on kanji which is annoying but other than that this app is great. For translation function it is better to get imiwa that app translates hiragana as well

This is by far the best English-Japanese dictionary out there. Do not hesitate to pay for this app. It is well worth the money! If the app offered syncing of bookmarks across devices it would be perfect!

This app has very little, about 50% of the time I can find something.

I spent ten dollars on this app wondering if I would actually use it. This app is the absolute best offline dictionary. It was extremely helpful when I went to Japan and didn’t have cell phone service. It has clear definitions, tons of examples, and you’re able to examine each kanji in detail. It also includes kanji and vocabulary lists for every JLPT level. Best tool I have ever bought for Japanese language study.

Midori is an extremely comprehensive and effective tool for Japanese language study. The best out there in my view. The example sentences, range of vocabulary, ability to customize lists and share them and the eye-friendly layout are just a few of the great features. The responsiveness and support from the developer are also excellent. Highly recommended.

I love the organization and content of the app but When you look for a word in the search a whole list of sentences with the word appear and not the word itself. Can you make it so that when I look up a word that’s what appears and make the sentences an extra feature that accompanies the word?

I use this app for everything, including the translate section for copy pasting NHK easy articles to gain reading practice. Having the handwriting recognition built in is also super useful. To the developer: it would be great to have support for toggling on a “dark theme” as the white background gets a bit tough on the eyes at times. Update: Downgraded current rating from 5 to 4 stars as the translate lookup functionality has some pretty glaring bugs. A good example is the following sentence: こちらは原先生です。The first word こちら exists in the dictionary itself but isn’t parsed during translate. I’ve seen many cases such as this requiring me to rely on additional apps. Please fix this.

I’m in love with this app. Being able to draw a kanji in a dictionary is infinitely helpful. No more looking it up by strokes in a book. Best $10 I have ever spent as someone who is learning the language.

I've tried many free and paid Japanese dictionaries. Out of all of them, I'd say Midori is the best. Name dictionary, multiple options of display for information regarding kanji study systems, examples, and more.

Overall it’s good, it’s like a combination of Japanese and Imiwa. But it’s quite inconvenient because there is no option for an account. I get it that the users are able to save the words on the app on the device they’re using. But if I use both my phone and ipad, whenever I switch the device, I dont have any words to practice. Hopefully, this issue will be noticed and updated.

I love the bookmark function to be able to save words for later review. Conjugations for the win! Some of the example sentences are a little odd but help put in context how to use words grammatically. I would love to see antonyms as sometimes searches don’t net what you need without some digging. If you are studying Japanese this a great tool and works offline which is awesome.