Midori (Japanese Dictionary)

Good app. I wish the app would use the iPhone’s “Spoken Content” settings. When you highlight a sentence and tap “speak” within the app, the app will unfortunately use Kyoko, a very old Japanese speech voice setting and doesn’t recognize the iPhone’s internal speech settings (my iPhone 14 Pro uses female Siri for Spoken Content but the app doesn’t use it).

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.

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