Aedict

The most useful and comprehensive dictionary / kanji / vocab lookup tool I have ever encountered - it's brilliant, and plays a significant role in my Kanji and Japanese language learning activities. Works fine on the Evo 3D (Android 2.3.4), on Desire (Android 2.2) some java exceptions are encountered on single kanji search. Nevertheless, brilliant app, a must-have for anyone learning the Japanese language. This is definately a 5 star app !

Really useful - Motorola DEFY (Eclair)

this is the best japanese dictionary i have found for android, but there are a few annoying bugs. firstly, and most importantly, when you are looking at an entry, for example する, the app only provides examples with the verb in it's DICTIONARY FORM. so no examples with して、した、している、whatever. this is a huge bummer because often you can't find any practical examples for a word, unless you go back to the homescreen, type in the conjugation you're looking for, and check 'search in examples.' the other annoying thing is that there is no dedicated button or menu item to go back to the home screen, where you are able to set your search parameters. sometimes i have to reboot the app just to get back to the home screen. apart from these two things, everything else is great. hope we can see these fixed in the future! がんばってね～

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All the good of the Edict dictionary right in your pocket. The interface works nicely and the extras, such as the notebook, are useful. I do wish there was a way to always get right back to the main search screen. Also you can't make the keyboard default to Japanese input in the Japanese search dialog, something that would be very useful. Adding a few more specialized dictionaries (like the science dictionary) as optional installs would be nice too.

The best mobile Japanese <> English dictionary I've only been using this app for a week now, on the recommendation of a friend but I'd have to say that this is the best dictionary app I've ever used. The user interface is extremely simple, and the number of features that it has is astounding. Don't know the Japanese for an English word? Search for it in English. Don't know the English for a Japanese word? Search for it in Japanese (Kana, Kanji or Romaji). Wanna know the correct usage of a Japanese word in a sentence? It gives you examples. Wanna know the etymology of a word? Hit analyse and it'll break down the word or phrase into individual characters and their meaning. The sheer amount of features in this app make it indispensable for anyone who is serious about learning Japanese. The only downside is that you might need a big memory card, as it has to download and store a lot of static dictionary files from The Internet to parse.

Search results are horrible I used Kotoba! on my old iPhone for a year, and it was fantastic. The results, and the order in which they were listed, made a lot of sense. However, when using Aedict, the results are really hit and miss, and I can't tell which word in the search result makes the most sense. It seems to search for the hiragana, or the kanji character, within its massive database and try to get a match that way, which means you get all sorts of hits. It doesn't really search for the word you're looking for. Aedict works. Make no mistake about it. It's certainly useful to have on my phone. However: 1) Kotoba! is far better. 2) When in doubt, I turn to the Rikaichan Add-on in Firefox, and look up my words there. The search results are better, and it's nicer to use.

Voice I would suggest three speakers of each word. I would not mind if it increased the file size.

This is such am awesome program! Awesome program, you can search for words using romaji or kanji, no Japanese keypad needed, and each word can display many many example sentences as well as the radical orders flute each kanji. You can study kanji from a list categorized as different levels (e.g. JLPT 5) or you can store the kanji you want to learn in the notepad feature and create a quiz using only words in your notepad. Very helpful for me as a reference, better than programs made for pc even.

Almost perfect World just need an update to use the ICS Holo theme. But otherwise really nice and useful. Helped me many times during my tune in Japan!