WWWJDIC for Android

Japanese online dictionary

Frontend for WWWJDIC. For more details, see the FAQ. Dictionary search supports romaji lookup, but you need a Japanese IME to
use all features.

* Full tablet support
* Japanese pronunciation (via a separate, non-free app)
* Text to speech for kanji and dictionary entry translations
* Multi-radical kanji search
* Kanji of the day widget
* Japanese sentence translation
* Example search with approximately 150,000 examples (Japanese/English pairs)
* Example word breakdown/translation
* Animated stroke order diagrams for over 6000 kanji
* History and favorites with backup and restore
* Favorites export to CSV and Anki
* Handwriting recognition (via a separate, non-free app)
* Optical Character Recognition (WeOCR; author's server)
* OCR-based handwritten kanji recognition, does not require correct stroke order

A proprietary analytics library was removed before building, so the analytics
switch in the preferences isn't relevant. Anti-feature: Tracking. Crash reports
are sent by default, though that can be disabled.

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Versions

Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.

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Version 2.3.7 (2370) suggested Added on Jan 19, 2015

This version requires Android 2.1 or newer.

It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
- access approximate location only in the foreground
  
  This app can get your approximate location from location services while the app is in use. Location services for your device must be turned on for the app to get location.
- take pictures and videos
  
  This app can take pictures and record videos using the camera while the app is in use.
- have full network access
  
  Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
- read the contents of your shared storage
  
  Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
- modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
  
  Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
Download APK 1.4 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log
Version 2.3.4 (2341) - Added on Jan 14, 2014

This version requires Android 2.1 or newer.

It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
- access approximate location only in the foreground
  
  This app can get your approximate location from location services while the app is in use. Location services for your device must be turned on for the app to get location.
- take pictures and videos
  
  This app can take pictures and record videos using the camera while the app is in use.
- have full network access
  
  Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
- read the contents of your shared storage
  
  Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
- modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
  
  Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
Download APK 1.4 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log
Version 2.3.3 (2330) - Added on Nov 13, 2013

This version requires Android 2.1 or newer.

It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
- access approximate location only in the foreground
  
  This app can get your approximate location from location services while the app is in use. Location services for your device must be turned on for the app to get location.
- take pictures and videos
  
  This app can take pictures and record videos using the camera while the app is in use.
- have full network access
  
  Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
- read the contents of your shared storage
  
  Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
- modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
  
  Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
Download APK 1.3 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log