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✓ Great appVery good app for Japanese learners and travelers, it has all the features you want for a dictionary + some amazing character recognition. The recognition in live mode can be unstable, but works great on still pictures. I also love the ability to copy the recognized text and to analyze it to get the furiganas, it makes reading of Japanese books much easier. It's nice to see that the app is being continuously improved and I'm looking forward to future updates! ありがとうございます！.Version: 3.5.7
✓ My favourite dictionaryI have multiple Japanese dictionaries on my iPhones and iPads. This is the one I spend all my time in. I mainly use the word search, as my language level is too preliminary to be reading the word of the day stuff. The sample sentences are very useful. They are the same more or less as my other dictionaries but being able to see them all in one list rather then getting them handed out 6 or 8 at a time is good. Recently I asked for an option to change the font size and voila! we now have that option. You have to restart the app, at least in the first version for the size change to take effect..Version: 5.4.0
✓ Fantastic!This app is great. Was looking for an app that could read kanji accurately. CamDictionary is hit or miss...but this one is really good..Version: 2.3.1
✓ The most essential app I haveThe dictionary is comprehensive and complete, even including verb conjugation/inflections and kanji radical searches. The OCR works surprisingly well, considering the limits of the technology. Honestly the radical search is so easy to use I’ve never needed the OCR feature, but it’s pretty nice when reading or studying sometimes..Version: 3.7.6
✓ Worked Well in JapanI know Chinese, but am innocent of Japanese, so I downloaded this before heading to Japan for a two-week tour. It served splendidly. I nearly always found what I was looking for, and the available voiceovers supplemented with romaji in many compounds made it useful even though I never mastered kana. I was particularly pleased to find many geographical and historical names. If I ran the zoo, I’d increase the number of proper names and include romaji in head entries, but as it stands this is already worth far more than it costs..Version: 4.0
✓ Please make a Korean version!!I love this dictionary, it’s the only one that works for me because of how well translated all of the grammar is! PLEASE make a Korean dictionary app like this to help me with my Korean studies too!! 🙏🏻お願いします！.Version: 4.4.0
✓ Great Japanese dictionaryThis app has a very comprehensive dictionary, word lookup is blazing fast, and it has lots of good examples for each word..Version: 3.6.6
✓ Essential for serious Japanese learnersThis app does an amazing job of Kanji recognition, even for names!! It is essential for serious study - I am using it to read online newspapers and a paperback novel. My reading skill has greatly improved. The way to use this app is to do a screen capture to your photo roll, or use Camera+ with image stabilization turned on, and then read in the photo. The live camera is too jittery. The ocr window generally needs to be adjusted to be narrower and the zoom increased somewhat in order to get the best accuracy. The developer, Vivien, is extremely responsive to feedback and provides bug fixes..Version: 3.2.2
✓ Fantastic!I use romajidesu on web but now even if I am struggling in a meeting I can use this! So helpful, please keep it up!.Version: 3.7.1
✓ Meets my requirements.I have been using Yomiwa since I began studying Japanese. For me, the interface has been very good, and I’m able to find what I need relatively quickly and accurately. There are always limitations when trying to find exact terminology from one language to another, but the breadth of examples and explanations helps me find the best option. The drawing mode has been useful and is pretty forgiving regarding my untidy writing. I was happy to pay for this app, as it offers a lot of features that work well together that I couldn’t find in a reliable free app..Version: 3.9.8
✓ Best Yet本当に一番いいアップです！have all the apps on phone and iPad- Japanese, Midori, Imiwa, Google Translate but am using Yomiwa more and more. The drawing not always the best but it is not bad..Version: 3.8.9
✓ Handwrite a Kanji and recognise it!No explanation needed really, other than it works. I've wanted an ap. like this for a ling time. Very happy ti have found it. Extremely useful for a learner of Japanese Kanji to quickly find a Kanji meaning!.Version: 1.4
✓ Life Saver!Traveling through Japan on short notice. Invaluable app for getting by and getting what you need; like water!.Version: 3.8.5
✓ I WOULD GIVE 0 STARS IF I COULDThe app is a waste of money and doesn’t give you an accurate translation from pictures. I travelled to Japan and used the camera translation option and it was USELESS! It could only tell me the individual meanings and not the full, overall translation. I tried to use this app for translating menu items in Japan and it would only give me the basic meanings like “water” or “cold”, not even telling me if menu item i was translating was beef or chicken or etc. IT WOULDNT EVEN TELL ME THE TYPE OF FOOD, IT WOULD JUST SAY A BASIC MEANING LIKE “hot”. Complete waste of time..Version: 5.4.4
✓ Best one I’ve found so farI pibe that this app has the option to do flash cards, and the way it does it is much more convenient than other apps I’ve tried. You can also draw kanji, so that’s super cool.Version: 5.4.0
✓ Problem solved!I now happily give this app 5 stars! I used this app a lot when I studied abroad in Japan and I still frequently use it whenever messaging my friends or while I am learning the language. Thank you developers for quickly fixing this app!.Version: 3.4.3
✓ Great app which stands out from the packThe Analyzer feature is great for learning Japanese sentence structure. You get daily vocabulary words with links to related Japanese articles. Translate Japanese text from photos or using your camera! Responsive customer service! Unique app which is worth the cost!.Version: 4.0
✓ Great!Yomiwa is just what I was looking for. Augmented reality meets Japanese Kanji Dictionary. Sure beats looking up kanji any other way! I really could have used this technology 12 years ago in Japan. PLEASE FIX THE FOCUSSING OF THE CAMERA - IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY! There are no instructions with this app and there are a few essential things I found by accident. For example: Manual Mode finds more than three characters - you can swipe left and right to see more alternatives! Alas sometimes it still doesn't produce the right kanji. Yomiwa seems to have trouble focussing which is annoying considering the iPhone 5 camera has such an excellent ability to focus near and far just by tapping on the subject. A little tweak could surely fix this. Anyway, at the moment, Yomiwa works far better when you just take a photo of Japanese text with the normal iPhone camera and then just use Yomiwa for character recognition by letting it access your "camera roll". Much less stuffing around with the auto focus problem this way. Can you make it "copy" text so the words can be pasted into Kotoba or another dictionary app?.Version: 1.6
✓ Great support:)I have to give you guys props, I reported the audio bug for kon’nichiwa and the development team fixed the issue in less than a day. If you are looking for an app to help you with your Japanese etc. this is definitely the way to go. Good job guys/gals 👍.Version: 5.2.3
✓ Great for my needsI travel to Japan every 3 months. I use this constantly when I encounter new words. Words also are used in example sentences which helps tremendously. The camera picture function has potential to be stellar, and the developer is working hard to make it better! They are responsive to feedback and ideas. Well worth the paid version!.Version: 3.7.1
✓ Lots of kanji in JapanAmazing app for anyone trying to learn kanji.Version: 3.8.5
✓ What’s wrongThis app is not worth 5 stars , I would give no stars if I could........ First......The app is good but it keeps freezing and kicking me out, I paid for the one time subscription fee and it keeps asking me to pay again. I probably paid for it twice already and the app just have too many glitches so it keeps kicking me out. Hopefully this problem gets fixed. And then I can update my review 2nd it keeps asking me to make a nick name for the review and every nickname I use is taken, which leads me to believe I rated the review to low , so I’m trying to give 5 star only to rate the review.Version: 5.0
✓ It’s great!Very helpful in translating and practising kanji! Can practise writing of the kanji in the tube and loads of downloads available..Version: 3.6.2
✓ Mr CCant live without it - even has some sort of dictionary attached to it now..Version: 3.1.5
✓ FavoriteMy favorite Japanese dictionary on iOS. Love the bundled ocr and the browser. The flashcards are convenient- pretty easy to export. Only possible improvement would be direct anki flashcard generation, but I understand it’s an unrealistic ask. Definitely a keeper..Version: 5.2.7
✓ An indispensable translation and study toolI don’t even know what to say. This app is so much faster and compete than the already great Google Translate app. I don’t know how I ever lived without it! <3.Version: 3.6.2
✓ Perfect for learners of the Japanese LanguageCan finally read native level Japanese books..Version: 5.4.6
✓ BrilliantReally great app, especially since the update that allows you to switch between horizontal and vertical more easily. Thanks..Version: 1.3.1
✓ I use it daily - great appWhile I’m learning on duolingo I often look words up here. I like i can do English or hirigana (with romanji keyboard). There’s one feature ask and that would be details on a radical so I can learn the breakdown on the kanji. That would make this app near perfect IMHO. Thanks!.Version: 3.8.5
✓ Absolutely amazing for OCR and playing gamesI use this to look up kanji I’m unfamiliar with when playing video games. It is insanely useful..Version: 3.6.9
✓ Favorite Dictionary AppI love this app because it writes the Kanji in Hiragana instead of Romaji. The example sentences are great too and sometimes make me laugh..Version: 5.1.6
✓ Very useful appIts a very useful offline translator non Japanese..Version: 1.2.5
✓ It is getting better and better!This app was pretty bad before but it is just getting better and better! I was so surprised to see it can recognises so many blurry images I took. Definitely worth it..Version: 3.8.4
✓ Yomiは=goodWasn’t always a great app, like nowdays. The developers have made it soo much better. Great dictionary, with very educational example sentences. It’s easier than ever to look up your japanese words, in english or 日本語.Version: 4.0
✓ Five stars reviewI honestly love this app I’ve stumbled upon on. It’s good for looking up Japanese and English meaning etc. plus it also helps you to learn Japanese in my opinion x3 thank you for making the best Japan app ever!.Version: 4.9.8
✓ 👌The problems I've had with this app have been fixed! Really helpful.Version: 3.4.8
✓ YOMIWAI am not really ready to give a review like I want to. I use this app I believe a lot, but not enough to know the complete app and what more it has to offer. I do find it quite informative when I do use it so I’m giving (4) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. I will return!.Version: 5.2.7
✓ Good app, new bugI love this dictionary, but the latest update as of July 10 has the handwriting input crashing the app every time I attempt to use it (iPhone 6S with iOS 11.4). Edit: As promised, the bug is fixed! Many thanks to the Yomiwa folks..Version: 3.7.1
✓ Ideal AppExactly what I was looking for. If you want to translate kanji on the go this app is definitely worth it!.Version: 1.5
✓ Really useful appThis is a really useful app for translating Japanese kanji and kana at anytime - even offline! I've used it at home, in restaurants and while travelling to quickly translate and found it really helpful..Version: 1.4
✓ Maybe I happenedDefinitely recommended. The camera is a blessing on the level of sliced bread! As the app evolves and… The simple functionality is a bit buried but with some direction and searching you can in fact still get to the root of what you are looking for. I am thankful for the developer response and tons of help that enabled me to find the functions that I used so much before. I am glad that they are still there and the app is once again very useful for me..Version: 5.2.7
✓ Best Japanese Dictionary so farAfter I started using this app, I found myself not needing the other similar apps anymore..Version: 3.6.5
✓ Works very wellMy only complaint is that it doesn't remember settings, so I have to switch it to vertical mode every single time I launch it. Once that's done it does a great job..Version: 2.5.3
✓ Life changer!This app has really helped unlock reading in Japanese for me. Easy to use, very functional, it’s helped me so much and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it for anybody any Japanese..Version: 3.9.8
✓ IncredibleGranted, I have only used this on screenshots to read text, but google translate has a tough time with bubbly font and this app scanned every character beautifully. It doesn’t have sentence translation, which is fine. It goes word by word, which actually provides a clearer translation than google translate messing up tenses and other grammar. I do want to visit Japan one day, and when I do this will absolutely come in handy. Thank you..Version: 4.7.8
✓ Amazing kanji scan recognitionThis app is getting 90% of what I'm shooting, which for me includes hand-brushed kanji from maps made hundreds of years ago. Pros: * you can easily set the scan zone. * you can freeze the image * app puts its reading of the kanji next to the image and highlights what it is identifying, so you can tell if it's seeing the image correctly. * app offers multiple meanings of kanji (essential) and variant versions * app will isolate several kanji in scan area and you can scroll from one to the next. * you can copy kanji to your clipboard (which I use to translate from Chinese to get possible alternative meanings or more literal translations). Kanji will vary because of the brush variances and the artistry of the calligrapher, so this won't be perfect. But my learning the kanji is now much more empowered..Version: 3.4.3
✓ Beautifully madeI have to admit at first I didn't expect much from this kind of App, but I've been pleasantly surprised and it had become a much needed life preserver for me for getting around the streets of Tokyo. Each update seems to add something thoughtfully made and it had gone from strength to strength. The drawing mode is especially good at recognising my poorly drawn kanji, and now we get a dictionary thrown in too. Thank you developer! You've helped me no end..Version: 2.5
✓ Unique and very usefulThe OCR brought me into the app but in reality I don’t use it much (though it works pretty well). I have found more value in the dictionary itself (kanji info, examples sometimes not seen in other resources, and the easy way to build up word lists and exporting those). More recently I’ve come to appreciate the unique “wall” corner of the app which is a community where people can ask questions and often get useful answers, and occasionally find interesting study materials. As a serious student and user of many other Japanese apps, I find this app a particularly valuable resource. Also the app developer listens and cares, therefore I highly recommend this app without hesitation..Version: 4.3.7
✓ Great support from an educational appI am still finding more ways to use Yomiwa and it has proven useful to more quickly decode Kanji when I don’t have time to look them up. Recently, the app suffered a quirky error following an update. Reaching out over a weekend, I very quickly received a reply from the developer and worked out a solution. Great support!.Version: 3.4.1
✓ Gateway To JapaneseKanji-laden Japanese can be quickly deciphered with this inexpensive iphone app. I’ve used it to read all manner of texts online for approx. a half-year, and recommend it for anyone wishing to read Japanese..Version: 4.9.7
✓ Five Star Study BuddyTruly a fantastic Japanese learning resource! When I first got this app I didn’t know how much of a life saver it would become. I’m currently studying Japanese at university, and since recommending Yomiwa to my classmates, we are now all using it every day to make studying Japanese a breeze. The camera and analyser tool puts Yomiwa far above other Japanese dictionary apps. Real-time kanji scanning saves so much time, and is not only useful as a study aid, but also for real-life situations like reading street signs, maps and instructions. The drawing tool also works so smoothly and is more efficient than other applications in my opinion. The analyse feature is also something I’ve never seen before and is so useful for picking apart sentences with difficult words. You can even type your own sentences and use text-to-speech which works as both listening and pronunciation practise! If you are studying Japanese, Yomiwa is an indispensable tool which will help you immensely. I cannot recommend it enough. No really. I can’t stop telling all of my friends. Please help me!.Version: 3.8.4
✓ Works PerfectlyThis is a great companion for Japanese learners! The app does a great job on a variety of fonts. Highly recommended!.Version: 1.3.1
✓ AwesomeI love this app, excellent features and stellar customer service..Version: 5.1.8
✓ Widget disappearedPlease bring back the words on the news widget, it was great! Edit: Glad to hear, thanks for response dev! App is great. A daily random kanji widget would also be fantastic..Version: 5.0.1
✓ Error in study list featureThis app is mostly great but I’ve recently had trouble with the list feature, which I use to create flash card learning sets. It has been randomly replacing the words of newly created sets with words of different sets, meaning I’ve been loosing many of the words I have saved and the titles of many sets no longer match their content. It has happened several times now and I don’t think I can continue using the app while this is an issue, as it’s my main way of recording and studying vocab.Version: 5.4.6
✓ MOST USEFUL JAPANESE APP FOR STUDYINGSeriously, as the title says, this app is AMAZING and it’s probably the most useful tool I’ve ever used in assisting me with learning new vocabulary, new kanji, and how to use both in application. If you’re studying Japanese and you need an app that’s really gonna help you excel, it’s this one. So many useful features like writing kanji and recognizing it from your handwriting and from a photo you take/upload. Helps me learn new characters and words. 🤟🏼.Version: 3.8.1
✓ WorthyI used to use an app called Shinkanji - that app became inactive so I had to find a worthy replacement. Tough call because Shinkanji was really good. After just a couple of days with Yomiwa, I’d say it is a worthy replacement. It has OCR, which Shinkanji did not have so that’s a big bonus. It is less good at recognizing hand drawn kanjis than Shinkanji was, and my suspicion is that it may not be taking stroke order into account, only shape. If this improves, I will give the app five stars..Version: 3.4.6
✓ ReviewCan you guys make this app show words that or uncommon common and rare please like for all words.Version: 5.5.1
✓ Super helpful customer serviceI couldn’t believe how quick and responsive their customer support was. One of a kind.Version: 4.9.2
✓ ✨Haven’t used it much so far, but the interface is very intuitive and it seems incredibly useful. It will be a great resource whilst I’m studying Japanese!.Version: 3.8.4
✓ Problems after updateCan’t open since the latest update. I have an iPhone XS for reference. Super disappointed as I’ve been using this app for years and have never had this problem. Would love for the developers to get in contact...thanks. UPDATE: Changed review to 5 stars after deleting app and reinstalling, worked like a charm. If you have a problem opening after updating to the last war iOS, try reinstalling. This app is worth every penny. I like using it when I read manga and watch Netflix so I can jot down new vocab. So much faster an convenient than just using a regular dictionary 😭🙌🏾.Version: 4.7.0
✓ ExcellentVery useful. I do agree with other reviewers who say the camera focus is lacking. It's not so good at reading even neat handwriting but the quick (and educational) workaround is to scrawl it yourself using the pen function, in which case the recognition is very good. If your handwriting is terrible you'll be asked if you actually meant these other ones. Pairs very well with the Imiwa? app. I would like an in app option to make a list of words I've recently looked up, for revision purposes. For now we can take screenshots to build lists of new words on our phones..Version: 3.1.1
✓ It really works and keeps improvingAt first it was somewhat useful but had too much trouble recognizing text. Today it is fast, good at recognizing text, and has a better dictionary and other tools. When the text can’t be recognized I use the Kanji drawing tool. It is effective and flexible — you don’t have to get stoke order right and you can be sloppy. The dictionaries keep improving and even include a name dictionary. It’s becoming an important part of my Japanese learning tools..Version: 3.7.1
✓ Great app, but needs furigana/romaji settingsLove the app, and it’s become my daily Japanese dictionary. My only complaint is that the text analyzer defaults to showing the romaji/furigana above the words on every new paste, when I’d like to have a way to leave it off unless enabled, since I like to read in the analyzer and don’t want to rely on furigana or romaji above the word..Version: 5.4.0
✓ LifesaverAm currently studying in Japan and faced with walls of medical Japanese. For me, this app is a lifesaver for when the foliage of unreadable characters gets thick - a real machete in the jungle. Also, I contacted the app developer as I wanted to be able to transport my vocabulary lists for printing. After a swift response from the developer, this facility was duly delivered. Strongly recommended for Japanese learners of all levels!.Version: 3.1.5
✓ Very usefulI really like this app, I’m using the Anki deck Japanese vocab plus images and sometimes copying and pasting into Yomiwa to get a better understanding of the words, I’m finding it really useful and use it everyday, I hope to use all of the other feature as I need them..Version: 5.2.7
✓ So far so good!I bought this to translate symbols on bonsai pots and in newspapers from Japan that the pots came wrapped in. The camera is pretty good to be fair and works very well. You have to use a bit of common sense when translating it yourself as it shows a list of words rather long. If it didn't recognise a word I used the draw option and bang it works a treat. The developer needs more credit :D it won't teach you Japanese but it's a pretty cool app 🤓🤓🤓🤓.Version: 2.5.2
✓ An Essential tool for students learning JapaneseLearning kanji and reading kanji has been quite the challenge- especially handwritten kanji. However, with this app- I have been able to decipher and understand the notes from my relatives in Japan. ありがとうござました！.Version: 3.9.1
✓ GreatI do a lot of Japanese to English translations and this is one of the most helpful tools I've ever come across. Excellent.Version: 3.1.5
✓ Almost perfectI really like the reading view. As well as the excellent OCR feature and easy look up features, it gives you access to many reading resources. One thing lacking is that I can’t store documents on the app. I can import a pdf, for example, but I can’t save it. It seems strange that you can import documents but only one at a time and you can’t save them, so I have to keep importing the same documents . Edit after developer response: Thank you for replying and explaining the reason behind the missing feature of saving files. I don’t actually need to edit my pdfs or text docs, just read them, and have easy access to them. For example, I have a lot of pdfs from my audio listening that have the transcripts, and it would be nice to have them all in one place without having to import them each time. I have also converted my purchased ebooks into in text format, and so if I am reading a book importing them all the time is frustrating, and makes me keep looking for other apps. Perhaps the feature I need is not a popular one, and if so, I’ll just have to accept it. I might check out the feedback site - thank you for that as well..Version: 5.0.3
✓ Highly recommended!I have tried several Japanese dictionaries on the App store and I have to say that this is by far the best one, especially if you are actively studying Japanese. I first gave it a try mainly because of its OCR feature, but quickly started using it as my main dictionary when I realized that the dictionary part itself is what makes this app really stand out. Compared to several other Japanese dictionaries it correctly lists which verbs are transitive and which are intransitive as well as if the word in question is commonly used or not. Those functions are actually essential if you want to have a good grasp of Japanese. Furthermore the team behind it is extremely helpful and responsive to feedback and just improved the way word lists are made as well as added the ability to study using a flashcard system. Considering how much the app has improved since I bought it I am sure the app will be even better in the future. Highly recommended!.Version: 4.6
✓ Great appThis app has been very useful for living in Japan. Having a grasp on grammar and needing quick offline vocabulary has been really handy. I have used the camera function a few times. It's ok... But don't expect miracles. The support is prompt and helpful. It's a cheap app. Worth it..Version: 3.1.2
✓ It worksNot crazy about some of the layout, but this was definitely worth buying. Super handy, and the search option actually ties conjugations back to their dictionary form. Not only that, but when you put conjugations in, the app shows the dictionary form along with (passive), (potential), (wish), etc....Version: 3.8.8
✓ Amazingly useful app for offline travel...I used this app while traveling in Japan and found it extremely useful to help me figure out signage, labels etc. I highly recommend it....Version: 3.8.9
✓ Bad reviews are misguidedI’d like to preface this review by saying yomiwa is an excellent app for its intended purpose. I am a high school student and use the app for studying. the photo recognition works great and the app provides a lot of sample sentence to go along with the vocab which I find incredibly helpful. Again, The photo recognition works well focused in on a sheet of paper or on a wall, not outside on a street sign. If you don’t speak Japanese or read it and want to be able to get around, you’re better off with a travel dictionary or something. However as far as research purposes go this app works great and easily worth the money in exchange for the added convenience..Version: 3.2.2
✓ Beat in class grammar analyzerThis app was developed by a Japanese and this shows in how it almost always breaks up words and usually identifies names of people and places correctly. The OCR also seems to be built in house, allowing it to be used offline, something few other apps offer. Use this app if you want to learn Japanese in the most efficient way!.Version: 5.0.1
✓ ExcellentBest Japanese app no doubt..Version: 4.4.8
✓ Word lookupDoes everything you need. It will only get better..Version: 5.3.3
✓ IndispensableI’ve been using this app for almost 8 years. I used it as a beginner and I’m still using it even though I’m fluent I still use it for really difficult words. This app has it all- I even used it through my architectural college in Tokyo, and sometimes it would translate to English words I had never heard of! This app is gold! 🙌.Version: 4.6.3
✓ The camera tool's Godsent gift for visual novels and booksI'm thanking all the developers for making such an app like this especially the camera tool, it's a really saving time tool, I remember when I started learning Japanese in order to play my favorite visual novel games, I was wandering everywhere in the internet without any routine, just wanted sites and tools to help me with knowing the kanjis and words that I don't even know why I started in the first place looking up for, but in no time I got all exhausted from this unorganized routine actions, I realized that I was focusing more on the kanji meaning and words more than what I want to read and understand, and then again, in no time I got bored from these games because I literally didn't get the game mode neither what is happening in it, but when I started using this app is camera tool it made things much more easier and time saving with an organized routine, with all the kanjis and even the words meaning infront of my eyes in one tap, it gave me the leisure to read and understand what the games try to tell me.Version: 4.9.8
✓ Great app. Use oftenI have been using this for many years and it is reliable and user friendly. I highly recommend..Version: 5.2.6
✓ Great kanji appIt's the best app I have found about recognising kanji, and it works offline. The developer is very responsive and takes recommendations and suggestions into account. The new design is even better than before!.Version: 2.4.1
✓ Very very good.This app is simple to use but very sophisticated. I live in Japan and am learning kanji but I use it to recognise kanji that I haven't learned yet. It works really well for signs, notices, flyers, leaflets, newspapers. It has a vertical and horizontal 'scanner' which is great as kanji can be written in these two ways. My preferred way to use it is to take a photo on my phone first and then use the app to 'scan' the photo. The advantage of this is that you can analyse something now or save it for later and then 'scan' it. It will even recognise compound kanji words up to 4 or 5 kanji together. After finding a kanji and giving you the reading and meaning, if you hit copy and then open up a dictionary app like 'imiwa' the kanji will automatically appear there so you can view more information about it, common collocations and of course save it as a favourite. The 'draw' feature is surprisingly good- I don't know kanji stroke order but it often recognises what I write. I recommend drawing the kanji as big as possible on the screen or it to be recognised. I don't recommend using the ' live detection' setting as it will struggle to recognise the kanji. If the freeze button could be movable, a history/favourites added and brief instructions for guessing stroke order could be added in the 'draw' feature, I would give this 5 stars. I would recommend this app equally to tourists as well as beginner or advanced learners of Japanese. It's simple but very powerful and has really made my life that little bit easier in Japan!!!!.Version: 2.2.3
✓ Best dictionary for learningReally impressed with improvements. Started copying text on my Mac and looking up on the phone app. Wish there was a desktop/chrome version. Better then google translate for learning..Version: 4.8.2
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