Bug fixes

- Dark Mode (iOS 13)
- SKIP keyboard
- Options to turn off the flipping animation and to disable the colors on the flashcards
- Bugfixes
- Some more bugfixes

- Dark Mode (iOS 13)
- SKIP keyboard
- Options to turn off the flipping animation and to disable the colors on the flashcards
- Bugfixes

Bugfixes

Bugfixes

Bugfixes

We are very happy to announce that our friends at Outlier Linguistics are making an awesome new dictionary of kanji etymology which will be released exclusively through Japanese.

These explanations are available for all of the 80 kanji in grade 1.

Several bug fixes

Version 4.0.1 fixes a few bugs that happened when updating to the new version.

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Version 4.0 of Japanese is the best version yet, introducing new features such as handwriting recognition, a text reader and a revamped user interface.

CONTENT
• Conjugation Search: Search a word in any conjugation to get a complete dictionary entry for that word.
• Text Reader: Struggling with a website or text message? Input text and see it deconstructed into its constituent parts, allowing for easy reading comprehension.
• Feedback: Notice something wrong? Send us feedback with new ‘send feedback’ button. We will forward this feedback to the according sources: JMdict for definitions and Tatoeba.org for examples sentences.

STUDY TOOLS
• Flashcards: New and improved flashcard study, allowing for more customisation, study reminders and social elements that allow you to share your lists with friends.
• New study algorithm: Japanese now includes a version of the SRS algorithm that is found in apps like Anki, but is heavily geared towards the Japanese language and its unique features.
• Text-to-Speech: Learn a word’s pronunciation with Japanese’s text-to-speech function.
• JLPT: Tests aren’t everything. But for those seeking to master the JLPT, Japanese has dedicated, up-to-date study lists.

SEARCH
• Handwriting Recognition: Now with Artificial Intelligence! Write any kanji in any stroke order and have Japanese decipher and display the most likely kanji or kana. Recognition rate has been increased to 99.3%, vastly improving this features functionality.
• When using the component-search, Japanese will automatically suggest words that match your partially entered kanji.

INTERFACE
• New UI: More intuitive than ever. Find the information you need, when you need it.
• Split View: Japanese now supports Split View, allowing you to use Japanese simultaneously with other applications on your iPad or large screen Apple device.
• Sharing: Share Lists with family, friends and study buddies via AirDrop, Messages or email.

Version 4.0 of Japanese is the best version yet, introducing new features such as handwriting recognition, a text reader and a revamped user interface.

CONTENT
• Conjugation Search: Search a word in any conjugation to get a complete dictionary entry for that word.
• Text Reader: Struggling with a website or text message? Input text and see it deconstructed into its constituent parts, allowing for easy reading comprehension.
• Feedback: Notice something wrong? Send us feedback with new ‘send feedback’ button. We will forward this feedback to the according sources: JMdict for definitions and Tatoeba.org for examples sentences.

STUDY TOOLS
• Flashcards: New and improved flashcard study, allowing for more customisation, study reminders and social elements that allow you to share your lists with friends.
• New study algorithm: Japanese now includes a version of the SRS algorithm that is found in apps like Anki, but is heavily geared towards the Japanese language and its unique features.
• Text-to-Speech: Learn a word’s pronunciation with Japanese’s text-to-speech function.
• JLPT: Tests aren’t everything. But for those seeking to master the JLPT, Japanese has dedicated, up-to-date study lists.

SEARCH
• Handwriting Recognition: Now with Artificial Intelligence! Write any kanji in any stroke order and have Japanese decipher and display the most likely kanji or kana. Recognition rate has been increased to 99.3%, vastly improving this features functionality.
• When using the component-search, Japanese will automatically suggest words that match your partially entered kanji.

INTERFACE
• New UI: More intuitive than ever. Find the information you need, when you need it.
• Split View: Japanese now supports Split View, allowing you to use Japanese simultaneously with other applications on your iPad or large screen Apple device.
• Sharing: Share Lists with family, friends and study buddies via AirDrop, Messages or email.

• Now updated for iPhone 6 and iOS 8
• 1164 new and 6447 updated entries
• Import lists from imiwa? and Midori via AirDrop
• Bug fixes

Please note: The next version of Japanese is going to require iOS 8.

iOS 7 user interface

Tap on a headword and select [Speak] from the menu to hear pronunciations.

This version not only fixes a bug where the search bar is disappearing when running on iOS 7.1, it also contains a few other user interface refinements.

The size of the handwriting keyboard has been increased to make it easier to draw characters.

732 new words have been added to the dictionary and 1884 definitions have been updated.

Selecting "Facebook" in the settings will open our Facebook page in the Facebook application.

If you like Japanese, would you mind taking a moment to rate it in the App Store? It really helps us. Thank you for using Japanese!

Bug fixes

This is a bug fix release that fixes crashes when running on iOS 7.

* 1,689 new entries, 11,575 updated entries
* Fixed a few stroke animation errors
* Kanji references for Remembering the Kanji (6th Edition)
* Bug Fix: Kanji animation background is shifted on iOS 7
* Bug Fix: Auto-correction causes the app to crash
* Bug Fix: Crash when tapping on Undo on the Handwriting Keyboard too often

We are still working on the next major version of Japanese which will feature, among a lot of other changes, a user interface in the iOS 7 look.

* New handwriting recognition keyboard
* Flashcard order option: SRS, Linear or Random
* Lexical categories are back

* Tap the headword or 'Show Entry' to display the current flashcard entry
* Displaying notes and word transitivity information on flashcard
* Option to hide the english translation of example sentence on the flashcard
* Added separate switch for romaji on flashcards

* Added JLPT reference for each word and kanji that appears in the JLPT
* Added japanese://jlpt/ URL scheme

* Bugfixes
* 2621 new entries, 3196 updated entries

Version 3.2.1 fixes two bugs that occur only on devices with iOS 5, namely a crash when using flashcards or the new handwriting keyboard.

* New handwriting recognition keyboard
* Flashcard order option: SRS, Linear or Random
* Lexical categories are back

* Tap the headword or 'Show Entry' to display the current flashcard entry
* Displaying notes and word transitivity information on flashcard
* Option to hide the english translation of example sentence on the flashcard
* Added separate switch for romaji on flashcards

* Added JLPT reference for each word and kanji that appears in the JLPT
* Added japanese://jlpt/ URL scheme

* Bugfixes
* 2621 new entries, 3196 updated entries

(Important notice: Turn off romaji in the settings to show readings in Hiragana on the flashcards)

★ Added support for iPhone 5 and iOS 6
★ Unlimited flashcard study
★ Changed flashcard button design
★ Mark all cards as learned by tapping the progress chart
★ Added a study progress indicator at the top of the flashcards
★ In Handwriting Recognition, you can undo the last stroke instead of deleting the whole drawing
★ Japanese will remember the last selected JLPT level
☂ Fixed flashcard display of long text
☂ Fixed a display bug with words like 天邪鬼
☂ Fixed Hepburn Romaji
☂ Fixed example sentences
☂ Other bug fixes

WHAT'S NEW IN 3.0.1

★ Pre-made word lists
★ Word readings on Flashcards
★ Option to choose the study direction (Japanese/English, Only Japanese to English, Only English to Japanese)
★ Option to pick new flashcards in given or in random order
☂ Fixes Handwriting Recognition crash
☂ Fixes Flashcard scheduling

WHAT'S NEW IN 3.0: iPad UI, Discover, Handwriting recognition, new Flashcards, updated JLPT lists.

★ As promised, this application is now a universal binary. It will run fullscreen on your iPhone and iPad.

★ On iPhone Japanese is now much easier to use. Rotate your iPhone to use Japanese in landscape mode.

★ Discover! The "All Entries" screen has been replaced with a new way to explore frequently used words in the Japanese language.

★ The search scope bar has been replaced with an integrated button. Select [a...] to search for entries that begin with or [...a] to search for entries that end in the given term.

★ Almost never used kanji that cluttered up the search results are now a thing of the past. Search does not show those unused kanji anymore but is limited to those 7000 kanji that are actually used.

★ Integrated handwriting recognition. You no longer need to use the iOS Chinese Handwriting keyboard.

★ Updated data for kanji components search. Often used characters are now highlighted, making them easier to find.

★ The Handwriting, Components and SKIP search are now accessible from any search box.

★ For those new to the Japanese language, word readings (aka Romaji) are now available for all dictionary entries, including kanji. Lists and search results show frequently used kanji readings.

★ Updated JLPT lists! We finally got our hands on N3 vocabulary and while we were at it we updated all other JLPT lists too. (Please keep in mind that the owner of the JLPT does not release official vocabulary lists)

★ Completely new flashcards based on your feedback. The SRS scheduling algorithm used in previous versions has been completely rewritten to better schedule repetitions.

★ You can select [Study] in the new Discover screen to study a random selection of commonly used words and/or due flashcards.

★ When studying you now have the option to automatically set the label of a word, for example you can have the system change the color of all learned words to green.

★ List of ignored flashcards. When you decided to ignore a flashcard but wanted to study that word later anyway, you had to remember which entries you ignored. This is no longer needed.

★ Share lists with friends and classmates by email. Copy that received email to the clipboard and select New in the lists screen to paste it

★ If the clipboard contains Japanese words, then the [New] button will offer you an option to create a new list with these words.

★ Paste a list of words into a label to quickly change the headword color of all entries.

★ You can now also add example sentences to your custom lists.

★ Search in custom lists.

★ Backup and restore your data from within the application. You can also use this feature to transfer data to your other devices.

★ Import files from other apps like Rikaichan or Midori.

★ History list is no longer limited to 100 entries and you can add all entries of the history list to a custom list easily.

★ Japanese now understands the japanese:// URL scheme. Use japanese://search/cake to start a new search for "cake" or japanese://entry/福岡 to open the entry for 福岡 Fukuoka (city).

WHAT'S NEW IN 3.0: iPad UI, Discover, Handwriting recognition, new Flashcards, updated JLPT lists.

★ As promised, this application is now a universal binary. It will run fullscreen on your iPhone and iPad.

★ On iPhone Japanese is now much easier to use. Rotate your iPhone to use Japanese in landscape mode.

★ Discover! The "All Entries" screen has been replaced with a new way to explore frequently used words in the Japanese language.

★ The search scope bar has been replaced with an integrated button. Select [a...] to search for entries that begin with or  [...a] to search for entries that end in the given term.

★ Almost never used kanji that cluttered up the search results are now a thing of the past. Search does not show those unused kanji anymore but is limited to those 7000 kanji that are actually used.

★ Integrated handwriting recognition. You no longer need to use the iOS Chinese Handwriting keyboard.

★ Updated data for kanji components search. Often used characters are now highlighted, making them easier to find.

★ The Handwriting, Components and SKIP search are now accessible from any search box.

★ For those new to the Japanese language, word readings (aka Romaji) are now  available for all dictionary entries, including kanji. Lists and search results show frequently used kanji readings.

★ Updated JLPT lists! We finally got our hands on N3 vocabulary and while we were at it we updated all other JLPT lists too. (Please keep in mind that the owner of the JLPT does not release official vocabulary lists)

★ Completely new flashcards based on your feedback. The SRS scheduling algorithm used in previous versions has been completely rewritten to better schedule repetitions.

★ You can select [Study] in the new Discover screen to study a random selection of commonly used words and/or due flashcards.

★ When studying you now have the option to automatically set the label of a word, for example you can have the system change the color of all learned words to green.

★ List of ignored flashcards. When you decided to ignore a flashcard but wanted to study that word later anyway, you had to remember which entries you ignored. This is no longer needed.

★ Share lists with friends and classmates by email. Copy that received email to the clipboard and select New in the lists screen to paste it

★ If the clipboard contains Japanese words, then the [New] button will offer you an option to create a new list with these words.

★ Paste a list of words into a label to quickly change the headword color of all entries.

★ You can now also add example sentences to your custom lists.

★ Search in custom lists.

★ Backup and restore your data from within the application. You can also use this feature to transfer data to your other devices.

★ Import files from other apps like Rikaichan or Midori.

★ History list is no longer limited to 100 entries and you can add all entries of the history list to a custom list easily.

★ Japanese now understands the japanese:// URL scheme. Use japanese://search/cake to start a new search for "cake" or japanese://entry/福岡 to open the entry for 福岡 Fukuoka (city).

- Fixed a bug which caused a crash in By-Component-search on iOS 3.1.x (iPod touch) or iOS 3.2 (iPad)
- Adjusted flashcard repetition intervals
- Adjusted JLPT levels

Fixed a bug which caused a crash when using the By-Components-search

BUGFIX: Memory leak in flashcards causing a crash
BUGFIX: Search by conjugated forms in romaji broken
BUGFIX: Search may cause a crash
BUGFIX: Conjugations for some irregular verbs

· iOS 4 support (Retina-Display optimized graphics, Multitasking)
· Folders for vocabulary lists
· Search inside lists
· "Ends in"-search
· Transitivity pairs (始まる ⇄ 始める)
· Paste a list into a Label-list to batch-edit labels
· Cut/Copy/Paste of labels
· Much smoother scrolling inside the entry detail view
· Direct search matches show up first
· Search results now showing alternative readings (before: main reading only)
·  Bugfixes

- Furigana is now displayed above the headword

- Tap on a reading of a kanji to see all compounds with that reading

- Copy example sentences

- SKIP results are now sorted like in the Kanji Learners Dictionary

- Bugfixes

● Improved Flashcards
- Learning of large lists such as JLPT-2 and JLPT-1
- Resetting flashcards
- Furigana on frontside of flashcards
- (i)-Button on flashcards to show more information
- Randomize flashcards
- Improved scheduling algorithm

● Improved vocabulary lists
- Copy-and-Paste (touch and hold your finger on a list)
- Pasting by holding down the [New]-button
- Import lists by pasting
- Lists can be sorted automatically

● Improved entry display
- Showing compound verb parts (引き出す ➔ 引く + 出す)
- Showing which nouns can take the auxiliary verb する

● Other
- List of compound verbs
- JLPT lists can be scoped (only words/only kanji)
- SKIP search interface (can be used as kanji input)
- More Settings
- Bugfixes

● Example sentences
- 70,000 example sentences
- Including Furigana
- Can be displayed in roman letters

● Kanji Component Search
- Lets you look up Kanji by their components (i.e. 明 ➔ 日 + 月)
- Available for 11,000 kanji

● Flashcard-based learning system
- You can use nearly any list as a source for flashcards

● Improved search engine
- Lemmatized search (Search by any conjugated form in romaji or kana, i.e. 食べます ➔ 食べる)
- Search for kanji by components (multi-radical search)
- Search for kanji by dictionary code (including SKIP code)
- Transcribe numbers
- Shake to start a new search

● Entries
- Alternative readings
- Transitivity and origin of words
- Kanji compounds
- Kanji components
- Kanji dictionary codes
- More conjugations

Stroke order animations
- Added animations for kana letters
- Added more animations for kanji

Other
- Notes
- Labels
- History list
- Lexical categories (nouns, verbs, ...)
- Radical variants
- Displaying reading in lists
- Settings moved into the application