jpdb is a Japanese dictionary and learning system for kanji and vocabulary. It automatically teaches the kanji needed to read new vocabulary and can extract words from pasted text. It offers thousands of prebuilt decks with vocabulary from anime, visual novels, light novels and web novels, and uses its own spaced repetition algorithm.
Manabi Reader is a native iOS, iPadOS and macOS app for reading Japanese media, with one-tap dictionary lookup, flashcards including Anki, and reading analytics tracking words and kanji. It offers curated web feeds and books, and can bring your own files. General reading features are free; premium features require a subscription.
Takoboto is a Japanese/English dictionary and Japanese language learning tool that searches words written in Japanese or English using kanji, kana, romaji or latin alphabets. Example sentences and kanji information are provided for each word. The dictionary data comes from JMDict, EDICT and KANJIDIC files, and a Takoboto app is available for download.
Jisho is an online Japanese-English dictionary. Users enter Japanese text or an English word to find words, kanji and example sentences. Search options include romaji conversion, wildcards, unit conversion, multiple additive search terms and hashtag filters such as verb, adjective and WaniKani levels.
KanjiTomo is an OCR program for identifying Japanese text from images, optimized for kanji recognition. Pointing the mouse at any image on screen performs kanji and dictionary lookup at the same time, and both horizontal and vertical text are supported. Java is required, and it has been tested on Windows 10.
Tagaini Jisho is a free, open-source Japanese dictionary and kanji lookup tool for Windows, MacOS X and Linux. It supports searching vocabulary and kanji entries, tagging and personal notes, flashcard-like training, and printing foldable pocket booklets for offline study. It includes stroke order animations for more than 6000 kanji.
Kanji Koohii is a free website for studying Japanese characters with James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" method. It offers kanji mnemonics, a dictionary that highlights words using only learned kanji, and built-in flashcards with spaced repetition, reviewable on desktop and mobile.
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Manabi Reader is a native iOS, iPadOS and macOS app for reading Japanese media, with one-tap dictionary lookup, flashcards including Anki, and reading analytics tracking words and kanji. It offers curated web feeds and books, and can bring your own files. General reading features are free; premium features require a subscription.
Takoboto is a Japanese/English dictionary and Japanese language learning tool that searches words written in Japanese or English using kanji, kana, romaji or latin alphabets. Example sentences and kanji information are provided for each word. The dictionary data comes from JMDict, EDICT and KANJIDIC files, and a Takoboto app is available for download.
Jisho is an online Japanese-English dictionary. Users enter Japanese text or an English word to find words, kanji and example sentences. Search options include romaji conversion, wildcards, unit conversion, multiple additive search terms and hashtag filters such as verb, adjective and WaniKani levels.
KanjiTomo is an OCR program for identifying Japanese text from images, optimized for kanji recognition. Pointing the mouse at any image on screen performs kanji and dictionary lookup at the same time, and both horizontal and vertical text are supported. Java is required, and it has been tested on Windows 10.
Tagaini Jisho is a free, open-source Japanese dictionary and kanji lookup tool for Windows, MacOS X and Linux. It supports searching vocabulary and kanji entries, tagging and personal notes, flashcard-like training, and printing foldable pocket booklets for offline study. It includes stroke order animations for more than 6000 kanji.
Kanji Koohii is a free website for studying Japanese characters with James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" method. It offers kanji mnemonics, a dictionary that highlights words using only learned kanji, and built-in flashcards with spaced repetition, reviewable on desktop and mobile.
