What's New
Fix issues in bookmarks
App Description
Midori is a comprehensive Japanese-English, English-Japanese dictionary. It's a perfect tool for Japanese learners, with 910,000 entries, 150,000 example sentences, and numerous features designed to enhance your Japanese learning experience.
DICTIONARY ENTRIES
• More than 190,000 word entries. Each entry shows readings, meanings, and a kanji breakdown.
• More than 12,000 kanji entries. Each entry shows readings, meanings, and example compounds.
• Example sentences with furigana (small hiragana above kanji)
• Over 6,000 kanji with stroke order diagrams and stroke order animations
• Over 730,000 Japanese proper names, place names, given names, company names and product names
• Japanese pitch accent
SEARCH & TRANSLATE
• Search words by using kana or romaji, such as あき or aki
• Search words by capturing a photo. (Note: Only horizontal text is supported.)
• Search kanji by drawing them
• Search kanji by combining radicals, e.g. 禾 + 火 -> 秋
• Search suggestion when the input is in a conjugated form, e.g. 走った -> 走る
• Search with wildcard characters, e.g. 日*人 returns all words that start with 日 and end with 人
• Search with the SKIP system
• Partial results when the full word is not found, e.g. searching for 青い本 returns the results for 青い and 本
• Fast incremental search gives you the result instantly as you type
LISTS & BOOKMARKS
• List of kanji as taught in Japanese schools from grade 1 to 6
• List of kanji by frequency as appeared in Japanese newspapers
• List of kanji and words by Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) levels
• Lists of hiragana and katakana, each with stroke diagram and animation
• Bookmarks with folders support. You can export, import, or share bookmarks with your friends.
OTHER FEATURES
• Flashcards for bookmarked words and kanji
• Audio pronunciations (via speech synthesis)
• Create a vocabulary list with definitions from Japanese text in one tap
• Scratch pad for practicing writing kanji on iPad
• No internet connection required. The app is completely offline.
• French and German definitions for some words
• Universal app. Run on all your iOS devices, whether it's iPhone or iPad
Follow us on Twitter at @MidoriApp
Acknowledgements: This application has included material from the JMdict (EDICT, etc.), KANJIDIC2, ENAMDICT, and KRADFILE dictionary files in accordance with the licence provisions of the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group. See https://www.edrdg.org/
App Changes
- June 24, 2011 New version 1.5
- November 11, 2011 New version 1.6
- November 16, 2011 New version 1.6.1
- November 28, 2011 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $7.99
- November 30, 2011 Price increase: $7.99 -> $9.99
- December 03, 2011 New version 1.6.2
- January 12, 2012 New version 1.6.3
- March 17, 2012 New version 1.6.4
- June 29, 2012 New version 1.7
- July 13, 2012 New version 1.7.1
- October 09, 2012 New version 1.7.2
- November 27, 2012 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $7.99
- November 28, 2012 Price increase: $7.99 -> $9.99
- December 06, 2012 New version 1.7.3
- June 15, 2013 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $7.99
- August 04, 2013 Price increase: $7.99 -> $9.99
- December 02, 2013 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $6.99
- December 04, 2013 New version 1.8
- December 04, 2013 Price increase: $6.99 -> $9.99
- December 13, 2013 New version 1.8.1
- December 13, 2013 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $7.99
- March 15, 2014 New version 1.8.2
- March 23, 2014 Price increase: $7.99 -> $9.99
- October 16, 2014 New version 1.8.3
- December 31, 2014 New version 1.8.4
- October 05, 2015 New version 1.8.5
- November 30, 2015 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $4.99
- February 09, 2016 Price increase: $4.99 -> $9.99
- November 08, 2016 New version 1.8.7
- December 17, 2016 New version 1.8.8
- December 17, 2016 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $4.99
- December 22, 2016 Price increase: $4.99 -> $9.99
- December 31, 2016 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $4.99
- January 03, 2017 Price increase: $4.99 -> $9.99
- June 14, 2019 New version 1.9.2
- August 29, 2019 New version 1.9.3
- August 06, 2021 New version 1.9.8
- August 06, 2021 Price decrease: $9.99 -> FREE!
- September 16, 2023 New version 1.9.13
- September 16, 2023 Price increase: FREE! -> $4.99
- November 15, 2023 New version 1.9.15
- November 15, 2023 Price decrease: $4.99 -> FREE!