What's New

- Includes Daijisen Plus
"Daijisen Plus" is now bundled with "Daijisen".
Previously, "Daijisen Plus" was purchased as a separate bibliography through in-app purchases. This will be changed to the one included in the "Daijisen" data.
As a result, existing users will also be able to use "Daijisen Plus".

App Description

The “Daijisen Japanese-Japanese Dictionary” (Latest Edition, 2012), a popular Japanese dictionary, is now available as an application for iPhone and iPad. The Daijisen dictionary is a perfect tool for studying the Japanese language, as it makes it possible to quickly, efficiently, and stresslessly search for many Japanese terms, include the latest buzzwords and new words. The dictionary has 257,000 entries, derived terms, and phrases.

[Easy-to-Read and Convenient Display and Search Function]
- The functions and display were designed with a simple and easy-to-read design, to make for rapid searching, allowing the user to immediately find the meaning and translations of terms.
- Forward searching is used to allow incremental searches of results. Includes horizontal tiling of the screen. Text can be displayed in three sizes, using pinching.
- Includes bookmark and resume functions.
- For search, Romanization cannot be used. Searches must be in hiragana, katakana or kanji. Searches can be performed without distinctions between unvoiced, voiced and semi-voiced consonants (for example, ta/da and ha/ba/pa), contracted sounds (kiyo/kyo), and geminated consonants (baku/bakku).
- Includes data of location for several terms, linked to Map application, and point the location.

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • June 25, 2011 New version 8.0
  • July 23, 2011 Price increase: $16.99 -> $22.99
  • October 18, 2011 New version 9.0
  • November 10, 2011 New version 9.0.1
  • February 23, 2012 New version 10.0
  • March 20, 2012 New version 10.0.1
  • May 03, 2012 New version 11.0
  • July 05, 2012 New version 11.1
  • October 27, 2012 New version 12.0
  • November 03, 2012 Price decrease: $22.99 -> $17.99
  • December 03, 2012 Price increase: $17.99 -> $22.99
  • December 08, 2012 New version 12.1
  • January 22, 2013 New version 13.0
  • May 01, 2013 New version 14.0
  • September 08, 2013 New version 15.0
  • September 27, 2013 New version 15.1
  • October 08, 2013 New version 15.1.1
  • October 12, 2013 New version 15.1.2
  • October 19, 2013 Price decrease: $22.99 -> $19.99
  • October 27, 2013 New version 15.1.3
  • January 10, 2014 New version 16.0
  • April 28, 2014 New version 17.0
  • May 08, 2014 Price decrease: $19.99 -> $14.99
  • June 19, 2014 Price increase: $14.99 -> $19.99
  • June 13, 2019 New version 18.1.3
  • December 10, 2020 New version 18.2
  • October 03, 2023 New version 18.4
  • October 03, 2023 Price decrease: $19.99 -> $13.99