gSho - Japanese Dictionary for Android
Excellent n helpful
This app is great, but it would be perfect if it could be tweaked just a little. whenever I search up a word, and then select one of the search results, once im done viewing that result and I tap the "back" button, the search clears and I have to type everything in again. There are definitely many other improvements that could be made besides just this, but for now, this app still proves to be useful
Awesome Japanese dictionary
You have lots of examples, and you get to know the Kanjis' reading 読み方, VERY CONVENIENT!!
Its search is fast if and only if you completed a word. Search is separated in English mode and Kana (Japanese reading) mode. There is no preview writing Kanji step by step. It only shows numbers. Kanji lookup is a very nice feature.
kind of cumbersome to search with. You need to switch between kana input and latin input if you want to search for Japanese or English words. You can't write with latin characters and get both japanese and english results at the same time. Also when searching in Japanese you must use wildcards to see words that start with what you have typed so far. That is たと gives no results at all, but then when you enter one more characters and type たとえ you get a result. The UI and ads also take up a lot of space, so with the keyboard open when you type your search term you only see 3 results and it feels very crowded.
Stroke order is a must! Therefore, I have downloaded IMI for the time being. Implement that and this would be 5 stars—6 stars if audio was included :p
I don't have to change to Google Japanese IME everytime i wanna search in hiragana, so that's good.. Example sentences are hyperlinked just in case I don't know what it means.. But there's no stroke order so that's 1 minus
Awesome
Yay it opened
Love the appearance compared to other apps. Searches very quickly, but would like to see more common words at the top. One feature that I miss is being able to restrict searches to common words à la WWWJDIC. Kanji search would be an awesome feature, too.
Very useful
A more complete conjugation table and a toggle for furigana would be nice. Also, it would be great if the keyboard would pop up automatically on app start. Thanks!
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Stroke order is a must! Therefore, I have downloaded IMI for the time being. Implement that and this would be 5 stars—6 stars if audio was included :p