Aoba

Aoba Free App

Rated 4.06/5 (17) —  Free Android application by Dennis Bovell

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About Aoba

Aoba is a Japanese - English dictionary.


Features
Regular, Kanji, Example, and Name dictionaries.
More than 170,000 regular, 13,000 kanji, 60,000 example, and 460,000 name entries.
Definitions for main entries also available in German.
Colored stroke order diagrams for over 6000 kanji.
Personal lists. Kanji lookup tool. Kana tables.
Material design. Multiple themes to choose from.


Queries
Use commas to separate phrases within a single query. Use an asterisk or question mark for greedy or lazy wildcards.

Japanese verbs and adjectives are automatically de-conjugated (忙しかった → 忙しい)

Kanji within a query will automatically be singled out and all searched for at once in the kanji dictionary. Stroke order diagrams are available for over 6000 kanji. View them by tapping the kanji itself in the entry viewer.

Searching via romaji is also supported. Please use one-to-one (or wapuro) style.


Parser
Aoba can attempt to parse any Japanese text. The reader will insert furigana over every word in the text. Color-coding by part of speech is also available, and can be turned on/off at will.

Each term in the text is also queried for in the regular dictionary, and can be easily accessed from the reader.


Lists
Lists may contain all dictionary elements in a single list. There are no limits to the number of lists or entries per list.

You can sign in via your Google account, and backup or restore any lists. More functionality regarding lists coming in the future.


Notes
Aoba requires internet permissions in order to download the database.
Aoba's database requires approximately 100MB beyond that of the initial download.
Aoba collects basic analytic data, but absolutely no other information.

How to Download / Install

Download and install Aoba version 2.2 on your Android device!
Downloaded 100+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: ja.bito.aobaapp, download Aoba.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
Added verb conjugations: Click on the (navy blue) verb tag to see them.
Added option to hide alternative written forms & readings.
Further pruning of unnecessary libraries.
Various UI changes.
Bugs exterminated.
Version update Aoba was updated to version 2.2
More downloads  Aoba reached 100 - 500 downloads
Version update Aoba was updated to version 1.8.4

What are users saying about Aoba

Y70%
by Y####:

Clean design and useful features such as tanks look-up make this my go to dictionary. Been using since Alba Josh.

X70%
by X####:

I wish the app would open a search box and activate the keyboard on launch. Some nice changes in this recent update though.

X70%
by X####:

It's got the guts of something good, but given the clunkiness and crashiness, I'm a little resentful of paying for it.

R70%
by R####:

I thought this was going to be really amazing in terms if design... And it is great, but not what i expected. When i opened the left menu i was somehow expecting more features and it seems that the design of that left menu section isn't exactly the material design I'm seeing in other well designed material design apps. And it doesn't have great features that are in done other paid Japanese dictionary apps yet. But I'm hopeful that this app will one day be better and better.

R70%
by R####:

Aoba is a beautiful material design JapaneseEnglish dictionary. It's interface is very intuitive and the information is presented in a practical yet beautiful way. The ability to build lists quickly and easily combined with the ability to export lists makes this a powerful study aid on the go, and the analyzer can be a helpful tool when trying to parse a difficult sentence. The ability to look up words by kanji radical or by scanning images and interpreting them with an OCR are invaluable, practical tools. The app's greatest strength, however,is its developer, who is extremely responsive and who has been making regular updates. This app isn't perfect yet, but I believe in the developer and I think Aoba has the potential to be the most JapaneseEnglish dictionary on the Android market.


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