Missing Link
By Cosmic Van 2 on Jun 29, 2009
1 of 1 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 1.1
This app has the one thing no other kanji dictionary has: The ability tolet you look up a kanji based on sight alone. You don't have to know the radical or even all the strokes! As you write your kanji character on the screen, The app presents you with several possible kanji at the bottom of the sceen. You select the one you're trying to figure out, and the app gives you everything: onyomi, kunyomi, stroke count, definition, etc. We've all encountered kanji with unintelligible strokes; they're almost impossible to find in traditional dictionaries. But this app will help you greatly! Worth every penny!!!!!!! どうもありがとうございました。これから難しい漢字を 捜すのがやすいです。
使いにくい
By Dr. Jonathan Fields on May 14, 2010
0 of 0 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 1.81
Update: Upon further use I've decided this app is pretty good, there are a lot of good features. However, they are poorly explained and the price is still high. Work on the recognition and the app will be a steal. UpdateUpdate: So, I've gotted used to simply using the radical lookup. It's quite good I was going to up the stars on this review, but then I downloaded the new modules...... The examples are great, worth 5 bucks. However, the OCR doesn't work at all. I've tried all kinds of different fonts, about 20 kanji in all and just one has been right. I thought it might be good for train stations with no Furigana, but it still has a long way to go. UpdatedUpdateUpdate: Latest version crashes all the time. I have no trouble with ant other app.
Almost Mediocre
By Thrashre on Feb 06, 2010
0 of 0 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 1.6.1
With Jishop being released, this app better cut it's price by about $12, and that still might not be enough, because it has twice as many kanji (and then some), and tons of compounds, and so much more depth to the meanings / definitions than this app. This is a so-so beginner kanji app, no more than that. There's only one Japanese app that costs as much as this one, and that's "Japanese" by Codefromtokyo, and it is in a class by itself. There is no possible way that anyone could justify the price of this app. Unfortunately I got ripped off because the interface looked pretty cool, and I had hopes for it, which it fails to meet, spectacularly. If you want an app that does what this one does, and plenty more, try something like Shinkanji, and save yourself $14, or the above mentioned Jishop. Which by the way has a free version with 1000 kanji, and a $5 version that is waaayyy better than this.
POKEMON!
By Pokaymahn on Mar 28, 2010
0 of 1 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 1.6.2
ok well this app.. is the possibly the greatest japanese app out there in general! It has every kanji that anyone could ever come upon (6000 about), i see some negative reviews for this app and i wonder what the hell were they looking at???? this is clearly the best, i use it just about every day to study kanji and words! if you dont like it then you have something wrong with you.
