Apps for Japanese

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View the listing of all apps in Japanese for the iPhone/iPad/iPod touch.

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Please send your suggestions and ideas to Catherine Ousselin. This list will be updated often!

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Japanese-English Dictionary by Cole Zhu

$4.99 - Our dictionary comes with all the Japanese & English words your looking for, it is bundled with thousands of Japanese/English examples for you to study with, and it also includes a full English Dictionary & Thesaurus. You can search for your words using kanji, hiragana, katakana, romaji, English, German, French and Russian.

NOTE: I am not sure why the Dictionary has a 17+ age restriction for the listed reasons. Please let me know if this dictionary seems inappropriate!

Free - Practice numbers, colors, and patterns with this family friendly game.

Free - Pictures, vocabulary and audio

Free - NHK WORLD TV is the international broadcast service in English that is produced around the clock by NHK, Japan’s only public broadcasting station.
This application will allow you to enjoy news and information programs provided by NHK WORLD TV on your iPhone or iPod Touch anywhere in the world at any time.

Kotoba! Japanese Dictionary 

Free – This application is a multilingual Japanese dictionary for iPhone and iPod touch devices. The dictionary files are embedded in the application so that the dictionary service is available at all times with no additional cost. 

Free - ¡Discover Japan in this very unique “Spot the Difference” game that also works as a travel guide!

iSpot Japan takes you on a journey across the land of the rising sun, explaining facts and curiosities about Japanese culture, while you play the classic “Spot the Difference” game in the country's most beautiful locations.

Free -  (Lite Version) is a great language app aimed at beginner-level learners of Japanese! This app is produced by Mirai Japanese, the Japanese-language specialists of Mirai Language Systems!

Japan News

$0.99 - Japan News, a very simple RSS e-news reader for the people of Japan. This app brings you the latest news from all the top Japan news sources..

Japanese Reader

 Free - Japanese Reader helps those learning Japanese to read Japanese web pages by offering built-in dictionary look up for unfamiliar words and kanji, and also offering the ability to add furigana to pages to help with reading.

Japanese Language Trivia Quiz

$0.99 - Quizicals presents Japanese Language Trivia Quiz, with 187 multiple choice questions, including 50 bonus general knowledge questions. Japanese Language Trivia Quiz features 9 different game modes, in both single and multiplayer for you to play and enjoy.

Advanced Japanese Phrases, Idioms and Newspaper Terms

$6.99 - Designed for upper intermediate and advanced students of Japanese, this app contains over 1,500 words and phrases all with sound recorded by a native Japanese speaker. It is a single, universal app for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. Pay once and use it on all your iOS devices.

Japanese News2

$0.99 - NewBoPoochie is designed to ease the accessibility of Japanese news for Japanese speakers. Readers can select between 20 popular Japanese news feeds, and can add up to 10 of their own.

Longman English-Japanese Dictionary

$20.00 – The "Longman English-Japanese Dictionary" is the first and only bilingual dictionary to be based 100% on English and Japanese corpora and is designed to help learners easily find information and focus on natural meanings that are important.

NOTE: This dictionary was designed with the native Japanese speaker in mind. For a non-native Japanese speakers, a good understanding of kana and kanji is essential.

Japan Puzzle Map

$2.99 - Japan puzzle map game will help you to learn every administrative region map’s shape and name of Japan. In main game, touch region map you can see the full name; you need to drag the region map to the corresponding position, when you drag all maps to its position, you will win. Trivia game is designed for you to better memorize the region map name and shape.

 

$3.99 Highly recommended for learners of Japanese. Idioms are a must. Easy to use and fun!

Multi-Language QBooks

$4.99 - QBook™ offers a true multi-language experience and is a great tool for learning new languages for both young and old. This QBook includes the narration, text, and user interface in these languages:
 

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Japanese Basic Sounds

$0.99 (free version available) - This app is designed to provide a simple and effective way to learn the basic sounds and characters of Japanese, including both hiragana and katakana.

Japanese Verb Conjugator

Free - Katsuyo is a very practical learning tool that speeds up your understanding of Japanese verb conjugation dramatically.

Displaying 1178 verbs, it's well suited for those who want to strengthen their understanding of japanese verb

Free - The Japanese Writing System (Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji)
- Basic Japanese Grammar (Particles, Gobi, Tense, etc.)
- Essential Japanese Grammar (Polite Forms, Conditionals, etc.)
- Special Expressions (Causative, Amounts, Honorific, etc.)
- Advanced Topics (Formal Expressions, Volitional, etc.)
 

Japanese Food Menu

$1.99 - Japanese Food Menu for iPhone provides information on over 300 Japanese food. With both English and Japanese names, a brief description, and images of the food, it will help you decide what to order.


Our search engine will allow you to search thru the entire Japanese food menu.

The text-to-speech function will allow you to hear the name of the food in both English and Japanese. Learn how to say in Japanese, and you can order the food in Japanese.

Japanese Flash Verbs

$2.99 - Expand your Japanese vocabulary with all the hard work done for you.

Japanese Language Proficiency Test

$6.99 - Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level N5 Vocabulary Builder

ALL words & example sentences have SOUND recorded by a Native Speaker.

Japanese Audio Flashcards

$14.99 - Learn over 6400 Japanese words! -- all with native speaker audio. Includes flashcards and exercises.

Kana Strokes

Free - An interactive chart of the Japanese Hiragana and Katakana syllabaries with very-high-quality animated illustrations, IPA pronunciation codes, and original Kanji characters for each character.

$15.99 Japanese Sensei is a vocabulary building application for learners of Japanese. Through structured, graded lessons

Japanese Tracing Hiragana

$3.99 - Six points to

1. Right stroke order.

2. Practice by Kaisho-tai(most popular letter style).

The font is a form of a character like the school textbook body that writes easily.
A beautiful Kaisho-tai can be practiced even for the adult.

3. Interface that can be done even by oneself.

4. Stamp mode that understands at one view.

5. Announcement function

　
6. Selection function

Kana LS Touch Katakana and Hiragana

$3.99 - Kana LS Touch is a program for iPhone/iPod Touch & iPad for learning Hiragana and Katakana. LS stands for Learning Software. It utilizes the unique touch interface to intuitively teach you how to draw the Hiragana and Katakana characters by displaying strokeorder guidelines.

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