{"id":835,"date":"2017-09-25T07:57:51","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T11:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yookoso.com\/?p=835"},"modified":"2017-09-21T08:03:33","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T12:03:33","slug":"japanese-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yookoso.com\/japanese-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese (App)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tofugu.com\/japanese\/japanese-learning-resources-august-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tofugu Review<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>There are tons of Japanese reference and learning apps out there, so if this one looks familiar to you, don&#8217;t worry. That&#8217;s because it isn&#8217;t new at all. It&#8217;s been around on iOS since 2008.<\/p>\n<p>But <em>Japanese<\/em> has undergone some major changes recently and is now the shiny, new version 4!<\/p>\n<p>This app has a ton of new content:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Built-in Japanese-English dictionary with keyboard, touch handwriting, and radical lookup support.<\/li>\n<li>Dictionary entries with furigana, romaji, English meanings, parts of speech, kanji breakdown, example sentences, common compounds, <abbr title=\"Japanese Language Proficiency Test; the standard for measurement of Japanese ability administered by the Japan Foundation.\">JLPT<\/abbr> level, and the ability to add your own notes to (pretty much) everything.<\/li>\n<li>Text section for looking up longer selections of text, which then links to the built-in dictionary.<\/li>\n<li>Reference pages to help you learn:\n<ul>\n<li>Hiragana<\/li>\n<li>Katakana<\/li>\n<li>Kanji<\/li>\n<li>Radicals<\/li>\n<li>Parts of Speech<\/li>\n<li>Classifications<\/li>\n<li><abbr title=\"Japanese Language Proficiency Test; the standard for measurement of Japanese ability administered by the Japan Foundation.\">JLPT<\/abbr><\/li>\n<li>Kanji Kentei<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Lists showing your browsing history (what did I just look up?) as well as your own notes.<\/li>\n<li>The ability to turn any piece of info into a flashcard! No <em>Anki<\/em> needed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So what&#8217;s new about it? The entire back end, which makes the app faster and smarter. The handwriting search feature and text reader tools were introduced with this version. And they&#8217;ve improved their SRS algorithm too, making it similar to <em>Anki<\/em>. You can read more about the changes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.japaneseapp.com\/blog?utm_source=tofugu\">on the <em>Japanese<\/em> blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, the app continues to be a one stop shop for all your basic Japanese study needs \u2013 it could potentially replace two or three apps you currently use. Pretty convenient!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Platform:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/japanese\/id290664053\">iOS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.renzo.japanese\">Android<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Cost:<\/strong> Free!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tofugu.com\/japanese\/japanese-learning-resources-august-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tofugu Review<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>There are tons of Japanese reference and learning apps out there, so if this one looks familiar to you, don&#8217;t worry. That&#8217;s because it isn&#8217;t new at all. It&#8217;s been around on iOS since 2008.<\/p>\n<p>But Japanese has undergone some major changes recently and is now the shiny, new version 4!<\/p>\n<p>This app has a ton of new content:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Built-in Japanese-English dictionary with<\/ul>\n<p> \u2026 <span style=\"font-style:normal; white-space: nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yookoso.com\/japanese-app\/\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\">[ Read more <i class=\"fa fa-arrow-circle-o-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> ]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"extra-post-info\"><strong>Sources<\/strong>: <a href=\"\/sources\/renzo-inc\/\">Renzo Inc.<\/a>, <a href=\"\/sources\/tofugu\/\">Tofugu<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Subjects<\/strong>: <a href=\"\/category\/apps\/\">Apps<\/a>, <a href=\"\/category\/language-study\/\">Language Study<\/a>, <a href=\"\/category\/other\/\">Miscellaneous | Other<\/a>, <a href=\"\/category\/translate\/\">Translate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[569,19,49,55],"tags":[],"authors":[],"sources":[571,504],"class_list":["post-835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apps","category-language-study","category-other","category-translate","sources-renzo-inc","sources-tofugu"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Japanese (App) - Yookoso!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 25, 2017 - Tofugu Review: There are tons of Japanese reference and learning apps out there, so if this one looks familiar to you, don&#039;t worry. 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