Gengo Talking Japanese Dictionary

I have been using this app almost from the initial issue date. There were definite problems back then, but many of these have been resolved with version 1.1. The tech support was actually timely and personal. This is something that I think is unusual. Since I already had Kotoba (free), I was a little leery about the expense. I still think it is overpriced, but it does have sound recordings and example sentences (I think they would be difficult for beginners without a large background in kanji). It is important to enter Japanese words with kana or kanji to get examples that actually match the word you are looking for. Searching by radical in the application is fun after spending years in Nelsons "Modern Readers Japanese-English Character Dictionary". I was so busy just looking up words I almost missed this feature. I also like the implementation of the stroke order for the kanji. Tapping to start and stop the writing. The size is very nice too. I can almost trace over it as it is drawing the character. It is slow to load, so if you are in a hurry, keep another source available. But there is a wealth of material very nicely packaged in this app and I believe that an active user base (a reduced price would help) will be able to steer the developers to an even more effective dictionary when it is updated.

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