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Aedict

A free, open-source english-japanese dictionary for Android which uses Jim Breen's edict data. Does not require japanese keyboard. Works offline. The dictionary data is downloaded automatically.

FOR AEDICT 3 PLEASE SEE THIS PAGE: AEDICT3

IMPORTANT: Importing old Notepad contents from Aedict 2 to Aedict 3 is now fully supported.

IMPORTANT: Dear users, I am very sorry that no updates have been published for a long time. Unfortunately, I have a family now and I can no longer afford to develop Aedict for free. I will keep Aedict 2.9 available forever. I am currently preparing a new version of Aedict, with new ActionBar-based GUI (compatible back to Android 2.1), using regularly updated JMdict, Kanjidic2 and Tatoeba as its source, for a price of $5 (one beer). I know this is disappointing and I am sorry, but the only other option I had was to abandon Aedict entirely.

News

News on twitter: http://twitter.com/aedict

Mailing list: Aedict Users

Change log: ChangeLog Old ChangeLog

For programmers trying to access Aedict: API

Features

  • simple user interface, tested on HTC Magic. No settings, just type a word and do a search
  • Automatic download of the indexed EDict/Kanjidic/Tanaka dictionaries (Warning: the dictionaries files are quite large, e.g. English EDict zip file is 8mb long, which may take some time to download. Perform this download over a Wi-Fi or with a quick internet access if possible)
  • Allows automatic download of a German/French EDict, the names dictionary and the computer terminology dictionary
  • Once the dictionary is downloaded it works completely off-line
  • Kanjipad for drawing and searching kanji characters
  • Search kanji characters by radicals and stroke numbers
  • Shows a kanji analysis in a word
  • SKIP search (a search based on the kanji visual look)
  • Custom dictionaries
  • Optionally shows romaji instead of hiragana/katakana - good for beginner learners. Also provides a hiragana/katakana learning table.
  • Search in Tanaka Example sentences
  • Optional verb deinflection (e.g. searching for あえない will find あう)
  • Kanji drawing order for more than 1500 kanjis
  • A basic sentence translation
  • Integration with Simeji
  • Verb conjugations with example sentences
  • Integrates with Android Search (Android 1.6 or higher only)

Aedict requires Android 1.5 or higher.

Screenshots

Download

Available at Google Play. OR: Just search for "aedict" or browse the Travel category. To download the Indexer please follow the Downloads link.

Tips

  • To access various parts of Aedict quickly, use AnyCut to create shortcuts (e.g. to Kanjipad), see FAQ for details
  • You can use notepad as an advanced clipboard: just create a category named 'temp' and copy items there.
  • To access the verb conjugation quiz, just long-click on a verb, either when in the main screen, notepad, or search results.

FAQ

Please find the FAQ page here. More documentation here.

Acknowledgements

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