Apps for Japanese

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Technology Resources for World Language - Catherine Ousselin

 

 

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!

 

Dictionaries Games and Culture Vocabulary, Writing, and Grammar  

Media

Radio, Television, Newspapers, Books, Comics

 

 

Japanese-English Dictionary by Cole Zhu

$4.99 - Dictionary comes with all the Japanese & English words your looking for.

Feed me - Japanese

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

 Japanese Word Power

Free - Pictures, vocabulary and audio

 

NHK World TV Live

Free - 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 –  Multilingual Japanese dictionary

 

iSpot Japan

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

 

iStart Japanese

Free - (Lite Version)  Language app aimed at beginner-level learners of Japanese

 

 

Japan News

$0.99 - Japan News, a very simple RSS e-news reader for the people of Japan.

 

 

 

Japanese

$6.99 - Japanese/English dictionary with 167,00 entries. Includes flashcards stroke order animations.

 

 

 

Japanese Language Trivia Quiz

$0.99 - Quizicals: Japanese Language Trivia Quiz, with 187 multiple choice questions, including 50 bonus general knowledge questions.

 

Advanced Japanese Phrases, Idioms and Newspaper Terms

$4.99 - 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.

 

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.

 

Japanese Reader

 Free - Japanese Reader is a built-in dictionary that helps readers understand a Web page in Japanese.

 

Japan Puzzle Map

$1.99 - Japan puzzle map game will help you to learn every administrative region map’s shape and name of Japan.
 

Japanese 101: Idioms

$4.99 - 300 common idioms found in everyday Japanese explained with audio and flashcard games.

 

 

Multi-Language QBooks

$2.99 - QBook™ offers a  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:

 

 

Japanese Basic Sounds

$0.99- (free version available)  Simple and effective way to learn the basic sounds and characters of Japanese, including both hiragana and katakana.

 

Culture

 

 

 

Japanese Verb Conjugator

Free - Katsuyo displays 1178 verbs.

 

 

Hiragana Picture Book

$13.99 - Designed for children who are learning Hiaragana, Katana, and Romanjis. Practice vocabulary, tracing, and listening.

 

Learning Japanese

Free - Japanese guide to grammar for advanced learners/native speakers.
 

 

 

Japanese Food Menu

$1.99 - Japanese Food Menu for iPhone provides information on over 300 Japanese foods in both English and Japanese.

 

 

Japanese Flash Verbs

$2.99 - Expand your Japanese vocabulary. iTunes states that this app is not available in the U.S.

 

 

Kuma the Bear and the Dandelion

Free - An interactive children's storybook in English and Japanese with audio and text.

 

Japanese Kid's Songs

$2.99 - I have not tested this app. It is supposed to be kindergarten songs.

 

Japanese Language Proficiency Test

$4.99 - Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level N5 Vocabulary Builder
 

 

Japanese Kanji

$1.99 - Learn 80 Kanji through pictures and games.

 

Vocabulary, Writing, and Grammar

 

Japanese Audio Flashcards

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

 

 

 

 

Japanese Kanji

$1.99 - Learn 80 Kanji through pictures and games.

 

 

Kana Strokes


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

 

Japanese Sensei

$13.99 Japanese Sensei is a vocabulary building application for learners of Japanese. Includes graded lessons and quizzes.

 

 

 

 

Japanese Tracing Hiragana

$3.99 - Tracing app to practice Hiragana

 

 

Kana LS Touch Katakana and Hiragana

$3.99 - Kana LS Touch is a tracing app for learning Hiragana and Katakana.

 

 

 

Learn Japanese with Phrases and Lessons

Designed for those with little or no Japanese knowledge, this iPhone app has over 2,700 audio files of Japanese phrases recorded by a professional native voice actress.

 

 

 

 

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