Aedict3 Japanese Dictionary

Offline English Japanese Dictionary uses Jim Breen's JMDict/Kanjidic/Tatoeba.

App info

Version :

3.51.7

Category :

Education

Update :

August 19, 2025

Installs :

33,546

Developer :

Martin Vysny3

Requires Android :

Android 4.4+

Content Rating :

Everyone

Get it on :

Download APK

App description

Android App Analysis and Review: Aedict3 Japanese Dictionary, Developed by Martin Vysny3. Listed in Education Category. Current Version Is 3.51.7, Updated On 19/08/2025 . According to users reviews on Google Play: Aedict3 Japanese Dictionary. Achieved Over 34 thousand Installs. Aedict3 Japanese Dictionary Currently Has 933 Reviews, Average Rating 3.9 Stars

The only Japanese dictionary worth paying for. An off-line english japanese dictionary which uses Jim Breen's JMDict (upgraded EDict)/KanjiDic2/WWWJDIC data along with data from the Tatoeba project. Does not require japanese keyboard. Internet access is used only to download the dictionary - the application itself works offline.

WARNING: Does not work correctly on some Galaxy Tabs 3, namely, the 10.1 Tab 3: users of 7" and 8" Tab tablets have reported that Aedict works correctly for them. Please do not buy this app if you own the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 device.

Features:
- allows kanji searching by parts/radicals, SKIP code search and by kanji drawing
- omnibar allows search by kana, romaji and/or english, german, french, Russian, Dutch, Portugalese, Spanish, Hungarian, Slovene, Swedish. Deinflects verbs automatically.
- powerful Japanese search: support for mixing kana and kanji (e.g. search for 見ため will also find 見た目), automatic vowel prolonging, e.g. しゅじん will also find しゅうじん.
- shows proper pitch accents for every word
- optionally shows romaji instead of hiragana/katakana.
- supports Hepburn, Nihon-Shiki and Kunrei-Shiki romanization systems
- JLPT/Joyo Quizes, with a simple SRS/Leitner support
- You can store entries in a notepad and practice the notepad contents with notepad quiz.
- Shows stroke order kanji diagrams (courtesy of KanjiVG), allows jlpt/Joyo Quiz kanji draw practice
- Samsung multi-window support, Japanese Names Dictionary support, shows verb conjugations
- Dropbox, OwnCloud and Aedict Online https://aedict-online.eu integration
- Japanese font for proper character display
- Kotowaza sentences dictionary taken from http://kotowaza.org/
- Export to AnkiDroid
- Add custom tags and colors to any dictionary entry

UPDATE NOTE: When updating Aedict, please also update all dictionaries, to gain access to the new features.

Aedict 3 needs to download the dictionaries which is cca 200mb download - please make sure that you are connected to the WIFI to avoid additional charges. Aedict 3 cannot use dictionaries used by Aedict 2.

Aedict 3 is based on Aedict 2.9 but introduces new Android 4 GUI. Aedict 3 works on Android 2.1 and greater.

For more questions please visit http://aedict.eu/faq.html

We are currently offering version 3.51.7. This is our latest, most optimized version. It is suitable for many different devices. Free download directly apk from the Google Play Store or other versions we're hosting. Moreover, you can download without registration and no login required.

We have more than 2000+ available devices for Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, Motorola, LG, Google, OnePlus, Sony, Tablet ... with so many options, it’s easy for you to choose games or software that fit your device.

It can come in handy if there are any country restrictions or any restrictions from the side of your device on the Google App Store.

What's New

Remove annoying "Speaking" snackbar in quiz

Rate and review on Google Play store

3.9

933 total

5 63.2

4 10.3

3 2.8

2 7.1

1 16.5

Total number of ratings

Total number of active users rated for: Aedict3 Japanese Dictionary

Total number of installs (*estimated)

Estimation of total number of installs on Google Play, Approximated from number of ratings and install bounds achieved on Google Play.

Recent Comments

Richard van Leeuwen

This otherwise excellent app has a very irritating flaw built in, apparently on purpose. Even when getting the stroke order right, the kanji you draw are often not recognised. The workaround used to be a paid-for extension, which I paid for but which is no longer available or recognised. To get better kanji recognition, you have to get a subscription, which, for the occasional learner, is not worth the price. Compare that to the Pleco Chinese app, which has flawless kanji recognition.

Michael Sydenham

updated review: I used to use this before the payment model changed. I had paid one-time fees, so I was unhappy about the change to a subscription, and the inability to use the old version with extras that I'd paid for. I think it would have been better to have grandfathered those past users. For this reason, I choose to use another app, since others equal this app. In 2015, I wrote: This app is in my #1 icon position - it's the best. I really like the analyse function & notepad function.

Wesley Ireland

By far the best resource I've ever experienced for someone seriously learning Japanese. I wish I had something like this twenty years ago first learning the language. It fills in so many gaps that so many dictionaries don't address: subtle differences in emphasis, kanji recognition, related words, real examples...just so much. An invaluable project made with real passion for the language, and I'm deeply grateful for it...

A Google user

Removing features we already paid for is not ok. If you were going to change your business model after the purchase, I'd at least expect to keep what I had when I paid for it. For the record, if you had just frozen v3 and sold v4 separately, I would've bought it. I'll never pay for a subscription anywhere though. I used to recommend this app in japanese learning groups, but I guess it's time to recommend alternatives now. Unethical business practices are not a good way to retain paying customers, let alone receiving new ones. I read your response to the other reviews. Your Google Pixel argument is a moot point. Houses are expensive, yet you can't expect everybody who owns one to like subscription models. Remember, you're not just asking for a small amount of money, you're also asking for a monthly transaction to be made automatically to our credit cards. That's another transaction users have to track and pay to the bank on time. Again, I wouldn't argue if it had been like this from the begining. You broke the deal and I don't have what I paid for. If you're not earning enough now, imagine how much you'll earn once you drive all customers away. You also mention that donations didn't work, but there was no incentive to donate. I purchased your other modules to show support. You could've even done what the Wikipedia guy does when he needs money, show a message explaining the need to support future updates and a bar so people can see if the monthly quota was met (Within reasonable expectation of course. After all, this is only a dictionary and it uses free data from 3rd party sources. I mean, it's an excellent app and I think is worth a bit more than what you initially charged for it, but you can't honestly expect to live off a single app aimed at a niche market).

A Google user

**EDIT: Apparently I now need a subscription to use something I already paid for, this app is no longer worth 5 stars** I'm an advanced level university Japanese language student and dictionary applications don't get much better than this. I can look up proper names, draw kanji, and view how vocabulary words are used in normal sentences. You can't go wrong buying this application no matter if you are an absolute beginner or a Japanese language expert.

A Google user

It's definitely shady to remove features users paid extra for. I can't even envision why you would not just freeze Aedict3 (You don't even have to support it anymore) and move the subscription model to Aedict4... Or why not make it so that further dictionary updates require subscription? Had you done this, I would have at least considered paying a subscription. It's an application that has been of a lot of use to me, so I might have considered paying for further updates. What I cannot do is encourage the anti-consumer act of taking away extras that I paid to support, by paying more to have them returned. Please make this right, please return the extra paid features for those of us who gave you additional support. Don't spit on the users who actually paid for upgrades. Edit In response "Is it really that much?". It's not at all about the actual value. The fact of the matter is that we paid you for a product which you then took away from us. It's a small form of theft plain and simple. I would never give a single cent to anything associated with your name again since you've breached trust.

Bob Dobbs

I was pissed at how the developer transitioned to the subscription model, but the features available on this app make it worth the small subscription fee. I've tried tons of different Japanese dictionaries on Android, and though many are good, I always come back to Aedict for features and ease of use. I also love that there is an online version of this dictionary that mirrors your notes and lists, (though the online version is buggy, and crashes when trying to add new notes - and the bug reporting system via Google groups e-mail does not work - ughh!).

Rachel Kaelin

Truly the best Japanese dictionary. I've been using it now for at least 3 years. It contains kanji stroke orders, words labeled with how commonly -used they are, dictionaries focusing on specialized fields, and so on. Clean UI, not beautiful, but dependable and utilitarian. I opted to support the developer with a mere $1.61/mo--and he's putting out new features all the time. Most recent is a (paid) add-on for highlighting and translating text in the wild.