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DESCRIPTION
Jisho... Search in your native tongue
Supports searching in Japanese (Kanji, Hiragana,Katakana, and Romaji), English, German, Russian, and French.
Variable Strength
Search as fast or as deep as you want.
WildCard Searching
Search with wildcards by inputting a *.
Zoom
Enlarge all results for an easier time reading. OS X Integration
OS X Integration
Look up words in most applications with a single click or press of a key-combination.
Romanization
Automatically converts hiragana and katakana to roman letters. You can even search in Japanese with roman letters.
Search from anywhere
Once Jisho is on your computer, no internet access required to search and use Jisho.
International
Completely localized into German and Japanese.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 3.1.2 release notes not available at the time of this posting.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
| SCREENSHOT
| Developer: | Sugoi Soft |
| Downloads: | 7,975 |
| - Version d/l: | 408 |
| Education: | Language |
| License: | Shareware |
| Date: | 24 Jun 2009 |
| Platform: | PPC/Intel |
| Price: | $17.00 |
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| Jisho User Reviews (14 posts) | Write A Review |
 | May 17 2009 |
NORIKER Regarding my recent review, the developer has announced that both said problems (searching in German and searching for plural) will be fixed.
(Version 3.1.1) | |
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 | May 15 2009 |
NORIKER Jisho comes in very handy if you're a user of Quicksilver because it adds a Services entry, that you can call from QS (Period; enter Search Term, Tab, Jisho). I also find it interesting that it (theoretically) understands various languages. Unfortunately it doesn't actually work unless you use the "broad" or "extra broad" settings, and everytime you close the app, it forgets the settings. But for English it's ok. What I don't like at all, is that it doesn't allow searching for any plural forms, only for singular, as there is no plural form in Japanese (which doesn't mean you can't just translate it to the singular). This again makes it impossible to quickly search with Jisho if you select a plural in Text Edit or Safari and want to use Serives or Quicksilver to find the Japanese translation. I already mailed the creator about it but he doesn't want to change it.
(Version 3.1.1) | |
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| Aug 5 2008 |
STORMCHILD It's nice to see alternatives being developed, but JEDict is still the king, and the built-in Japanese dictionaries in OS X are quite good too.
(Version 3.0) | |
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| Dec 6 2007 |
SNOWLPRD Apps such as this one are less necessary now that Leopard includes a Japanese-English dictionary [link].
(Version 2.2) | |
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| Jul 29 2008 |
DELIGHT1 not if you want it in romaji
(Version 3.0) | |
| Aug 5 2008 |
STORMCHILD ...Which you shouldn't, because the first thing anyone should do when learning Japanese is learn hiragana/katakana and immediately stop using romaji. It's a terrible crutch.
(Version 3.0) | |
 | Jan 8 2006 |
HYPERFRANK If you are looking for a free alternative to Jisho, see Wisho (http://homepage.mac.com/domg/FileSharing2.html), a free and excellent widget that uses EDICT as a database.
(Version 1.3) | |
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| Jan 9 2006 |
CHRISTOPHER FORSYTHE After looking at that widget, it looks like it requires internet access. Jisho does not.
(Version 1.3) | |
| Aug 17 2005 |
BEN If you are like me and did not like the user interface of Jisho 1.0 you should give Jisho 1.2 a try. The user interface has been totally redone and is much more user friendly. Searches seem to be remarkably faster than previous versions and the added languages are also a bonus. Over all it is a nifty little program that can come in quite handy if you a struggling with a new language and are not quite sure of a translation. I like the added German and Russian languages, as those are the ones I am most likely to use. $10.00 US is a small price to pay to help out a developer and I am looking forward to future updates of Jisho.
(Version 1.2) | |
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| Aug 30 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Hmm... you know, this sounds an awful lot like a commercial, more so considering a similar message was posted for this software on another site that competes with MacUpdate.
(Version 1.2.1) | |
| Aug 17 2005 |
RASKOLNIKOV Mayjay is very good, it is based on edict too, and lets you search with wildcards (*), meaning if you know one of a two or three kanji word you can find them easily.
(Version 1.2) | |
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 | Aug 17 2005 |
JAMES VAN DYNE Jisho searches with wildcards when it searches in the Broad or Super Broad modes.
(Version 1.2) | |
| Aug 30 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Actually, Mayjay uses JMdict, which evolved from edict. If only Mayjay didn't crash with Java memory errors when I try to load the full, latest version of JMdict... but that's Java's fault, not Mayjay.
(Version 1.2.1) | |
| Jun 14 2005 |
MINTMUFFIN87 It desplays no kanji and just one meaning for each root. If you want a free japanese/english dictionary for Macintosh displaying Kanji, download Akane at this URL http://ftp.cc.monash.edu.au/pub/nihongo/AKANE.1.0.3.sit.hqx, which I found here: http://ftp.cc.monash.edu.au/pub/nihongo/00INDEX.html.
(Version 1.0.1) | |
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| Aug 30 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Akane (and Oridict) weren't terribly stable for me, though.
(Version 1.2.1) | |
| May 8 2005 |
ANONYMOUS not worth 10$ should be free. Using the EDICT file anyways.. those who want a good EDICT dictionary online with tons of info and kanji http://kanjidict.stc.cx/dict
(Version 1.0.1) | |
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| May 8 2005 |
TODD FIASKY i dont know how many people noticed, but the pic on the main page has AIJOU as AIPYOU for the conversion. hmmm.. seems sketchy to me also, there is no kata input, no kanji input. I really don't see this as a useful application unless youre some kinda anime nerd
(Version 1.0.1) | |
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| May 9 2005 |
JAMES The screenshot is a bit old. Jisho 1.0.1 fixed some errors in the romaji engine.
(Version 1.0.1) | |
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