Ordinary Japanese Dictionary

Anton Saraev Reference iPhoneiPadiPod touch

Ordinary Japanese Dictionary is a free Reference app for iPhone and iPad by Anton Saraev. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated July 17, 2026.

Price: Free; on the App Store
Size: 414 MB; Age 4+
Updated: Jul 17; 2026 · v1.1

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About Ordinary Japanese Dictionary

A Japanese dictionary for reading and studying offline. Features: - Search and read with no internet connection - Search any way you like: kanji, kana, romaji, or a word in English or Russian - Understands word forms: type 食べた, find 食べる - Reader: paste any text and tap any word to look it up - Furigana and pitch accent - Audio pronunciation for the most common words - Text recognition (OCR) — offline - Handwriting input — offline - Voice search - Built-in English (JMdict) and Russian (Warodai) dictionaries - Import custom dictionaries in an open format — you can even ask an AI to generate one for you - Search history with CSV export — feed it to your favorite AI assistant to build flashcards - Quick links to jisho.org, www.wanikani.com and other popular resources - Appearance settings: color themes, Japanese fonts, text sizes The dictionary is built from open-data projects and is completely free.

What’s new

Version 1.1 · Updated July 17, 2026

- Dictionaries consisting of example sentences only are now supported. Two built-in ones added: Natsume Soseki's "Ten Nights of Dreams" and "Botchan". - New "inflections" tab on word cards. - Crop photos before text recognition. - Small UI tweaks.

App privacy

The developer, Anton Saraev, reported these privacy practices to Apple.

Data Linked to You

The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:

Location: Coarse Location
Identifiers: Device ID
Usage Data: Product Interaction

Used for: Developer’s Advertising or Marketing, Analytics, App Functionality

Data Not Linked to You

The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:

Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data

Used for: Analytics, App Functionality

App details

Ordinary Japanese Dictionary is a free Reference app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, developed by Anton Saraev. It requires iOS 17.0 or later, is 414 MB to download and is available in 3 languages. It was first released on July 9, 2026 and last updated on July 17, 2026.

Category: Reference
Price: Free
Version: 1.1
Size: 414 MB
Requires: iOS 17.0 or later
Compatibility: iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
Languages: English, Japanese, Russian
Age rating: 4+
Released: July 9, 2026
Last updated: July 17, 2026
Developer: Anton Saraev

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