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Nihongo will then translate the text, add furigana or romaji, and create flashcards so you can study and steadily build your vocabulary.\n\nHere are the complete features of the app:\n\nDICTIONARY\n* Over 200,000 words, 205,000 example sentences, and 6000 kanji entries.\n* Every word clearly marked as common, uncommon, or rare.\n* Add your own notes to any dictionary entry.\n* Quickly identify transitive/intransitive word pairs.\n* Audio pronunciations of words and example sentences (Requires Nihongo Pro)\n\nPHOTO LOOKUP (OCR) [Pro]\n* Look up words just by taking a picture.\n* Uses Google Cloud Vision to provide high-quality text recognition.\n* Just tap on a word to look it up.\n\nCLIPPINGS (READING ASSISTANT) [Pro]\n* Adds furigana or romaji to text pasted into the app.\n* Tap on any word to see its definition without leaving the clipping.\n* Flashcard deck automatically created so you can study the new words in a clipping.\n* Display text horizontally or vertically.\n* Have Nihongo read any clipping out loud.\n\nFLASHCARDS [Pro]\n* Flashcards automatically generated from words you lookup in the dictionary or paste into the app.\n* Nihongo learns what words you know, and won't bother you again with words you've mastered.\n* Built-in kanji flashcard decks up through Middle School.\n* Intuitive spaced repetition flashcard system for vocabulary and kanji drawing.\n* Level up flashcards by studying every day.\n* No penalty for missing a day of study, come back anytime.\n\nSEARCH\n* Search using English, Japanese, or romaji.\n* Supports searching for conjugated words in both English and Japanese.\n* Search for kanji using radicals and stroke counts.\n\nSAFARI EXTENSION [Pro]\n* Add furigana or romaji to webpages.\n* Tap on words to see definition within Safari.\n\nNihongo Pro Terms of Use\nRead our full Terms of Service at https://nihongo-app.com/terms_of_use.html.\n\nThis app is only possible because of the JMDict (edrdg.org) and Tatoeba (tatoeba.org) projects. 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