Features & Capabilities

Shirabe Jisho is a simple but powerful offline Japanese–English dictionary app. It offers over 170,000 dictionary entries with readings and English meanings, more than 6,500 kanji with stroke orders, and 730,000+ names and places, plus 147,000 example sentences with translations.

  • Features instant search, kanji and kana handwriting recognition (tolerant of mistaken strokes), and long-press previews for similar characters.
  • Search by kanji radicals, wildcard search, and kanji/kana/romaji compatibility. JLPT and school-grade lists are included for targeted study. All data is offline for privacy and fast access.

User Growth & Download Statistics

By:
Blazej Stanek
Rating:
4.90
(8,569)
15 new ratings
Version:
1.10.7 Last updated: 2026-06-22
Version code:
887259828
Creation date:
2015-09-04
Compatible devices:
Size:
181.49MB
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Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-28
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Developed by:
Blazej Stanek
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shirabe-jisho/id1005203380

User Reviews

Users consistently praise Shirabe Jisho as fast, clutter-free, and feature-rich. It's acclaimed for offline access, handwriting input with stroke order, and rich data including example sentences and pitch accent. The built-in flashcards and study decks are repeatedly cited as highly useful. Many reviewers call it indispensable for learning Japanese, with a clean UI and strong offline capabilities, plus reliable developer responsiveness. A few note limitations like related-words handling and a desire for Romaji display, but overall sentiment is overwhelmingly positive.
Pros
  • Offline access for use without internet
  • Handwriting input with stroke order for kanji lookup
  • Flashcards and built-in study decks
  • Fast, clean, ad-free UI with clutter-free design and reliable cross-script search (kanji, kana, romaji)
  • Rich data including example sentences and pitch accent, plus bookmarking
Cons
Recent reviews
This is way more useful then I had originally thought it would be I mostly thought it would be mostly kana and and kanji in the n1-5 format however the it has great configuration options you can search by radical, frequency, grade, jlpt format etc. it also provided word lists, particles, and even has a flash card feature to configure your own flash cards with a few buttons. I also like how you can use it to type so you can copy paste it to text or whatever you can type by either clicking radicals to find your kanji or clicking the kana you can draw it yourself etc I found this app to be highly useful and plan on using it for getting fluent in Japanese and beyond that would highly recommend.
by Fo*****, 2026-06-12

Wow. Just wow. It’s so perfect I love it.
by La*****, 2026-06-10

I’m so grateful for this app. I haven’t found anything like it to help me with my Japanese. You can look up words in English and Japanese and it’s so detailed with so many examples and lists and you can favorite and go back to them. Thank you! Love this app!!
by Ha*****, 2026-06-09
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