1.9.15
2023-10-18
Fix issues in bookmarks
1.9.14
2023-10-02
- Compatibility with iOS 17
- Updated database
1.9.13
2023-04-03
- Japanese text recognition: Point the camera at Japanese text and see the definition of each word
- Updated database
1.9.12
2023-03-28
Japanese text recognition
Point the camera at Japanese text and see the translation for each word. Images are processed on device and are never sent over the internet. The app works completely offline. Only horizontal text is supported.
1.9.10
2023-01-12
Fix the speech functionality on iOS 16
1.9.9
2022-06-05
Fix Translate UI issues
1.9.8
2021-08-03
Bug fixes
1.9.3
2019-08-24
Fix crash on launch.
1.9.2
2019-05-16
Bug fixes
1.9.1
2019-05-12
- Settings in the app
- Updated database, including new words like 令和 (Reiwa)
- Improved dark mode for flashcards
- Fix UI issues on iPhone X and iPhone XS
1.9
2019-05-08
- Updated database, including new words like 令和 (Reiwa)
- Improved dark mode for flashcards
- Fix UI issues on iPhone X and iPhone XS
1.8.13
2017-09-29
- iOS 11 compatibility
- When you search for a word in a conjugated form, Midori now tells you what form it is. For example, "作られる" is "passive."
- Lists of kanji taught in Japanese high schools
- Bug fixes
1.8.12
2017-06-23
- Use handwriting anywhere in the app, including the Translate tab
- Safari extension
- New design for the handwriting keyboard on iPad
- Shortcuts for iPad external keyboards. Press cmd+F to look up new words instantly.
- Speed improvement
1.8.11
2017-05-26
- Similar kanji. For example, 金, 余, 会, 合, 舎 (optional)
- Automatically look up Japanese words in the clipboard (optional)
- Nanori (optional)
All these features are disabled by default. Enable them in Settings > Midori > Advanced.
1.8.10
2017-05-23
- Automatically look up Japanese words in the clipboard (enable in Settings > Midori > Advanced)
- Nanori (optional)
- Standard share sheet for exporting bookmarks
1.8.9
2017-01-25
See a new kanji and not sure how to write it? The handwriting recognition can now recognize kanji written in any stroke order.
1.8.8
2016-12-17
- Search Japanese and English example sentences
- Autocomplete for handwriting recognition
- Look up names in English (e.g. "Disney" for "ディズニー")
- Search your own bookmarks
- Updated database (300 new entries)
- Smaller app size (25 MB smaller)
- Performance improvements
1.8.7
2016-10-05
- Dark Mode (enable in Settings > Midori)
- Faster bookmarks: it takes only 2 taps to bookmark a word
- Common words are marked "common" (optional)
- Bookmarked words are highlighted in search results
- Dynamic Type: Midori now uses the text size in Settings > Display > Text Size
Other small changes:
- More legible font size on iPhone
- Jinmeiyō kanji are marked as such
- No delay when tapping a link in the Translate tab
- Adjustable speaking rate
- Bug fixes
1.8.6
2016-09-03
- SKIP: Look up kanji by patterns and stroke counts
- Home Screen quick actions for iPhone 6S and 7
- Updated database
To search for a kanji with SKIP, first determine how the kanji can be divided into two parts, then count the strokes of each part. For example, to search for 仕, you can use "left-right, 2, 3".
* The SKIP (System of Kanji Indexing by Patterns) system for ordering kanji was developed by Jack Halpern (Kanji Dictionary Publishing Society at http://www.kanji.org/), and is used with his permission.
1.8.5
2015-10-02
- 3D Touch for iPhone 6s
Press lightly on a word to peek at its meaning. Press a little deeper to pop into it.
- iOS 9 Multitasking
Now you can use Midori with another app side by side on iPad Air 2 or iPad mini 4.
- Updated database
- San Francisco font on iOS 9
- Bug fixes and performance improvement
1.8.4
2014-12-30
- Tap on a headword to hear its pronunciation
- Furigana in the Translate tab (can be turned off in Settings)
- Ability to bookmark names
- Lists of loanwords (外来語)
- French definitions (enable in Settings)
- Bug fixes and general improvements
1.8.3
2014-10-15
- Add support for iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, and iOS 8
- Landscape mode for iPhone
- Over 1,000 new words
- New navigation bar (Prefer the old style? Go to Settings > Midori > Bar Style)
- Bug fixes
1.8.2
2014-03-15
- Add example sentences to bookmarks
- Word origins for loanwords. For example, the entry for アルバイト now shows the German origin 'Arbeit'
- Pronunciation for any numbers with counters, e.g. 8冊 (はっさつ)
- Option to change the app's tint color (in Settings > Midori > Theme)
- Tap 'Search' on the bottom bar to clear the search bar and bring up the keyboard, even on the search screen.
- Lists of words by part of speech
- Updated database (over 400 new entries)
- Use the regular Helvetica Neue font to be consistent with iOS 7.1
- Bug fixes and speed improvement, including smaller executable size
1.8.1
2013-12-13
- Dialect information. For example, めっちゃ and おもろい are now marked as Kansai dialect.
1.8
2013-12-04
- New design for iOS 7
- Updated database (over 11,000 new entries)
- Tap and hold any example sentence to hear it read aloud
- Toggle furigana and translation of any example sentence
- Improved kanji radical keyboard for iPhone
- Look up numbers
- Search results with the same reading are sorted by frequency of use
- Export bookmarks as .tsv for using with Anki
- Kanji numbers from Remembering the Kanji (6th ed.)
- Speed improvement and bug fixes
1.7.3
2012-12-06
Wildcard search.
• Use a question mark ("?") to specify a single character.
• Use an asterisk ("*") to specify zero or more characters.
Examples:
• 日?語 finds words of length 3 that start with 日 and end with 語.
• 日*語 finds words of any length that start with 日 and end with 語.
• *大学 finds words that end with 大学.
• *好* finds words that contain 好.
1.7.2
2012-10-09
- Support for iOS 6 and iPhone 5
- Ability to add notes to entries
- Improved English-to-Japanese translation for some words
- Parts of speech are now shown by default
- Bug fixes
1.7.1
2012-07-12
- Fix crashes when searching for certain words in romaji
1.7
2012-06-29
- Look up Japanese and English words at the same time. No more switching between J/E and E/J. (Optional)
- Example sentences search. Search across word boundaries, such as "魚を食べる". (This feature is off by default.)
- No delay when switching to the handwriting recognition mode.
- Handwriting recognition now shows 16 results instead of 8. Swipe the results to the left to see more kanji.
- Short pause between strokes in kanji animation.
- Improved performance when opening a folder with many words.
- Faster translation.
- Bug fixes
Be sure to check out Settings > Midori for options you might have missed.
1.6.4
2012-03-17
- Support for the Retina display on the new iPad
- One tap search: tap the Search button on the tab bar to look up a new word immediately
- Backward search by adding * in front of the keyword, such as *学校
- Partial results when there is no exact match. For example, searching for 読売新聞 now returns 読売 and 新聞 instead of single kanjis.
- Lists now use gray color to indicate okurigana instead of using dots. (iOS 5 only)
- Many bug fixes
1.6.3
2012-01-11
- Ability to tap kun readings in kanji breakdown
- Ability to tap compounds in kanji flashcards directly
- Start flashcards quickly after the initial setting
- Improvements for flashcards in the spaced repetition mode
* The title bar shows how many cards you have answered
* Swipe up the ✔ button to answer "strongly correct"
- The Translate section on the iPhone now works like on the iPad
- Japanese localization
- Many bug fixes
1.6.2
2011-12-03
• Kanji radical lookup for iPhone, e.g. 禾 + 火 → 秋
• Updated database, including new words such as スマホ, Tohoku earthquake, etc.
• Heisig's Kanji numbers
• Option to show part-of-speech information
1.6.1
2011-11-15
• Kanji stroke order animation for iPhone (tap kanji to view animation)
• JLPT vocabulary lists
• Common word compounds
• Show kanji directly in the search results when the input is a single kanji
• Ability to share and import bookmarks as .midori files
• Ability to export the entire bookmarks
• Kanji Unicode values (enable in the Settings)
• Kanji reference numbers from the Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary
• Look up words from other apps via midori://search?text=
• Speed improvement in iOS 5
• Fix performance issue in the handwriting recognition
• Various bug fixes
If you like Midori, please rate us in the App Store. Thank you!
1.6
2011-11-10
(Updated: If you are using iPod touch (2nd generation) or iPhone 3G, please do not download this update, as it may cause crashes upon start. We've submitted the fix to the App Store, and it should get approved soon.)
New in this version:
• Kanji stroke order animation for iPhone (tap on kanji to view animation)
• JLPT vocabulary lists
• Common word compounds
• More conjugations
• Ability to export and import bookmarks as .midori files
• Show kanji directly in the search results when the input is a single kanji
• Kanji numbers from the Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary (enable in the Settings)
• Kanji Unicode values (enable in the Settings)
• Look up words from other apps via midori://search?text=...
• Improved overall speed in iOS 5
• Various bug fixes
If you like Midori, please rate us in the App Store. Thank you!
1.5
2011-06-01
- Verb/adjective conjugator
- Show conjugations in search results even if there are words that have the same form
- New JLPT levels (N5-N1)
- New user interface for flashcards with more options
- Create flashcards from lists of kanji
- Nested folders for bookmarks
- Export bookmarks as CSV
- Load example sentences much faster
- Overall speed improvement
- Bug fixes