1000 Japanese Proverbs4.5.2 - App Store

Deepen your knowledge of the language with A Dictionary of Japanese Proverbs. Each entry includes detailed background information as well as English translations.

Proverbs are the heart of any language, offering profound insight into the character of a people, its experiences, and the beliefs and values it holds dear. This new dictionary offers the most comprehensive compilation and English translation of those proverbs (kotowaza) that so enrich the Japanese language but fail to find their way into conventional dictionaries. A companion to the author’s comprehensive Dictionary of Japanese Idioms, it contains over 1,200 entries, including many hundreds of proverbs that have never been presented and explained in English before. Explanations are given in succinct and lucid prose, and English equivalents are given whenever applicable. Each entry furthermore contains a literal translation to help bring out the nuances of the Japanese original, and where necessary, explanatory notes on grammar and historical background help deepen the reader’s understanding of a proverb’s meaning and context. Extensive cross-referencing lets the user immediately find synonyms, antonyms and related proverbs, while furigana (as well as optional audio) allows even beginners to read and use the proverbs immediately.

FEATURES include:
- Incremental search in English and Japanese
- Spell-checking in English and romaji
- Bookmark, annotate and share entries
- Jump to other apps and web dictionaries
- Portrait + landscape modes
- Split View (iPad, Plus/Max phones)
- Slide Over Multitasking Mode (iPad)
- iCloud syncing
- Night mode (dark mode)
- Share Extension to add cards to Anki
- Widget

Based on “A Dictionary of Japanese Proverbs” by William de Lange, Floating World Editions.

This app uses material from the JMDICT Japanese dictionary file. This file belongs to the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and is used according to the Group's licence.

Version History - Fixes widget issue 4.5.2 11/05/2025 - Fixes and improvements 4.5.1 09/26/2025 - Adds Home screen widget (iOS 17 or newer) 4.5 04/23/2025 - Fixes issue with Add to Anki feature 4.4.2 11/04/2024 - Added Minchō font option
- New audio settings

NOTE: Today Widget is not supported after iOS 17 4.4.1 09/16/2024 - Added Minchō font option
- New audio settings

NOTE: Today Widget is not supported after iOS 17 4.4 09/15/2024 - Updated for iOS 17
- Minor fixes

Note: Due to technical issues, the iSpeech voices are unavailable in this release. Instead please use the Enhanced iOS voices downloadable from System Settings > Accessibility > Spoken Content. Sorry for the inconvenience. 4.3.1 12/19/2023 - Minor fixes 4.3 02/09/2023 Fixes issue with audio playback 4.2.4 01/30/2021 Minor fixes 4.2.3 12/23/2020 Minor fixes 4.2.2 09/02/2020 Improved compatibility with upcoming versions of iOS 4.2.1 08/27/2020 Thank you for your feedback. New in this release:
- Improvements to Today Widget including an option to show entries from a folder; bookmarking is now done with long press
- An option to Auto Backup your data to iCloud Drive 4.2 07/20/2020 - Minor fixes 4.1.2 11/14/2019 - Minor fixes 4.1.1 10/20/2019 - Adds support for iOS 13 Dark Mode 4.1 10/06/2019 - UI improvements including Split View on Plus/Max phones
- "Add to Anki" share sheet option

Check out our upcoming app: 1000 Japanese Onomatopoeia! 4.0 09/16/2019 - Updated for iOS 12 and the latest devices
- Minor fixes 3.8 12/19/2018 - UI improvements 3.7 03/01/2018 - Mostly minor fixes on iOS 11 3.6.1 01/09/2018 - Optimized for iPhone X
- Support for Drag 'n Drop (iPad, iOS 11)
- Support for Smart Invert Colors (iOS 11)
- Fixes and improvements 3.6 12/10/2017 Adds an option to backup/restore bookmarks and notes on iCloud Drive
Minor fixes 3.5 09/14/2017 Fixes an issue where Today Widget occasionally fails to load 3.4.1 05/02/2017 Adds Today Widget showing random proverbs — a handy way to discover expressions. Plus, if you're using the latest wishoTouch widget, this one will look for proverbs containing the kanji showing in that one.
Minor fixes 3.4 04/13/2017 Minor UI fixes and improvements 3.3 12/21/2016