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KitenJMdict droid
Free

Free and open source under the GPL-2.0-or-later licence.

 Free

Free and open source under GPL-3.0-only. JMdict data is separately licensed under CC BY-SA…

Windows, Linux Android
  • English-Japanese and Japanese-English dictionaries
  • Kanji dictionary with several lookup methods
  • Searches Japanese to English and English to Japanese
  • Supports kanji, kana, romaji and basic wildcards
  • Built around KDE, so it looks most at home on a Plasma desktop
  • Focused on lookup rather than structured lessons
  • Dictionary data must be downloaded or loaded separately
  • Android app only
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-2.0-or-later License: GPL-3.0-only
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked October 8, 2026

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