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Nihongo 1.21 Release Notes

Major UpdatesCloud Syncing - Your flashcards, clippings, photos, and more will now be synced automatically to all your devices via iCloud.Family Sharing - Nihongo Pro subscriptions can now be shared with up

  • Chris Vasselli
    Chris Vasselli
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Nihongo 1.20 Release Notes

Major Updates Pitch Accents - Standard Japanese pitch accent pronunciation guides can now be displayed on over 40,000 word entries. Data is provided by the CJK Dictionary Institute, and requires a separate

  • Chris Vasselli
    Chris Vasselli
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Nihongo 1.19 Release Notes

Photo Lookup (OCR) You can now look up Japanese words just by taking a picture of them.Simply tap on words to look them up, no viewfinder or other complicated interface.Load from

  • Chris Vasselli
    Chris Vasselli
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Nihongo 1.18 Release Notes

Major Updates Conjugation Tables - Entries for verbs and adjectives now contain a list of common conjugations.Russian Language Support - Russian definitions can now be downloaded from the Settings tab, and if

  • Chris Vasselli
    Chris Vasselli
3 min read
expectNotNil: Handling Swift optionals that should never be nil
Swift

expectNotNil: Handling Swift optionals that should never be nil

Fail gracefully (i.e., don't crash), but let me know something went wrong so I can fix it in my next release.

  • Chris Vasselli
    Chris Vasselli
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Nihongo 1.17 Release Notes

Major Updates New Audio Options - You can now select voice quality, gender, and speaking speed from the Settings tab.Romaji Improvements - New clipping and flashcard formatting options are now available for

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    Chris Vasselli
2 min read

Nihongo 1.16.x Release Notes

I've put out a few patch releases to Nihongo 1.16 in the last few weeks to address some bugs that came to light after the release. Here are the details: 1.16.

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    Chris Vasselli
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Nihongo 1.16 Release Notes

Major Updates Dark Mode - Nihongo sports a sleek new dark interface, great for studying at night. Requires iOS 13. Modern Interface - Nihongo has been updated to a more modern style, with

  • Chris Vasselli
    Chris Vasselli
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Using Videogames to Study Japanese
Guides

Using Videogames to Study Japanese

Here are some things to consider that will help you get the most out of the time you spend playing games in Japanese.

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    Chris Vasselli
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Nihongo 1.15 Release Notes
Releases

Nihongo 1.15 Release Notes

Version 1.15 is all about kanji.

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    Chris Vasselli
1 min read
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