Nihongo 1.28 Release Notes

Chris Vasselli

Apr 4, 2022 • 2 min read

Major Updates

Handwriting Search - Search for kanji by drawing them with your finger.

Other Improvements

1005 new word entries, 1754 new example sentences, and many more updates to existing word entries and example sentences.
Once we reach the last bucket of kana search results, don't prioritize hiragana results over katakana results.
Added back the full-size dictionary entry popovers on iPad as an option available from the formatting menu.
Delete Deck button will now always be visible on the deck details screen, instead of having to tap "Edit" for it to appear.
Non-English users will now be alerted when they import a flashcard deck containing words that have been removed from the dictionary (this already occurred in English).
Flashcards can now be swiped during the flip animation.
Rename "remove from deck" to "remove from review" during review mode, where selecting that option will reset the word to unknown.
Increased vertical size of quick suggestions toolbar for radical keyboard.

Bug Fixes

Fix an issue where rotating the radical keyboard on iPad would leave a big blank space below the keyboard.
Fix the issue where search as you type didn't work properly with the Chinese handwriting keyboard.
Fix issue where searching using a Japanese keyboard when running the app on an M1 mac was broken.
Update feedback email signature when coming from a Mac.
Remove "pour" from front of translations of "to X" in French.
Fix an issue where the tab bar could end up missing if you dismiss the photo lookup screen while zooming in/out.
Fix issue where "mark known" and "remove" prompts from the triage screen had non-standard appearance on iPad.
Fix issue where insertion point would appear below keyboard on clipping edit screen.
Fix an issue where you could get an "unable to add photo" error when loading an image from "files".
Fix an issue where the clipping text editor could erroneously use a Chinese font.
Fixed various words that were pronounced incorrectly.
Improve behavior for re-downloading human audio when it is deleted from the cache due to the device running out of disk space.
Fixed the parsing of the tara form of an i-adjective.
Fixed the parsing of the the tari form.
Fix a crash when trying to load a corrupted image file.
Fix an issue where the set level menu on kanji flash card says “never” instead of “never review”
Fixed an issue where the M1 Mac version referring to itself as iPad in sync dialogs, etc.
Fix issue where opening a clipping link when app is not open already is not creating clipping.
Fix issue where after viewing one of the keyboard tutorials, there would be a blank space above the keyboard where the tutorial banner was.
Fix an issue where a single pixel line was visible at the bottom of the flashcard screen.
Fix an issue where the auto clipboard search feature was not working when running on an M1 mac.
Fix issue where radical keyboard would display underneath the home indicator.
Fixed an issue where the 謹 kanji page contained a broken character.