Nihongo

Learning and science

japanese vocabulary study

SHOW HN2015

139points
101comments
#154of 2,565 in 2015
Top 7%of 2015 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

16 positive, 25 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 6 critical, out of 51 comments about the project. Thread score +0.25.

Idea: 10 for, 2 againstExecution: 4 for, 3 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Automatic flashcard generation from lookups is useful

    From 2 comments
    • Sweet! Looks like a nice addition to WaniKani. I'm using WaniKani for my general studies, but automatic card generation based on my word lookup is definitely neat.
      archseer on HN
    • 'Clippings' looks really handy. Thanks!
      amitlan on HN
  • Complements WaniKani well

    From 2 comments
    • Sweet! Looks like a nice addition to WaniKani. I'm using WaniKani for my general studies, but automatic card generation based on my word lookup is definitely neat.
      archseer on HN
    • Yeah, I think Nihongo makes a great compliment to WaniKani! Nihongo doesn't have lessons, and isn't really meant to teach you Japanese in the same way WaniKani is. I like to…
      chrisvasselli on HN

Objections

  • iOS only, no Android

    From 3 comments
  • Does not run on iOS 7

    From 2 comments
    • Unfortunately doesn't run on iOS 7 or below. Any chance you could support it? I'd love to use this app.
      djent on HN
    • The first couple versions of the app supported iOS 7, so when you try to download it, you should get a prompt to download the earlier version. Unfortunately, I don't have any…
      chrisvasselli on HN
  • Parsing mistakes in furigana and word segmentation

    From 2 comments
    • Great questions! We include words from all different dialects, but standard Tokyo dialect will inevitably float to the top. I learned Japanese in Kansai, so I'm sensitive to this…
      chrisvasselli on HN
    • Yeah, it's a good gripe to bring up. I'd love to come up with some indication of "confidence" in the parsing. Or maybe when there are two possible parses, give the user the…
      chrisvasselli on HN

Requests

  • Android version

    From 3 comments
  • Text-to-speech pronunciation

    From 1 comment
  • Support for Mandarin and other languages

    From 2 comments
    • I need this, but for Mandarin
      yaiu on HN
    • Is there anything like this in different languages? I think you could make a great language-learning platform with this idea.
      abustamam on HN

Questions

  • Timeline for Android

    From 1 comment
  • How words are marked common

    From 1 comment
    • just curious, how do you mark a word as common? I often used jisho.org or classic.jisho.org (from wwwjdic) and from what i remember, a lot of those words marked as "common" were…
      deeteecee on HN

Alternatives named

  • Anki

    From 1 comment
    • Hey HN, creator of Nihongo here! I spent a long time studying Japanese vocabulary using Anki, Flashcards Deluxe, etc., but I found that studying using premade word lists never…
      chrisvasselli on HN
  • Flashcards Deluxe

    From 1 comment
    • Hey HN, creator of Nihongo here! I spent a long time studying Japanese vocabulary using Anki, Flashcards Deluxe, etc., but I found that studying using premade word lists never…
      chrisvasselli on HN
  • Imiwa

    From 1 comment
    • Before I built Nihongo, I used to use Imiwa as my Japanese dictionary, and Flashcards Deluxe for spaced repetition studying. I built this ridiculously convoluted setup where I…
      chrisvasselli on HN
  • WaniKani

    From 1 comment
    • Sweet! Looks like a nice addition to WaniKani. I'm using WaniKani for my general studies, but automatic card generation based on my word lookup is definitely neat.
      archseer on HN
  • Memrise

    From 1 comment
    • I've heard of Memrise, but haven't really spent any time playing with it. In fact, I just checked my phone and it looks like I downloaded it at some point and never opened it.…
      chrisvasselli on HN
  • JLDrill

    From 1 comment
    • Very interesting! Nihongo does use spaced repetition, and it looks like there are some similarities and some differences with JLDrill. Here's the overview: - When you select a…
      chrisvasselli on HN

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