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YUBISASHI English-JAPAN　touch&talk app for iPhone and iPad


4.0 ( 6640 ratings )
Travel Education
Developer: Yubisashi Co., Ltd. (Apps)
6.99 USD
Current version: 3.0.2, last update: 6 years ago
First release : 23 Oct 2009
App size: 16.95 Mb

This is an App for the best-selling book series more than 510 million copies sold, "YUBISASHI Point and Phrase Book"
This application offers you our original communication tool "Touch and Talk" including the guidebook and community page "YUBISASHI Community" as new functions.
Please see the terms of use for the supported OS.


Once you have downloaded, this application can be used without an internet connection. To access to the guidebook and community page "YUBISASHI Community", it is necessary to connect to the internet. Membership registration (free of charge) is required to post a message.

In case of failure such as sound problems, please uninstall the application and install again. (If you install using the same ID, there is no additional charge.)


Features

■ Listening to the Japanese pronunciation as much as you want!
Touch the screen and listen to the Japanese native speakers pronunciation.
It can also be used for Japanese language study.

■ Lots of useful words and phrases in various situations!
It contains selected useful words and phrases in 39 situations from transportation to eating, shopping and trouble.

■ Easy-to-follow illustrations!
It helps you to find the words you need easily and also have a lively conversation with locals. You don’t have to understand the grammar. It contains the phrases used in a daily conversation. You can easily communicate just by touching the screen.

-INDEX
1 At the Airport
2 Getting on the Train
3 On the Street
4 At the Hotel
5 Greetings
6 Geography of Japan
7 Tokyo Route Map
8 Tokyo Highlights
9 Japan Highlights 1
10 Japan Highlights 2
11 Manners & Customs
12 Introducing Yourself
13 Hobbies & Friends
14 Work & School
15 Money & Numbers
16 Clothes & Colors
17 Souvenirs of Japan
18 Daily Necessities
19 Shops in Your Town
20 Japanese Calendar
21 Japanese Culture
22 Domestic Life in Japan
23 Major Sports in Japan
24 Well-known Japanese Food
25 Popular Home Cooking
26 Japanese Fast Food
27 Japanese Sweets & Snacks
28 Vegetables & Fruits
29 Seafood & Meat
30 Beverages
31 Going Out for a Drink
32 What Time?
33 Days, Weeks & Months
34 Drugstores & Clinics
35 At the Hospital
36 Emergencies
37 Family & Romance
38 On the Phone, Etc.
39 Keeping in Touch

New functions

・Bookshelf
Enjoy the sample version of electric book for the various countries "YUBISASHI Point and Phrase Book".

・Guidebook
Convenient guidebook focused on the major cities.
Browse from 4 categories; "See", "Eat", "Shopping" and "Stay" as well as from the maps.

・YUBISASHI Community
Community page for browsing the information from each category; "See", "Eat", "Shopping" and "Stay" with a function of posting a message.

・Emergency Contact
Emergency contact such as Embassies in Japan, police stations and hospitals.


・New functions and improvement of UI
◎ You can use the following functions by touching and holding a screen of each phrase.
-Share on SNS
-Add to bookmarks
-Copy

◎ Improvement of displaying the phrases
Enlarge the phrases by touching the screen.

◎ Improvement of turning the pages
Turn the pages smoother and faster than before.


Terms of use

Supported OS : iOS 7.0 or later
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In case of failure, please contact us via e-mail.

[email protected]

"YUBISASHI" is a registered trademark of Joho Center Publishing Co. Ltd.

（C）2014 Joho Center Publishing Co. Ltd

Publisher Joho Center Publishing Co. Ltd

Pros and cons of YUBISASHI English-JAPAN　touch&talk app for iPhone and iPad

YUBISASHI English-JAPAN　touch&talk app good for

Im a huge fan of this book and Ive been waiting for a long time to have an iPhone app for it. The format is fantastic and the characters are great. It really is a useful book if you are stuck speaking to someone and its really easier for you to point to an image. My one complaint with this app is that they use way too much kanji. If you dont know kanji (and if youre studying Japanese, you most likely wont), its easy to pronounce the words if you can read the katakana or hiragana. When using this much kanji, youre forced to rely on the audio and then theres a chance you may mispronounce something. That really is a big disappointment. Beyond that, Im thrilled that this is finally in app form.
This application is based on the very useful Point-And-Speak phrase book, which I have used for over three years and I have found this to be something that I must have when I am out and about in Japan. I thought this app on my iPad would replace the book, but this application does not have all of the sections/pages from the book. I have used this application quit a bit. Unfortunately, I still have to grab the book, which I still carry with me. My complaint is directed more at what’s not there, which you can read about below. Overall, my ranting set aside, I recommend this app. It is clean, functions very well and is very useful. With a few more additions and improvements, this application will be sugoi! Some of the missing sections from the book are: Geography, Life In Japan, Japanese Culture & Enjoying Meals 2, which contains Vegetables & Fruits, Seafood & Meat and has helped me out tremendously when shopping. Also, the Tips on Understanding Japanese People and the English and Japanese glossary of words is missing. I hope these are added later. This app is also missing the transliteration, which has helped me out a lot with learning how to say something because there is a picture, English, Japanese and the transliteration are in the book. I am guessing they decided that the audio might replace this; however, the app reads the English and then the Japanese. It would be better if there was on option to turn off the English. I hope you enjoy this app and your travels in Japan.

Some bad moments

Update: still no updates to functionality or addition of missing sections from the book.. I have the Spain version of this app and its good except for the fact that the last pages have no color, this japan version is pretty horrible in that it says both English and Japanese. I didnt buy this app to learn how to speak english.

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