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Nice Addition to ATOK for Android -- Dictionaries - rich_f - 2012-04-14
Found this when I was checking for updates. ATOK has recently released extra dictionaries for its Android keyboard. The keyboard costs 1,500 yen, and as far as I know, you can only purchase it from the JP Google Play. (Ugh.) For those who have it, the new dictionaries may be useful. I think they're kind of cool to varying degrees.
First: 和英. As you type in a Japanese word, in the selection ribbon, the English definition shows up. Very cool when it works. (Dictionary is kind of small.)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.justsystems.atokmobile.dldic.japanese_to_english
Next: A dictionary of useful phrases to use when dealing with 目上 people in writing. So when you type in a word, a more polite version or phrase will pop up as a suggestion. (Not perfect by any means, but might come in handy in an emergency.) Useful for those 季節 phrases you have to use in correspondence. An example from their page:
Type in ごがつ get 薫風緑樹をわたる季節となりました as a suggestion.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.justsystems.atokmobile.dldic.template.sentence
Lastly: Kaomoji. Type in phrases like わらい, get an option for kaomoji like (o^∀^o). Useful if your phone can't handle kaomoji any other way, and it's a faster way of inputting them. (If you use them.)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.justsystems.atokmobile.dldic.kaomoji&feature=more_from_developer
I may have seen a medical dictionary in there somewhere... but I'm not interested in that right now, because I'm not in Japan and bleeding. >_>a
Nice Addition to ATOK for Android -- Dictionaries - TwoMoreCharacters - 2012-04-15
You just make me want it even more
I think you need a Japanese sim card. I'm rooted and use Market Enabler to access stores from different regions, it has your phone recognized as one from an entirely different provider. Still, if I try to buy something from the Japanese store I just get a message that says that the item is not available in my region.
Nice Addition to ATOK for Android -- Dictionaries - vix86 - 2012-04-15
I had never heard of this and when I googled about it I also found links about removing region locking
http://filthypants.blogspot.jp/2011/12/how-to-download-region-locked-japanese.html
http://wccftech.com/article/remove-regional-limitations-android-market/
No idea if they work or not since I live in Japan and am on Docomo.
Nice Addition to ATOK for Android -- Dictionaries - TwoMoreCharacters - 2012-04-15
The second link describes what I had been trying but the first one is a really good find. Might try it some time.
Nice Addition to ATOK for Android -- Dictionaries - rich_f - 2012-04-15
@TwoMore: Have you just tried logging in over a JP proxy via wi-fi? I got ATOK in my XOOM when I was in Japan over plain old Wi-Fi. My NexusOne had a BMobile SIM, but I don't think that had anything to do with it, because I installed ATOK in my XOOM first. (Then again, I could be wrong.)
Nice Addition to ATOK for Android -- Dictionaries - gibosi - 2012-05-05
Good news! It appears that ATOK for Android is now available outside of Japan! I am in the states and yesterday I was able to download the 30-day trial version to my GSM Galaxy Nexus with an AT&T SIM from the Android Play Store. I was immediately offered the chance to purchase, but I have decided to try it out for a while before making my decision. So far, I am very impressed!