Jisho 4.1.2 is now available for direct download customers. Mac App Store customers are going to get an interm 4.1.1 release (submitted last week, hopefully approved by Apple shortly) that fixes many of the same bugs as 4.1.2. As soon as it is on the store, I will submit 4.1.2 to Apple. These minor releases [...]

I’m glad that I can finally announce that Jisho is available on the Mac App Store. It took a few tries to get it right (as followers of @sugoijisho already know) and make it past the review team, but so far I think it was worth it. You know what they say, third time’s a [...]

I’ve released Jisho 4.1 and existing users can update via Sparkle ( Jisho -> Check for Updates ). Jisho 4.1 started in February 2010, fresh off the heels of 4.0.1 with the idea of refining the interface. Development wore on and the UI was looking a bit better, but it didn’t feel natural. Not like [...]

Things have been very quit recently…a little too quiet. Originally, I had chalked it up to summer vacation, and most people not sitting in front of their computers (unlike me). It turns out, my provider changed an email setting on my server and was bouncing all mail to sugoisoft.com. If anybody sent any support requests, [...]

In this alternative reality, you have been seated, but your waitstaff doesn’t come. What do you do? In Japan, typically you don’t wait until the staff comes to you, like you would in America. Instead you call them when you are ready. How do you call them? Usually you say something like in the general [...]

We’ve been seated at our table and look at the menu. It all looks like giberish and there’s not photos. Quick. What do we do? No matter what you do, if you can’t read the menu, you’re going to be in for a surprise. This is generally a good thing. But, this could prove to [...]

Living or visiting Japan changes the way you think about food. It has a famous food culture that is very old. Life is centered around food. It seems almost every TV show has at least a small portion of it dedicated to watching celebrities eating a specialty dish. Complete with close ups of the various [...]

In a regular Japanese class, we are taught there are 3 basic ways to refer to oneself. 私　（watashi), あたし (atashi), and 僕 (boku). However, there are many other wonderful ways to refer to oneself in a casual manner. A word of warning though, don’t do what I do and get yourself in the habit of [...]

One of the most powerful emotions a human can feel is love. It’s no surprise that one of the first phrases people often try to learn when learning a foreign language (after the most important ‘where is the toilet?) is ‘I love you”. As a native English speaker, I know that this phrase is rather [...]

In Japanese culture what is not said is often just as important, if not more important than what is said. Aptly enough it’s language helps facilitate this with grammar points like today’s point, “such as”. Consider the following: Today I met with an old friend and we went out for a beer, played cards, and [...]