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These dictionaries are a godsend for figuring out what a given kanji means, and how to pronounce it.
There are around 40 000 kanji characters. Most have various meanings depending on context. And depending on the context, a character is spoken in entirety different ways.
Phone dictionaries have been fine for kanji recognition and searching radicals for over 10 years.
I learnt Japanese in schooling from 2002 to 2011 and I was using my phone in the last two years of that.
Honestly, english is not much better there; i'm good at reading and writing it but have trouble with pronounciation. And lot's of words with double or tripple meaning. At least in german-ish you know how to say it by reading it. Chuchichäschtli is a Chuchichäschtli and not a Küchenkasten.
As a non native English speaker, the pronunciation is hell. I love me some Scottish/English accents but they are so different to the American accents, which are also very diverse (not to mention the small differences in vocabulary and spelling). Since I consume all sorts of different English contents, with my french accent on top, my pronunciation is all over the place.
Though tough, through thorough thought, you can learn how to properly pronounce English words.
Same as kanji ;)