diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/BinaryDictionary.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/BinaryDictionary.java
index f4c8e61..9429ef4 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/BinaryDictionary.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/BinaryDictionary.java
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@
     private native void closeNative(long dict);
     private native boolean isValidWordNative(long dict, char[] word, int wordLength);
     private native int getSuggestionsNative(long dict, long proximityInfo, int[] xCoordinates,
-            int[] yCoordinates, int[] inputCodes, int codesSize, boolean useFullEditDistance,
-            char[] outputChars, int[] scores);
+            int[] yCoordinates, int[] inputCodes, int codesSize, int[] prevWordForBigrams,
+            boolean useFullEditDistance, char[] outputChars, int[] scores);
     private native int getBigramsNative(long dict, char[] prevWord, int prevWordLength,
             int[] inputCodes, int inputCodesLength, char[] outputChars, int[] scores,
             int maxWordLength, int maxBigrams);
@@ -177,11 +177,14 @@
         Arrays.fill(outputChars, (char) 0);
         Arrays.fill(scores, 0);
 
+        final int[] prevWordCodePointArray = null == prevWordForBigrams
+                ? null : StringUtils.toCodePointArray(prevWordForBigrams.toString());
+
         // TODO: pass the previous word to native code
         return getSuggestionsNative(
                 mNativeDict, proximityInfo.getNativeProximityInfo(),
                 codes.getXCoordinates(), codes.getYCoordinates(), mInputCodes, codesSize,
-                mUseFullEditDistance, outputChars, scores);
+                prevWordCodePointArray, mUseFullEditDistance, outputChars, scores);
     }
 
     public static double calcNormalizedScore(String before, String after, int score) {
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/StringUtils.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/StringUtils.java
index 649cd65..a599933 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/StringUtils.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/StringUtils.java
@@ -166,4 +166,19 @@
         // - It also does not work with unicode surrogate code points.
         return s.toUpperCase(locale).charAt(0) + s.substring(1);
     }
+
+    public static int[] toCodePointArray(final String string) {
+        final char[] characters = string.toCharArray();
+        final int length = characters.length;
+        final int[] codePoints = new int[Character.codePointCount(characters, 0, length)];
+        int codePoint = Character.codePointAt(characters, 0);
+        int dsti = 0;
+        for (int srci = Character.charCount(codePoint);
+                srci < length; srci += Character.charCount(codePoint), ++dsti) {
+            codePoints[dsti] = codePoint;
+            codePoint = Character.codePointAt(characters, srci);
+        }
+        codePoints[dsti] = codePoint;
+        return codePoints;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/native/jni/com_android_inputmethod_latin_BinaryDictionary.cpp b/native/jni/com_android_inputmethod_latin_BinaryDictionary.cpp
index 613fbc4..2ef72e1 100644
--- a/native/jni/com_android_inputmethod_latin_BinaryDictionary.cpp
+++ b/native/jni/com_android_inputmethod_latin_BinaryDictionary.cpp
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@
 
 static int latinime_BinaryDictionary_getSuggestions(JNIEnv *env, jobject object, jlong dict,
         jlong proximityInfo, jintArray xCoordinatesArray, jintArray yCoordinatesArray,
-        jintArray inputArray, jint arraySize, jboolean useFullEditDistance,
-        jcharArray outputArray, jintArray frequencyArray) {
+        jintArray inputArray, jint arraySize, jintArray prevWordForBigrams,
+        jboolean useFullEditDistance, jcharArray outputArray, jintArray frequencyArray) {
     Dictionary *dictionary = (Dictionary*)dict;
     if (!dictionary) return 0;
     ProximityInfo *pInfo = (ProximityInfo*)proximityInfo;
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@
     int *frequencies = env->GetIntArrayElements(frequencyArray, 0);
     int *inputCodes = env->GetIntArrayElements(inputArray, 0);
     jchar *outputChars = env->GetCharArrayElements(outputArray, 0);
+    // Deactivated to prevent unused variable errors.
+    // TODO: use the following variables.
+    // jint *prevWordChars = prevWordForBigrams
+    //         ? env->GetIntArrayElements(prevWordForBigrams, 0) : NULL;
+    // jsize prevWordLength = prevWordChars ? env->GetArrayLength(prevWordForBigrams) : 0;
     int count = dictionary->getSuggestions(pInfo, xCoordinates, yCoordinates, inputCodes,
             arraySize, useFullEditDistance, (unsigned short*) outputChars, frequencies);
     env->ReleaseCharArrayElements(outputArray, outputChars, 0);
@@ -229,7 +234,8 @@
 static JNINativeMethod sMethods[] = {
     {"openNative", "(Ljava/lang/String;JJIIII)J", (void*)latinime_BinaryDictionary_open},
     {"closeNative", "(J)V", (void*)latinime_BinaryDictionary_close},
-    {"getSuggestionsNative", "(JJ[I[I[IIZ[C[I)I", (void*)latinime_BinaryDictionary_getSuggestions},
+    {"getSuggestionsNative", "(JJ[I[I[II[IZ[C[I)I",
+            (void*)latinime_BinaryDictionary_getSuggestions},
     {"isValidWordNative", "(J[CI)Z", (void*)latinime_BinaryDictionary_isValidWord},
     {"getBigramsNative", "(J[CI[II[C[III)I", (void*)latinime_BinaryDictionary_getBigrams},
     {"calcNormalizedScoreNative", "([CI[CII)D",