Japanese Resources

 

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Japan Links and General Information
Reading web pages in Japanese
Online Language Study
Learning Hiragana and Katakana
Podcasts
Language Exchange
Dictionaries & Grammar Guides

 

Japan Links and General Information

Keiko Schneider's Bookmarks
Stanford's JGuide
Japan Zone
WebJapan
Japan Information Network

 

Resources for reading Japanese web pages

Rikai-chan (Firefox Plug-in)
Popjisyo
Rikai.com

Learning Hiragana and Katakana

 

The Development of Hiragana from Kanji

 

 

The Developmentof Katakana from Kanji

 

Hiragana Steps

 

Katakana Steps

 

The Japanese Page - Hiragana!

 

The Japanese Page - Katakana!

 

Hiragana Quiz (courtesy of Charles Kelly)

 

Katakana Quiz (courtesy of Charles Kelly)

 

Hiragana Drill (courtesy of ChipChat)

 

Katakana Drill (courtesy of ChipChat)

 

Real Kana - Kana Practice

 

Katakana - Hiragana Matching Game

 

Reading/Writing Practice Sheets (from Rice University)

 

Ultimate Hiragana Challenge (courtesy of Kazumi Hatasa)

 

 

Online Language Study & Flashcards

Smart.fm - Highly recommended
Charles Kelly's Language Study Links
Keiko Schneider's Language Study Links
eduFire
Flashcard Exchange (search tags Japanese or Genki)
Usagi chan's Genki Resource Page
JLPT Kanji Project
JGRAM: Japanse Grammar Database

 

Language Exchange

Mixxer - via Skype
My Language Exchange
Lang - 8 - help with writing

 

Podcasts

Japanese Pod 101
Learn Japanese with Bob and Alex
Japanese LingQ
Planet Japan
Tokyo Calling
What's Happening in Tokyo

 

Dictionaries & Grammar Guides

Jim Breen's WWWJDIC
Jeffrey's J<–>E Dictionary
Software using EDICT
J Gram - the Japanese Grammar Database
Guide to Japanese Grammar