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かきかた print maker

Use this site to make handouts to practice your kana, numbers, and other writing. Download the PDF file for printing and print it out to use.
Online Japanese - AJALT

Using this site you can study elementary conversation, vocabulary, reading, grammar and so on. There's also conversation and reading practice for advanced learners.
Online Japanese Tests

On this site you can try quizzes on Japanese grammar, vocabulary, kanji, listening and reading comprehension and JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) questions. As well as English, the site has support for Chinese and Korean.
Web Japan

Using this site you can find out about Japanese society and culture through a range of contents.
日本語学習読本（Reading materials for learn Japanese)

This site introduces easy-to-read Japanese books designed to make reading fun for children whose first language is not Japanese, children who have hearing difficulties or cannot hear, and children who are learning Japanese or find Japanese difficult, to read and enjoy by themselves.
Let’s study Japanese! にほんご123

There are 380 lessons with dialogue videos and vocabulary flashcards to learn with.
HiNative

This is a language learning Q&A site where you can ask and answer questions with native speakers of more than 170 countries.
早おし！部首チャレンジ Kanji Radical Challenge!

On this website you can study kanji radicals through a game. It's easy to use.
Learning Chocolate

You can study Japanese vocabulary using this website packed with plenty of illustrations, images, audio and quizzes. Various kinds of vocabulary are included, from words used in daily life to medical terms.
YAMASA Online Kanji Dictionary

This is an online kanji dictionary where you can look up entries in a variety of ways. You can look up kanji using their reading, meaning, stroke order and so on.
Kids Web Japan

This is a website which aims to introduce Japan to children. Here you can study about the Japanese language and culture.
JV-Campus

This is an online international education platform that shares a wide variety of educational content created by Japanese universities and other institutions, worldwide.It has a wealth of content for those wanting to learn Japanese and explore Japanese culture.
漢字 Japanese kanji Dictionary

A kanji dictionary to look up kanji and words. It has lots of characters and a wealth of information.
Hiragana Recipes

Hiragana Recipes is a website with recipes for Japanese home cooking explained in easy Japanese. Wouldn't you like to try cooking and eating food that's served in Japanese homes?
Hirogaru, get more of Japan and Japanese

“Hirogaru, get more of Japan and Japanese” is a site for learning different things about Japan and the Japanese language through your own interests.
Learner Text Evaluator jWriter

Enter your composition and jWriter will automatically evaluate your level of writing. It will also give you advice on how to improve.
Video Materials for Children Learning Elementary Japanese as a Second Language: A joint research project by Hyogo University of Teacher Education and Kobe City Board of Education

This is for children who need to learn Japanese as a second language. Children from different backgrounds can learn Japanese used daily at schools in Japan, with Scenario Videos (シナリオ動画) and Vocabulary Videos (語彙動画).
ひきだすにほんご　Activate Your Japanese!　Content Library

Japanese language learners who want to live and work in Japan can enjoy acquiring strategies to maximize their Japanese language skills while watching videos.
JAPANESE MADE Easy!!

On this website, you can learn beginner level Japanese grammar and basic Japanese vocabulary in English, through podcasts that come with transcripts.
Learn Kana

This is a site for learners of Japanese as well as Japanese children to practice kana in a game setting, developed by Purdue University, USA.
JF Japanese e-Learning Minato

Minato is a platform that offers a place to learn and meet new friends. You can learn by choosing the course that suits your level, from six levels based on the JF Standard for Japanese-Language Education (JFS).
Wanna Use Japanese!

This is a site where you can practice your reading, writing, and listening skills in the Japanese that is part of your daily life in Japan.
Associative Kanji Learning

Using this site you can study the kanji learned by elementary school students in Japan and textbooks such as "Genki", "Minna no Nihongo" and so on.
Nihongo Overlapping

On this site, you can practice your pronunciation using a method called overlapping, where you speak along with the model voice, while looking at the script. After you practice, you can listen to and visually check your pronunciation.
やってみよう日本語クイズ(Let's try Japanese quiz games.)

Learn intransitive verbs, transitive verbs, and onomatopoeia through quiz games.
Fun Trivia Quizzes - Japanese

Here you can try quizzes on kanji or other aspects of Japanese.
Rikai.com

This is a reading support tool which shows you how to read - and the meaning of - Japanese words that use kanji.
RomajiDesu

This is a site that uses Jim Breen’s Japanese Dictionary and his Kanji Dictionary to create an online dictionary site that also lets you convert romaji into hiragana and katakana.
Origami Club

This site introduces lots of drawings and animations for how to fold various origami shapes.
福娘童話集 Hukumusume Fairy Tale Collection

This is a website where you can hear traditional folk tales, legends and fairy stories - from Japan and all around the world - read aloud for you in Japanese.
Visualizing Japanese Grammar

Here you can check your understanding of the main points of beginner-level Japanese grammar, through watching, listening and reading.
United Links for Japanese Learning Web Resources

This is a convenient collection of links to Japanese-study websites that allows you to choose the site you want to visit by selecting various categories, such as Japanese ability-level, display language and skills covered.
Genki Japan

Using this site you can study Japanese in an easy and fun way and find out some basic information about Japan. There's plenty of games and songs to be found here too.
Japanese Kanji Map

This site is part of Rikai.com. For kanji you are interested in, you're shown 6 examples of how different characters can go before or after them to make various 2-kanji compound words.
Tokyo Metropolitan University mic-J AV Resources for Japanese Language Instruction

An audio-visual resource site designed by Tokyo Metropolitan University. There is an abundance of YouTube content, useful as well for those who study alone.
Japanese Typing Practice for Beginners

You can use this site to practise typing hiragana, katakana and kanji. There is also some sentence-level practice and dictation practice.
にじいろ（Nijiiro）

This is a website that provides information to those who want to study in Japan and those who are currently studying in Japan.
NHK WORLD-JAPAN やさしい日本語 | Easy Japanese Conversation lessons

This website was created in conjunction with the NHK World-Japan radio program (supervised by the Japan Foundation Japanese International Center). Enjoy learning phrases and grammar useful for traveling in Japan while watching anime and videos. This site is offered in 21 languages.
AITalk

This is the home page for AI, Inc., a voice synthesizer company. There is a demonstration corner where you can select from various character’s voices and have them read back text to you.
NHK WORLD-JAPAN やさしい日本語｜Easy Japanese Grammar lessons

This website was created in conjunction with the NHK WORLD-JAPAN program "Easy Japanese." Supporting 17 languages, this site allows you to study beginner-level grammar.
Daily Life Orientation Videos

The Daily Life Orientation Videos introduce all the basics you need for living in Japan, such as rules of daily life, work, taxes, and more, in 17 languages.
IRODORI Japanese Online Course

This is a free online course based on the Japanese language course book IRODORI Japanese for Life in Japan. Through videos and a variety of illustrations and audio, you can learn the Japanese you need in daily situations in Japan. There is also an abundance of practice questions for training in areas where you feel you need more practice or lack confidence.
Japanese Language Instruction Textbook for Foreign Children and Students "Tanoshii Gakko"

Here you can view - in 24 different languages - expressions and vocabulary often used in 10 typical scenes of Japanese school life.
Handwritten kanji searches at sljfaq.org

Here you can search for kanji by their components, or by writing them freehand. This is particularly convenient if you don't know the reading of the kanji you want to look up.
Jim Breen's Japanese Page

This is a Japanese dictionary and learning website, where lots of information is presented to help you make use of computers in your studies.
MATCHA

This is a useful web magazine for foreigners who want to know about Japan. The reports are by writers who actually go to the sites and write about what they experienced.
WWWJDIC: Online Japanese Dictionary Service

This is a website that has a dictionary function where you can search for words or kanji. You can also look for example sentences. The scale of the database here is astounding, with a large number of word entries.
Japanese Learner's Dictionary

This is an online dictionary where you can look up words by entering kana only, a mix of kanji/kana, romaji or the english meaning.
NHK WORLD-JAPAN Easy Travel Japanese

On this site you can watch episodes of "Easy Travel Japanese", aired on NHK WORLD-JAPAN TV, for free. You can learn that "one phrase" that is useful for travelers in Japan.
Nihongo Kikusasaizu!

Here's a site you can practice listening to beginner-level Japanese and enjoy watching anime at the same time.The anime depicts the daily life of university students in Canada. The Japanese used is based on Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese.
しごとのにほんご Easy Japanese for Work

In this website based on Easy Japanese for Work broadcast on NHK WORLD - JAPAN, you can learn Japanese that is useful for work.
Japan-guide.com

This site in English, is mostly about travel and filled with information on Japanese life and culture! Find a great deal of information about different parts of Japan.
Learn Japanese from the News

Learn Japanese used in the news and learn about what's in the news.Practice conversing about the content.
Kodomo no Nihongo Library Booklet Teaching Materials

This site is designed to support Japanese language education for non-Japanese children living in Japan and provides information on resources such as teaching materials that can be used in on-side instruction.
Nihongo Work

This is a site that offers many worksheets designed by licensed practicing psychiatrists for non-Japanese school children to learn Japanese for free.
ルビ振りひらがな変換 (rubi hiragana conversion)

This is a site where you can easily convert sentences with mixed kanji and kana to all hiragana, with one click.
Japanese Pronunciation for Communication

This is an online Japanese pronunciation course created with the ultimate goal of being able to speak Japanese with pronunciation that accurately communicates your true feelings
にほんご発音ラボ

This is a site where you can learn vocabulary and sentence structures along with rhythm and stress using fun songs and animated videos. Of the 16 songs introduced in the book, "Nihongo de Utaou (Let's Sing in Japanese)" (no longer in print), seven have been recreated on this website.
Japanese Conversation Practice DB, indexed by Situation and Function

This is a video distribution site for self-study developed by the Center for Distance Learning of Japanese and Japanese Issues, University of Tsukuba International Student Center, compliant with SITUATIONAL FUNCTIONAL JAPANESE.
数え方辞典ONLINE （Kazoekata Jiten ONLINE)

This is a dictionary to look up counter words to use when counting something.
Kanshudo

This is a site where you can learn Japanese comprehensively with tremendous content and manage your learning progress with Kanshudo AI.
TTSMP3

This tool converts text into speech.Download the voice data and listen to it over and over again. This tool is useful for times like when you need to practice before a presentation.
英辞郎(EIJIRO) on the WEB

This is an online English to Japanese, Japanese to English dictionary. It has lots of new vocabulary and specialist vocabulary, and there are plenty of example sentences too.
E-learning materials

These are Japanese learning materials developed by the Center for Japanese Language Education, the University of Tokyo.
Reading Tutor

This is a reading support system for learners of Japanese, made up of several useful items, with a dictionary tool as the key component. Other items include a 'Toolbox', a 'Reading Resource Bank', 'Website Links', and a 'Grammar Quiz' section.
Web CMJ （Nagoya University Grammar・Kanji）

Practice and review basic Japanese grammar and kanji with Japanese Grammar Online and Japanese Kanji Online offered by Nagoya University International Education and Exchange Center.
Support 21 教材バンク（Kyozai banku)

These are original learning materials by Support 21 for practicing useful basic words and phrases, as well as hiragana and katakana, with movies showing everyday life in Japan and printable teaching materials.
Nihongo Starter A1

This is a self-study ebook for people studying Japanese for the first time. Learn the Japanese used in situations encountered by international science and engineering students in Japan.
TNe とよた日本語eラーニング Toyota Nihongo e-learning

This is a site where foreigners living in Japan can practise Japanese conversation and written characters. It's useful for learning spoken Japanese for the kind of situations encountered by a foreign resident beginning life in Japan.
Japanese in Anime & Manga

This is a site where you can have fun learning Japanese in action, in anime and manga. It's filled with contents and categories including character expressions, ninja kanji, onomatopoeia, and love word.
Tadoku in Japanese

This is a site for learners of Japanese to enjoy graded readers designed so that you can read lots, for free.
"Erin's Challenge! I Can Speak Japanese." Contents Library

Watch international student Erin, the main character in the DVD learning series "Erin's Challenge! I can speak Japanese" in various scenes through her experiences at a Japanese high school.
Connect and Enhance Your Life in Japanese

This site was created for foreigners living in Japan. You can learn about everyday Japanese conversation through videos and pick up the words and expressions you need to know.
Japanese Learning Support Site RAICHO

You can practise hiragana, katakana, elementary grammar and pronunciation using its Japanese study content. There is also a list of readings and meanings of terms used in computing.
TRAVEL JAPANESE APP

Learn useful Japanese phrases for travelers while watching free learning videos on this site.
NIHONGO de CARE-NAVI

On this site you can look up the meanings for words and expressions used in the fields of nursing and caregiving, with both Japanese-English and Japanese-Indonesian language support. You can also listen to audio.
CARLA : Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition

You can find out some cultural differences between Japan and your own country as you consider Japanese culture and society while answering the questions posed on this site.
Kanji Koohii

This site is designed as a supplementary tool for learners studying the kanji using James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" method. You can make flashcards to help you memorise the kanji.
MARUGOTO Plus

This is a site compatible with the “Marugoto: Japanese ｌanguage and culture” textbooks and you can study not just Japanese and learn about Japanese culture, but also learn about other cultures.
MARUGOTO Plus Elementary 2 (A2)

You can enjoy learning with videos and quizzes on Japanese language and culture in line with the contents of the coursebook, MARUGOTO: Japanese Language and Culture, which conforms to the JF Standard for Japanese-Language Education.　　　
Japanese language games

This is a site with various games for studying vocabulary and kanji. It’s very easy to use.
Wasabi - Learn Japanese Online-

We provide recited materials in collaboration with the radio station, FM Shimabara. Use radio podcasts designed as teaching materials to learn practical Japanese.
Japanese for the Western Brain

This is a site that offers an introduction to the Japanese language. Though no contents where you can actually practise yourself are available, you can read detailed explanations about Japanese.
Things To Do

This is the website of Japan's National Tourism Organization. Here you can find lots of information related to Japan and Japanese culture alongside photographs.
BaBaDum

This is a quiz site for vocabulary in many different languages. The quizzes feature unique illustrations and movements and are in a game style.
memrise

This is a site where you can enjoy learning via flashcards for free. It’s also a community style site with a registration system (SNS-type).
OJAD－Online Japanese Accent Dictionary

This is an online Japanese accent dictionary.You can look up the standard Tokyo dialect accent for verbs and adjectives.
ONLINE LIFE SCIENCE DICTIONARY（WebLSD）

This is a useful dictionary for looking up terms in the field of life sciences such as pharmaceutics or medical science.
Tae Kim's Guide to Learning Japanese

Using this site you can check your understanding of the key points of Japanese grammar by reading explanations of each with example sentences.
Learning and Teaching Japanese

The basics of Japanese are carefully explained here, making it a very useful site for people who are thinking about starting to learn Japanese, or for Japanese learners who have just begun their studies.
Japanese IO

This is a site that lets you paste texts that you want to read and add ruby to the kanji or look up meanings of the words.
漢字書き順辞典（Kanji stroke order dictionary）

This kanji lookup dictionary recognizes handwriting.
訳GO YAKUGO.COM

This is an online English-Japanese/Japanese-English dictionary. The site's basic concept is 'just type in some Japanese or English and you'll be shown its meaning', so the instant you enter even a single character you'll be shown a group of words containing that character, plus their meanings.
International University of Japan　“Lesson For Useful Expression in Japanese”

This is a series of videos to help beginners learn Japanese. There are 10 videos showing sequences in a story style to help you easily learn how a dialogues between two people are spoken.
Japanese Language self-study site

You can enjoy studying beginner Japanese in an easy to understand way. After topic 1, “Hiragana, Katakana” and topic 2 “Greetings, Numbers”, there are skits with example conversations that use Japan as the stage and teach you the necessary sentence patterns and vocabulary to use in each situation. There are 15 lessons so far.
Kiki's Kanji Dictionary

You can look up kanji via list organised by radical. The site also has a Google search function.
介護の漢字サポーター（Caregiving Kanji Supporter）

This is a site where you can look up the kanji, and associate single kanji, two-kanji words and terminology with another used on each subject of the National Examination for Care Workers.
日仏辞典　Dictionnaire-Japonais.com

This is an online Japanese to French and French to Japanese dictionary.
Kanji alive

This is a web-based tool to help beginner and intermediate level Japanese language learners to read and write kanji. It is free, but there are certain system requirements necessary to use it.
Japanese Cuisine - Cooking Japanese Food at Home

Introduces a variety of Japanese household cuisine with pictures.