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Learning Japanese through Kanji
These are Japanese reading materials designed for upper-intermediate level learners. These readings look at 200 basic kanji characters one at a time, explaining in simple terms how each one came about, how the meaning of each has changed and so on. This website forms part of AJALT Online's teaching materials.
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NIHON Shock
This is a website that introduces useful information about Japan and the Japanese language in a fun way, in blog form.
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Meiji University e-Learning System
This is a website for beginner-level learners, where you can learn about hiragana, katakana, greetings and some Japanese signs.
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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.
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Quizlet
This is a website that offers free flashcards and study games. It's useful for language learning.
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My Kikitori
This is a very useful website for beginner-level learners of Japanese who are looking for a way to practice their listening.
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Japanese-Lesson.com
This is a useful website for any learners who are thinking they want to begin studying Japanese. Everything is written in English.
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経済のにほんご (Economics/Business Japanese)
This is a website where you can some study fundamental Japanese terms used in economics/business.
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Escucha japones 聞く日本語
This is a website to help Spanish speakers with their Japanese listening and conversation practice. You can listen to daily conversation set to a fun, bouncy rhythm and practise through repetition.
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KanjiRepeater
This is a website where you can practise the 1,006 "kyouiku kanji" (all the characters taught in Japanese primary schools, separated by grade).
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YOUR NAME IN JAPANESE
This is an online tool which converts names written using the Roman alphabet into katakana notation. How do you write your own name in katakana? Why not try checking here?
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sci.lang.japan Frequently Asked Questions
This website presents a convenient collection of Frequently Asked Questions about Japan and the Japanese language.
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マルチメディア「にほんごをまなぼう」
You can learn the kind of language often used in Japanese schools, including greetings, conversation and classroom instructions.
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日本語らくだ Nihongorakuda
This is a site created by the University of Jordan's Japanese language education programme.
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J-LEARNING.COM Learn Japanese On Line
This is a website where you can study all aspects of beginner-level Japanese grammar. Starting with basic words and expressions, you can study here with grammar explanations that make use of simple slides to help you understand, various questions or pieces to read, worksheets and kanji tutorials too.
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Online Nihongo
This is a site where you can learn how to read (pronounce) and write the kana. Check your knowledge of hiragana and katakana through a number of quizzes.
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JOSHU – Japanese Online Self-Help Utility
This is a self-study site where you can try some hiragana/katakana practice, or verb conjugation and particle practice. You can also watch videos showing Japanese culture seen through the eyes of American university students.
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Digital EHON (Picture Book) Site
On this site you can read, and listen to, Japanese folklore tales in 12 different languages, with accompanying pictures.
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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.
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Kanji Clinic
This is a column that appears in the Japan Times, designed to help develop kanji learning methods aimed at foreigners. The background, make-up etc. of various kanji are introduced in articles with various themes.