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A Select List of Japanese Language Study Sites

A Select List of Japanese Language Study Sites
These also help read a web page. You just have to copy and paste the text into the form. These are not aimed at JSL students, but if you understand Japanese fairly well, they are good. For Beginnerswww.JapanesePod101.com - Daily Perhaps a bit too much time-wasting laughing and joking around and non-study related chatting between presenters, but still very good. (See hints) If you can't easily locate the podcast feed on their website, just grab it here.

Learn Japanese on the Web 10 Things I Wish I Knew About Japanese Learning When I Was First Starting Out | Tofugu When it comes to Japanese, I still have a long ways to go and a lot to learn. But, I’ve had lots of time to learn about learning, make mistakes, and apply plenty of learning theories of my own. Looking back now to when I was a wee lil’ lad, so naive and innocent (and incredibly good looking), I’ve come up with a list of ten things I really wish I had known during the days of my youth (and did I mention incredible good-looking-ness-ness?) 10. Memorization is the focus of most Japanese classes. Try learning five different things at the same time (as in, one right after another). So, the next time you catch yourself trying to memorize something, remember recall that what you really need to do is practice recalling these things, because that’s what will help you out in the long run. 9. You're only as strong as your weakest point Nobody likes to do things they aren’t good at, but that’s what separates the pros from the not-really-good-at-anything people. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. They’re liars! 3. 2.

Jim's Japanese Grammar Summary Introduction This summary of some basic Japanese grammar has been derived from the Japanese grammar text books that were used at Swinburne University when I was studying Japanese there in the 1980s. I copied these points into a small notebook to use as revision while travelling, etc.. I have decided to key them in and make them available as a WWW page which can supplement Keith Smillie's introduction to Japanese grammar. The summary starts with the assumption that the reader knows the basic sentence structure, etc. Note that the nomenclature of the Swinburne course is retained, so you need to be aware that "adjectival nouns" are 形容動詞, i.e. what some people call "quasi-adjectives", "na-adjectives" or "prenominal adjectives". There is an appendix of the main verb inflections. Jim Breen, February 2001. A differs from B A は/が B と違う (ちがう) example: 東京はメルボルンと違います。 Location で verb example: 駅で田中さんを見ました。 で also example: 毎日車で会社に行きます。 Note: You can add は or も to で in both of the above.) Verb in ましょう form

Links for Studying Japanese Online There are so many resources on the Internet for studying Japanese! These are the best ones I've found so far, and I hope you find something helpful in this list. Some quick notes first: Everything listed here is free to use unless otherwise noted. Links in bold are are highly recommended. Real-Time Online Lessons JOI (Japanese Online Institution) - An online school offering affordable real-time online lessons focusing on speaking, listening, reading, and grammar. Software JWPce - Japanese word processor for Windows. Web-based Language Tools rikaichan - A Firefox add-on that gives you mouseover popups for Japanese words. Textbooks Genki - A good textbook for introductory students. Reference Books A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar (.jp) - A great book for grammar. Study Books Note: These books are in Japanese only, and only available on order from Japan (as far as I know). 完全マスター2級 日本語能力試験文法問題対策 - JLPT level 2 grammar study book affectionately known to me as 完全マスター. Grammar Vocabulary Kana

TUFS Language Modules The Distribution and Number of the Speakers of Japanese Japanese is spoken by approximately 126 million people within Japan. This includes some 800 thousand people whose mother tongues are languages other than Japanese, such as Korean and Chinese. Externally, Japanese is spoken by Japanese descendants in Hawaii, North and South Americas, as well as the people in Taiwan, Korea and Micronesia, who were educated in Japanese during the Japanese occupancy in the former half of the 20th century. The Japanese we learn here Our module deals with the Japanese spoken in Metropolitan Tokyo and its outskirts. Memorize Japanese kanji, learn Japanese You must enable Java to view the applet You seem to be running Firefox.If you are running an old version of Firefox, first have a look in Tools/Options/Content, make sure "Enable Java" is checked, click OK and reload the page.Starting with Firefox 4, click on the Firefox orange menu (top left of the window), choose Add-ons, click Plugins and make sure the Java plugin is activated.If Java is not in the list please visit this page if you wish to download Java:Sun Microsystems Java download Finally, if the applet still does not display, go this support page of Mozilla.org.Support Mozilla.com, Using the Java plugin with Firefox. <table cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 border=1 bordercolor="#ff0000"><tr><td align="center"><span><b>You must enable JavaScript if you want to use this site. If the Java applet does not display, please read the following page: Java Settings Memorize Japanese kanji (Jōyō kanji order) Introduction This program was thus conceived as a tool to help you memorize the kanji. Top

Learn Japanese Japanese Log (Language Learning Log I've only been studying Japanese for less than a month, so hopefully participating in this challenging will give me a huge kickstart to learning this notoriously difficult language. I don't know if I will be able to continue for the entire 3 month period, but I'm committed to participating for at least 2 months. So far I've been using the Power Japanese software from Transparent Language along with Pimsleur I, which I've been using passively. Other ways I incorporate Japanese into my life are by watching subtitled anime and trying to read manga in their original language. As for goals, I think I'd like to finish watching all 52 episodes of Let's Learn Japanese, finish up Power Japanese and Pimsleur I, and hopefully get through the entire passive wave of at least the first Assimil volume.

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Nihongo o Narau - Learn Japanese Learn Japanese Online Japanese Lessons - Ramblings of DarkMirage Introduction So, one day I was feeling bored and I decided to start a series of Japanese lessons targeted at the anime fans. These lessons are not meant to actually teach the language, but rather to give you a better understanding of how Japanese works and the various headaches faced by translators when they work on your favourite shows every week. I intend to keep this updated regularly, so keep checking back Chapters Chapter 0 – PrologueChapter I – VerbsChapter II – SentencesChapter III – KanjiChapter IV – 1st KatamariChapter V – AdjectivesChapter VI – Keigo Japanese Titbits #1 – 黄昏 (tasogare)#2 – Hentai vs.

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