Japanese Language
Resources for Learning Japanese
Japanese Language | Online Dictionaries | Useful Apps | Search Engines
Japanese Media | Japanese Culture | Traveling in Japan | Japan in USA
- Introduction to Japanese
- Genki-Self-study Room
- OJAD (Online Japanese Accent Dictionary)
- Challenging Sounds (Practice the difficult pronunciation)
- Japanese sound system and pronunciation
- Reading tutor (Japanese Language Reading Tutorial System)
- Japanese Language Learning Tools
- Learn Japanese
- NIHONGO eな You can find the various sites for Language Learning!
- JF Japanese e-Learning Minato みなと
- Marugoto (Japanese Language and Culture)
- Marugoto Plus (Videos on Japanese culture)
- Erin’s Challenge – I can speak Japanese
- Japanese for Anime and Manga
- Suiren: A Kanji Relationship Explorer
- Tae Kim’s Japanese Grammar Guide
- Listen Together: The Songs of Japan
- E-learning site for beginners:ひろがるーもっといろんな日本と日本語
- Online Learning Module: Reading practice for advanced learners
- Japan-easy, NHK World Japan
- Digital Ehon (Voices Windows only)
2. Online Dictionaries
- Hiragana Megane- How to read Japanese (You can look up the reading of kanji)
- Rikai.com (Rikaichan for add-on) You can check kanji reading and meaning.
- Popjisho (You can read Japanese sites with pop-up hints)
- Jim Breen’s WWWJDIC
- Jisyo.org
- たんごりん(Tangorin) dictionary
- Nihongo Dict
- Shirabe Jisyo (iphone App) It has the hand-writing function.
- Imiwa? (iphone App)
- Japanese 日本語 (iphone & android App)
- Hiragana Memory Hint (android)
- Kana bimoji (android)
- Hiragana Memory Hint (android)
- Katakana Memory Hint (android)
- Kanji Memory Hint (android)
- GENKI Vocab Cards (iphone & android App)
- GENKI Kanji Cards – Learning Basic Kanji through Vocabulary (iphone & android App)
- GENKI Conjugation Cards
- ゆにおん(Union) for the practice of special sounds
- Japanese Video News (android)
- NHK for school (android)
- Human Japanese (android)
- HiNative – Learn Language (android)
- NHK World (android)
- JAPOW!
- NHK News Web
- NHK Web Easy
- ANN News
- Fuji TV Network
- The Mainichi Newspaper
- Yomiuri Online
- Asahi Shimbun
- Asahi Shinbun (WEBRONZA)
- Nikkei Newspaper
6. Japanese Culture and Economy
- Web-Japan
- Nippon.com: Your Doorway to Japan
- Japan Matters for America
- Begin Japanology (NHK)
- Japan Video Topics
- NHK World
- JETRO United State (Japan External Trade Organization)
- Japan: ABENOMICS
- JNTO: Japan Official Guide
- MATCHA Japanese Travel Magazine
- Walking in Tokyo
- Japan Rail Pass
- Consulate General of Japan in New York
- Japan in Your heart
- Shofuso Japanese House and Garden @ Philadelphia
- Maido: A marketplace of Japan
- Japanese Association of Greater Philadelphia
- Japan Information Center, Consulate General of Japan in New York
- Japan Foundation in New York
- Kinokuniya Bookstore @ NY
- Book Off (Second-hand book store) @ NY