Check out these sites that can help you boost your Japanese language.
- Japanese-English, English-Japanese dictionaries
- Kanji, Kana help
- On-line Japanese tutoring
- Survival Japanese
- Reference materials on-line
- “Short cut” (translation) sites
- Japanese Language Proficiency Test info
- Japanese class offered online, class homepage
- Other learning sites
1) Japanese-English, English-Japanese dictionaries
- JiWORDS If you still have a computer with no Japanese capability, this site will still let you use Japanese-Japanese, Japanese-English, English-Japanese dictionaries.
- Dictionary for Beginners
This is a downloadable dictionary for beginners. Thanks to 「海外に日本語教材を送る会」 of Kyoto Tachibana Women’s University. - Rikai.com
If you haven’t seen this page, you should. You will be amazed! Enter the URL you want to go and as you move your mouse over the text, it will give you translation! Japanese to English, English to Japanese, etc . - Kanji Furigana (Hiragana) for Japanese Learners
kids.goo provides easy search and furigana service for your ease of reading online. Prof. Miwa of LESSON/J made an easy interface where you enter URL of the site you want to read with Furigana. - Free Online Bidirectional English-Japanese Dictionary
- Japanese Reading System of Multi-Lingual Environment “ASUNARO”
- Kanjidict 1.6.3.3
- Japanese-English-Japanese Electronic Dictionaries (denshi jisho)
- Jisyo.org – Japanese and Chinese pop-up hints!
- goo [国語辞典]
- Free Online Bidirectional English-Japanese Dictionary
- Kiki’s Kanji Dictionary
- KanjiQuick Japanese English Kanji Dictionary
- Online English to Japanese to English Dictionary
- 英和辞典
- Sanseido web dictionary
- WWWJDIC: E->J Lite Word Search
- Japanese-English Dictionary Interface (JEDI)
- Japanese dictionary
- Japanese Dictionaries
- EXCEED 和英辞典
- 国語、英和、和英、カタカナ、漢字、マルチ辞書
- 和英辞書
- Online English to Japanese to English Dictionary
- Japanese-English Dictionary Portal
- Japanese-English Dictionary Interface (JEDI)
- Online Language Dictionaries and Translators
- an open, free, online Japanese-English dictionary
- JavaDict Reference
- Eijiro
- Japanese <-> English Dictionary Server
- Jeffrey’s Japanese<->English Dictionary – Gateway
- Dictionary Linked System
- Reading Tutor (good dictionary)
- Jim Breen’s WWWJDIC
- WWWJDIC: E->J Lite Word Search
- JquickTrans – Dictionary . Translation . Study
- WebLsd Query Input
- Babylon – Dictionary and Translator
- Convert Web Page Kanji to Furigana
- Kakasi web frontend
- kanji romaji hiragana conversion
- Japanese-English Dictionary Interface: ROMAJI converted to KANA, Japanese and English (no conversion)
- CJK-English Dictionary
- Japanese-English Dictionary Interface (JEDI)
- Cambridge Dictionaries Online
- yourDictionary.com – Altaic Languages
- Teachionary: Japanese Word Sets
- Japanese-English Dictionary of Business and Finance
- The Counting Dictionary (jp)
- Gahoh
- The original Gahoh creator had to discontinue the site. So here comes Shinagawa sensei to the rescue!
- Kanji alive: Overview
- Another great kanji site by University of Chicago. You can watch animation, search, customize and more. Check it out!
- The Kanji SITE – A guide for students of Japanese Kanji
- A lot of classes use this site!
- Kanji Clinic
- The creator, Mary Sisk Noguchi, has been writing for The Japan Times called “Kanji Clinic.” The Kanji Clinic Web site includes all previous columns, reviews of kanji learning materials, several papers I have written on kanji learning, and response from Japan Times readers/visitors to the site. Check it out!
- Kanji Game
- Using shockwave and other cool tools.
- Otake Japanese Calligraphy
- Let’s take a look at kanji as the way should be: in brush
- Java game of hiragana and katakana
- New academic year brings a lot of kana learners, I know. Good luck!
- Moshi Moshi Kana Activities
- 怪盗ねこぴー ひらがな ばらばら
- Real Kana – Practice Hiragana and Katakana
- Kana Flashcards
- Kana Page
- TFE – Kana Tutorials
- JWL on the Web
- Real Kana
- Drill the Kanji An on-line Java flashcard program for studying and testing yourself on kanji, including on-yomi, kun-yomi and meaning tests
- KanjiLearn
- GCSE Picture Cards
- Japanese Kanji Search
- Kanji Networks. Etymologies of kanji, Chinese characters as used in Japan.
- gahoh Home Page-E
- Griffith University kanji frame
- The Kanji Master Program
- University of Virginia Online Kanji Exercises
- Today’s ii-Kanji
- e-kanji
- LexiKAN Japanese Kanji Flashcard Software
- kanji no undou jou
- kanji no renshuu
- JLPT Kanji – Printer-friendly Lists
- The Japanese page.com: Kanji
- Welcome to Kanji Practice
- A Door to the World of Kanji
- 漢字のホームページをひらがなにするリンクしゅう
- KANJI of electrical appliances
- Kanji Cafe
- On-line Learning and Teaching with The Japanese Writing System*
- KanaSensei
- Kana Flashcards
- kana chart (kanachart.com) – with hiragana, katakana, and kanji
- Fachverband Japanisch JaF (English page on Japanese, Kanji and Kana)
- kanjirenshuu.org
- The KingKanji Flashcard Page
- Welcome to Kanji Practice
- Mainichi-Kanji
- Jeffrey’s Kanji Lookup
- Kiki’s Kanji Dictionary
- Kanji Dictionary: dictionaries for learning Japanese
- Kanji no gakushuu
- 学習アニメの館
- Kanjibukuro
- Kanji Game!
- Kanji Names Project
- Kanji Gold HomePage: A Japanese kanji program.
- Joyo 96 Home Page
- Java Kanji Flashcards 500
- MIT Kanji projects: Yookoso kanji
- JDrill kanji quiz and lookup
- Beginner Home Page
- moji no page
- 和製漢字の辞典
- Ultimate Kana Challenge
- Kanji Game, a free program for studying Japanese characters. Learn Hiragana, Katakana, compounds, and vocabulary.
- kana
- ChipChat Japanese Training: Hiragana Drill
- hiragana
- hitsujun kun hiragana
- hitsujun kun katakana
- Hiragana
- Japanese Writing Tutor
- Do NihonGo / Kanji / Hiragana / Japanese Learning Software
- Hiragana Steps
- Katakana Steps
- Free Light Japanese: Learn Kana
- Nakama Vocab podcasting
- If you use Nakama textbook, take subscribe to this podcasting to learn the vocabulary. Thank you, Shinagawa sensei!
- JGram – The Japanese Grammar database
- This site is a community for learners of Japanese to help with Japanese grammar. Neat.
- Usagi-Chan’s Genki Resources
- If you use “Genki”, take advantage of this site by CSCU. And study hard!
- Chuuta Reading Materials
- Chuuta’s Legend continues. Reading Materials page.kantango
- Keep your personal vocabulary list online, make flash cards and more!
- ECISインターネット放送局
- KISC日本語チャネル
- Weekly updated internet radio broadcast from Kobe University!
- Concentration Games for Yookoso
- Ochiai sensei of Mesa Community College and Ioroi sensei of University of Florida developed these interactive exercises for you!
- にほんごをまなぼう
- This site provides useful dialogues in elementary school setting in Japan. Nice graphic and audio!
- WWWJDIC Translation Aid
- Famous JDIC dictionary database helps you read online materials.
- Charles Kelly’s Japanese Language Study Website
- Prof. Charles Kelly teaches English in Japan and his creation of online exercises for Japanese learners is just as amazing as his English ones!
- Friends of NAKAMA
- If you use Nakama, this site contains Glossary and more.
- Japanese Language Education System for Speech on an On-demand Network (LESSON/J)
- If you think it is impossible to study pronunciation online, think again. Miwa sensei is a super-nice computer teacher from Iwate. This award-winning site uses Java.
- Cyber Map Exercise
- Cyber Map Exercise II
- Please take a look and send me e-mail for your suggestions. onegai shimasu.
- Vocabulary/Kanji/Conjugation Exercise for Japanese
- Latest on Purdue learning programs for Mac.
- WELCOME TO IRASSHAI!
- Japanese distance learning from GA. Great resource, too!
- JP NET Home Page
- MIT is sharing their program here including kanji and reading practice.
- mangarama
- If you want to study Japanese with original manga with audio, here is the site for you!
- JGram – The Japanese Grammar database
- This site is a community for learners of Japanese to help with Japanese grammar. Neat.
- Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese
- An companion site of the textbook “Genki”.
- Genki Exercises
- Genki Online
- Jim Breen’s Japanese Page
- Famous Professor Breen’s Page!
- Japanese Insta-Class Page
- By SCOLA.
- Modern Japanese lessons for (Japanese) university entrance exam
- If you are an advanced reader and looking for some challenge, try this site.
- Nakama
- Yookoso! I Student Center
- Yookoso! II Student Center
- Japanese Exercise with Kanji / Japanese Language, Literature and Culture/DAMELL’S JAPAN PROGRAM
- Learn Japanese faster easier
- About TangoTown
- Online Japanese Practice
- Daily Page for Students of the Japanese Language
- Kenkyuukai.com – Learn Japanese with students at your level!
- JAPSTER 2000
- Learn to Speak Japanese
- Japanese Vocabulary Lessons
- A blog with tips & tricks to learn Japanese online
- Languageplus: LEARN JAPANESE ONLINE
- Omoshiroi Japanese Online: Fun Studying
- Japanese: Vocabulary Guide
- 日本語自己学習｜Self-Study
- Online Japanese Practice
- Japanese Lessons
- Welcome to the Nihongo Resources website!
- KITAJIMA Chizuko’s Japanese lessons
- Free Japanese Lessons. An Awardwinning Personal Guide to Stratford-upon-Avon
- Materials Created by Emi Ochiai Ahn
- Web Japanese Brush Up Your Japanese !
- 学習リソース
- Quia – Class Page – Mr. Michael Kluemper
- Quia – Japanese – top 20 activities
- Japanese Language Practice – NZAJLT
- Japanese vocabulary guide
- Japanese by self-study or far away from a face-to-face class
- Japanese: Learn Japanese language, grammar, kanji, culture and more for FREE!
- Japanese for Busy People Supplement Materials
- AJALT: SURVIVAL JAPANESE
- Lessons for “An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese”
- Nihongo o Narau – Learn Japanese
- Learn Japanese On the Web, CosCom
- e-Japanese : Japanese Language Portal Site
- Japanese Lesson From Basics
- Wakatta! A Senior High School Japanese Course
- Jim Breen’s WWWJNAMES
- Mertz sensei nihongo clinic
- Exercises Index – Japanese On-line – Monash University
- WordChamp
- Japanese Lessons with audio files
- Speak as Romans Speak
- English-Japanese Vocabulary Quizzes
- Japanese: Vocabulary Guide
- Languageplus – Japanese Activities for Teachers and Students of Japanese – Classroom Activities
- Japanese Language
- Learn Japanese at Japanese 1-2-3.com
- e-Learning Japanese
- nihongo-online
- NSW HSC ONLINE – Japanese
- Welcome to the Japanese Learning Environment !
- YesJapan.com – Learn Japanese on the Internet!
- Japanese Lessons
- Griffith University grammar frame
- A Logical Japanese Grammar
- Particles
- Tae Kim’s Japanese guide to learning Japanese grammar
- 100 GRAMMAR & USEFUL PHRASE BITS
- Japanese for the Western Brain
- 文法クイズ
- NihongoWeb
- Japanese: Learn How to Wow! with the Japanese language
- Nihongo Web: online Japanese language course
- Free Japanese Lesson
- Japanese/English Flashcard Generator
- English/Japanese Flash Cards
- Japanese Flash Card
- Reading Tutor Homepage (good tutorial)
- Verb Inflection Analyzer
- ChipChat Japanese Training
- The Monash Nihongo ftp Archive
- Public Speech Analysis System: PASTE
- Griffth University Japanese Resource Home
- AutoGloss/J
- Learn Japanese – Free!
- Absolutely Learn Japanese-Online
- Japanese Language – Welcome from The Mining Co.
- Nihongo o Narau – Learn Japanese
- Teach Yourself Japanese
- Japanese Language Information – Learning Japanese
- Say Hello in the Japanese Language
- Chiron’s Survival Japanese Course
- Do NihonGo/Fundamental Japanese Course
- YesJapan.com Japanese Lessons (Not Free)
- Learn Japanese (Not Free)
5) Referenece materials on-line
- 学生新聞
- Can’t read Japanese newspaper? How about those for elementary school stduents?
- Japanese Plays
This site has various stories that Autralian secondary schools have used. Check it out! - Kid’s News Weekly
毎日小学生新聞
キッズgoo
Kuma nichi kodomo net
Folk Legends of Japan – Kids Web Japan
Digital EHON site
Digital EHON site
Japanese Stories
Old Stories of Japan
Web Ehon
AOLオンライン文庫
現代日本語文法概説
影絵で語る民話の世界(Granddads)
HiraganaTimesHomePage
Japanese Text Initiative: Classical Japanese
Aozora Bunko
Japanese Literature
A list of E-text
WORDTHEQUE – Word by word multilingual library
Mick’s実用文例集 各種手紙の書き方
＊＊ミドリホームページ＊＊ 手紙の書き方
時事用語のＡＢＣ
新語・流行語大賞
『四字熟語辞典』＝サイバー四文字熟語辞典
便利ツール[人名事典]
死語’s HomePage
インフォシーク 現代用語の基礎知識
Japan Classic Literature Research Institute
www.classical-japanese.net
たのしい万葉集(manyo-syu)
Your Name in Japanese :: Japanese Translator.co.uk
Ogura Hyakunin Isshu - Unbeaten Tracks in Japan – Preface
6) “Short cut” (translation) sites
- SYSTRAN – eServices – SYSTRANBox
- Dictionary.com/Translator
- Translators’ Internet Resources [INDEX]
- AltaVista – World / Translate
- Excite エキサイト : 翻訳
- AltaVista – World / Translate
- Babylon – Dictionary and Translator
- infoseek マルチ翻訳
- 直子の代筆: Letter writing software
- Pacific International Japanese Technical Language Services
- Honyaku Home Page
- EtoJ Web Server
7) Japanese Language Proficiency Test
- Japanese Learning Tools at TIU
- Kanji, vocab are checked according to the test levels. Also handy dictionary and kanji reading machine. (I know YOU appreciate it.) Now it has an English index.
- Japanese Language Proficiency Test – Vocabulary Lists
What is the JLPT like?
日本語能力試験 概要
日本留学試験 概要
nihongo koyouiku nouryoku shiken ALC
nihongo kyouiku nouryoku shiken
JETRO Business Japanese Proficiency Test(JETRO Test)
Japanese Language Proficiency Test
JEES日本語能力試験
Internet Japanese Test: SUSHI - SAT Subject Test in Japanese with Listening
Japanese class offered online, class homepage
- Burnaby Mountain Secondary School
- BYU Independent Study – Distance Education Courses – Online Learning
- Online Japanese: Mesa CC
- Griffith Japanese Nathan Home Page
- Satoru Shinagawa Home Page
- Japanese Online – Monash University
- Japanese on-line project
- 語源由来辞典
Ever wondered the origin of a Japanese word? Did you know ズボン came from French? - okochama kyoushitsu
- Not a whole lot of materials, but simple materials can be transferred to teaching Japanese as a foreign/second language. 方言文章変換
- nagoyaben
- Nagoya-ben lessons by non-native
- How to Speak Nagoya Dialect (名古屋弁)
- oosaka ben
- Nihon no kotowaza
- Proverb dictionary
- Japanese proverbs – Four-character idioms, Common idioms
- 日本人がよく使うことわざ・慣用句
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