Resources and Study Tools for Japanese

Computing Resources

• Microsoft’s Japanese IME

Dictionary

• Denshi Jisho
• Jim Breen’s WWWJDIC
• Rikai
• Kantango
• The Counting Dictionary for Japanese
• Reading Tutor

Self Study/Homework

• Genki Self-Study
• Usagi-chan’s Genki Resource
• Charles Kelly’s Online Japanese Language Study Materials
• Particles
• A Guide to Japanese Grammar

Kana/Kanji/Vocabulary

• Java Kanji Flashcards (500 for Genki I & II)
• Kana and Kanji Movie
• Anki Electronic Flashcards (after the application is downloaded, many Japanese decks created by the community can be imported)

Japanese Bookstores in the U.S.

• Kinokuniya

Multimedia

• TBS News i
• Nikkei Broadband News
• NHK Online
• Yahoo Kids
• NHK Japanese Lessons
• World Business Satellite
• The Scoop
• NHK School Program Online

Listening Practice

• Learn Japanese
• "Real World" Japanese

Reading and Writing Practice

• Reading Japanese Signs

Literature

• Picture Books

Culture and Entertainment

• Kids Web Japan
• NIPPONIA Discovering Japan
• Map of Japan
• The Lives of Japanese Elementary School Students
• Japan Through Young Eyes
• Chris Malcolm Photography - Kyoto & Japan
• Tofugu Japanese culture blog & Study Tools

Music

• Gagaku
• Japan-A-Radio
• Uta-map

Proficiency Exams

• The Japanese Language Proficiency Test study page

Grant/Programs

• JET Program
• Freeman Asia Award Program
• Bridging Project for Study Abroad – Japan

Distance Learning

• Internet (online) Japanese Courses at Mesa Community College

Japanese for Professional Purposes

• Asahi
• Nikkei
• Jetro
• TBS News i
• NHK Online

Organizations

• American Association of Teachers of Japanese
• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages