1. Reviewing the kanji aka RTK
Learn the Japanese Kanji once and for all – excellent website / online tool. Save yourself months and months by using this.
2. Anki
A computer program that you can fill with flash cards. It uses a special algorithm to test you – making the spacing perfect for maximum retention.
3. Miro
Miro isn't Japanese software per say. But it can download Japanese TV and programs for you to watch – hassle free. Which is useful for the language learner.
4. Rikaichan
Rikaichan is an addon for the firefox webbrowser. Hover your cursor over a japanese word and it will tell the possible meanings and readings. Extremely useful.
5. Ajax IME
Can't install Japanese on your computer (for whatever reason) then use this – you can type Japanese directly into the editbox. Extremely useful
6. Japanese Pod 101
Podcast straight from Toyko with native Japanese speakers. Mp3 files for all levels
7. Japanese Culture Podcast in Japanese
Japanese dicussion about Japanese culture
8. Daily Yomiuri Podcast
News podcast
9. All Japanese all the time
This site is great – it lays out a course of study and has plenty of articles that will have you raring ready to go
10. Drama Note
Scripts for Japanese dramas. Excellent resource for puzzling out what someone is saying. There's a google search near the top use that to search for drama scripts. Usually there's a root page for a given drama and from there you can get all the episodes scripts. Remember to search in Japanese :D
11. AnimeSuki
Torrent site for unlicensed anime
12. JPop Suki
Torrent site for Japanese music
13. D-addicts
Full of south east asian tv. Lots of excellent dramas raw and subbed in Japanese. There's also Japanese tv – sometimes with adverts!
14. Crunchy Roll
Watch anime online!
15. Drama Wiki
Use this with D-addicts to find dramas you might like – or find dramas with similar actors – useful if you're trying to emulate a particular person.
16. Namiko's Japanese Language Blog
Namiko has been writing a short blog post in English and Japanese since the mid 90s. There's also a detailed explanation of the Japanese used.
17. The JLPT Study Page
Sentences and grammar points taken from Japanese Language Proficiency Test with excellent translations. Great source for sentence mining.
18. 2 chan
The Japanese message board. This thing is massive and scary and very unlike western forums – there's no moderation or nice formatting. Everything is just out there like a giant chalk board.
19. The Dirty Guide To Japanese
A quick overview of the entire language!
20. Tae Kim's Guide To Japanese
Excellent series of articles going over the basics of the language in a very straight forward clear manner.
21. Japanese Verbs Guide
Online book / guide to how Japanese verbs work
22. Jim's Japanese Grammar Summary
Summary of Japanese grammar all on one page.
23. A logical Japanese Grammar
Another site going over the main points of Japanese grammar
24. JGram Grammar Wiki
A wiki that covers grammar mainly associated with JLPT tests. Each point has a comments section that is sometimes more enlightening than the main article.
25. Goo Japanese Dictionary
Great example sentences
26. Yahoo's Japanese Dictionary
Another good dictionary to search
27. ALC Japanese Dictionary
Of all the dictionaries this seems to give the most examples.
28. Excite Japanese Dictionary
Often my first stop! Japanese explanations are quite simple – there are also English explanations and many examples.
29. Sanseido Online Dictionary
Good terse Japanese definitions.
30. Kanji Dictionary (English Frontend)
Has all the reading plus sound clips!
31. Nihonho2
Japanese language and grammar reference – in Japanese.
32. TBS News Online
Tokyo Broadcasting system news – lots of news video feeds.
33. Asahi Shinbun
Japanese online newspaper
34. Yomiuri Shinbun
Another good quality Japanese newspaper.
35. 100 Japanese Things
Fantastic blog that takes something Japanese
36. Daily Kids Japanese News
Sometimes adult news can be a bit much
37. Inspirational Japanese Learning Log
This log cover's 'Sheetz' journey from begginner to advanced Japanese speaker
38. Mixi
Japan's answer to facebook – though if I remember correctly you'll need an invite.
39. Japanese Wikipedia
Pro-tip – if you don't the Japanese
40. Joshu Grammar Section
This has grammar points broken down with examples and explanation. There also seems to be a lot more to the site but this is what I've found most helpful.
41. NIHONgo for it! Blog
Blog by Akiko a native Japanese teacher in Japanese. She breaks down lots of cool idioms and also goes through kanji. Here I learnt nakoze means slump
42. Japanese Game Scripts
This has Vagrant Story
43. How to read a Japanese Manga
Extremely thorough guide to purchasing and reading a Japanese manga with limited Japanese knowledge. A lot more informationhere than the title would suggest.
44. Nico Nico Douga
The Japanese equivalent of YouTube – you have to manage to register to watch though!
45. Genki Self Study Room form the Japan Times
Useful for the very basics.
46. Spoken Online Picture Books
Stories for children – that are read!
47. My Neighbour Totoro Japanese Script
Everyone studying Japanese has probably been exposed to this movie. Learn it that must faster by using the script provided here.
48. NHK Japanese Lessons
NHK is little like the BBC in the UK
49. Kuromomo's diary
Kuromomo's blog of herself and her cat
50. Famitsu
Japan's No1. Gaming Magazine website (good blogs too)
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3 comments:
Found you through RevTK. Very helpful, thanks!
dramanote is not working anymore???? :'( no waaaaaay!!!!!! it was great!!!!!
Thank you nady, I am writing scripts of Japanese dramas and animes.
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