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Language Learning Links - Japanese

Personal Notes

• Writing Japanese: The Syllabaries
• Writing Japanese: The Chinese Characters
• Hints In Meaning & Pronunciation
• Cure Dolly Notes

Browser Addons

• 10ten Reader Popup Dictionary

Articles

• Tad Perry - The Quick and Dirty Guide to Japanese
• Hitomi Hirayama - PeraPera Penguin
• Mangajin Magazine [Archive]

General Websites

• Erin's Challenge
Comments: A wonderful free course put together by The Japan Foundation; a lot of videos, comics, etc.

• Tofugu
Comments: A lot of resources; some of my favorties are the onomatopoeia dictionary and the guide to bowing

• Kanji Damage
Comments: A way of learning Chinese Characters as they are used within Japanese; a lot of the jokes are crude, but the usage notes are incredibly useful

• Japanese Verb Conjugator
Comments: Pop in the dictionary form of a verb and see some ways you can change it

Several other websites, like Nostalgic and Itazura Neko, have a ton of great resources for learning Japanese. For explanations of grammar specifically, check out Visualizing Japanese Grammar, Tae Kim's Guide to Learning Japanese, and IMABI.

• YouGlish Japanese
Comments: Search for a word and it finds a YouTube clip of a native speaker speaking it; also breaks down the subtitles of that video word-for-word into their dictionary entries

YouTube Channels

• Japanese Ammo with Misa
• KemushiChan ロレッタ
• Learn Japanese From Zero! [Accompanying Website]
• Miku Real Japanese
• Nobita from Japan
• That Japanese Man Yuta
• とある男が授業をしてみた Grammar Playlist