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Learn japanese vocabulary with Twitter! You will learn a new word every day. Each word will be written in kanji, hiragana, romaji and english.

Subject: Twitter

Enter the dictionary form of a Japanese verb and click the button.

Editor’s Note: I haven’t used the site yet, and based on the description the conjugation is based on a programmatic algorithm which may or may not be robust enough to do the job. But, it seems like a good addition to the online Japanese language learning universe.

Subject: Grammar

Excel@Japanese is a new way to learn vocabulary and Kanji quickly to prepare you for all levels of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test or general reading fluency. Download the Excel@Japanese spreadsheet to learn up to 7000 Japanese words and their Kanji.

Features:
* Covers all Kanji vocabulary words from all JLPT levels. We will be adding all JLPT non-Kanji vocabulary shortly.
* Simple to use. … [ Read more ]

Source: darg | Subject: Kanji

Read the Kanji is an quiz application bent on allowing passionate Japanese learners to hone their kanji skills to perfection. We want to show our users that with practice, learning kanji is not impossible, but in fact very doable. Also, we try to make in fun (and challenging) in the process.

In the current version, we are focusing on JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) vocabulary … [ Read more ]

Source: Joe Ellis | Subject: Kanji

世界と日本の童話 – 昔話集
You can listen to some children’s stories on this site. When you click “お話しを表示する”, you can see the script.

Source: hukumusume.com | Subject: Reading Material

Washington may see Japan, the world’s second-largest economy, as a powerful nation, but the Japanese don’t see themselves in the same light.

Source: The New York Times / Masaru Tamamoto | Subject: Culture

This list was produced by scanning over a million kanji on thousands of Japanese web pages and ranking them according to the number of times they were seen. In total, over 3200 distinct characters were encountered. However, in order to eliminate anomalous entries at the lower end of the frequency scale, the list was arbitrarily truncated at 2000 entries.

Each kanji character on this page is … [ Read more ]

Source: Paul Battley | Subject: Kanji

The buraku, descendants of a low feudal class, face social discrimination despite decades of affirmative action.

Source: NY Times | Subject: Culture

Careerjet is an employment search engine for Japan. In one simple search, Careerjet gives the job seeker access to a massive selection of jobs that are compiled from various internet sources, saving the trouble of having to visit each site individually.

Editor’s Note: This site is in Japanese only.

Source: Careerjet Limited | Subject: Employment / Career

This blog is for people who are interested in taking their Japanese to a higher level.

Source: Mark Wehlack | Subject: Blogs

Free Japanese penpal site with forums.

Source: Mariko Yamaguchi | Subject: Connecting (Groups, Forums, Language Exchange, Meetups, etc.)

A large collection of articles about Japan, forums, a friends/penpal system, travel tips and links, photos, a blog, a Q&A feature and I think more…

Source: Anna Mar | Subject: Travel & Tourism

This site offers fee-based online study, though there are some free materials as well (which require a registration). I haven’t checked it out too thoroughly, but it appears to be focused on lower level students.

Source: hesjapanese.com | Subject: Online Lessons

renshuu.org is a collection of resources and personalized tools for studying and mastering Japanese vocabulary and kanji. Information exists for the Genki, Intermediate Japanese, Japanese for Busy People, JLPT and Kanji Kentei.

You can use this site without registering, but the free registration allows you access to personal quiz history, a quiz scheduler (great for the JLPT!), and an advanced quiz system that keeps track … [ Read more ]

Source: Michael Hominick | Subject: Kanji

JOI is an online Japanese school. Learn Japanese online in real time. Take online Japanese classes – group classes, private lessons, or JLPT lessons – from native, professional Japanese teachers.

Connect a headset to your PC or Mac (webcam optional), and you have an instant online Japanese school. Learn Japanese at your pace from professional Japanese teachers.

Source: Earth Communications | Subject: Schools

The Learnit widget is a simple & intelligent tool for building vocabulary. Users are shown a dynamic list of 10 words from a chosen language pair. The learnit widget can be positioned on social network homepages, search engines & blogs, and is available as a Google gadget which can be added to any web page. Subscription to extra features (such as sound) is an option … [ Read more ]

Source: Learnit | Subjects: Language Study, Vocabulary / Phrases

YUKO-FORUM ist ein junges Forum rund ums Japanischlernen: Hier können sich Interessierte, Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene austauschen, Lerntipps und Literaturempfehlungen erhalten und Fragen stellen.

YUKO-FORUM is a german discussion board about Japanese language learning: meet other people who study Japanese, discuss learning methods and books, ask questions.

Source: Katrin | Subject: International / Non-English

Scott Macpherson built this site to make resources for learners of Japanese and fans of manga as well as publicize events throughout Scotland. I think the most useful aspect of the site for many will be the Japanese scripts of the famous animated movies from studio Ghibli. Print or scroll through whilst you watch on DVD to gain a greater appreciation and an osmotic boost … [ Read more ]

Source: Scott Macpherson | Subject: Anime / Manga

Further confirmation, if any were needed, that we all have a firm sense of our own place in the world is the release of “History’s 100 Most Influential People, Hero Edition,” a survey conducted by the Nippon Television Network, Japan’s largest broadcast system. Thirteen of the top 20 slots on the list, and about half overall, are occupied by Japanese people, an impressive（f somewhat ethnocentric《prinkling … [ Read more ]

Source: Japan Probe / Nippon Television Network (NTV) | Subject: History

Free classifieds, forum, events, parties, and club/bar info and coupons. Focused on Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto.

Source: Yoko Matsuura | Subjects: Classified Ads, Connecting (Groups, Forums, Language Exchange, Meetups, etc.)