Flaminius
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日本語 / japāniski / יפנית
This is the collection of resources which would help learners understand various aspects of the Japanese language. If you want to have Web sites added in the list that you find helpful, please post your suggestions in the resource suggestion thread. In case you find problems with existing items (such as broken links, indecent contents, duplicates etc.), kindly contact Japanese Forum moderator via PM: Flaminius.
The following owes much to the contributions by Sulizhen, SpiceMan, Anatoli, s_a_n_t_i, karuna, timpeac, Abalkhibeth, Lemminkäinen, quesuerte, samanthalee, kirsitn, sinclair001, _forumuser_ , jazyk, Lesus, Horazio, Jana337, jtm2292, AVim, tkekte, sakurasaku, Gremrat, almostfreebird, kaito, lion100, creteva, chien_fu, Erebos12345, Isis, Franzi, palomnik, Starfrown, Whodunit, elephas, zefee, seifip, Juuuergen, Wishfull, sekaijuuni, phreadom, Ev3, seouldavid, HD148478, Yabanjin, rukiak, naomeincomoda, TunS, Poposhka, John_Doe, Yatalu, mdbvma, spu001, Explosión_Implosión, Shiratori99, Meados, mikoinrp, DrChen, DaylightDelight, 森人さん, graysesame, KLAUSED, and others.
Character and Writing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVXJqiDiuPo - and other video lessons on kana writing kana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_writing_system - A Wiki article on historical development of Japanese writing system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoiku_kanji - List of kanjis to be learnt in elementary school with the pronunciations and meanings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyo_kanji - List of kanjis to be learnt up until high school with pronunciations and meanings.
http://kanji-database.sourceforge.net/ids/charts/ - relationships between Chinese character components, diagrams for characters learnt in the primary school
http://www2.japanriver.or.jp/search_kasen/search_help/refer_kanji.htm - traditional and modern kanjis in pairs
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/hiragana_ex - writing hiragana practice exercises (with words)
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/katakana_ex - writing katakana practice exercises (with words)
http://brng.jp/50renshuu-s.pdf - printable practise sheet for hiragana and katakana
http://hesjapanese.com/ - Kana lessons with sound and animation files
http://mojikiban.ipa.go.jp/search/home - specifications of Chinese characters and variant kanas as defined by the Japanese standards
https://www2.mmc.atomi.ac.jp/~katou/KanjionDB/index.html - 資料横断的な漢字音・漢語音データベース as of 2021-05-14
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~kanji/ - kanji stroke orders
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/jouyoukanji.html - list of the jōyō kanji and other common characters, in the order they are learnt in Japanese schools.
http://www.polarcloud.com/kanji - printable kanji flashcards
http://gattin.world.coocan.jp/kanji/kaindex.htm - 漢字の写真字典 lists allomorphs of Chinese characters; from China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea.
http://www.realkana.com/ - practice the reading of random characters from your selected list
http://www.flickr.com/groups/brush_calligraphy/ - Flickr group to help decipher calligraphy works
https://a4lg.com/downloads/library/a4lg-筆順指導の手びき.html - 筆順指導の手びき (1959¹⁵, [1958]), or Guidelines for Teaching Stroke Orders by 文部省
https://www.bunka.go.jp/seisaku/bunkashingikai/kokugo/hokoku/joyokanjihyo_shosekikanko.html - 『用漢字表の字体・字形に関する指針: 文化審議会国語分科会報告(平成28年2月29日)』Stop nitpicking at kanji designs and stroke orders.
https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/901674 - 読方入門 (文部省 1884) is helpful for learning cursive Japanese glyphs.
Online Lessons/Tutorials:
http://www.learn-japanese.info/ - Easy to follow grammar lessons, some vocabulary. Nice for starters.
http://www.ichiban.narod.ru/nihongo/nihongo.html - Various tutorials and phrase books in Russian.
http://www.nhk.or.jp/lesson/ - Japanese lessons by NHK Radio available in 17 languages
http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/ts/japanese/cover.html - Teach yourself Japanese; Basic Japanese with a linguistics approach.
http://japanese-lesson.com/ - Basic course, Characters (Reading/Writing), vocabulary, resources
http://thejapanesepage.com/grammar - One hundred "watered-down, understandable, bite-sized grammar helps".
http://jplang.tufs.ac.jp/account/login - JPLANG provides e-learning materials for learning Japanese, developed by a TUFS team.
http://www.basic-japanese.com/ - 34 free lessons and tools
http://www.manythings.org/japanese/ - free-to-use online study materials
http://www.japanese-online.com/ - Free lessons on particles and sentence structures: audio files available for conversation examples.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Japanese - textbook project by Wiki volunteers
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~sg2h-ymst/yamatouta/intro/dousikatuyou.html - grammar of Classical Japanese: Japanese
http://www.midori-japan.co.jp/letter/ - rules for writing Japanese letters: Japanese
http://anime-manga.jp - アニメ・マンガの日本語 Japanese in Anime & Manga
https://www.clozemaster.com/languages - Fill in the blanks to learn the words
The following owes much to the contributions by Sulizhen, SpiceMan, Anatoli, s_a_n_t_i, karuna, timpeac, Abalkhibeth, Lemminkäinen, quesuerte, samanthalee, kirsitn, sinclair001, _forumuser_ , jazyk, Lesus, Horazio, Jana337, jtm2292, AVim, tkekte, sakurasaku, Gremrat, almostfreebird, kaito, lion100, creteva, chien_fu, Erebos12345, Isis, Franzi, palomnik, Starfrown, Whodunit, elephas, zefee, seifip, Juuuergen, Wishfull, sekaijuuni, phreadom, Ev3, seouldavid, HD148478, Yabanjin, rukiak, naomeincomoda, TunS, Poposhka, John_Doe, Yatalu, mdbvma, spu001, Explosión_Implosión, Shiratori99, Meados, mikoinrp, DrChen, DaylightDelight, 森人さん, graysesame, KLAUSED, and others.
Character and Writing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVXJqiDiuPo - and other video lessons on kana writing kana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_writing_system - A Wiki article on historical development of Japanese writing system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoiku_kanji - List of kanjis to be learnt in elementary school with the pronunciations and meanings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyo_kanji - List of kanjis to be learnt up until high school with pronunciations and meanings.
http://kanji-database.sourceforge.net/ids/charts/ - relationships between Chinese character components, diagrams for characters learnt in the primary school
http://www2.japanriver.or.jp/search_kasen/search_help/refer_kanji.htm - traditional and modern kanjis in pairs
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/hiragana_ex - writing hiragana practice exercises (with words)
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/katakana_ex - writing katakana practice exercises (with words)
http://brng.jp/50renshuu-s.pdf - printable practise sheet for hiragana and katakana
http://hesjapanese.com/ - Kana lessons with sound and animation files
http://mojikiban.ipa.go.jp/search/home - specifications of Chinese characters and variant kanas as defined by the Japanese standards
https://www2.mmc.atomi.ac.jp/~katou/KanjionDB/index.html - 資料横断的な漢字音・漢語音データベース as of 2021-05-14
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~kanji/ - kanji stroke orders
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/jouyoukanji.html - list of the jōyō kanji and other common characters, in the order they are learnt in Japanese schools.
http://www.polarcloud.com/kanji - printable kanji flashcards
http://gattin.world.coocan.jp/kanji/kaindex.htm - 漢字の写真字典 lists allomorphs of Chinese characters; from China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea.
http://www.realkana.com/ - practice the reading of random characters from your selected list
http://www.flickr.com/groups/brush_calligraphy/ - Flickr group to help decipher calligraphy works
https://a4lg.com/downloads/library/a4lg-筆順指導の手びき.html - 筆順指導の手びき (1959¹⁵, [1958]), or Guidelines for Teaching Stroke Orders by 文部省
https://www.bunka.go.jp/seisaku/bunkashingikai/kokugo/hokoku/joyokanjihyo_shosekikanko.html - 『用漢字表の字体・字形に関する指針: 文化審議会国語分科会報告(平成28年2月29日)』Stop nitpicking at kanji designs and stroke orders.
https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/901674 - 読方入門 (文部省 1884) is helpful for learning cursive Japanese glyphs.
Online Lessons/Tutorials:
http://www.learn-japanese.info/ - Easy to follow grammar lessons, some vocabulary. Nice for starters.
http://www.ichiban.narod.ru/nihongo/nihongo.html - Various tutorials and phrase books in Russian.
http://www.nhk.or.jp/lesson/ - Japanese lessons by NHK Radio available in 17 languages
http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/ts/japanese/cover.html - Teach yourself Japanese; Basic Japanese with a linguistics approach.
http://japanese-lesson.com/ - Basic course, Characters (Reading/Writing), vocabulary, resources
http://thejapanesepage.com/grammar - One hundred "watered-down, understandable, bite-sized grammar helps".
http://jplang.tufs.ac.jp/account/login - JPLANG provides e-learning materials for learning Japanese, developed by a TUFS team.
http://www.basic-japanese.com/ - 34 free lessons and tools
http://www.manythings.org/japanese/ - free-to-use online study materials
http://www.japanese-online.com/ - Free lessons on particles and sentence structures: audio files available for conversation examples.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Japanese - textbook project by Wiki volunteers
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~sg2h-ymst/yamatouta/intro/dousikatuyou.html - grammar of Classical Japanese: Japanese
http://www.midori-japan.co.jp/letter/ - rules for writing Japanese letters: Japanese
http://anime-manga.jp - アニメ・マンガの日本語 Japanese in Anime & Manga
https://www.clozemaster.com/languages - Fill in the blanks to learn the words
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