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Japanese Links

Click here for the Spring 2012 CCSF Learning Center (R207) Japanese tutoring schedule.

Computing in Japanese | Dictionaries | Internet Resources | Language Learning | Media | Search Engines

Computing in Japanese

• Download the Microsoft Japanese Language Pack for Windows XP.

• Click here for information on writing Japanese on the Windows platform.

• The Monash University Nihongo FTP Archive provides links to many kinds of Japanese software and to Jim Breen’s Japanese page, a compilation of computing and other useful resources.

Search Engine

• Yahoo! Japan

Dictionaries

• English-Japanese/Japanese-English Dictionary

• Jim Breem’s Japanese-English Online Dictionary

• Japanese Dictionaries from yourDictionary.com

Media

• Japanese newspapers and media compiled by Keiko Schneider

• Beelinetv offers free online television channels from around the world, including, among others, Channel J and Fuji News.

Language Learning

• The Learning Supplements site offers helpful activities for beginning- and intermediate-level learners of Japanese. Try out “counters.”

• Click here to practice learning hiragana and katakana.

• Check out Forvo for help with pronunciation.

• At Gahoh learn to write hiragana, katakana, and kanji with the help of QuickTime movies.

• Complete a crossword puzzle for beginning- and intermediate-level learners of Japanese.

• A compilation of Japanese language learning tools, including dictionaries, kanji tools, and more.

• JP Net, a Japanese language and culture network from MIT.

• Kanji Furigana (Hiragana) for Japanese Learners converts kanji to hiragana.

• A kana chart with hiragana, katakana, and kanji.

• Learn kanji at this site recommended by kanji learners at CCSF.

• Lessons with sound files to improve your pronunciation.

• The Purdue University Japanese program site offers many resources for students and teachers of Japanese.

• Ultimate Katakana and Hiragana Challenges. Test your knowledge with these fast-moving games. Compete with players from throughout the world.

• Check out these Hiragana and Katakana study aids.

Internet Resources

Some good starting points for topics concerning Japanese language and culture:

• Bookmarks offers useful links from the University of Minnesota.

• J-Guide is a guide to Japan information resources from Stanford.

• Japan, My Japan offers many, many well organized links. Good sections on Japanese culture, literature, arts.

• Japanese Culture from About.com.

• Keiko Schneider’s Bookmarks have everything for both the teacher and student of Japanese.

Culture

• Asia for Educators from Columbia University

• Noh Plays offers Japanese and English texts from the Japanese Text Initiative at the University of Virginia.

• Samurai from Japan Guide

• Shinto from Japan Guide

• The Tale of Genji- The Costume Museum

• The Tale of Genji is a student project from Pacific University.

• Learning about Japan from Cleveland State University

• The World of Haiku is a lesson plan from the NEH designed for middle schoolers but interesting for all.

• Ukiyo-e Museum Home Page

• Ukiyo-e Museum Nagoya TV Server
  
  Updated: 04/09/2012

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