ULTIMATE Japanese Language Learning Resources List
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HIRAGANA & KATAKANA
ā¬š Hiragana Mnemonics Chart ā¬š Giant List of Mnemonics Charts ā¬š English to Katakana Converter ā¬š®Kana Invaders ā¬š®Realkana ā¬š®Hiragana Practice ā¬š®Katakana Practice ā¬š®Hiragana and Katakana Practice ā¬š„ļøLearn Katakana: The Ultimate Guide ā¬š„ļøLearn Hiragana and Katakana on YouTube ā¬š±Learn Hiragana and Katakana ā¬š±iKana
KANJI
ā š Self-Study Kanji Flashcards ā š Suiren ā š Stroke Order ā š Kanji Radicals and their Meanings ā š iKanji ā š How to find the Kanji Radical ā š„ļøKanji Damage ā š„ļøWaniKani ā š„ļøMemrise ā š„ļøKanji Kentei ā š„ļøThe Kanji Map ā š±Skritter ā«š„ļø4-Kanji Vocabulary (Yojijukugo) š¼šTobira: Gateway to Advanced Japanese ā¬ļøš„ļøRenshuu ā¬ļøš„ļøNimonikku ā¬šKanji Look and Learn ā¬šKodansha Kanji Learning CourseĀ
VOCABULARY
ā š Language Pal Pack: Questions to Kickstart Conversation ā š Suiren ā š„ļøMemrise ā š„ļøWordReference Forums ā š®iKnow! Japanese Core Vocabulary Decks ā«š„ļø4-Kanji Vocabulary (Yojijukugo) š¼š„ļøJapanese Onomatopoeia š¼š Keigo Cheatsheet š¼šTobira: Gateway to Advanced Japanese š¼šCommon Japanese Collocations š¼šSpeed Master Series ā¬ļøš„ļøRenshuu ā¬š„ļø6000 most used words ā¬š„ļø1000 Basic Words ā¬šElementary School DictionaryĀ
GRAMMAR
ā š All Verb Conjugations Cheatsheet ā š„ļøTatoeba ā š„ļøJGram ā š„ļøMaggieSensei ā š„ļøBunpro ā šDictionary ofĀ Japanese Grammar and VerbsĀ ā šDonna Toki, Dou Tsukau ā«šA Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar ā«šNihongo Bunkei Jiten š¼šA Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese GrammarĀ š¼šTobira: Gateway to Advanced Japanese ā¬ļøšA Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar ā¬ļøš„ļøNihongo Resources ā¬ļøš„ļøRenshuu ā¬š„ļøTaeKimās Guide to Japanese ā¬š„ļøLearn Japanese with Erin ā¬šAll about Particles ā¬šGenki Series ā¬šJapanese from Zero
READING
ā š Japanese.io ā š Read More Or Die ā š Text AnalysisĀ ā š Tenjin Reader ā š„ļøSatori Reader ā š„ļøReajer ā«šļøNHK News ā«šļøYomiuri Newspaper ā«šļøNikkan Gendai ā«š„ļø Read Manga Online š¼šļøHigh School Newspaper š¼šļøKodomo Asahi (Kidās Asahi News) š¼š„ļøJapanese Subreddits š¼š„ļøThe Great ChokoChoko Library ā¬ļøš„ļøJapanese Reading Practice For Beginners ā¬ļøš„ļøReal World JapaneseĀ ā¬ļøšļøNHK Easy News ā¬ļøšļøNHK Easier
WRITING
ā š„ļøLang 8 ā š All Verb Conjugations Cheatsheet ā š How to write on Japanese essay paper (Genkouyoushi) ā š Japanese Journal Writing Beginners to Advanced ā«š Phrases for report writingĀ
LISTENING
ā š Language Pal Pack: Questions to Kickstart Conversation ā š„ļøRhinoSpike ā š„ļøNHK WORLD TV ā š„ļøDocumentaries About Japan You Can Watch For Free ā š„ļøTop 5 Japanese Dramas ā«š Japanese Audiobooks List ā«š Japanese Audiobooks 2 ā«š„ļøBilingual News š¼š„ļøTBS News š¼š Japanese Drama Subtitles š¼š Japanese Drama Subtitles 2 ā¬ļøšļøNHK Easy News ā¬ļøšļøNHK Easier ā¬ļøš„ļøLearn Japanese Pod ā¬ļøš„ļøErinās Challenge! ā¬ļøš„ļøNihongo de KurasouĀ
SPEAKING
ā š Language Pal Pack: Questions to Kickstart Conversation ā š„ļøMake Language Pals ā š„ļøRhinoSpike ā š±HelloTalk ā š®Rosetta Stone Japanese ā šJapanese Accent Dictionary ā š Japanese Accent Guide
DICTIONARIES/TRANSLATION TOOLS
ā š Kotobank ā š Tangorin ā š Weblio ā š Jisho.org ā š ALC ā š Ninjal-LWP ā š WWWJDIC ā šDictionary of Japanese Grammar and VerbsĀ ā šJapanese Accent Dictionary ā«šA Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar š¼šA Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar ā¬ļøšA Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar Ā Ā ā¬šElementary School DictionaryĀ ā¬šAll about Particles
JLPT
ā š„ļøJLPT Website ā š„ļøTANOS ā š„ļøJLPT Study Plan ā š„ļøLast Minute Resources ā š„ļøSample Practice Tests ā šNihongo So Matome ā šDonna Toki, Dou Tsukau ā šNew Kanzen Master š¼šSpeed Master Series
SOFTWARE & APPS
ā š±Anki SRS ā š±Japanese ā š±HelloTalk ā š±Skritter ā š Rikaichan (Firefox) ā š Rikaikun (Chrome) ā š iKanji ā š®Rosetta Stone Japanese
TEXTBOOKS
ā šNihongo So Matome ā šDonna Toki, Dou Tsukau ā šDictionary of Japanese Grammar and Verbs ā šNew Kanzen Master ā«šA Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar ā«šNihongo Bunkei Jiten š¼šA Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar š¼šTobira: Gateway to Advanced Japanese ā¬ļøšA Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar ā¬šElementary School Dictionary ā¬šAll about Particles ā¬šGenki Series ā¬šJapanese from Zero
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