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- Free site that allows you to read Japanese kanji on any webpage by passing your mouse cursor over the characters.

- Guide and tutorial on written Japanese.
- Virtual flashcards and dictionary of 2135 kanji.
- Offers examples of how English influenced contemporary Japanese.
- Designed to help JFL/JSL learners improve their reading skills in Japanese. Has bilingual dictionary; vocabulary and kanji level checkers.
- Presents a theory on the origin of the Japanese language, addressing issues of whether it is an isolate and its relationship to surrounding languages.
- General intro and history of the language.
- Learn basic Japanese free on the net by dialogs, sound files, vocabulary, grammar and culture lessons.
- Webpage version of the sci.lang.japan guide to basic Japanese grammar and syntax.
- Uses a Java applet to provide dictation exercises for students of any level of Japanese from beginner to advanced.
- A collaboration of Japanese slang and its origins.
- Learn the Japanese writing system (hiragana, katakana and the 1,945 jouyou kanji), vocabulary, and pronunciation by using multimedia techniques.
- Trussel's EclectiCity.
- Translates your name phonetically into Japanese kanji.
- A slang resource for Japanese language enthusiasts interested in learning colloquial speech terminology.
- Explains historical development of the Japanese language and diversity of its gender specific constructs and their usage.
- Web based flash cards for words and expressions, with customizable topics.
- The history of Chinese characters and how they came to be used in Japanese writing.
- Offers language practice on several grammatical exercises in Japanese.
- E-group for studying, asking, and explaining Japanese.
- Writings on the kanji character system.
- Free online Chinese character lessons and links to Japanese-related sites.
- Article on JSL by Karen Nakamura of Yale University.
- Offers basic Chinese character learning online.
- Teaches the basics of Japanese including hiragana, katakana, kanji, and romanji. Download kana practice sheets, play kana matching games, see how to write kana, and download wallpapers.
- List of the scrambled borrowed words from English.
- Explains usage of some particles, grammar and vocabulary.
- Web-based bulletin board system for learning Japanese.
- Common kanji meanings and illustrations.
- Offers online conversational Japanese lessons with sound as well as tutor, homestay and language exchange partner matchmaking.
- Purdue University's guide and programs to learn hiragana and katakana.
- Resources for Japanese language, kanji testing, and discussion forums.
- Free site that lets you view Japanese websites using an English browser and print Japanese on any printer.
- A program to facilitate the memorization of Japanese words and characters.
- Descriptions of Japanese names in English with kanji image files, and information on kanji books
- An online tool that permits viewing of Japanese websites with any browser.
- Helps to read Japanese pages by embedding pop-up hints with readings and definitions. Can also generate study lists. [May not work with Netscape].
- Several Japanese lessons and explantions made by Japanese instructors.
- Listing of common Japanese expressions and proverbs.
- Helps students develop written katakana, hiragana, and kanji skills through animated guides to writing Japanese syllabaries.
- This three-volume textbook series and accompanying interactive CD-ROM program stresses Japanese as it is spoken today in Japan.
- Japanese and English language webring for those interested in learning these languages.
- Elementary Japanese language course with audio mp3 files, vocabulary trainer, word and kanji index, kanji practice worksheet and description page for every kanji, online translation tool and Japanese text processing tool. No Japanese fonts required.
- Introduces a new Chinese character to learn each weekday, with readings, meanings and examples; and reviews on weekends. Viewable on any computer.
- With introduction, basic writing system, grammar, vocabulary, and dialogs.
- Poems from Manyoshu, Kokinshu, and Genji, in English, romanization and Japanese script, with explanation of classical grammar. New poems added weekly.

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