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JAPANESE - 日本語-英語 & CLASSICAL JAPANESE English <> Japanese 日本語-英語 and Japanese to other Languages Japanese Text-to-Speech (TTS) Japanese Speech Synthesizer - 日本語スピーチシンセサイザー Japanese Speech Synthesis - 日本語音声合成 (Text, Images & Audio/Sound) English <> Japanese Medical Dictionaries 英語 - 日本語医学用語辞典 JAPANESE & CLASSICAL JAPANESE COURSES, LESSONS, ETC. BASIC JAPANESE Courses & Lessons including Pronunciation, Vocabulary, Grammar, Spelling, Japanese Keyboards, Your Name in Japanese, etc. (Text, Images, Animations, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound) JAPANESE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TESTS FIRST YEAR JAPANESE (Text, Images, Animations, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound) First Year Japanese Courses & Lessons ~ Japanese Keyboards Japanese Spelling Lessons & Japanese Spell Checker First Year Japanese Writing Courses & Lessons with Stroke Demonstrations First Year Japanese Grammar Courses, Lessons, Conjugation Builder First Year Japanese Exercises, Tests, Vocabulary Builders, etc. INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED "JAPANESE" & "CLASSICAL JAPANESE" (Text, Images, Animations, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound) Intermediate & Advanced Classical Japanese (Bungo Nyûmon) Courses & Lessons Intermediate & Advanced Japanese Courses & Lessons Intermediate & Advanced Japanese Writing Courses, Lessons with Stroke Demonstrations Intermediate & Advanced Japanese Listening & Reading Lessons JAPANESE LITERATURE, JAPANESE POETRY & JAPANESE HISTORY (Text, Images, Animations, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound) Languages: A-G ~ Languages: H-R ~ Languages: S-Z English ~ Indigenous Languages ~ Sign Language & Braille Writing Systems, Body Language, Languages (Sounds) of Birds, Fish, Frogs, Insects, Seals, Whales, etc. Linguistics, Language Journals, Fonts, Keyboard, Resources Language Center

JAPANESE LANGUAGE - 言語日本語 English <> Japanese - 日本語-英語 English <> Japanese - 日本語-英語 - with Japanese Word and Sentence Pronunciation "ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "日本語-英語" (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - Saiga Multimedia Japanese Kanji Dictionary with Lessons (Text, Images, Stroke Demonstrations & Audio/Sound). English <> Japanese Kanji Dictionary with Japanese Word and Sentence Pronunciation "...is a free online dictionary for learning the Kanji of Japanese used in daily life..." "...you can search 3205 Kanji. These Kanji include the Joyo (Jouyou) Kanji (grade 1-7, 1945 characters), and Jinmei Kanji (grade 8, 895 characters), and grade 9 Kanji used in daily life..." You can lookup the details and pronunciations of the Kanji. Each Kanji is presented by A Grade; A Stroke Count; An Enlarging Image with Kyokasho (Kyoukasho) Font; Stroke Order; Radical; English Meaning, On-yomi (Phonetic Reading); Kun-yomi (Native Japanese Reading - The Example of Each Reading; Special Reading - Special Meaning...." For more information see Saiga "ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "日本語-英語" AND JAPANESE TO OTHER LANGUAGES - J. Breen, School of Computer Science & Software Engineering, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Multimedia English <> Japanese Word, Text & Website Translation to other Languages (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). English <> Japanese Dictionary - English Japanese Dictionary English <> Japanese Word, Text & Website Translation English <> Japanese Translation Japanese Word, Text & Website Translation to other Languages Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Dictionary Server also includes "...Find Kanji (MultiRadical Method); Handwritten Interface; Keitai Text Translation; etc..." For more information see Jim Breen's Japanese Page or Jim Breen's Home Page English <> Japanese - 日本語-英語 - Japanese to other Languages - Word, Text & Website Translation "ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "日本語-英語" AND JAPANESE TO OVER "36" OTHER LANGUAGES - Google Multimedia English <> Japanese Word, Text & Website Translation and English <> Japanese to over "36" other Languages (Text & Images). English <> Japanese Dictionary - English Japanese Dictionary English <> Japanese Word, Text & Website Translation English <> Japanese Translation and Japanese Word, Text & Website Translation to over "36" other Languages "ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "日本語-英語" AND JAPANESE TO OTHER LANGUAGES - POPjisyo.com, Michael Foster Multimedia English <> Japanese Dictionary & Other Languages (Text & Images). English <> Japanese Dictionary - English Japanese Dictionary English <> Japanese Word, Text & Website Translation English <> Japanese Translation Japanese Word, Text & Website Translation to other Languages - Move the mouse cursor over the following words to display pop-up definitions English <> Japanese - 日本語-英語 - Word, Text & Website Translation "ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "日本語-英語" - Systran S.A. Multimedia English <> Japanese Word, Text & Website Translation (Text & Images). English <> Japanese Dictionary - English Japanese Dictionary English <> Japanese Word, Text & Website Translation English <> Japanese Translation and Japanese Word, Text & Website Translation For more information see Systran "ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "日本語-英語" - Babel Fish, Yahoo Multimedia English <> Japanese Word, Text & Website Translation (Text & Images). English <> Japanese Dictionary - English Japanese Dictionary English <> Japanese Word, Text & Website Translation English <> Japanese Translation and Japanese Word, Text & Website Translation For more information see Yahoo "ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "日本語-英語" - Excite Japan Co., Ltd. Multimedia English <> Japanese Word, Text & Website Translation (Text & Images). English <> Japanese Dictionary - English Japanese Dictionary English <> Japanese Word, Text & Website Translation English <> Japanese Translation and Japanese Word, Text & Website Translation For more information see Excite Japan English <> Japanese - 日本語-英語 - and Japanese to other Languages "ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "日本語-英語" AND JAPANESE TO OTHER LANGUAGES - The Papillon Project, Mathieu Mangeot, NII & Gilles Sérasset, GETA-CLIPS Multimedia English <> Japanese Dictionary & Other Languages (Text & Images). English <> Japanese Dictionary - English Japanese Dictionary English <> Japanese Translation and Japanese Word Translation to other Languages Japanese <> Russian - 日本語-ロシア語 "JAPANESE-RUSSIAN" "ロシア語-日本語" - Multitran, Russia Multimedia Russian <> Japanese Dictionary (Text & Images). Russian <> Japanese Dictionary - Russian Japanese Dictionary Russian <> Japanese Translation English <> Japanese - 日本語-英語 "ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "日本語-英語" - Grzegorz Bober, Tangorin.com Multimedia English <> Japanese Dictionary (Text & Images). English <> Japanese Dictionary includes English <> Japanese Words Dictionary "...contains Over "136,000" words..." "...Search by: Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana & Rõmaji..." English <> Japanese Kanji Dictionary "...Chinese characters dictionary with over 13,000 ideograms. Complete with ON, KUN, NANORI as well as chinese PINYIN and korean HANGUL readings, engish meanings, radicals, stroke counts, classification and dictionary codes..." "...Search by: Kanji, Kana, Rõmaji, English Meaning, Pinyin & Hangul..." English <> Japanese Sentence (Phrases) Dictionary contains "...Over 148,000 parallel Japanese-English example sentences compiled by Professor Yasuhito Tanaka and his students at Hyogo University..." "ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "日本語-英語" - goo, NTT Resonant Inc., Japan Multimedia English <> Japanese Dictionary (Text & Images). English <> Japanese Dictionary - English Japanese Dictionary - English Japanese Translation "ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "日本語-英語" - DENSHI JISHO - ONLINE JAPANESE DICTIONARY - Kim Ahlström Multimedia English <> Japanese Dictionary & includes Find Kanji, Kanji by Radicals & Find Sentences (Text & Images). English <> Japanese Dictionary - English Japanese Dictionary - English Japanese Translation Denshi Jisho "...is an easy-to-use and powerful online Japanese dictionary. It lets you find words, kanji and example sentences by searching in many ways..." "ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "日本語-英語" - SPACE ALC Inc., Japan Multimedia English <> Japanese Dictionary (Text & Images). English <> Japanese Dictionary - English Japanese Dictionary - English Japanese Translation "ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "日本語-英語" - Ectaco Corporate Center, N.Y. Multimedia English <> Japanese Dictionary (Text & Images). English <> Japanese Dictionary - English Japanese Dictionary - English Japanese Translation For more information see Online Dictionaries; Ectaco U.K. or Ectaco U.S. "ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "日本語-英語" - Alexandria Multimedia English <> Japanese Dictionary (Text & Images). English <> Japanese Dictionary - English Japanese Dictionary - English Japanese Translation For more information see Memodata "ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "日本語-英語" - Applied Language Multimedia English <> Japanese Dictionary (Text & Images). English <> Japanese Dictionary - English Japanese Dictionary - English Japanese Translation For more information see Applied Language

Japanese Text-To-Speech with Text, Images & Audio/Sound WORD OR TEXT-TO-SPEECH: "JAPANESE (日本語)" - MALE VOICE - Tokuda & Lee Laboratory, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan Multimedia Japanese Text-To-Speech (TTS) (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). Text to Speech Demo's (TTS Demo's) - Enter Text "...Japanese Text to Speech Demo - Japanese Text-To-Speech Demo; Japanese Speech Synthesizer - 日本語スピーチシンセサイザー Japanese Speech Synthesis - 日本語音声合成 For more information see Tokuda & Lee Laboratory WORD OR TEXT-TO-SPEECH: "JAPANESE (日本語)" - MALE AND/OR FEMALE VOICES - Oddcast Inc. Multimedia Japanese Text-To-Speech (TTS) (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). Text to Speech Demo's (TTS Demo's) - Enter Text "...Japanese Text to Speech Demo - Japanese Text-To-Speech Demo; Japanese Speech Synthesizer - 日本語スピーチシンセサイザー Japanese Speech Synthesis - 日本語音声合成 For more information see Text-to-Speech (TTS) or Oddcast Inc. WORD OR TEXT-TO-SPEECH: "JAPANESE (日本語)" - MALE VOICE - Smart Link Corporation Multimedia Japanese Text-To-Speech (TTS) & Other Languages (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). Text to Speech Demo's (TTS Demo's) - Enter Text "...Japanese Text to Speech Demo - Japanese Text-To-Speech Demo; Japanese Speech Synthesizer - 日本語スピーチシンセサイザー Japanese Speech Synthesis - 日本語音声合成 For more information see Smart Link Corporation English <> Japanese Medical Dictionary - 英語 - 日本語医学用語辞典 "ENGLISH-JAPANESE MEDICAL DICTIONARY" "英語 - 日本語医学用語辞典" - T. Oi, Japan Multimedia English <> Japanese Medical Dictionary (Text & Images).

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BASIC JAPANESE Basic Japanese Courses & Lessons Japanese Vocabulary Lessons, Japanese Grammar Lessons, Japanese Spelling Lessons, Japanese Pronunciation Lessons, Online Japanese Keyboard, Your Name in Japanese, etc. Basic Japanese Lessons with Text, Images & Audio/Sound JAPANESE ALPHABET PRONUNCIATION (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - Saiga Multimedia Basic Japanese Alphabet Pronunciation Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). Basic Japanese Alphabet Pronunciation "...You can study four basic pronunciation called Seion, Dakuon, Handakuon, and Yoon by hearing sound files on this page. "Language education" is always started from the study of the alphabet. Now, let's learn the alphabet of the Japanese language..." For more information see Saiga INTRODUCTION TO "JAPANESE" VOCABULARY & PRONUNCIATION (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYTER) - Project Coordinator: T. Blackmon, LanguageGuide.org Multimedia Basic Japanese Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). Basic Japanese Lessons "...place cursor over any of the images and hear their names pronounced and see them spelled out..." Basic Japanese Lessons include "...Hiragana Alpaphet with Audio Pronunciation & Word Pronunciation; Katakana Alpaphet with Audio Pronunciation & Word Pronunciation; Japanese Words & Phrases for Greetings; Japanese Numbers; Japanese Words for the Anatomy of the Human Body; Japanese Words for Mens & Womens Clothing; Japanese Words for Business; etc..." For more information see LanguageGuide Interactive Japanese Keyboard JAPANESE KEYBOARD - Gate2Home.com Multimedia Online Japanese Keyboard (Text & Images). Japanese Keyboard allows "...you to type in your language, and to view your language's keyboard layout on-screen in a virtual Semi-Real keyboard. It also allows you to simply type in a different language without messing with the operating system settings..." For more information see Gate2Home.com Your Name in Japanese YOUR NAME IN JAPANESE - E. Takase, Takase Studios, Fine Japanese Calligraphy Multimedia Your Name in Japanese (Text & Images). Your Name in Japanese "...This list has over 2000 first names in Japanese...Translation from English to Romaji, Hiragana, Katakana & Kanji with notes..." For more information see Takase Studios YOUR NAME IN JAPANESE - Philip Ronan Multimedia Your Name in Japanese (Text & Images). Your Name in Japanese "...In Japanese, foreign names are normally written using the phonetic katakana alphabet..." JAPANESE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TESTS Japanese Language Proficiency Tests JAPANESE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST (JAVA APPLET) - Roger Meyer, Institut Franco-Japonais de Tokyo Multimedia Japanese Language Proficiency Test (Text & Images). Available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish & Japanese. For more information see the Drill the Kanji FIRST YEAR JAPANESE First Year Japanese Courses & Lessons Japanese Vocabulary Lessons & Tests, Japanese Grammar Lessons, Japanese Spelling Lessons, Japanese Pronunciation Lessons, Japanese Reading Lessons, Japanese Listening Lessons, Japanese Writing Lessons, Japanese Stroke Demonstrations, Japanese Sentence Structure Lessons, Online Japanese Keyboard, Japanese Spell Checker, etc. First Year Japanese Courses & Lessons INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - S. Takasugi, Yokohama, Japan Multimedia First Year Japanese Course (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). First Year Japanese Course Lessons include Standard Hiragana Lessons include "...Hiragana for vowels; Hiragana for k/g + vowels; Hiragana for s/z + vowels; Hiragana for t/d + vowels; Hiragana for n + vowels; etc..." Double Hiragana Lessons include "...Double hiragana for consonants + y + vowels; etc..." Hiragana Table with Lessons "...contains all the hiragana except ones with voiced sound marks, ones with semi-voiced sound marks, and small hiragana..." Katakan Table with Lessons "...Each katakana is shown with its pronunciation. Being exactly the same as hiragana except for their shapes, katakana have the same pronunciations as hiragana,...." Punctuation; Java program to draw hiragana strokes; Java program to draw katakana strokes; Numbers & Java program to display numbers; Grammar "...Verbs; Adjectives; Negative forms; Java program to display inflections; etc..." Vocabulary; Reading; etc. For more information see Shinji Takasugi's Home Page JAPANESE KANJI DICTIONARY & LESSONS (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - Saiga Multimedia First Year, Intermediate & Advanced Japanese Kanji Dictionary with Lessons (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). Japanese Kanji Dictionary "...is a free online dictionary for learning the Kanji of Japanese used in daily life..." "...you can search 3205 Kanji. These Kanji include the Joyo (Jouyou) Kanji (grade 1-7, 1945 characters), and Jinmei Kanji (grade 8, 895 characters), and grade 9 Kanji used in daily life..." You can lookup the details and pronunciations of the Kanji. Each Kanji is presented by A Grade; A Stroke Count; An Enlarging Image with Kyokasho (Kyoukasho) Font; Stroke Order; Radical; English Meaning, On-yomi (Phonetic Reading); Kun-yomi (Native Japanese Reading - The Example of Each Reading; Special Reading - Special Meaning...." For more information see Saiga INTRODUCTION TO "JAPANESE" VOCABULARY & PRONUNCIATION (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYTER) - Project Coordinator: T. Blackmon, LanguageGuide.org Multimedia Basic Japanese Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). Basic Japanese Lessons "...place cursor over any of the images and hear their names pronounced and see them spelled out..." Basic Japanese Lessons include "...Hiragana Alpaphet with Audio Pronunciation & Word Pronunciation; Katakana Alpaphet with Audio Pronunciation & Word Pronunciation; Japanese Words & Phrases for Greetings; Japanese Numbers; Japanese Words for the Anatomy of the Human Body; Japanese Words for Mens & Womens Clothing; Japanese Words for Business; etc..." For more information see LanguageGuide KANJI: A GUIDE FOR STUDENTS OF JAPANESE KANJI - The Kanji SITE Multimedia First Year JLPT Kanji Lessons & Kana Lessons (Text, Images & Animations). Kana "...Kana is a collective term referring to hiragana and katakana, the two syllabic Japanese alphabets. Whereas kanji represent ideas or concepts, hiragana and katakana only represent syllables..." Hiragan "...is curvilinear and is used to write certain Japanese words, such as particles (wa, ga, ni), conjunctions, certain nouns and so on. Hiragana suffixes are also used with kanji stems to form verbs and adjectives..." "...there's only 46 basic hiragana, most written with only two or three strokes,..." Katakana "...characters are more angular than their hiragana counterparts and are used for words of foreign origin, emphasis..." JLPT Kanji "...Chose from Level 4, 3 or 2..." "...Each level includes Vocabulary, Grammar, etc..." JAPANESE LESSONS (REAL PLAYER) - AJALT, produced by PLAIN Corporation, Japan Multimedia Japanese Lesson (Text, Images, Animations & Audio/Sound). Japanese Lesson Categories include Learning Supplements Lessons include "...Adjectives; Verbs; Family; Telephone; etc..." Survival Japanese Lessons include "...Japanese Conversation; Japanese Vacabulary (600 Words in 24 Groups); Japanese Communication Tools; Japanese Grammar; etc..." Real World Japanese Lessons include "...General Lessons; Business Lessons; etc..." Learning Japanese through Kanji; etc. For more information see AJALT Interactive Japanese Keyboards JAPANESE KEYBOARD - Gate2Home.com Multimedia Online Japanese Keyboard (Text & Images). Japanese Keyboard allows "...you to type in your language, and to view your language's keyboard layout on-screen in a virtual Semi-Real keyboard. It also allows you to simply type in a different language without messing with the operating system settings..." For more information see Gate2Home.com Japanese Spelling Lessons & Japanese Spell Checker JAPANESE ON-LINE SPELL CHECKER - Life Science Dictionary Project, Japan Multimedia Japanese Spelling Checker (Text & Images). For more information see Life Science Dictionary Project

First Year Japanese Writing Courses & Lessons and Stroke Demonstrations with Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound JAPANESE LANGUAGE WRITING COURSE - KANJI PRACTICE (QUICKTIME) - Mayumi Ishida, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literature, Dartmouth University Multimedia First Year, Intermediate & Advanced Japanese Writing Course (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). Kanji Practice "...is a site which helps learners of Japanese to master reading and writing kanji..." For each kanji "...the site offers a brushstroke image, a brief video clip demonstrating stroke order, sample sentences for On and Kun readings with accompanying audio clips, print variations and the English translation of the kanji..." Kanji Practice includes "...Kanji 1-50; Kanji 51-100; Kanji 101-150; Kanji 151-200; Kanji 201-250 Kanji 251-300; Momotaro; Nihongo..." For more information see Japanese Language Course Home Page; Ishida-Senee's Japanese Resources at Darmouth or the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literature JAPANESE LANGUAGE WRITING COURSE (QUICKTIME) - Author: Masayoshi Kanai and hosted by the Akita International University, Japan Multimedia First Year, Intermediate & Advanced Japanese Writing Course (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). Available in English & Japanese. Masayoshi Kanai's Japanese Writing Course includes "...Hiragana Stroke Demonstration Movies; Katakana Stroke Demonstration Movies; Shougaku 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 nensei + etc Kanji Stroke Demonstration Movies; Jouyou Kanji Stroke Demonstration Movies; Jouyougai Kanji Stroke Demonstration Movies; etc..." USAGI-CHAN'S JAPANESE WRITING LESSONS (QUICKTIME & FLASH) - Authors: Andrea Shea & Kazue Masuyama, Usagi-Chan's Genki Resource Center, Japanese Program, Department of Foreign Languages, California State University, Sacramento Multimeida Japanese First Year Japanese Writing Lessons (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). includes "...Hiragana Stroke Order Stroke Demonstrations & Hiragana Drag-n-Drop Exercises; Katakana Stroke Order Stroke Demonstrations & Katakana Drag-n-Drop Exercises; Kanji Stroke Order Stroke Demonstrations..." For more information see the Japanese Program or the Department of Foreign Languages First Year Japanese Grammar Courses, Lessons, Conjugation Builder, etc. Japanese Grammar Lessons JAPANESE GRAMMAR - School of Languages and Linguistics (LAL), Griffith University, Queensland, Australia Multimedia First Year Japanese Grammar Course (Text & Images). Japanese Grammar Course Lessons include Japanese Verbs "...Japanese Verb Conjugations; Japanese Tense & Aspect; Required Conjugation Forms in Sentence Patterns; etc..." Japanese Adjectives and Japanese Nouns "...Introduction; Basic Conjugations; Tense & Aspect; etc..." Japanese Particles "...Topic Indicator; Case Indicator; Conjunctive; Sentence Final; etc..." Japanese Interrogative 1 & 2; Japanese Specific Topics; etc. For more information see Griffth University Japanese Resources; Griffith Japanese on Nathan Campus or the School of Languages and Linguistics (LAL) A LOGICAL JAPANESE GRAMMAR - Mash Satou Multimedia First Year Japanese Grammar Lessons (Text & Images). Japanese Grammar Lessons include Introduction Lessons "...Japanese Parts of Speech; Japanese Word Orders Correspondence of Pronouns, Cases, Articles, Interrogatives..." Japanese Noun Lessons "...Ordinary Nouns; Adjectival Nouns; Verbal Nouns; etc..." Japanese Verb Lessons "...The Verbal Conjugation; The Negative; The Tense; The Mood; Adjectival Verbs; Auxiliary Verbs; etc..." Japanese Phonemes; Japanese Accents; etc. VISUALIZING JAPANESE GRAMMAR (FLASH) - Author: Shoko Hamano, Illustrated by: Wakana Kikuchi, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, George Washington University Multimedia Visualizing Japanese Grammar (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). Visualizing Japanese Grammar "...provides a collection of 66 flash animations and 12 downloadable PowerPoint shows illustrating basic concepts and patterns in Japanese grammar..." For more information see the Shoko Hamano's Home Page or the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures Japanese Conjugation Builder A JAPANESE CONJUGATION BUILDER - Mash Satou Multimedia Japanese Conjugation Builder (Text & Images). For more information see A Logical Japanese Grammar First Year Japanese Exercises, Tests, Vocabulary Builders, etc. Kanji Language Exercises DICTATION QUIZZES OF JAPANESE SPEECH - Jouji Miwa, Speech Information Processing & Multimedia Signal Processing, Department of Computer and Information Science, Faculty of Engineering, Iwate University, Japan Dictation Quizzes of Japanese Speech Contents "...are the quizzes using Java applets for learners of Japanese to train themselves for hearing spoken sentences, words, syllables, special morae and accent..." For more information see Speech Information Processing & Multimedia Signal Processing JAPANESE EXERCISES (QUICKTIME) - Faculty of Arts, Monash University Multimedia First Year Japanese Lessons with Exercises (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). Japanese Lessons with Exercises include "..Japanese Keyboard Exercises; Japanese Character Recognition Exercises; Japanese Reading Exercises & Revise the Sentence Structures; Recognition of Individual Hiragana Characters; Hiragana Reading Exercises; Recognition of Individual Katakana Characters; Katakana Reading Exercises; etc..." For more information see Resources: Online Japanese Courses; Japanese Studies; Languages, Cultures & Linguistics or the Faculty of Arts ONLINE KANJI EXERCISES (QUICKTIME) - Japanese Language Program, Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures and Cultures, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Virginia Multimedia First Year Japanese Lessons with Exercises (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). Online Kanji Exercises is "...designed to help beginners of Japanese build their proficiency by practicing with various online exercises..." Online Kanji Exercises include "...Kanji Stroke Order Exercises; Kanji Audio Exercises; Kanji Vocabulary Exercises; Kanji Comprehension Exercises; etc..." For more information see Japanese Language Program or the Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures and Cultures GENKI ONLINE (QUICKTIME, WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - The Japan Times Online, Tokyo, Japan Multimedia Genki Online: Japanese Exercises, Quizzes & Tests (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). For more information see The Japan Times Online Some examples of Genki Online Quizzes, Exercises & Tests include HIRAGANA Listening Quiz Grammar: Verb & Adjective Conjugation Practice Verb & Adjective Conjugation Practice includes "...12 Video Lessons..." Vocabulary: Greeting Quizzes SUUJI Listening Quiz - Numbers IKAN Listening Quiz - Time Kanji Vocabulary Tests ENGLISH TO JAPANESE VACABULARY TESTS - Goethe-Verlag GmbH Multimedia First & Second Year English to Japanese Vocabulary Tests. For more information see Goethe-Tests Index; Goethe-Tests or Goethe-Verlag JAPANESE TO ENGLISH VACABULARY TESTS - Goethe-Verlag GmbH Multimedia First & Second Year Japanese to English Vocabulary Tests. For more information see Goethe-Tests Index; Goethe-Tests or Goethe-Verlag

INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED JAPANESE Intermediate & Advanced Japanese Courses & Lessons Japanese Grammar Lessons, Japanese Spelling Lessons, Japanese Pronunciation Lessons, Japanese Reading Lessons, Japanese Listening Lessons, Japanese Audio Lessons, Japanese Writing Lessons, Japanese Stroke Demonstrations, etc. Intermediate & Advanced Classical Japanese Courses & Lessons CLASSICAL JAPANESE - BUNGO NYÛMON - Sengoku Daimyô, Anthony J. Bryant Multimedia Introduction to Classical Japanese Course - Bungo Nyûmon (Text & Images). Bungo Nyûmon - Classical Japanese Course includes "...Classical Japanese Vocabulary; Classical Japanese Orthography; Classical Japanese Stem Elements; Classical Japanese Adjectives (Shiku-type adjectives, Ku-type adjectives, etc.); Classical Japanese Verbs; Classical Japanese Copulas; etc..." For more information see the Sengoku Daimyô Intermediate & Advanced Japanese Courses & Lessons Japanese Courses & Lessons with Text, Images, Audio/Sound & Videos/Movies INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE COURSES (QUICKTIME & REALPLAYER) - Japanese Language Program, Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures, MIT Multimedia Intermediate & Advanced Japanese Courses (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). Japanese Study Materials for each Course include "...Japanese Audio Lessons; Kanji Lessons; Japanese Reading Lessons; Photographic Vocabulary Aids; etc..." For more information see the Japanese Language Program Japanese Courses & Lessons with Text, Images & Audio/Sound JAPANESE (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - Global Language Online Support System (GLOSS), Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC), Monterey, California Multimedia Intermediate Japanese Courses & Advanced Japanese Courses (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). Click on "Japanese", then "Proficiency Level" and then Skill/Modality". All of the GLOSS lessons are categorized into one of three primary competencies: "...Lexical (Japanese Vocabulary), Structure (Japanese Grammar), Discourse (Sevices that Bind Texts, Japanese Conversations, etc.)..." Intermediate Japanese Lessons (2) includes over "12" Japanese Listening Lessons & Japanese Reading Lessons. Intermediate Japanese Lessons (2+) includes over "8" Japanese Listening Lessons & Japanese Reading Lessons. Advanced Japanese Lessons (3) includes over "11" Japanese Listening Lessons & French Reading Lessons. For more information see the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Intermediate Kanji Lessons DRILL THE KANJI (JAVA APPLET) - Roger Meyer, Institut Franco-Japonais de Tokyo Multimedia Intermediate Kanji Drill Exercieses (Text & Images). Available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish & Japanese. Drill the Kanji "...This program was conceived as a reviewing tool or a drill tool. It is designed for students who have already started to learn Japanese. It is therefore assumed that you can read katakana and hiragana signs..." For more information see the Drill the Kanji Intermediate & Advanced Japanese Writing Courses, Lessons, Stroke Demonstrations with Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound JAPANESE LANGUAGE WRITING COURSE - KANJI PRACTICE (QUICKTIME) - Mayumi Ishida, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literature, Dartmouth University Multimedia First Year, Intermediate & Advanced Japanese Writing Course (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). Kanji Practice "...is a site which helps learners of Japanese to master reading and writing kanji..." For each kanji "...the site offers a brushstroke image, a brief video clip demonstrating stroke order, sample sentences for On and Kun readings with accompanying audio clips, print variations and the English translation of the kanji..." Kanji Practice includes "...Kanji 1-50; Kanji 51-100; Kanji 101-150; Kanji 151-200; Kanji 201-250 Kanji 251-300; Momotaro; Nihongo..." For more information see Japanese Language Course Home Page; Ishida-Senee's Japanese Resources at Darmouth or the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literature JAPANESE LANGUAGE WRITING COURSE (QUICKTIME) - Author: Masayoshi Kanai and hosted by the Akita International University, Japan Multimedia First Year, Intermediate & Advanced Japanese Writing Course (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). Available in English & Japanese. Masayoshi Kanai's Japanese Writing Course includes "...Hiragana Stroke Demonstration Movies; Katakana Stroke Demonstration Movies; Shougaku 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 nensei + etc Kanji Stroke Demonstration Movies; Jouyou Kanji Stroke Demonstration Movies; Jouyougai Kanji Stroke Demonstration Movies; etc..." Intermediate & Advanced Japanese Listening & Reading Lessons Intermediate & Advanced Japanese Listening & Reading Lessons with Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound JAPANESE LISTENING & READING LESSONS - Nippon VoiceBlog, VOICE-BANK Inc., Japan Multimedia Intermediate Japanese Listening & Reading Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). Intermediate & Advanced Japanese Listening & Reading Lessons READING TUTOR TOOLBOX - KAWAMURA Yoshiko, KITAMURA Tatsuya and HOBARA Rei, School of Language Communication, Tokyo International University, Tokyo, Japan Multimedia Reading Tutorial Toolbox (Text & Images). Availablel in English, Japanese, German & Dutch. Reading Tutorial Toolbox "...Paste (or write) a document or text in Japanese into the box and press a Tool button.." For more information see the Reading Tutor Home Page

JAPANESE LITERATURE, JAPANESE POETRY & JAPANESE HISTORY Japanese History JAPANESE HISTORY - Anthony J. Bryant Multimedia Japanese History Manuals & Lessons (Text & Images). Japanese History Manuals & Lessons include "...An Online Japanese Armour Manual; A History of Japanese Clothing and Accessories; An Online Japanese Miscellany; A Basic Introduction to Classical Japanese; etc..." GAGAKU: JAPANESE COURT MUSIC AND DANCE (REALPLAYER) - Nakata Taizo Multimedia Gagaku: Japanese Court Music & Dance (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). Gagaku: Japanese Court Music & Dance "...has been performed for over 1200 years. It has been carefully preserved and handed down to present day as music of the Japanese Imperial Court..." Japanese Literature & Japanese Poetry AOZORA BUNKO - Aozora Bunko, Japan Multimedia Japanese Literature, Japanese Poetry & Japanese Drama (Text & Images). DIGITAL DICTIONARY OF BUDDHISM - Charles Muller, Faculty of Humanities, Toyo Gakuen University Multimedia Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (Text & Images). Digital Dictionary of Buddhism includes Radical; Total Strokes; East Asian Romanized Readings "...Pinyin readings index; Wade-Giles readings index; Korean readings index (Ministry of Culture romanization); Korean readings index (McCune-Reischauer romanization); Japanese readings index (Hepburn); etc..." Terms; Texts; etc..." JAPANESE POETRY - Project Director: T. McAuley, School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield Multimedia Japanese Poetry (Text & Images). Japanese Poetry includes over 2600 Poems..." Japanese Poetry "...The poems will appear in chronological order, starting with the earliest poem/songs and gradually moving forward through time to the haiku..." For more information see Japan 2001 Waka Website; Thomas McAuley's Home Page or the School of East Asian Studies JAPANESE HISTORICAL TEXT INITIATIVE - Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE, University of California, Berkeley Multimedia Japanese Historical Literature (Text & Images). Some examples of Japanese Historical Literature include "...Kojiki, Japan's oldest extant chronicle (Ancient Records and Myths); Nihon Shoki, Japan's second oldest extant chronicle (Chronicle of Japan); Shoku Nihongi (n official record of events at the Japanese Imperial court between the enthronement of Emperor Mommu in 697 and 771, the second year of Kõnin reign); etc..." For more information see Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE Some more examples of Japanese Historical Literature include Shinto Purification Rituals - Authors: James W. Boyd and Ron G. Williams, & Hosted by the Center for Shinto Sutdies & Japanese Culture Shinto Purification Rituals "...offer an interpretation of the Shinto ritual tradition that explains how and in what sense ritual practices can mirror, or provide images of, the Shinto ideal of purity..." Himatsuri: A Cinematic Perspective on Shinto - Authors: James W. Boyd, Ron G. Williams & Tetsuya Nishimura, & Hosted by the Center for Shinto Sutdies & Japanese Culture Himatsuri: A Cinematic Perspective on Shinto "...Film analysis may seem a strange avenue to the investigation of a religious tradition, but we believe that the arts can provide a sui generis means of exploration and knowledge, and we have chosen a film which is about the connection between Shinto practice and environmental issues..." JAPANESE LITERATURE - National Institute of Japanese Literature, Japan Multimedia Japanese Literature (Text & Images). JAPANESE TEXT INITIATIVE - University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center and the University of Pittsburgh East Asian Library Multimedia Japanese Literature, Japanese Poetry & Japanese Drama (Text & Images). Japanese Literature, Japanese Poetry & Japanese Drama includes "...Pre-Modern Period (Nara Period, Heian Period, Edo Period, etc.) and the Modern Period..." NICHIBUNKEN - International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, Japan Multimedia Japanese Literature (Text & Images).

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