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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, Textbooks, etc.

Japanese Keyboards - Hiragana Japanese Keyboard - Katakan Japanese Keyboard

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 ~ Sign Language & Braille

Indigenous Languages of U.S. & Canada ~ Indigenous Languages of Australia

Indigenous Languages of Mexico, Central America & South America

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

Official Language of Japan.

Spoken in Over "40" Countries.

Over "127" Million (総務省統計局 - Statistis Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) Speakers in Japan.

Over "450,000" (U.S. Detailed Language Tables - Conducted 2006-2008 - Released 2010 - Spoke a Language (Japanese) other than English at Home) Speakers in the U.S.

Writing System: Han Script, Hiragana Script, and Katakana Script.

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, Clayton School of Information Technology, 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; Jim Breen's Home Page or the Clayton School of Information Technology

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 "63" OTHER LANGUAGES - Google Multimedia English <> Japanese Word, Text & Website Translation and English <> Japanese to over "63" other Languages (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Includes Audio Pronunciation for English & Japanese.
English <> Japanese Dictionary - English Japanese Dictionary
English <> Japanese Word, Text & Website Translation
English <> Japanese Translation
and Japanese Word, Text & Website Translation to over "63" other Languages
For more information see Google

"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" - Bing Translator, Microsoft 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 Bing

"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

Japanese <> French - Français <> Japonais Hiragana

"FRANÇAIS-JAPONAIS HIRAGANA" "JAPONAIS HIRAGANA-FRANÇAIS - Deucas Multimedia Français <> Japonais Hiragana Dictionnaire (Text & Images). For more information see Petit dictionnaire-thésaurus jp-fr

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

Japanese <> Uyghur

"JAPANESE-MODERN UYGHUR" "MODERN UYGHUR-JAPANESE" - Jun Sugawara, Japan Multimedia Japanese <> Modern Uyghur Dictionary (Text & Images). For more information see Resources or Xinjiang Research Lab

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, english 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.

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); Technology 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).

JAPANESE LANGUAGE COURSES, LESSONS, ETC.

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 - LanguageGuide.org Multimedia Basic/First Year Japanese Vocabulary Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Japanese Lessons
"...place cursor over any of the images and hear their names pronounced and see them spelled out..."
Japanese Vocabulary Lessons (Front Page) include
"...Japanese words for the Body; etc..."
Japanese Vocabulary Lessons (Archive) include
Hiragana;
Katakana;
Japanese words for Greetings;
Japanese words for Numbers;
Japanese words for Men's & Women's Clothing;
Japanese words for Mammals, Birds, Insects, etc.;
Japanese words for Food, Plants, Landscape, etc.;
Japanese words for Travel;
Japanese words for the Car;
Japanese words for Medicine;
Japanese words for Tools; etc..."
For more information see LanguageGuide

Japanese Keyboards - Hiragana Japanese Keyboard - Katakan Japanese Keyboard

HIRAGANA JAPANESE KEYBOARD - Lexilogos.com, Xavier Nègre, France Multimedia Hiragana Japanese Keyboard (Text & Images). For more information see Keyboard Index or Lexilogos

KATAKANA JAPANESE KEYBOARD - Lexilogos.com, Xavier Nègre, France Multimedia Katakan Japanese Keyboard (Text & Images). For more information see Keyboard Index or Lexilogos

JAPANESE KEYBOARD - Gate2Home.com Multimedia Online Japanese Keyboard (Text & Images). 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

First Year Japanese Courses & Lessons with Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound

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 LESSONS - JOSHU: JAPANESE ONLINE SELF-HELP UTILITY - Projector Director: Naoko Suito, Center for East Asian Studies, Department Of Asian Studies, College of Liberal Arts, and the Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services (LAITS), University of Texas, Austin, Texas Multimedia First Year & Intermediate Japanese Courses/Lessons (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
First Year & Intermediate Japanese Subject Categories include
"...Kana: Hiragana & Katakana;
Kanji;
Japanese Vocabulary;
Japanese Grammar;
Japanese Culture (Sports, Celebrations, Customs, People on the Street, etc.);
Counters; etc..."
For more information see Japanese Program; Courses; Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services (LAITS) or the Center for East Asian Studies

JAPANESE LESSONS - JAPANESE IN JAPAN - Five College Center for the Study of World Languages; Five Colleges, Incorporated is the consortium of Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Five Colleges, Inc. Multimedia First Year Japanese Lessons - Japanese in Japan (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
Examples of First Year Japanese Video Lessons include
"...Greetings and Partings Video Lessons;
Asking for Directions Video Lessons;
Using the Telephone Video Lessons;
Finding a Restroom Video Lessons;
Eating Out Video Lessons;
Lodging Video Lessons;
Food Shopping Video Lessons;
Banks and Money Video Lessons;
Post Office Video Lessons;
Traveling by Train Video Lessons;
Taking a Taxi Video Lessons; etc..."
For more information see Common European Languages; LangMedia: Resources of World Languages or the Five Colleges, Incorporated

KANJI ALIVE - Harumi Hibino Lory & Arno Bosse; Hosted by the University of Chicago Library, University of Chicago Multimedia First Year & Intermediate Kanji Course (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
Kanji Alive
"...In addition to the practical information needed to use kanji effectively, we have also written a supplement which covers the history of kanji, stroke order basics, and radicals, in order to foster a deeper understanding of kanji..."
"...Kanji alive includes all Kyouiku Kanji which are taught in Japanese elementary schools and all kanji in Level 2 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test..."

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

GENKI SELF STUDY ROOM: JAPANESE LESSONS, EXERCISES, QUIZZES, ETC. (QUICKTIME, WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - The Japan Times Online, Tokyo, Japan Multimedia Genki Online: Japanese Lessons, Exercises, Quizzes, etc. (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). For more information see Genki Online or The Japan Times Online

Some examples of Genki Online Lessons, Quizzes, Exercises, etc. include

HIRAGANA Chart: Stroke Order and Sound

HIRAGANA Listening Quiz

KATAKANA Chart: Stroke Order and Sound

KATAKANA Listening Quiz

Grammar/Conversation

Genki Movies: Greetings and Dialogue
Genki Movies: Greetings and Dialogue
Includes over "22" Lessons".

Verb/Adjective Conjugation Practice
Verb/Adjective Conjugation Practice
Includes over "10" Verb/Adjective Conjugation Practice Lessons including
"...Adjective Past Affirmative;
Verb Te-form;
Short Form Adjective Present Negative;
Short Form Verb Past Negative;
Potential Form;
Verb Passive Form; etc..."

Kanji Reading Practice

First Year Japanese Courses & Lessons with Text, Images, Animations & Audio/Sound

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

First Year Japanese Courses & Lessons with Text, Images & Animations

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 Keyboards - Hiragana Japanese Keyboard - Katakan Japanese Keyboard

HIRAGANA JAPANESE KEYBOARD - Lexilogos.com, Xavier Nègre, France Multimedia Hiragana Japanese Keyboard (Text & Images). For more information see Keyboard Index or Lexilogos

KATAKANA JAPANESE KEYBOARD - Lexilogos.com, Xavier Nègre, France Multimedia Katakan Japanese Keyboard (Text & Images). For more information see Keyboard Index or Lexilogos

JAPANESE KEYBOARD - Gate2Home.com Multimedia Online Japanese Keyboard (Text & Images). 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 Home Page 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 Multimedia 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

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, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, 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

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 LESSONS - JOSHU: JAPANESE ONLINE SELF-HELP UTILITY - Projector Director: Naoko Suito, Center for East Asian Studies, Department Of Asian Studies, College of Liberal Arts, and the Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services (LAITS), University of Texas, Austin, Texas Multimedia First Year & Intermediate Japanese Courses/Lessons (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
First Year & Intermediate Japanese Subject Categories include
"...Kana: Hiragana & Katakana;
Kanji;
Japanese Vocabulary;
Japanese Grammar;
Japanese Culture (Sports, Celebrations, Customs, People on the Street, etc.);
Counters; etc..."
For more information see Japanese Program; Courses; Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services (LAITS) or the Center for East Asian Studies

KANJI ALIVE - Harumi Hibino Lory & Arno Bosse; Hosted by the University of Chicago Library, University of Chicago Multimedia First Year & Intermediate Kanji Course (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
Kanji Alive
"...In addition to the practical information needed to use kanji effectively, we have also written a supplement which covers the history of kanji, stroke order basics, and radicals, in order to foster a deeper understanding of kanji..."
"...Kanji alive includes all Kyouiku Kanji which are taught in Japanese elementary schools and all kanji in Level 2 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test..."

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 First Year, Intermediates & 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.)..."
Proficiency Levels include
First Year Japanese Lessons (1) includes over "10" Japanese Listening Lessons & Japanese Reading Lessons.
First Year Japanese Lessons (1+) includes over "3" Japanese Listening Lessons & Japanese Reading Lessons.
Intermediate Japanese Lessons (2) includes over "28" Japanese Listening Lessons & Japanese Reading Lessons.
Intermediate Japanese Lessons (2+) includes over "24" Japanese Listening Lessons & Japanese Reading Lessons.
Advanced Japanese Lessons (3) includes over "21" Japanese Listening Lessons & Japanese 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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