Japanese Links and Resources

Following are some resources and links helpful to our students.

MAKING A COMPUTER JAPANESE CAPABLE

Windows | Mac

DICTIONARIES

Rikai.chan - Japanese-English Dictionary for Firefox web browser
Reading Tutor
Rikai.com
Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Japanese-English Dictionary Sever

SELF-STUDY

Good overall Japanese study
http://Nihongo-e-na.com
http://nihongo-e-na.com/eng/

For reading texts
http://www.popjisyo.com/WebHint/Portal_e.aspx
http://www.v2p.jp/video/english/

Other self-study:
Japanese Learning Support Site RAICHO at Toyama University
Kanji Practice by Mayumi Ishida sensei of Dartmouth College
Interactive Exercise Pages for Nakama by Satoru Shinagawa sensei
Genki Resource Page at California State University, Sacrament
Kanji Alive
Kanji Jiten #1/ Kanji jiten:Gahoh - - kanji dictionary only
Denshi-jisho Online / Rakuten multi jisho - - words & kanji dictionary
Yahoo-jisho /Eiwa-waei jiten - - words dictionary only
Kanji Bushu code / Kanji Bush Jiten - - kanji radicals & strokes charts only
Japanese-English, English-Japanese Dictionary (in Eng)
Japanese-English, English-Japanese Dictionary (in JPN)
Particles
Basic Verb Conjugation for your quick reference
Verb Conjugation (potential/ passive/ causative/ causative+passive/ honorific)
Basic Adjective Conjugation
Ko-So-A-Do words Chart
Basic Grammar Summary
Kanji used as a Prefix and a Suffix
Checking points for your composition
Conjunctive expressions you can use for your composition
Drills
Grammartical explanations
AutoGloss/J
Rikai or Reading Tutor (You can read an article, translating into Eng./JPN.)
Manga (Japanese comics with English translation)
Onomatopoeia(Japanese -- English)
Currency converter
Unit market (other converter)
Japanese Proficiency Test

MATERIALS & MEDIA (Literature, newspapers, streaming news)

Aozora Bunko (collection of Japanese literary works)
Asahi.com
Yomiuri On-Line
MSN-Sankei
Mainichi
NHK: http://www.nhk.or.jp
Fuji News Network (E)
Yomiuri On-Line News Stream

OTHER ACADEMIC LINKS

Keiko Schneider sensei's Bookmarks
Japanese Language Resource Center Web Links by Houghton Mifflin
Study Aid links at Dartmouth College
Japanese-related Projects at Purdue University

JAPANESE RESOURCES AROUND NEW YORK

Donald Keene Center for Japanese Cultures (lots of guest talks)
Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Friends of Japan (FOJ) @TC
Consulate General Of Japan in New York
Japan Society (cultural events) | 333 East 47th Street New York, NY 10017 | 212-832-1155
JINA online
NY loves you
Benricho New York
Kinokuniya bookstore |1073 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10018 | 212-869-1700
Bookoff used Japanese books, CDs |49 West 45st Street New York, NY10036 | 212-685-1410
Japanese Language Meetup group