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  • Text to speech translator
    A powerful and fun site with sound and a variety of voices/TRY IT!



    Japanese Grammar & Drills


  • Linguianaut learn japanese
    We offer free Japanese (Nihongo) lessons online, from Phrases, Alphabet, Numbers , etc.
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  • Jim Breen's Comprehensive Japanese Page
    From Australia/ one of the BEST SITES for Japanese
  • Japanese Teaching Ideas
    A collection of resources and teaching ideas for Japanese teachers
  • Word Champ/Great Discovery here...
  • How to learn Japanese from wikiHOW
  • Japanese Flash Card Drill
  • Rikai Best Links for Japan/Japanese/Ultra rich site!
    Dozens of helpful links for Japanese and Japan
  • Japanese-on-line
  • Basic Japanese Lessons w/sound
  • 10 Free Japanese Lessons from L-CEPS
  • MyJapaneseLessons/Rich site!
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  • Englipedia: Dozens of free elementary and jr high school
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  • DMOZ/Very Rich for dozens of Japanese Sites!
  • Japan - JLPT
    An international website for anyone interested in Japanese penpals, friends, languages, cultures, studying abroad, global news, traveling and more
  • -->e-Genki - Japan Social Networking
    Welcome to the absolutely "free" social website
    experiment to connect foreigners with other foreigners
    and Japanese in Japan
  • Japan Soc / Top Stories in Japan
  • Shane Sakata's Home Page on Japan
  • Japanese Wikipedia Site
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  • Japanese Language Study Sites

  • Multiple Japanese Sites
  • Japanese Podcasting Lessonso
  • Wikipedia guide on Japanese/Rich!
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  • Cool Japan Sites
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  • Chiron's Survival Japanese Course
  • Annotated directory of internet resources/rich!
  • A very useful list of Japanese sites
  • Verizon search for Japanese sites
  • 100 Grammar and Useful Phrase Bits
  • Japanese for Free!
  • Greetings in Japanese
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  • Multiple Japanese Language Sites/Rich!
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  • Charles Eicher's Japanese Page/Rich!
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  • Japanese Guide for Characters
  • Web Japanese.Com
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  • My Japanese Lessons
  • Japanese for Beginners
  • Links to Learn Japanese Websites
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  • Japan Talk / Language Exchange Site
  • Mail Friends/lots of info here
  • Student Letter Exchange: Pen Pals Service

  • Exchange Schools & Pen Pals

  • Pen Pal from Japan
  • Nihongo Web
  • Nihongo Japanese Lessons
  • O'Hayo Sensei Jobs in Japan
  • Getting It Right: Communicating Japanese Style
  • Helpline Japan
  • Sunnypages Japan/Links
  • Heidi's Tips on Learning Japanese
  • Talk Japanese from the BBC
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  • All about teaching English in Japan
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  • Resources from the UK...
  • A helpful list of sites for learning Japanese/UK
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  • Comprehensive Japanese Sites
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  • Basic Japanese: About.com
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  • Easy Japanese
  • Learning Japanese Multiple Links Sites/Rich!
  • Nice List of Japanese Language Links
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  • Sakura - Japanese On-line - Monash University
  • Japanese websites... lots of them
  • Hear Words and Phrases in Japanese

  • Eye On Japan/Tips on living in Japan

  • Jobba.net= jobs for Japanese speakers world-wide

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  • My Language Partner
    Travel and Living Guide:Japanese
  • Reading Tutor
  • Dozens of on-line tutorials
  • Basic Japanese Online via Yahoo
  • Reading Japanese
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  • ESL : Bilingual : Japanese English
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  • Jim's Japanese Grammar Summary
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  • Human Japanese
  • General Sentences in Japanese
  • Some Notes on Japanese Grammar
  • More of the same above
  • Japanese verbs
  • Shin Nihongo no Kiso
  • Quality Links
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  • Virtual Edo/Very Nice
  • Institute for Teaching Japanese

  • Jim Breen's Japanese Dictionary Server
  • Wanna Learn Japanese Online?/Rich resource!
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  • Welcome to Nihongo o Narau
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  • Speech on Demand Network
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    Quizzes for Japanese
  • Japanese Word Order
  • 20 activities & drills from Quia
  • Japanese Romaji (Roman letters)
  • The Romaji Conundrum
  • The Japanese language from Shambles
  • Japanese Exercises from Dartmouth
  • English to Japanese FLASHCARDS
  • A Quiz in Japanese
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  • Tokyo Tokyo TokyoQuiz
    Writing Japanese
  • Lang-8 on You Tube
  • Write your name in Japanese
  • Japanese Writing Tutor
  • Calligraphy
  • Shodo: Calligraphy
  • Calligraphy Links
  • Understanding Written Japanese
  • Understanding Romanji
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    Kanji Sites
  • Kanji Pod
    Gabor's simple web-generated kanji flashcards
    for photo capable iPods
  • Kanji Flashcards/White Rabbit Press
  • Drill the Kanji
  • Etymologies of Kanji
  • The History Guide of Kanji
  • The Kanji Site
  • Chinese Characters As Used In Japan
  • Rikai Kanji Site
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  • Kanji World
  • Japanese Writing System
  • Kanji e-learning site
  • Java Kanji Flashcards 500
  • Quiz on Commonly Used Words
  • Vashon's Kanji Viewer
  • Ji-chan's Kanji Flashcards
  • Kanji-A Guide
  • Kanji Challenge Quiz
  • Kanji Worksheet
  • Kanji Alive/U of Chicago
  • Kanji Step
    At kanjistep.com you can find information about the Japanese
    language, culture and other Japan related topics
  • Kanji-Step links.com
  • KANJI.com
  • Kanji Links
  • The Kanji Project
  • Excite's Japanese Phrases Finds
  • Hiragana Site
  • Benjamin Barrett's Learning to read and write
  • Understanding Written Japanese
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    The History of Japan
  • The History of Japan/A Chronology
  • Great New Site on the History of Japan
  • History of Japan
  • Japanese Text Initiative: Univ. of Virginia
  • TokyoTokyoTokyo/A cultural guide
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    Japanese Holidays
  • Holidays and Celebrations: Japan
  • IZU: Japanese National Holidays
  • Japan@Online Arts and Culture
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    Sites in Japanese
  • CNN.com in Japanese
  • CNN News about Japan
    A new addition to this site / check it out
  • Newspaper archives in Japanese
  • Kids.Net in Japanese
  • Chunichi Web Press in Japanese
  • Kyoto Shinbun in Japanese
  • Other newspapers in Japan
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    Websites in Japan
  • Japanese web sites from Sapporo
  • Homestay Programs/Study Abroad in Sapporo
  • Japanese Chat and Message Board
  • 100 Japanese web sites in Japan
  • Discovering Japan through the Internet
  • Learn Japanese with Yes Japan.com
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    Learning Games to Play
  • Concentration Games for Yookoso
  • Kana Game
    This game shows you an English word and asks
    you to type in the Japanese
  • Wordchamp for Japanese
  • Japanese Crossword Puzzles
  • Kanji Game
  • An interactive game in Japanese
  • Fun for Kids
  • Word Dance for Haiku
  • Concentration Games for Yookoso
  • A Fan in Japan / A game in Japanese
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    Dictionaries & Translators
  • Online Talking Japanese Dictionary
    Dictionarist currently provides translations for dozens of new languages
  • Japanese Picture Dictionary/Fun!

  • Hideki's Japanese/English Dictionary
  • WordReference Dictionary in Japanese
  • Denshi Jisho Online Japanese Dictionary
  • OneLook Dictionary Search
  • Multiple Japanese online dictionaries
  • Eng->Japn/Japn-> Eng Dictionary
  • Your Japanese Dictionaries
  • English to Japanese Dictionary
  • A Japanese photo dictionary
  • Babel Fish Translation
  • Alta Vista finds Japanese web sites
  • WorldLingo OnLine Translator
  • Japanese/English Dictionary
  • English to Japanese Dictionary
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    Poetry & Literature
  • Japanese Literature Home Page
  • Japanese Literature
  • Japanese Literature/Duke U
  • Classical Japanese Poetry
  • Japanese Poetry Resources
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    Ritsurin Park - Takamatsu City
    My favorite Japanese Park...jeb

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    Miscellaneous Sites for Japanese
  • All about Japan in only five minutes...
  • Spacious Planet - Japan Guide/Many nice links here
  • ASIAN People Meet
  • Jobs for Teaching English in Japan
  • The Foreigner: Japan Links/Nice!
  • Japanese Internet Sites from Brooklyn College/Rich!
  • Blue Yonder UK/Japanese Websites
  • CNN News & Video about Japan
  • GOOGLE news from Japan
  • WWW Servers for Japanese Language
  • Sidestep Vacations in Japan
  • Maxwell Hill Japan Links/Rich!
  • Cybercypher on Japanese language sites
  • Kyoto-I-Net
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  • Weekend Japanology
  • Japanese: Palomar College/Rich site!
  • Rating Websites for Japanese Websites
  • Hotels in Japan/Reservations
  • MOFA/in Japanese/For. Affaires Ministry
  • Sports in Japan and much more
  • Gateway to Japanese Language
  • Everything Japanese/Kazekawa
  • A Select List of Japanese Study Sites
  • World Heritage sites in Japan
  • A History of the Japanese Language
  • Multiple Japanese web sites from Teach-Nology
  • Teaching in Japan
  • Amazing Japan: Fascinating facts and features

  • Land of Links for Japanese
  • Wikipedia guide on Japanese/Rich!
  • Teachology Sites for Japan
  • Japan Travel Photo Guide
  • A Photo Guide to Japan/Very rich
  • Japanese language learning tools on Web
  • Learn Japanese

  • Japan Today
  • Learn Japanese - Free!
  • Tom's Links for studying Japanese
  • So you want to learn Nihongo?
  • L. Caplan-Carbin's Japanese Links
  • Univ. of Toledo (OH) Japanese Web Links
  • The Hottest 100 Japanese web sites
  • Japanese related web sites in English
  • New Japanese Web Sites
  • Free Learning Resources Japanese/Rich Source!
  • Quick and Dirty Guide to Japanese
  • Launch Pad/UCLA
  • The Counting Dictionary(jp)
  • List of Japanglish (1/3)
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  • Good general information on Japan and Japanese culture
  • Sites Related To Japanese Culture
  • Uof Alberta Library Resources for Japanese/Rich!
  • News and Photos of Japan/IKJELD/Rich site
  • Banzai Japan Photos
  • Japan Travel Photo Guide
  • The Nihon Sun
    Japan's Online Culture & Travel Magazine
  • Hanami Web
    Inside Japan/Loaded Site
  • The Web Kanzaki
    Need resources on Japan? A selected list is found here
  • Japan Travel Guide
    Your guide to Japan / a "loaded" site!
  • Many Travel Photos of Japan/in Spanish
  • JIN - Japan Information Network
  • Japanese Web Sites
  • Japanese Activities from SMU
  • Japanese lesson plans
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    Best Japanese Search Engines

  • Japanese Search Engine Listing
  • Infoseek Japan / Search Engine
  • Colossus Search Engine for Japanese
  • Japanese Search Engines
  • Dragon / Search Engine
  • Goo / Search Engine
  • Japanese Search Desk/Rich!

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  • Fun Trivia on Japan

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    THE WEEK, June 26, 2009, p. 20
     - Learning to speak two languages when you're young, new research shows, gives you a more nimble mind. But bilingualism also has a downside - more frequent moments of confusion when choosing words. Researchers at Northwestern University found that people who are fluent in two languages establish brain pathways and learning strategies that make it easier to acquire additional languages. "Our research shows that the experience of becoming bilingual itself makes learning a new language easier," says study author Viorica Marian. But another study found that speaking two tongues give you a second one to trip over. Jeannie Pyers of Wellesley College tells New Scientist that bilingual speakers studied were more likely to suffer the "tip-of-the-tongue" stumble, in which they suddenly forget that word they were just about to say. Bilinguals know twice as many words as monolinguals, and use most of them half as frequently. So in the heat of the moment, they're more likely to come up short.
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    "Monolingualism Can Be Cured"


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