March 04, 2004

にほんごクラスOnline

I set up online message board for my friends who are studying Japanese. Please leave your message in Japanese, and I'll reply in Japanese. Don't worry about making a mistake. Let's have fun!

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January 30, 2004

Kanji Practice Sheets

Nakama Kanji Sheets are available at University of Hawai site. If you use Nakama for your Japanese class and want to practice Kanji, these are perfect.

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January 21, 2004

The Kanji Site

If you are intrested in Kanji, The Kanji SIte is a great page to start Kanji practice.

This site introduces the history of kanji and some tips to enjoy practicing kanji. Kanji have two kinds of readings, "On" readings and "Kun" readings. If you check out this site, you might understand what is the difference between "On" and "Kun".

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January 10, 2004

Vocabulary Quizzes

Japanese Vocabulary Quizzes (JavaScript)

If you want to built up your vocabulary, here is the site you can practice effectively.

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January 08, 2004

Hiragana Megane

MEGANE means "glasses". If you can get magical glasses which allow you to read Japanese all in Hiragana, it makes things much easier, right? Check out this site. Oh yes, the dream comes true. This web site is the cool MEGANE to read Kanji.

This is how it works. Enter te URL of the Japanese website which you want to read. Then, HIRAGANA MEGANE automatically converts Kanji into Hiragana! Yes, only you have to know is how to read Hiragana.

Of course, you need to know the meaning of the words, but why don't you study Japanese with this great tool? It's gonna be nice exercises to read Hiragana. Don't you think so?

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January 05, 2004

Online Dictionary

Anybody knows about handy Online dictionary?

Online Dictionary could be an useful tool for studying Japanese, but I haven't found the best online English-Japanese dictionary yet. This site is the one I know so far. This site has very simple interface, and searching speed is not too bad. If you can type only English, there is no problem. Ro-ma-ji works.

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