Nihongo Guide
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Mr. Brain Vocabulary
Link to full scripts of 8 episodes in Japanese.
Full text in Japanese:
Online Resources
Language
- rikai-chan mouse-over translations of kanji on webpages
- Reading practice from easy to hard, covering Japanese culture, with hyperlinked vocabulary
- Best dictionary ever! Try it, you'll see what I mean.
- Google Translate is very unreliable! But can still be helpful.
- Translation Party shows why you should be careful with Google Translate.
- まるです。 Blog by Maru the cat. A short sentence for each photo; not overwhelming so it's fun to read.
- Pera Pera Penguin language column from the Yomiuri Shimbun that addresses pitfalls and common questions.
Shopping
- Jet Pens Japanese notebooks, pens and mechanical pencils.
- Sasuga Books US-based Japanese book importer. A great place to find Japanese-language books and manga online (if you are buying from the US).
- White Rabbit Press More Japanese books and miscellanea.
iPhone
- Kotoba Japanese-English dictionary. Enable the iPhone's Japanese keyboard, and if you want to enter kanji by stroke, enable the Chinese keyboard as well.
- Kanji Flip well-designed flash card program. It's addictive.
- Japanese Flip like Kanji Flip but for full vocabulary words, organized by JLPT level.
- iShodo nifty doodling app.
Food
- Kyoto Foodie blog
- Bento blog beautiful お弁当's.
- Lunch in a Box best bento guide on the web.
Miscellaneous
- Japanese Book Binding how-to guide.
Book Reviews (coming eventually)
- A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar
- A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar
- Kanji in Context
- Remembering the Kanji by Heisig
- A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by Henshall
- Kodansha's series of little Japanese books (previously the "Power Japanese" series):
- All About Particles
- The Handbook of Japanese Verbs
- The Handbook of Japanese Adjectives and Adverbs
- Basic Connections
- Decoding Kanji
- Kodansha's Read Real Japanese series