Surf these sites: AJALT Home Page -- Association for Japanese-Language Teaching - English language page of a group devoted to improving the formal instruction of Japanese. All About Hiragana -- This page provides a brief history and reason for the creation of the Hiragana script in the Japanese language, as part of the evolutionary adaptation of Chinese writing into an originally unspoken Japanese language. This page is a part of Joyo 96, an on-line Japanese language learning center, and book refferal service, that is FREE to the public and teaches written Japanese language on-line. All About Kanji -- A brief history and outline of Japanese Kanji, Chinese characters or ideographs which convey semantic meaning in written Japanese. Also a description of the Joyo Kanji, or general use characters as set forth by the Japanese ministry of education. All About Katakana -- This page provides a brief history and reason for the creation of the Katakana script in the Japanese language, as part of the evolutionary adaptation of Chinese writing into an originally unspoken Japanese language. This page is a part of Joyo 96, an on-line Japanese language learning center, and book refferal service, that is FREE to the public and teaches written Japanese language on-line. Joyo 96 also teaches a full course on Japanese Katakana and Hiragana, containing a FREE web version of READING JAPANESE All About Stroke Order Rules -- This page provides a succinct set of rules for the proper calligraphy and rendering of Chinese characters and kana script in the Japanese written language. This page is a part of Joyo 96, an on-line Japanese language learning center, and book refferal service, that is FREE to the public and teaches written Japanese. Easy Web Japanese -- Basic Japanese Conversation Lessons on the Internet. A free, easy, and convenient way to learn Japanese. Free Light Japanese -- With "Free Light Japanese" you can learn Japanese writing system (Hiragana, Katakana and 1945 Jouyou Kanji), vocabulary and pronunciation by using multimedia techniques. Intensive Japanese - Cornell University -- Summer and Year. Fellowships Available Japanese 1st Grade Kanji Map -- The entire Japanese Ministry of Education''s Grade 1st grade Kanji are accessed from this page, and covers Kanji etymology, Kanji stroke order for Japanese calligraphy (movies), on-kun (Chinese - Japanese) readings, example Japanese compounds, etc. Japanese Tutorials at Knowledge Hound -- Links to free online Japanese lessons, including basic Japanese for travelers, conversational Japanese and reading & writing Hiragana, Katagana & Kanji. Japanese at LanguageTapes.com -- The world famous Pimsleur Audio Cassette Language Courses for Japanese at great prices for secure online purchase. Japanese for Anime -- A site for Anime fans to learn some useful Japanese words and phrases. Japanese-Online - Free Japanese Lessons on the Internet -- Free Japanese Language Lessons and Translated Math Story Problems from Japan''s Jr. High Math Placement Tests Jim Breen''s Japanese Page -- Home of the free EDICT Japanese-English dictionary. Also links to other sites about Japanese. Jim Breen''s Japanese Page -- One of the primary resources on the net for Japanese language related material in English (mirror site). Jim Breen''s WWW Japanese-English Dictionary -- Translate between Japanese and English. Joyo 96 - Understanding Written Japanese -- Joyo 96 is an on-line Japanese language learning center, that is free. A public distance learning and book refferal service, that teaches written Japanese language on-line. The Japanese Kanji are presented in the Japanese Ministry of Education''s Grade order, and cover Kanji etymology, Kanji stroke order for Japanese calligraphy, on-kun (Chinese - Japanese) readings, example Japanese compounds, etc.. Joyo 96 also teaches a full course on Japanese Katakana and Hiragana, containing a web version of READING JAPANESE Kanji Flashcards and Kanji-of-the-Day -- Kanji-Ya Kanji Flashcards contain comprehensive information on 300 Kanji characters while the Kanji-of-the-Day tests your Kanji knowledge. Katakana - Lesson 1 - Table of Contents -- This page contains a web version of the Katakana lessons found in READING JAPANESE, and provides a complete course on mastering the Katakana. This course is a sub-division of the Joyo 96 written Japanese learning center and book referral service, FREE to the public. Katakana Japanese -- Katakana Japanese Aims at worldwide Japanese. You can download "Katakana Japanese Editor" from this site. This site use dynamic font. LanguageTalk Japanese -- Allows you to convert typed romaji to either katakana or hiragana. The resulting converted message has a distinct URL which can then be sent to another person to receive a message in Japanese. Learn How to Wow in Japanese! -- Learn interesting Japanese while having fun. Join our free email list. A little bit of everything Japanese! Learning Japanese: games, dictionaries and other resources. -- Learning Japanese online. Word games with basic Japanese, electronic English-Japanese-English dictionaries. Study the language through, culture, cartoons, songs, etc. Manga School Of Japanese -- Learn Japanese the easy way, learn it the Manga way. Free online courses and tutorials to help you learn Nihongo as quickly as possible Open Japan -- An online tool that lets you view Japanese websites with any graphical browser. Pera Pera Penguin''s 5-minute Japanese Class -- by Hitomi Hirayama Reading Japanese -- Learn to read hiragana, katakana and kanji. Reiko-chan''s -- Web based lessons on Japanese, with links to lessons on the writing systems. Stephan''s Virtual University -- provides free Japanese lessons for beginners and advanced students. Provides also free Maths and Computer Science lessons and a great collection of Gif Teach Yourself Japanese -- Online language Lessons - has sounds if you have Sound Machine - covers the Kana, Hiragana and Katakana, and touches some issues of grammar. WannaLearn.com: Japanese -- A collection of free, high-quality online tutorials, lessons, guides and instructionally oriented Websites that help you learn Japanese.
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