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JAPANESE LANGUAGE

English <> Japanese Dictionary with Text, Images, Animations & Audio/Sound

JAPANESE KANJI DICTIONARY (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - Saiga Multimedia Japanese Kanji Dictionary with Teaching Modules (Text, Images, Stroke Demonstrations & Audio/Sound).
Japanese Kanji Dictionary
"...is a free online dictionary for learning the Kanji of Japanese used in daily life..."
"...you can search 3205 Kanji. These Kanji include the Joyo (Jouyou) Kanji (grade 1-7, 1945 characters), and Jinmei Kanji (grade 8, 895 characters), and grade 9 Kanji used in daily life..."
You can lookup the details and pronunciations of the Kanji. Each Kanji is presented by
A Grade;
A Stroke Count;
An Enlarging Image with Kyokasho (Kyoukasho) Font;
Stroke Order;
Radical;
English Meaning, On-yomi (Phonetic Reading);
Kun-yomi (Native Japanese Reading - The Example of Each Reading;
Special Reading - Special Meaning...."
For more information see Saiga

English <> Japanese Dictionaries

"ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "JAPANESE-ENGLISH" - goo, NTT Resonant Inc., Japan Multimedia English <> Japanese Dictionary (Text & Images).

"ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "JAPANESE-ENGLISH" (JIM BREEN'S WWWJDIC SERVER) - J. Breen, School of Computer Science & Software Engineering, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Multimedia English <> Japanese Dictionary (Text & Images).
Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Dictionary Server also includes
"...Translate Words in Japanese Text;
Find Kanji (MultiRadical Method); Handwritten Interface;
Keitai Text Translation; etc..."
For more information see Jim Breen's Japanese Page or Jim Breen's Home Page

"ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "JAPANESE-ENGLISH" - Kim Ahlström Multimedia English <> Japanese Dictionary (Text & Images).
Denshi Jisho
"...is an easy-to-use and powerful online Japanese dictionary. It lets you find words, kanji and example sentences by searching in many ways..."

"ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "JAPANESE-ENGLISH" - SPACE ALC Inc., Japan Multimedia English <> Japanese Dictionary (Text & Images).

English <> Japanese Medical Dictionary

"ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "JAPANESE-ENGLISH" MEDICAL DICTIONARY - T. Oi, Japan Multimedia English <> Japanese Medical Dictionary (Text & Images).

Japanese <> Other Languages Dictionaries

"JAPANESE <> ARABIC, BULGARIAN, CHINESE, CZECH, ENGLISH, ESTONIAN, FRENCH, GERMAN, GREEK, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN, NEDERLANDS, NORWEGIAN, POLISH, PORTUGUESE, ROMANIAN, RUSSIAN, SPANISH, SWEDISH & TURKISH" - Alexandria Multimedia Italian to Other Languages (Text & Images). For more information see Memodata

Japanese <> Russian

"JAPANESE-RUSSIAN" "RUSSIAN-JAPANESE" - Multitran, Russia Multimedia Russian <> Japanese Dictionary (Text & Images).

English <> Japanese Dictionaries and other Languages

"ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "JAPANESE-ENGLISH" AND DANISH, GERMAN, FRENCH, ITALIAN, JAPANESSE, RUSSIAN, SPANISH & TURKISH - AND TURKISH <> DANISH, ENGLISH, GERMAN, FRENCH, ITALIAN & SPANISH - Hazar.com Multimedia English <> Japanese Dictionary & Other Languages (Text & Images).

"ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "JAPANESE-ENGLISH" AND JAPANESE & KOREAN; CHINESE TO ENGLISH; JAPANESE TO GERMAN - WORD, TEXT & URL TRANSLATION - POPjisyo.com, Michael Foster Multimedia English <> Japanese Dictionary & Other Languages (Text & Images).

"ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "JAPANESE-ENGLISH" AND ENGLISH <> ALBANIAN, ARABIC, BULGARIAN, CHINESE TRADITIONAL, CROATIAN, CZECH, DUTCH, ESTONIAN, FINNISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, GREEK, HEBREW, HUNGARIAN, INDONESIAN, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN, LATVIAN, LITHUANIAN, PERSIAN (FARSI), POLISH, PORTUGUESE, ROMANIAN, RUSSIAN, SERBIAN, SLOVAK, SPANISH, SWEDISH, TAGALOG, THAI, TURKISH, UKRAINIAN, VIETNAMESE & YIDDISH - Ectaco Corporate Center, N.Y. Multimedia English <> Japanese Dictionary & Other Languages (Text & Images). For more information see Online Dictionaries; Ectaco U.K. or Ectaco U.S.

"ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "JAPANESE-ENGLISH" AND CHINESE, ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN, MALAY & VIETNAMESE - The Papillon Project, Mathieu Mangeot, NII & Gilles Sérasset, GETA-CLIPS Multimedia English <> Japanese Dictionary & Other Languages (Text & Images).

"ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "JAPANESE-ENGLISH" AND ARABIC, BULGARIAN, CHINESE, CZECH, ENGLISH, ESTONIAN, FRENCH, GERMAN, GREEK, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN, NEDERLANDS, NORWEGIAN, POLISH, PORTUGUESE, ROMANIAN, RUSSIAN, SPANISH, SWEDISH & TURKISH - Alexandria Multimedia English <> Japanese Dictionary (Text & Images). For more information see Memodata

English <> Japanese Dictionaries with Word, Text & Website Translation

"ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "JAPANESE-ENGLISH" AND CHINESE, DUTCH, FRENCH, GERMAN, GREEK, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN, PORTUGUESE, RUSSIAN & SPANISH AND FRENCH <> DUTCH, GERMAN, GREEK, ITALIAN, PORTUGUESE & SPANISH - Babel Fish, Yahoo Multimedia English <> Japanese Word, Japanese Text & Japanese Website Translation & Other Languages (Text & Images). For more information see Yahoo

"ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "JAPANESE-ENGLISH" AND CHINESE, FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN, PORTUGUESE & SPANISH AND FRENCH <> GERMAN & ITALIAN; GERMAN <> FRENCH & ITALIAN; ITALIAN <> FRENCH, GERMAN & SPANISH; JAPANESE <> KOREAN - Amikai Inc. Multimedia English <> Japanese Word, Japanese Text & Japanese Website Translation & Other Languages (Text & Images). For more information see Amikai Inc.

"ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "JAPANESE-ENGLISH" AND ARABIC, CHINESE, DUTCH, FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN, PORTUGUESE, RUSSIAN, SPANISH, SWEDISH; AND FRENCH <> DUTCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, PORTUGUESE & SPANISH - Systran S.A. Multimedia English <> Japanese Word, Japanese Text & Japanese Website Translation & Other Languages (Text & Images). For more information see Systran

"ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "JAPANESE-ENGLISH" AND ARABIC, CHINESE, DUTCH, FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN, PORTUGUESE, RUSSIAN & SPANISH AND FRENCH <> DUTCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, PORTUGUESE & SPANISH - Applied Language Multimedia English <> Japanese Word, Japanese Text & Japanese Website Translation & Other Languages (Text & Images). For more information see Applied Language

Also includes

Email Translation

Language Identifier

"ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "JAPANESE-ENGLISH" AND CHINESE, ENGLISH, DUTCH, FRENCH, GERMAN, GREEK, ITALIAN, KOREAN, JAPANESE, PORTUGUESE, RUSSIAN & SPANISH - Lexico Publishing Group, LLC Multimedia English <> Japanese Word, Japanese Text & Japanese Website Translation & Other Languages (Text & Images). For more information see Dictionary.com

"ENGLISH-JAPANESE" "JAPANESE-ENGLISH" AND CHINESE TO ENGLISH, JAPANESE TO GERMAN - POPjisyo.com, Michael Foster Multimedia English <> Japanese Word, Japanese Text & Japanese Website Translation & Other Languages (Text & Images).

"JAPANESE-ENGLISH" WWWJDIC TRANSLATION AID - J. Breen, School of Computer Science & Software Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Multimedia English <> Japanese Word, Japanese Text & Japanese Website Translation & Other Languages (Text & Images). For more information see Jim Breen's Japanese Page or Jim Breen's Home Page

ENGLISH <> JAPANESE ONLINE WEB TRANSLATION - Life Science Dictionary Project in Japan, Kyoto University, Japan Multimedia English <> Japanese Word, Japanese Text & Japanese Website Translation & Other Languages (Text & Images). For more information see Life Science Dictionary Project in Japan

"ENGLISH-GERMAN" "DEUTSCH-ENGLISCH" AND ARABIC, CHINESE, FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN, PORTUGUESE & SPANISH - Google Multimedia English <> Japanese Word, Japanese Text & Japanese Website Translation & Other Languages (Text & Images). For more information see Google

Japanese Word, Phrase & Text Pronunciation (Text-To-Speech) with Text, Images & Audio/Sound

WORD OR TEXT-TO-SPEECH: "JAPANESE" - MALE AND/OR FEMALE VOICES AND WORD OR TEXT-TO-SPEECH FOR "CATALAN, CHINESE, CZECH, DANISH, DUTCH, ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, GREEK, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN, NORWEGIAN, POLISH, PORTUGUESE, RUSSIAN, SPANISH, SWEDISH & TURKISH - Oddcast Inc. Multimedia Japanese Text-To-Speech (TTS) & Other Languages (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). For more information see Text-to-Speech (TTS) or Oddcast Inc.

Japanese Language Dictionaries

JAPANESE DICTIONARY - Space ALC, Inc. Multimedia Japanese Dictionary (Text & Images). In Japanese. For more information see the Space ALC

JAPANESE DICTIONARY - Infoseek, Japan Multimedia Japanese Dictionary (Text & Images).

JAPANESE LANGUAGE COURSES & TEACHING MODULES

BASIC JAPANESE

Basic Japanese Courses & Teaching Modules
Japanese Vocabulary Lessons, Japanese Grammar Lessons, Japanese Spelling Lessons,
Japanese Pronunciation Lessons, Online Japanese Keyboard, Your Name in Japanese, etc.

Basic Japanese Teaching Modules with Text, Images & Audio/Sound

JAPANESE ALPHABET PRONUNCIATION (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - Saiga Multimedia Basic Japanese Alphabet Pronunciation Teaching Modules (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Basic Japanese Alphabet Pronunciation
"...You can study four basic pronunciation called Seion, Dakuon, Handakuon, and Yoon by hearing sound files on this page. "Language education" is always started from the study of the alphabet. Now, let's learn the alphabet of the Japanese language..."
For more information see Saiga

INTRODUCTION TO "JAPANESE" VOCABULARY & PRONUNCIATION (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYTER) - Project Coordinator: T. Blackmon, LanguageGuide.org Multimedia Basic Japanese Teaching Modules (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Basic Japanese Teaching Modules
"...place cursor over any of the images and hear their names pronounced and see them spelled out..."
Basic Japanese Teaching Modules include
"...Hiragana; Katakana; Greetings; Numbers; Time; Anatomy;
Mens & Womens Clothing; Animals; Home; Business; Farm; etc..."
For more information see LanguageGuide

Interactive Japanese Keyboard

JAPANESE KEYBOARD - Gate2Home.com Multimedia Online Japanese Keyboard (Text & Images).
Japanese Keyboard allows
"...you to type in your language, and to view your language's keyboard layout on-screen in a virtual Semi-Real keyboard. It also allows you to simply type in a different language without messing with the operating system settings..."
For more information see Gate2Home.com

Your Name in Japanese

YOUR NAME IN JAPANESE - E. Takase, Takase Studios, Fine Japanese Calligraphy Multimedia Your Name in Japanese (Text & Images).
Your Name in Japanese
"...This list has over 2000 first names in Japanese...Translation from English to Romaji, Hiragana, Katakana & Kanji with notes..."
For more information see Takase Studios

YOUR NAME IN JAPANESE - Philip Ronan Multimedia Your Name in Japanese (Text & Images).
Your Name in Japanese
"...In Japanese, foreign names are normally written using the phonetic katakana alphabet..."

FIRST YEAR JAPANESE

First Year Japanese Courses & Teaching Modules
Japanese Vocabulary Lessons & Tests, Japanese Grammar Lessons, Japanese Spelling Lessons,
Japanese Pronunciation Lessons, Japanese Reading Lessons, Japanese Listening Lessons,
Japanese Writing Lessons, Japanese Stroke Demonstrations, Japanese Sentence Structure Lessons,
Online Japanese Keyboard, Japanese Spell Checker, etc.

First Year Japanese Courses

KANJI: A GUIDE FOR STUDENTS OF JAPANESE KANJI - The Kanji SITE Multimedia First Year JLPT Kanji Teaching Modules & Kana Teaching Modules (Text, Images & Animations).
Kana
"...Kana is a collective term referring to hiragana and katakana, the two syllabic Japanese alphabets. Whereas kanji represent ideas or concepts, hiragana and katakana only represent syllables..."
Hiragan
"...is curvilinear and is used to write certain Japanese words, such as particles (wa, ga, ni), conjunctions, certain nouns and so on. Hiragana suffixes are also used with kanji stems to form verbs and adjectives..."
"...there's only 46 basic hiragana, most written with only two or three strokes,..."
Katakana
"...characters are more angular than their hiragana counterparts and are used for words of foreign origin, emphasis..."

JLPT Kanji
"...Chose from Level 4, 3 or 2..."
"...Each level includes Vocabulary, Grammar, etc..."

INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - S. Takasugi, Yokohama, Japan Multimedia First Year Japanese Course (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
First Year Japanese Course Lessons include
Standard Hiragana Lessons include
"...Hiragana for vowels; Hiragana for k/g + vowels; Hiragana for s/z + vowels;
Hiragana for t/d + vowels; Hiragana for n + vowels; etc..."
Double Hiragana Lessons include
"...Double hiragana for consonants + y + vowels; etc..."
Hiragana Table with Lessons
"...contains all the hiragana except ones with voiced sound marks, ones with semi-voiced sound marks, and small hiragana..."
Katakan Table with Lessons
"...Each katakana is shown with its pronunciation. Being exactly the same as hiragana except for their shapes, katakana have the same pronunciations as hiragana,...."
Punctuation;
Java program to draw hiragana strokes;
Java program to draw katakana strokes;
Numbers & Java program to display numbers;
Grammar
"...Verbs; Adjectives; Negative forms; Java program to display inflections; etc..."
Vocabulary; Reading; etc.
For more information see Shinji Takasugi's Home Page

JAPANESE KANJI DICTIONARY & TEACHING MODULES (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - Saiga Multimedia First Year, Intermediate & Advanced Japanese Kanji Dictionary with Teaching Modules (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
Japanese Kanji Dictionary
"...is a free online dictionary for learning the Kanji of Japanese used in daily life..."
"...you can search 3205 Kanji. These Kanji include the Joyo (Jouyou) Kanji (grade 1-7, 1945 characters), and Jinmei Kanji (grade 8, 895 characters), and grade 9 Kanji used in daily life..."
You can lookup the details and pronunciations of the Kanji. Each Kanji is presented by
A Grade;
A Stroke Count;
An Enlarging Image with Kyokasho (Kyoukasho) Font;
Stroke Order;
Radical;
English Meaning, On-yomi (Phonetic Reading);
Kun-yomi (Native Japanese Reading - The Example of Each Reading;
Special Reading - Special Meaning...."
For more information see Saiga

Interactive Japanese Keyboard

JAPANESE KEYBOARD - Gate2Home.com Multimedia Online Japanese Keyboard (Text & Images).
Japanese Keyboard allows
"...you to type in your language, and to view your language's keyboard layout on-screen in a virtual Semi-Real keyboard. It also allows you to simply type in a different language without messing with the operating system settings..."
For more information see Gate2Home.com

Interactive Japanese Spell Checker

JAPANESE ON-LINE SPELL CHECKER - Life Science Dictionary Project, Japan Multimedia Japanese Spelling Checker (Text & Images). For more information see Life Science Dictionary Project

First Year Japanese Writing Courses & Teaching Modules with Text, Images, Stroke Demonstrations, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound

Japanese Writing Courses - Stroke Demonstrations

JAPANESE LANGUAGE WRITING COURSE - KANJI PRACTICE (QUICKTIME) - Mayumi Ishida, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literature, Dartmouth University Multimedia First Year, Intermediate & Advanced Japanese Writing Course (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
Kanji Practice
"...is a site which helps learners of Japanese to master reading and writing kanji..."
For each kanji
"...the site offers a brushstroke image, a brief video clip demonstrating stroke order, sample sentences for On and Kun readings with accompanying audio clips, print variations and the English translation of the kanji..."
Kanji Practice includes
"...Kanji 1-50; Kanji 51-100; Kanji 101-150; Kanji 151-200; Kanji 201-250
Kanji 251-300; Momotaro; Nihongo..."
For more information see Japanese Language Course Home Page; Ishida-Senee's Japanese Resources at Darmouth or the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literature

JAPANESE LANGUAGE WRITING COURSE (QUICKTIME) - Author: Masayoshi Kanai and hosted by the Akita International University, Japan Multimedia First Year, Intermediate & Advanced Japanese Writing Course (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
Available in English & Japanese.
Masayoshi Kanai's Japanese Writing Course includes
"...Hiragana Stroke Demonstration Movies;
Katakana Stroke Demonstration Movies;
Shougaku 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 nensei + etc Kanji Stroke Demonstration Movies;
Jouyou Kanji Stroke Demonstration Movies;
Jouyougai Kanji Stroke Demonstration Movies; etc..."

Japanese Writing Teaching Modules - Stroke Demonstrations

USAGI-CHAN'S JAPANESE WRITING TEACHING MODULES (QUICKTIME & FLASH) - Authors: Andrea Shea & Kazue Masuyama, Usagi-Chan's Genki Resource Center, Japanese Program, Department of Foreign Languages, California State University, Sacramento Multimeida Japanese First Year Japanese Writing Teaching Modules (Text, Images & Videos/Movies).
includes
"...Hiragana Stroke Order Stroke Demonstrations & Hiragana Drag-n-Drop Exercises;
Katakana Stroke Order Stroke Demonstrations & Katakana Drag-n-Drop Exercises;
Kanji Stroke Order Stroke Demonstrations..."
For more information see the Japanese Program or the Department of Foreign Languages

First Year Japanese Grammar Teaching Modules

Japanese Grammar Teaching Modules

JAPANESE GRAMMAR - School of Languages and Linguistics (LAL), Griffith University, Queensland, Australia Multimedia First Year Japanese Grammar Course (Text & Images).
Japanese Grammar Course Lessons include
Verbs
"...Verb Conjugations; Tense & Aspect; Required Conjugation Forms in Sentence Patterns; etc..."
Adjectives and Nouns
"...Introduction; Basic Conjugations; Tense & Aspect; etc..."
Particles
"...Topic Indicator; Case Indicator; Conjunctive; Sentence Final; etc..."
Interrogative 1 & 2; Specific Topics; etc.
For more information see Griffth University Japanese Resources; Griffith Japanese on Nathan Campus or the School of Languages and Linguistics (LAL)

A LOGICAL JAPANESE GRAMMAR - Mash Satou Multimedia First Year Japanese Grammar Teaching Modules (Text & Images).
Japanese Grammar Teaching Modules include
Introduction Lessons
"...Parts of Speech; Word Orders Correspondence of Pronouns, Cases, Articles, Interrogatives..."
Noun Lessons
"...Ordinary Nouns; Adjectival Nouns; Verbal Nouns; etc..."
Verb Lessons
"...The Verbal Conjugation; The Negative; The Tense; The Mood; Adjectival Verbs; auxiliary Verbs; etc..."
Phonemes; Accents; etc.

A JAPANESE CONJUGATION BUILDER - Mash Satou Multimedia Japanese Conjugation Builder (Text & Images). For more information see A Logical Japanese Grammar

DIAGRAMMAR - B. Kay Multimedia Japanese Diagrammar (Text & Images).
Japanese Diagrammar
"...Enter a Japanese sentence into the text box, click diagram to get vocabulary and grammar rules..."
For more information see Brian Kay's Home Page

First Year Japanese Exercises, Tests, Vocabulary Builders, etc.

Kanji Language Exercises

DICTATION QUIZZES OF JAPANESE SPEECH - Jouji Miwa, Speech Information Processing & Multimedia Signal Processing, Department of Computer and Information Science, Faculty of Engineering, Iwate University, Japan
Dictation Quizzes of Japanese Speech Contents
"...are the quizzes using Java applets for learners of Japanese to train themselves for hearing spoken sentences, words, syllables, special morae and accent..."
For more information see Speech Information Processing & Multimedia Signal Processing

ONLINE KANJI EXERCISES (QUICKTIME) - Japanese Language Program, Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures and Cultures, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Virginia Multimedia First Year Japanese Teaching Modules with Exercises (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Online Kanji Exercises is
"...designed to help beginners of Japanese build their proficiency by practicing with various online exercises..."
Online Kanji Exercises include
"...Kanji Stroke Order Exercises;
Kanji Audio Exercises;
Kanji Vocabulary Exercises;
Kanji Comprehension Exercises; etc..."
For more information see Japanese Language Program or the Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures and Cultures

GENKI ONLINE (QUICKTIME, WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - The Japan Times Online, Tokyo, Japan Multimedia Genki Online: Japanese Exercises, Quizzes & Tests (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). For more information see The Japan Times Online

Some examples of Genki Online Quizzes, Exercises & Tests include

HIRAGANA Listening Quiz

Grammar: Verb & Adjective Conjugation Practice
Verb & Adjective Conjugation Practice includes
"...12 Video Lessons..."

Vocabulary: Greeting Quizzes

SUUJI Listening Quiz - Numbers

IKAN Listening Quiz - Time

JAPANESE QUIZZES - Author: Michael Hominick, renshuu.org Multimedia Japanese Quizzes (Text & Images).
Japanese Quizzes for Genki, a First Year Japanese Language Textbook include
"...Kanji Characters, Vocabulary, etc..."

Kanji Vocabulary Tests

ENGLISH TO JAPANESE VACABULARY TESTS - Goethe-Verlag GmbH Multimedia First & Second Year English to Japanese Vocabulary Tests. For more information see Goethe-Tests Index; Goethe-Tests or Goethe-Verlag

JAPANESE TO ENGLISH VACABULARY TESTS - Goethe-Verlag GmbH Multimedia First & Second Year Japanese to English Vocabulary Tests. For more information see Goethe-Tests Index; Goethe-Tests or Goethe-Verlag

INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED JAPANESE

Intermediate & Advanced Japanese Courses & Teaching Modules
Japanese Grammar Lessons, Japanese Spelling Lessons, Japanese Pronunciation Lessons,
Japanese Reading Lessons, Japanese Listening Lessons, Japanese Audio Lessons,
Japanese Writing Lessons, Japanese Stroke Demonstrations, etc.

CLASSICAL JAPANESE (OLD JAPANESE)

Intermediate Classical Japanese Courses & Teaching Modules

CLASSICAL JAPANESE - BUNGO NYÛMON - Sengoku Daimyô, Anthony J. Bryant Multimedia Introduction to Classical Japanese (Text & Images).
Bungo Nyûmon - Classical Japanese Teaching Modules include
"...Classical Japanese Vocabulary; Classical Japanese Orthography; Classical Japanese Stem Elements;
Classical Japanese Adjectives (Shiku-type adjectives, Ku-type adjectives, etc.);
Classical Japanese Verbs; Classical Japanese Copulas; etc..."
For more information see the Sengoku Daimyô

MODERN JAPANESE

Intermediate Japanese Courses with Text, Images, Audio/Sound & Videos/Movies

INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE COURSES (QUICKTIME & REALPLAYER) - Japanese Language Program, Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures, MIT Multimedia Intermediate Japanese Courses (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
Japanese Study Materials for each Course include
"...Japanese Audio Lessons; Kanji Lessons; Japanese Reading Lessons; Photographic Vocabulary Aids; etc..."
For more information see the Japanese Language Program

Intermediate Kanji Teaching Modules

DRILL THE KANJI (JAVA APPLET) Roger Meyer, Institut Franco-Japonais de Tokyo Multimedia Intermediate Kanji Drill Exercieses (Text & Images).
Available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish & Japanese.
Drill the Kanji
"...This program was conceived as a reviewing tool or a drill tool. It is designed for students who have already started to learn Japanese. It is therefore assumed that you can read katakana and hiragana signs..."

Intermediate & Advanced Japanese Writing Courses with Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound

JAPANESE LANGUAGE WRITING COURSE - KANJI PRACTICE (QUICKTIME) - Mayumi Ishida, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literature, Dartmouth University Multimedia First Year, Intermediate & Advanced Japanese Writing Course (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
Kanji Practice
"...is a site which helps learners of Japanese to master reading and writing kanji..."
For each kanji
"...the site offers a brushstroke image, a brief video clip demonstrating stroke order, sample sentences for On and Kun readings with accompanying audio clips, print variations and the English translation of the kanji..."
Kanji Practice includes
"...Kanji 1-50; Kanji 51-100; Kanji 101-150; Kanji 151-200; Kanji 201-250
Kanji 251-300; Momotaro; Nihongo..."
For more information see Japanese Language Course Home Page; Ishida-Senee's Japanese Resources at Darmouth or the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literature

JAPANESE LANGUAGE WRITING COURSE (QUICKTIME) - Author: Masayoshi Kanai and hosted by the Akita International University, Japan Multimedia First Year, Intermediate & Advanced Japanese Writing Course (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound).
Available in English & Japanese.
Masayoshi Kanai's Japanese Writing Course includes
"...Hiragana Stroke Demonstration Movies;
Katakana Stroke Demonstration Movies;
Shougaku 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 nensei + etc Kanji Stroke Demonstration Movies;
Jouyou Kanji Stroke Demonstration Movies;
Jouyougai Kanji Stroke Demonstration Movies; etc..."

JAPANESE LITERATURE, JAPANESE POETRY & JAPANESE HISTORY

Japanese History

JAPANESE HISTORY - Anthony J. Bryant Multimedia Japanese History Manuals & Teaching Modules (Text & Images).
Japanese History Manuals & Teaching Modules include
"...An Online Japanese Armour Manual;
A History of Japanese Clothing and Accessories;
An Online Japanese Miscellany;
A Basic Introduction to Classical Japanese; etc..."

GAGAKU: JAPANESE COURT MUSIC AND DANCE (REALPLAYER) - Nakata Taizo Multimedia Gagaku: Japanese Court Music & Dance (Text, Images & Audio/Sound).
Gagaku: Japanese Court Music & Dance
"...has been performed for over 1200 years. It has been carefully preserved and handed down to present day as music of the Japanese Imperial Court..."

Japanese Literature & Japanese Poetry

AOZORA BUNKO - Aozora Bunko, Japan Multimedia Japanese Literature, Japanese Poetry & Japanese Drama (Text & Images).

DIGITAL DICTIONARY OF BUDDHISM - Charles Muller, Faculty of Humanities, Toyo Gakuen University Multimedia Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (Text & Images).
Digital Dictionary of Buddhism includes
Radical; Total Strokes;
East Asian Romanized Readings
"...Pinyin readings index; Wade-Giles readings index; Korean readings index (Ministry of Culture romanization);
Korean readings index (McCune-Reischauer romanization); Japanese readings index (Hepburn); etc..."
Terms; Texts; etc..."
For more information see Resources for East Asian Language and Thought or the Faculty of Humanities

JAPANESE POETRY - Project Director: T. McAuley, School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield Multimedia Japanese Poetry (Text & Images).
Japanese Poetry includes over 2600 Poems..."
Japanese Poetry
"...The poems will appear in chronological order, starting with the earliest poem/songs and gradually moving forward through time to the haiku..."
For more information see Japan 2001 Waka Website; Thomas McAuley's Home Page or the School of East Asian Studies

JAPANESE HISTORICAL TEXT INITIATIVE - Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE, University of California, Berkeley Multimedia Japanese Historical Literature (Text & Images).
Some examples of Japanese Historical Literature include
"...Kojiki, Japan's oldest extant chronicle (Ancient Records and Myths);
Nihon Shoki, Japan's second oldest extant chronicle (Chronicle of Japan);
Shoku Nihongi (n official record of events at the Japanese Imperial court between the enthronement of Emperor Mommu in 697 and 771, the second year of Kõnin reign); etc..."
For more information see Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE

Some more examples of Japanese Historical Literature include

Shinto Purification Rituals - Authors: James W. Boyd and Ron G. Williams, & Hosted by the Center for Shinto Sutdies & Japanese Culture
Shinto Purification Rituals
"...offer an interpretation of the Shinto ritual tradition that explains how and in what sense ritual practices can mirror, or provide images of, the Shinto ideal of purity..."

Himatsuri: A Cinematic Perspective on Shinto - Authors: James W. Boyd, Ron G. Williams & Tetsuya Nishimura, & Hosted by the Center for Shinto Sutdies & Japanese Culture
Himatsuri: A Cinematic Perspective on Shinto
"...Film analysis may seem a strange avenue to the investigation of a religious tradition, but we believe that the arts can provide a sui generis means of exploration and knowledge, and we have chosen a film which is about the connection between Shinto practice and environmental issues..."

JAPANESE LITERATURE - National Institute of Japanese Literature, Japan Multimedia Japanese Literature (Text & Images).

JAPANESE TEXT INITIATIVE - University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center and the University of Pittsburgh East Asian Library Multimedia Japanese Literature, Japanese Poetry & Japanese Drama (Text & Images).
Japanese Literature, Japanese Poetry & Japanese Drama includes
"...Pre-Modern Period (Nara Period, Heian Period, Edo Period, etc.) and the Modern Period..."

NICHIBUNKEN - International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, Japan Multimedia Japanese Literature (Text & Images).

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