hey guys :) i’m back again with a topic i’ve been wanting to talk about for a long time. if any of you out there can't or don't want to spend money on your Japanese learning journey (been both lol) this video is the one for you !
someone please stop me from making super long videos that take forever and ruin my upload schedule…
let me know in the comment section down below what your thoughts are and if you have any recommendations for other learners.
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Resources
Dictionaries
- Weblio (monolingual) https://www.weblio.jp/
- Goo (monolingual) https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/
- Jisho https://jisho.org/
- Takoboto https://takoboto.jp/
- https://takoboto.jp/bunpo/ also has a grammar section
- JapanDict https://www.japandict.com/
- my personal favs- you can find much more
Reading
- NHK News https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/
- NHK News Easy https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/
- Buzzfeed Japan https://www.buzzfeed.com/jp
- Matcha https://matcha-jp.com/jp travel culture magazine
- Matcha Easy https://matcha-jp.com/easy/
- Hirogaru https://hirogaru-nihongo.jp/ - japanese culture
- Sherlock Holmes website https://221b.jp/
- monogatary https://monogatary.com/
- Thanatos’ Temptation (YOASOBI story) https://monogatary.com/story/422728
- Aozora https://www.aozora.gr.jp/ - ebooks in public domain
- Ten Nights - Natsume soseki https://aozora.binb.jp/reader/main.html?cid=799
Grammar/Vocabulary/JLPT
- Imabi https://www.imabi.net/ - gives short bitesized grammar lessons separated into general beginner, intermediate and advanced levels
- NihongoDen http://nihongoden.blogspot.com/ - grouped vocabulary
- Tobira https://tobiraweb.9640.jp/ - you can find kanji, vocabulary and grammar exercises and lists and to go along with the textbooks
- JLPT Sensei https://jlptsensei.com/ - focused on the JLPt and has comprehensive lists of the grammar, kanji and vocabulary needed fr each level
- Tae Kims Grammar Guide http://www.guidetojapanese.org/grammar_guide.pdf fairly comprehensive reference
- JLPT Study https://jlptstudy.net/N5/ - lists of vocabulary, kanji and grammar 5-2
- JapanesePod 101 https://www.japanesepod101.com/
Sites for Japanese Kids/Teens
if you are at at least an intermediate level, a lot of great free resources will be websites and youtube channels might for japanese speaking kids and teens. this may be a bit difficult at first becuase you will need to navigate the sites entirely in japanese and a lot of them will be teaching stuff for school so it may not all be very useful or relevant to you but it is worth a try.
- NEWS https://www.nihongo-ews.bunka.go.jp/ - nihongo education contents web sharing system - actually think its for teachers
- JLPT N2 Kanji Quiz https://www.nihongo-ews.bunka.go.jp/contents/view?id=1
- JLPT N2 Vocabulary Quiz https://www.nihongo-ews.bunka.go.jp/contents/view?id=2
- (another) JLPT N2 Vocabulary Quiz https://www.nihongo-ews.bunka.go.jp/contents/view?id=3
- JLPT N2 Grammar Quiz https://www.nihongo-ews.bunka.go.jp/contents/view?id=4
- https://kids.gakken.co.jp/box/
- NHK School https://www.nhk.or.jp/school/program/ - a collection of lessons meant primarily for japanese elemetary school childrne on a wide range of school subjects. you can pic the school year at the top, so depending on your level you can look at resources for children in the first year of elementary school upto kmiddle and high schooler.
- Yahoo Kids https://kids.yahoo.co.jp/ (need a vpn) - similar to nhk site, has a bunch of interesting factsheets and infromation on different school subjects
- Chibimusu drill https://happylilac.net/ - printable exercises for different years and subjects
- Yamaguchi Learning Support Program https://gimukyo.ysn21.jp/gakushi/index.php - extra study materials meant for elementary and middle schoolers
Miscellaneous
- Anki shared decks https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks/japanese this has to be done thorugh the website
- Dictionary of Japanese Grammar Anki deck https://dojgdeck.neocities.org/
- Nihongo E Na https://nihongo-e-na.com/eng/site/tag/Reading/ - bunch of other japanese resources around the web in different categories (reading speaking, dictionaries
- Prompts http://s-murano.my.coocan.jp/daizai3656.htm up til 9
- Prompts for elementary school kids https://saku-bun.com/te-ma much simpler
- TBS Podcast https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vVEJTNzA3Mjk2NDcwNA
- NHK Podcast https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmhrLm9yLmpwL3MtbWVkaWEvbmV3cy9wb2RjYXN0L2xpc3QvdjEvYWxsLnhtbA
- SBS Podcast https://www.sbs.com.au/language/japanese/ja/collection/news-and-features
- InterPals - https://www.interpals.net/
- Conversation Exchange https://www.conversationexchange.com/ fav encountered less weirdo
- Hi Native https://hinative.com/
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:49 Language Learning Tips
15:30 Resources
16:36 Apps
20:22 Websites