I strongly encourage you to post any feedback, corrections or suggestions you may have about the guide in this forum, or talk to me directly via IRC (#Ammy@Rizon.irc) or MSN/WLM (j-pop_addict[at]hotmail.com) if you have any other questions about Japanese. Contents The idea here is to list a few categories of vocabulary which are absolutely essential to understanding Japanese. For the most part, that means how numbers and pronouns work. Not only are those critical in all languages, but the way they work in Japanese is very different from English, so a dictionary alone won't cut it. Japanese NumbersCounting WordsGrammatical VocabularyPronouns and Closely Related Words Interrogative Pronouns Personal Pronouns Semi-Personal Pronouns Impersonal Pronouns, Demonstratives and More MiscellaneousLess Simple Example Sentences Japanese Numbers Counting Words Now that you've seen basic numbers, we can move on to what makes Japanese number usage very different from English number usage: counting words.
Zkanji Japanese dictionary <div class="alertmsg"> ご利用のブラウザは JavaScript が無効に設定されています。<br />お手数ですが、ブラウザの JavaScript を有効にして再度アクセスしてください。 </div> ＊ データの転載は禁じられています。 スポンサーサイト検索 Jim Breen's Japanese Page Introduction Welcome to my Japanese Page. As many readers of this page will know, I have an on-going interest in Japan, its people and language. This has led to a number of activities bringing together Japanese and my professional activities in computing and telecommunications. I have assembled this set of pages: (a) to provide information about a number of my projects in the area of Japanese computing and dictionaries, (b) to provide links to some of the resources available on the WWW on Japanese matters. In The News These pages were mentioned in an article in the Asahi Evening News, by Andrew Horvat, whose pages have a link below. Contact and Links Feel free to email me at: jimbreen@gmail.com about the various Japanese projects described on this page. Most of this page is made up of links to some interesting Web sites relating to Japan and Japanese information. Some of the links are dead; I am may try to re-establish them, but in the meantime I have marked them with a (thumbs-down.)
Japanese Reading Practice For Beginners Of course, there are plenty of resource out there to help intermediate and advanced learners of Japanese to practice their reading. They can use any Japanese book, manga, blog, or website and study away to their heart’s content. For beginners, though, finding Japanese things to read that are at or around your level is a pain. Either you study what’s in your textbook (limited and often times boring) or you don’t get to study reading it much at all. There’s good reason that beginners don’t have as much to study with, though. Since it’s normally pretty hard for beginners to find reading resources (and because I get this email like every day, it seems), I thought it would be good to put together a list of resources for beginners to study with. Have fun! Japanese Children’s Newspapers You probably know about newspapers for adults, but did you know about newspapers just for children? Kodomo Asahi Both are fairly basic, but of course the elementary school one is going to be a lot simpler.
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The Japanese Slang Jiko undefined The Japanese Slang Jisho 最 高君の俗語の辞書HOMEPAGE ABAYO >> Informal term for "good bye", this is not considered a polite way to say goodbye. ABUNE >> Slang, this is an exclamation take from "abunai". It is used as in, "That was close!!!" ACHI ITTE >> Impolite phrase meaning "go over there!" ACHI KAERE >> Impolite phrase meaning "go back over there, far away". AHO >> Impolite term meaning "dumb ass". AHONDARA >> Slang, insult, related to "aho" but much stronger. AH SO >> Informal phrase which means "Oh, I see AITSU >> Impolite term meaning "that thing over there" or "that dude over there". AKUMABITO >> Informal term for "demon" or "spirit". AMAI >> Informal term meaning "gullible" or "someone who is a real sap". ANO >> Informal word which can mean "that thing over there", but the slang meaning is more commonly "Uhhh..." or "Well..." and is used a lot in colloquial speech at the start of a sentence or between sentences just like we use "Uhhh.." to slow down the conversation so we can think.
Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition: Contacting CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of CognitionCarnegie MellonUniversity of Pittsburgh Research Round-Up Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition A joint project of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh 4400 Fifth Avenue, Suite 115, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Japanese Kana Quizzes (Hiragana & Katakana) [Flash 6] See the <a href="/menuj.html">Quick Menu</a> to find other pages on this site.<P> Flash Quizzes & Flashcards Katakana Reading Practice After loading the quiz, go to "Start Flashcards," then choose "Start カタカナ." You can also do the other kinds of quizzes, but maybe they will be a little too easy. Easy Katakana Game Listen & Spell: Animals That Live in WaterListen to the lady's voice, then click the katakana in the correct order. Memory/Concentration Game Not only do you have to match them, you have answer "Is is a pair?" Satoru Shinagawa's Quiz Data - Charles Kelly's JavaScript These quizzes are part of the Internet TESL Journal's English-Japanese Vocabulary Quizzes. Mutliple-Choice, Matching or Flashcards 4,207 Katakana Nouns Marked as Commonly-Used in EDICT 2006-07-14If the matching and multiple-choice seem to be too easy, try the flashcard function. Matching Quiz Matching Quiz: English-to-Japanese in KatakanaNot just "loan words" (外来語), but many animals.
JapaneseGuide 日本文化いろは事典 | 胸はって、ニッポン人！ Nihongo o Narau Youkoso - Welcome Welcome to the Grammar Lessons section of Nihongo o Narau. This section is intended to break Japanese down into manageable sections starting from the very basics. Don't like Romanized characters? Contents General Tips on Japanese Japanese Word Order Particles Articles (a, an, the) Counters Nouns and Pronouns Name Suffixes Lesson 1: It's a... Genki – Self-study Room Self-study Room offers a variety of online materials to support your learning with Genki textbooks. *external links (Notice)If your computer is experiencing difficulties reading the scripts on this site, change the text code to “Japanese (Shift_JIS)” or “Automatic”. Culture Note Video Clips for Culture Note Video clips related to “Culture Note” columns in the Dialogue & Grammar section of Genki. Hiragana & Katakana Basic Charts By clicking each hiragana or katakana in the charts, you can see its stroke order and hear how it is pronounced. Hiragana Chart Katakana Chart Flash Cards In each set of exercises, 15 hiragana/katakana are shown one by one. Hiragana 1(a-so) Katakana 1(a-so) Hiragana 2(ta-ho) Katakana 2(ta-ho) Hiragana 3(ma-n) Katakana 3(ma-n) Listening Quiz Choose the character from the three options that represents the sound of hiragana/katakana you listen to. Hiragana Listening Quiz Katakana Listening Quiz Concentration Game Usagi-Chan’s Genki Resource Page Kanji Kanji Reading Practice KanjiAlive
Downloads | Let's Do Japanese Let’s Do Japanese invites teachers and learners of Japanese to download the following premium resources free of charge. Let’s Do Japanese Audio CD Track 2 Katakana: Let’s Do Japanese Katakana flashcard pack for students Hiragana: Let’s Do Japanese Hiragana flashcard pack for students Obento Senior Grammar Booklet We wish to acknowledge and thank Cengage Learning for making this Grammar Booklet by Ken Hutchinson and Toshio Ikeda available as a free pdf download.