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Japanese Language

General Japanese Language Research Guide

Suggested Websites

Southeast Asian Studies: Online resources
Browse by country or topic.

Online Japanese Language Guides

Open Culture: Japanese Lessons
Extensive list of video and audio lessons to help learn Japanese.
NHK World Japanese Lessons
Listen to Japanese lesson Japanese lessons for people of various languages on its international shortwave Radio Japan service, aired by NHK.
Nihongo o Narau: Learn Japanese
Includes lessons for learning Japanese grammar and vocabulary.
Forvo Japanese
Japanese pronunciation and language guide

Japanese Writing Resources

Google Transliteration
Type in Japanese
Japanese Grammar Guide
Resource for those who want to learn Japanese grammar in a rational, intuitive way that makes sense in Japanese.
Japanese Kanji Dictionary
Free online dictionary to learn the Kanji of Japanese used in daily life.
Denshi Jisho
Free online Japanese Dictionary. Allows searching by words and kanji.
Word Reference
Free online English-Japanese and Japanese-English dictionaries.