Japanese Study Tools JPN 201/202 Dictionaries o English-­‐Japanese Dictionaries o Tangorin (http://tangorin.com/) ! Includes: English-­‐Japanese dictionary, kanji dictionary, example sentences, name dictionary, small Classical Japanese dictionary ! Includes customizable flash card feature ! Android App: $2.99 o RōmajiDesu (http://www.romajidesu.com/) ! Includes: English-­‐Japanese dictionary, kanji dictionary, Japanese translator, rōmaji converter o Denshi Jisho (http://www.jisho.org/) ! Includes: English-­‐Japanese dictionary, kanji dictionary, example sentences o Online Life Science Dictionary (http://lsd.pharm.kyoto-­‐u.ac.jp/en/service/weblsd/index.html) ! Includes: English-­‐Japanese dictionary, thesaurus, concordance ! Specifically for looking up technical terminology for life science o Kanji Dictionaries o Kanji alive (http://app.kanjialive.com/) ! Search by definition, onyomi reading, or kunyomi reading ! Includes a specific list for kanji in the Genki textbooks o Yamasa Online Kanji Dictionary (http://www.yamasa.cc/ocjs/kanjidic.nsf/MainPage?OpenForm) ! Search by definition, stroke count, radical, onyomi reading, or kunyomi reading o Other o Naver Korean-­‐Japanese Dictionary (http://jpdic.naver.com/) ! Online Korean-­‐Japanese dictionary Genki Textbook Resources o Genki Self Study Room (http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/self_en) ! The Genki Textbook website; includes resources for hiragana and katakana, kanji, grammar/conversation, and vocabulary o Online Japanese Accent Dictionary (http://www.gavo.t.u-­‐tokyo.ac.jp/ojad/eng/pages/home) ! Includes vocabulary lists from Genki and other textbooks and audio for how to pronounce the vocabulary words correctly o Associative Kanji Learning (http://www.sp.cis.iwate-­‐u.ac.jp/icampus/u/akanji.jsp) ! Kanji dictionary with pre-­‐made lists and quizzes from Genki lessons Other o Quiz & Lesson Websites o Anki (http://ankisrs.net/) ! Flash card program that allows you to create your own decks or study decks made by others ! Online: Free; Android App: Free; Apple App: $24.99 o Renshuu.org (http://www.renshuu.org/index.php?page=main/landing) ! Includes quizzes for vocabulary, grammar, and kanji, with the option to pull lists from Genki, JLPT, and more o Quizlet (http://quizlet.com/subject/japanese/) ! Includes user-­‐made quizzes on all topics – quality varies ! Android App: Free; Apple App: Free o Writing Practice o Lang-­‐8 (http://lang-­‐8.com/) ! You write a passage in a language you are learning, and native speakers will respond with corrections; in return, you correct other users’ passages written in your native language ! A fun website that allows you to practice and learn a new language while becoming pen pals with native speakers o Reading Resources o Rikaichan (for Mozilla Firefox) (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-­‐US/firefox/addon/rikaichan/) ! Extension for the Firefox web browser that will provide a small dictionary popup when you wave your cursor over a Japanese word o Rikaikun (for Google Chrome): Search “Rikaikun” in the Chrome Web Store – Apps ! Same function as above o POPjisyo (http://www.popjisyo.com/) ! Enter a Japanese website’s url, and this site will create a new page that provides a small dictionary popup when you wave your cursor over a Japanese word o Hiragana Megane (http://www.hiragana.jp/en/) ! Enter a Japanese website’s url, and this site will create a new page that inserts the furigana of the page’s kanji o Reading Practice o NHK News Web EASY (http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/) ! Japan Broadcasting Corporation’s easy version of the news ! All articles are up-­‐to-­‐date and include furigana on all kanji, a recording of the article at a slow pace, and the original video of the news report o 『マルチメディア対訳版』[Multi-­‐media bilingual translation ed.] (http://www.bauddha.net/) ! Database of copyright-­‐free books in side-­‐by-­‐side English and Japanese translation o Useful Apps o Imi – Japanese Dictionary (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.naruhodo.imi) ! Includes English-­‐Japanese dictionary, kanji dictionary, and flash card creator ! Android App: Free o Imiwa? (Japanese dictionary) (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imiwa-­‐japanese-­‐
dictionary/id288499125?mt=8) ! Includes English-­‐Japanese dictionary and kanji dictionary ! Apple App: Free o Kanji Recognizer (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.nick.kanjirecogn
izer) ! Allows you to draw the kanji on the screen and provides you with a list of possible kanji; choosing one of the listed kanji provides you with a dictionary entry ! Android App: Free o Obenkyo (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Obenkyo) ! Includes a variety of practice quizzes, including hiragana and katakana, numbers, kanji, and vocabulary ! Android App: Free