Japanese language student resources
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This might be a good place to start:
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Visual Resources Online
- http://gakuen.gifu-net.ed.jp/~contents/syou_kokugo/h14/1nen/index.htm (QuickTime; Directions in easy Japanese)
Shows how to write hiragana and katakana
- http://kakijun.main.jp/ (Gif Animation; Directions in Japanese)
Shows the order of Kanji strokes
- http://www.a-chi.jp/index.html (Flash)
Shows how to write hiragana, katakana, alphabet and numbers.
Building fluency, learning composition
- 13 secrets for speaking fluent Japanese. Murray, Giles. Tokyo; New York: Kodansha International, c1999.
- Kokugo, kokubun sotsuron, repōto no kakikata. Saitō Kiyoe... [et al.] (henshū). Tōkyō: Yūbun Shoin, 1985. (Shōwa 59).
- 国語。国文 卒論。レポート の書き方, 編集 齋藤清衛... [et al.] 東京: 右文書院, 1985. (昭和 59).
- LB2369 .K64 1985
- Gaikokujin no tame no Nihongo reibun: mondai shirīzu. Nagara Susumu (kanshū). Tōkyō: Aratake Shuppan, 1984-. (Shōwa 62-).
- 外国人のための日本語例文: 問題 シリーズ. 名柄迪(監修). 東京: 荒竹出版, 1984-. (昭和62-).
- PL539.3 .G36 1984
- Gendaijin no tame no Nihongo no jōshiki dai hyakka. Ikeda Yasaburō (hen). Tōkyō: Kōdansha, 1982.
- 現代人のための日本語の常識大百科. 池田弥三郎(編). 東京: 講談社, 1982.
- [http://library.ohio-state.edu/record=b2050741 PL511 .G4 1982}
Learner's dictionaries
Here's a list: Dictionaries for Japanese language learners.
Also look under Grammar and usage in Dictionaries for language and linguistics: Japanese.
Resources in English
Engilsh language encyclopedias on Japan
- Kodansha encyclopedia of Japan. Tokyo; New York, N.Y.: Kōdansha, 1983.
- Kodansha encyclopedia of Japan (Supplement). Tokyo; New York, N.Y.: Kodansha, 1986.
- Encyclopedia of Japan. [computer file] (Eibun Nihon dai jiten). Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd., 1999.
- 英文日本大事典.
- DS805 .E53 1999 Computer file
- The Encyclopedia of Japanese pop culture. Mark Schilling. New York: Weatherhill, 1997.
- Encyclopedia of Japan: Japanese history and culture, from abacus to zori. Dorothy Perkins. New York: Facts on File, c1991.
- Encyclopedia of Japanese American history: an A-to-Z reference from 1868 to the present. Brian Niiya (editor); Japanese American National Museum; (foreword by Daniel K. Inouye); (introduction essay by Gary Y. Okihiro). Facts on File, c2001.
- Encyclopedia of Japanese business and management. Allan Bird (ed.). London; New York : Routledge, 2002.
- Encyclopedia of Japanese descendants in the Americas: an illustrated history of the Nikkei. Akemi Kikumura-Yano (ed.); (foreword by Daniel K. Inouye) ; introduction by Gary Y. Okihiro). Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, c2002.
Recommended for beginning students
Recommended for intermediate students
- Marugoto wakaru "mono" no hajimari hyakka. Yamaguchi Masao (kanshū). Tōkyō: Nihon Tosho Sentā, 2004.
- まるごとわかる「モノ」のはじまり百科. 山口昌男(監修). 東京: 日本図書センター, 2004.
- DS821 .M312 2004
- Readings in Japanese history. Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Tokyo staff (eds.). Tokyo: Japan Foundation, 1974-.
