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Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

Kether1985 — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 13:09:49 -0000

Yeah... so that Japanese TV gig... it's full of Arabic TV stations... couldn't care less about that crap!

Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

Danielle — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 23:00:38 -0000

I really like watching J-vlogs on youtube, its so good for listening skills. Reccomended: http://www.youtube.com/chan... (kerokerorin) http://www.youtube.com/chan... (bobbyJudo) http://www.youtube.com/user... (culturalechangechan) http://www.youtube.com/chan... (sharla in japan

Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

ilovejapanese123 — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 05:17:30 -0000

how about mrhowtosay.com , learning from example sentences with human translations. or just to find a translation of a phrase your looking for, if its there it sure beats google translates garble

Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

Hao — Fri, 31 May 2013 02:45:18 -0000

hi! on your livestation, how did you find the channels? i typed in the search box but everything i typed it kept saying 0 results..

Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

Stephanie — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 06:41:52 -0000

LiveStation seems to just be news, not even in Japanese. That's sad... Is there anything else similar?

Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

Aurelas — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:47:38 -0000

This is so helpful! Thanks for sharing :D I had always thought Japanese would be beyond me until I read some of the rules recently and decided I wanted to give it a shot after all, but living in a small rural area means not having access to many books on the subject. These links should be a big help :)

Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

Megan Lee — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:52:35 -0000

Another great resource is studying abroad in Japan. It's not free, but it will help you learn quickly and be really fun. http://www.gooverseas.com/s...

Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

sal — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 04:56:29 -0000

Great list thank you. Another good resource for learn japanese which is really effective is also http://www.easylanguageexch... where you can practice with native speakers a language exchange

Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

youngnam — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:40:04 -0000

livemocha is extremely good, it helps me a lot, I think it might be
better than Rosetta stone or at least similar. The features that stand
out are similar to lang-8 that you can write and speak in japanese, and
a native japanese person will review and edit it, but its integrated
within a lesson. You can chat with a person, flashcards, etc. Check it
out and maybe it can be on the list so the rest of the world can see its
awesomeness.

Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

Eric — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:08:49 -0000

IRASSHAI video course not on the list?

http://www.gpb.org/irasshai

138 FREE video lessons made by the PBS channel from the US state of Georgia (GPB).

I think it's a really great resource for beginners.

Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

Hussein Nasrallah — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:26:34 -0000

If you want to learn hiragana and katakana
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

Hải Bùi Hoàng — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:51:48 -0000

This is a great list but it seems to be quite out dated. You should have your update list posted, for example, compare to jisho.org, there are more efficient dictionary like tangorin.com or romajidesu.com!

Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

Schoolcoder — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:54:15 -0000

Hundreds of free Japanese quizzes at http://www.nihongo-pro.com

Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

Jaan Mano — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:41:11 -0000

plz visit this website if u really learn Japanese www.livemocha.com

Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

Sun-Wukong — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 01:42:58 -0000

You could mention that iKnow only has a free trial...

Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

Guest — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:06:18 -0000

Umm . . .does Rikaichan work on japanese games?

Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

John Fotheringham — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:18:37 -0000

Your comment sucks and should be removed. Oh wait, I forgot the first rule of safe Interwebbing: Never poke a troll!

I think it's a great list, Koichi. There are of course heaps of useful tools available to today's Japanese learner (which both of us cover in great detail in our respective guides...cough...cough...shameless plug...cough), but with so much out there, paralysis by analysis is all too common a problem these days, and you've done a good job narrowing things down.

Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

Jack — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 23:29:56 -0000

this list sucks and should be removed

Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

Chandana K. Senaratne — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:40:12 -0000

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Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

Fredetish — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:50:24 -0000

Japanese.about.com is the largest free Japanese resource in the world. It has thousands of pages. I have been using it for 14 years.

Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

Ahmed Sabry Hegazy — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:30:00 -0000

iKnow! is no longer free ..... -.-

Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

belgand — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 05:12:06 -0000

So it look like iKnow has, after turning into Smart.fm turned BACK into iKnow... and it's no longer free. Livestation no longer does anything but news and it looks like almost all of what it does is English-language as well.

Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

Burtoncooke — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:05:47 -0000

Thanks for the ideas. Already familiar with a few of them, but I plan to check out Lang8 and iKnow after reading this. I'd like to add that a great resource for reading practice is Yahoo's Chiebukuro site, which is basically the Japanese equivalent of Yahoo Answers. The problems that people seek advice for on that site are sooo much more interesting than the dreadful readings you find in textbooks. It's also a great way to pick up new vocabulary and to see how words that you already know are used in real sentences by real people.

Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

Sushibird — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:57:37 -0000

I can't believe renshuu.org isn't mentioned anywhere in this article. A lot of great resources on this list, but renshuu is my favorite of all time. the quizzes, the mastery schedules, the grammar library... a really good and in depth way to study Japanese imho. The page has a paid account option as well, but even the free accounts have lots of possibility.

Re: Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free

Lidiam84 — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:41:38 -0000

I really like Byki Express. Ever heard of it... add me on skype/twiter: lidiam84