Teach Yourself Japanese



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Last major update: August 24, 2001
Last minor update: September 26, 2001

Created by TAKASUGI Shinji (surname first - Japanese way)
The original address is http://www.geocities.com/takasugishinji/japanese/index.html. A mirror site is available at http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/japanese/index.html.

Teach Yourself Japanese message board is now open. The Shift-JIS mode and the image mode of the message board are also available.



The ZIP packages of the Teach Yourself Japanese site are here:

FileSizeContentsLast update
japanese1213.zip234KBHTML files, Java appletsDecember 13, 2001
hiragana0722.zip174KBGIF files for hiraganaJuly 22, 2000
katakana0721.zip107KBGIF files for katakanaJuly 21, 2000
audio0420.zip352KBAudio filesApril 20, 1998
message0914.zip2856KBMessage board logSeptember 14, 2001

Download these files and use UNZIP to get the whole package of this site. The files are on a server in the U.S., and the mirror files are in Japan. Choose better location for you.
Install all of the files into the same directory to see them properly. The base HTML file will be install_directory/japanese/index.html.

The file message0914.zip is a message board log. Its base HTML file will be install_directory/japanese/message/message.html . You cannot post a new message when you see the log offline.

Teach Yourself Japanese message board (Shift-JIS mode, image mode) - You can ask a question here.

The Gate of Japanese - You can see Japanese web sites without having Japanese fonts.


Links:

Links2GoThis site is selected as a Links2Go "Key Resource" in the Japanese Languages topic.

Yahoo!This site is selected in Yahoo!'s directory of Social Science - Linguistics and Human Languages - Languages - Specific Languages - Japanese - Lessons and Tutorials Online.

StudyWebThis site is selected as a featured site in StudyWeb as one of the best educational resources on the web.


Jim Breen's Japanese Page - An online dictionary is available.
TheJapanesePage.com - You can study grammar, kana, and kanji here.
Kanji-Step - Lots of information on Japan and kanji.
Gateway to Japan - Foreign Languages and Literature, St. Cloud State University
Nihon-no-Kotowaza - Japanese idioms and proverbs.
Nihongo: Japanese Language - includes numeral classifiers, American/Japanese higher numbers, Nihongo notes index
Otake Japanese Calligraphy - selected Kanji characters.
Shodouka - View Japanese WWW pages on any graphical browser with this service.
Travelers' Japanese with Voice
Using Japanese on Internet - Contains various resources, links and guides to support 'using Japanese on Internet
The Japan FAQ: Know Before You Go - lots of important information for anyone visiting or relocating to Japan.
k.tok's home page - Japanese customs, etc.
Human Japanese - a Japanese learning program with network supports
Japanisation FAQ for computers running Western Windows - helps you display and input Japanese characters on a Western Windows system.
Chinese Characters in Japanese Mathematical Terms - a list of Japanese mathematical terms with kanji

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