The one, the only, the "Hey that's a useful site" Thread.

[GraceyLike]

それはすごいですね？

[piepiepie75]

http://www.renshuu.org

I haven't seen it mentioned before, but if it has sorry >_<.

Anyways, it's a really great site for those who are studying for the JLPT. It contains the vocab and Kanji lists divided up into several lessons that you can quiz yourself on. You can also quiz the entire vocab/character list for a set amount of time. If you have JFBP or Genki textbooks, it also has lists for that .

[sonia182]

The best ive found so far for the study material....this site is quite helpful to start right away with the basics....-------
http://www.japanese.about.com---i must appreciate its organisation....

as far as the audio e-boks are concerned.....i recommend...
Japanese - Berlitz Phrase Book
Japanese Picture Dictionary
Teach Yourself Japanese
VocabUlearn
all downloaded from
... or ...

being a beginner myself i guess i would know it better

[sonia182]

by the way...if you want to learn from the flash cards...i recommend you download the software from:
its the best i have found---------
http://www.byki.com/


P.S.: all this can be downloaded for free.....also refers to the sites I mentioned in my earlier post

[Daisuke]

The best ive found so far for the study material....this site is quite helpful to start right away with the basics....-------
http://www.japanese.about.com---i must appreciate its organisation....

as far as the audio e-boks are concerned.....i recommend...
Japanese - Berlitz Phrase Book
Japanese Picture Dictionary
Teach Yourself Japanese
VocabUlearn
all downloaded from
... or ...

I am pretty sure this is illegal. I removed the links.

If you want the books you should support the authors by buying them.

[GraceyLike]

by the way...if you want to learn from the flash cards...i recommend you download the software from:
its the best i have found---------
http://www.byki.com/


P.S.: all this can be downloaded for free.....also refers to the sites I mentioned in my earlier post

I downloaded the free flashcards a while ago, but only started using them last month =3.
They're okay, but the do make some mistakes. Like, when using the participle は in speech, they say it's pronounced "ha", not "wa". Likewise with を, they tell you to pronounce it wo. Although some people do .
Basically, they make some mistakes, but they're good for learning things like animals and basic nouns =3

[sugarlevi]

Has http://www.lingq.com/ been mentioned yet? It's a rather nice toy to use. You can make use of the content already available and also import your own content.

[coco]

KOTONOHA

Although it's only a demonstration version, you might find it's useful.
(I think using it is much better than showing quantity of Google-hit result.)

Details of this project is here.

[katafei]

voiceblogs of all kind.
すごい
Actually, I first stumbled on this one, which I'm sure is on the main page somewhere, but I can't find it. And I really think it's worth a mention, so...

[Tack]

I have tried to read every page of this thread AND done a search.....
there is ONE site that seems not to be listed and... it is OUTSTANDING!

http://www.gwu.edu/~eall/vjg/vjghomepage/vjghome.htm

The home <?> of Visualizing Japanese grammar. there are 66 flash tutorials - up to 10 minutes each - covering various grammar points by native Japanese speakers in English . Also a series of downloadable power point presentations. Clear, concise and beautifully presented - and free!
don't walk - don't run - FLY to this site.

It has made my life ohhh soo much easier

If this site is so well known that no one bothers to mention it, I apologise

Tack
Canberra
Australia

[KYJap]

Thanks for the links guys. I generally just subscribe to a bunch of blogs and study through my Feedburner, but will check a few of these out.

[coco]

This is an online dictionary for Indonesian speakers.

Kamus Pemakaian Bahasa Jepang Dasar
http://www2.kokken.go.jp/kamus/

Kamus ini terdiri dari kira-kira 4,000 buah kata yang merupakan kata-kata yang bersifat dasar dalam bahasa Jepang.
Dalam kamus ini,arti dan pemakaian dari kata-kata tersebut diuraikan lebih mendetail,
diperuntukkan bagi orang-orang yang berbahasa ibu bahasa Indonesia yang telah mempelajari bahasa Jepang tingkat dasar.

[vhcoffee]

http://kotonoha.cc/

It's kind of an SNS site, but has an interesting twist.
You post yes-no answers to questions and add a comment.
You can get practice figuring out what they're asking and
you can browse the comments of others to the question.
Anyway, good for practicing reading and writing in Japanese.

[somenube]

I don't know if this has been posted or not but Lang-8.com is a website where you make posts in your journal and have them corrected by native Japanese people. In return, you correct other Japanese journals. There are other languages other Japanese.

http://lang-8.com/

[tjasa]

I advice you to try this Kanji course
http://beta.supermemo.net.pl/pages/course/courseOverview.smnet?action=goToCourse&courseId=10720.
It contains about 1000 kanji characters.

There is also katakana course, but it contains only basic characters:
http://beta.supermemo.net.pl/pages/course/courseOverview.smnet?action=goToCourse&courseId=10223