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

[alpha13]

はじめまして、

I'm not sure if these websites have been posted yet. I found them not too long ago.
Software
jBrowse: http://www.jbrowse.com/products/jbrowse/ -> useful IE (unfortunately ) plugins for displaying furigana on websites. not powerful, but useful.
Wakan: http://wakan.manga.cz/?page=about&lang=en -> great Japanese/Chinese learning software.
Mika-chan fonts: http://www001.upp.so-net.ne.jp/mikachan/ -> not really a software but it provides cute japanese fonts.

I coupled them with the following websites:
http://aozora.gr.jp/ -> large Japanese text repository.
http://www.japanpen.or.jp/e-bungeikan/novel/novel-subhome.html -> a collection of online short novels I assume.

I use these to practice my vocabs/kanji and reading ability. Hope this helps

俺もがんばります。

[zelgadis20002000]

here is a link that I used ,maybe you guys could find it usefull.
type it in your browser:http://www.manythings.org/japanese/links/
hope it helps someone.

[ayaito]

thanks for sharing all of these!

[mandolin]

The mother of all link-sites for japanese language learning resources.

It's HERE

PS, where's njt been?

[Sharingana]

うわ〜！:o　これは、なんてすげ〜スレッドだってよ！沢山のいろいろなリンクがあるよね！
じゃ、このサイトは（　http://www.omniglot.com/　）日本語についてだけじゃないけど、とても面白くて沢山の良いリンクがあるだよ。もしよかったら、見てくださいね!:)

[njt]

mandolin wrote:
The mother of all link-sites for japanese language learning resources.

It's HERE

PS, where's njt been?

a long story short, been working 3 arubaito 1 full time job, plus the full time job throwing TONS of work at me :s... extra stuff :s anyways-- that and managing another site along with family and reading, and my time online to do my duties is... ohhh about an hour a day :s I'll try to get more active, and update this stuff asap :p

[giles]

Here's another useful site where people can share bookmarks and also comment on them - http://learnjapanese.ning.com/

[redfoxer]

ive had a few good site bookmarked, and ive thought, hey, thats a useful site. so im guna post em up for new people to use, or old people to revise.

http://iteslj.org/v/j/ ==== A good vocab flashcard testing site

http://www.kanjistep.com/en/online/weeklytest/intro.html ==== A good online JLPT practice site. test you kyuu knowledge here.

http://momo.jpf.go.jp/sushi/index.php?LangFlag=e ===== one of my faves. The "SUSHI" testo site. have a go, u know you wana test you japanese skills

http://www.transparent.com/tlquiz/proftest/japanese/tljpntest.htm ==== another intresting japanese test site....only...it uses romaji....so kinda strange.

Now for some other sites that arent practice test sites.

http://www.kahome.co.uk/japa/tango.pl?mo=0&bk=ib01&fm=01&to=20 ==== A good lil vocab builder. lots of simple vocab. for your reading pleasure.

http://www.thejapanesepage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=23
==== One on our very own TJP site!! Everyone contributed to something very helpful thank you everyone.

http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/articles/index.pl?read=856 ==== more useful phrases. Geared towars simple commands for teachers.

[url]
http://www.gate39.com/jreference/kanachart.aspx[/url] ==== A Kana chart

And finally something that isnt really useful but is just fun to read >>> http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/articles/index.pl?read=856 <<<< that is the journal of a real JET teacher. Its pretty amusing and very cool.

hope any of them helps anyone.

-red

[lomagu]

http://www.hiragana.jp - enter a Japanese website and the hiragana will show up for all the kanji

[Sukebe Uchuujin]

[center]This site may already be in the list.....i just quick scanned....sorry if it is.......

http://www.hiraganatimes.com/hp/topics/index-j.html

great for people still struggling with kanji like myself........because has a hiragana,kanji and english translated version of each article.......

This link is to a page within a larger site that has lots of usefull information for poeple in japan or thiking of moving there.......[/center]

[Murdoc Murdoc]

http://www.kanjiroushi.net/　This is a great site for kanji

[Mukade]

I was looking around for a website that would give the stroke order of all the kanji. I know that Jim Breen's will give you stroke order for many of the kanji on his site. But it won't give you all of them.

This site has the standardized stroke order, in an animated image format:
http://kakijun.main.jp/

Just click the 漢字の検索 button, enter your kanji in the box and click 決定 and you're on your way to discovering the stroke order of even those bizarre characters like:

鬱, 卍, and 鹵 :p

[wasurenagusa]

still I think the Jim Breen's Japanese Dictionary is the best online Japanese Dictionary. The others are quite good.

[enyafriend]

Wow, you guys out there are just simply awesome. A committed lot, i'd say. To those who has contributed to this forum, your effort is truly commendable. Great work, guys.B)

[lomagu]

http://www.rikai.com/perl/Home.pl enter a site to get hiragana and definitions for Japanese words. They also have English to Japanese, English to Spanish and Chinese to English.

http://www.interq.or.jp/osaka/inside/osakaben/osakaben.html - The Nationa Association for the Promotion of the Osaka Dialect. Translate Japanese into Osaka-ben and other fun things.