The Ultimate Japanese Language Resource
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The site is in Japanesehttp://www.alc.co.jp/
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Click "common words only"http://jisho.org/words/
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Search Kanji with it's radicalshttp://jisho.org/kanji/radicals/
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Sentence dictionaryhttp://tatoeba.org/eng/home
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Shows stroke orderhttp://www.saiga-jp.com/cgi-bin/dic.cgi?f=0&start=1&sid=1301832266_6561
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The site is in Japanesehttp://dic.yahoo.co.jp/
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Inserts furigana on websiteshttp://aitech.ac.jp/~ckelly/j/furigana.html
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Paste kanji into the box and furigana is givenhttp://www.furiganizer.com/
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Helps if you read anime/mangahttp://www.coolslang.com/index.php?OL=jpn&TL=eng&Letter=A
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Not really a dictionary; Kanji Word Maphttp://www.rikai.com/kanjimap
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Great grammar resourcehttp://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar
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teaches kanji with radicals and pairs them with mnemonicshttp://kanjidamage.com/
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Download the Genki I textbook and audiohttp://nihongo-dekimasu.blogspot.com/2008/05/genki-1-integrated-course-in-elementary.html
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Download the Genki II textbook and audiohttp://nihongo-dekimasu.blogspot.com/2008/05/genki-2-integrated-course-in-elementary.html
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Write and let native speakers correct ithttp://lang-8.com/
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Beware of horrible pronunciationhttp://www.genkienglish.net/genkijapan/menu.htm
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Everything from basic grammar to writinghttp://japanese.about.com/library/mmore.htm
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Learn Japanese with mangahttp://www.obento.com.au/deluxe/student/Unit1.html
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Websites for language beginnershttp://nihongo-e-na.com/eng/site/keyword/Beginner/page/3/
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Requires buying the book Remembering the Kanji to follow along betterhttp://kanji.koohii.com/
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Shows the building blocks of kanjihttp://www.kanjicomposition.com/
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351 Lessonshttp://www.imabi.net/
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Textbook for beginner self-learnershttp://www.textfugu.com/
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Interactve language and cultural learninghttps://lingualift.com/learn-japanese-online/
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Online lessons with videoshttp://www.yesjapan.com/YJ6/index.php
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Uber expensive!http://www.rosettastone.com/learn-japanese
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Audio lessonshttp://www.pimsleur.com/learn-japanese
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Podcast lessonshttp://www.japanesepod101.com/
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Audio lessonshttps://www.rocketlanguages.com/japanese/learn/learn-japanese-online/
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Helps you acquire Japanese (in alpha)https://etoeto.com/
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History of Kanji and Radicalshttp://www.declan-software.com/japanese/what_is_kanji.htm
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Learn kanji radicalshttp://infohost.nmt.edu/~armiller/japanese/kanjiradical.htm
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Creates Mnemonic Deviceshttp://thejapanesepage.com/beginners/hiragana/chapter_1
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0 - 99,999http://japan.happy-australia.com/materials/numbers.htm
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0 - 99,999http://www.aikiweb.com/language/counting.html
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Contains common (in)transitive verbshttp://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Japanese/Grammar/Transitivity
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Simple sentence structurehttp://kimallen.sheepdogdesign.net/Japanese/senstruc.html
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"easy/hard to [verb]"http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/40684.aspx
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Greetings and other useful phraseshttp://www.jref.com/japan/language/common_japanese_phrases.shtml
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Audio vocabulary listshttp://japanese.about.com/library/blphrase.htm
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List of all radicalshttp://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/radicalnames.html
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Vocabulary videoshttp://www.punipunijapan.com/category/japanese-vocabulary/
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Vocab with quizzeshttp://www.digitaldialects.com/Japanese.htm
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Common phraseshttp://www.linguanaut.com/english_japanese.htm
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Pictionary gamehttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%E3%81%8A%E7%B5%B5%E3%81%8B%E3%81%8D%E3%81%AE%E6%A3%AE
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English learning site for Japanese childrenhttp://www.tbs.co.jp/kids/eigo/catchat_eitango_a.html
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Videos of greetingshttp://genki.japantimes.co.jp/self/genki-movie
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https://www.youtube.com/user/yesjapan/videos
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by Johnathan Kirk of Kanshudohttps://www.tofugu.com/japanese/japanese-learning-stack-jonathan-kirk/?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mjls_jon_kirk_email_1&utm_source=Tofugu&utm_campaign=ac1f387401-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_690819cc9d
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Free and downloadablehttp://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6241&PN=1&TPN=1
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Classifies books based on JLPT levelshttp://readyourlevel.jamesknelson.com
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Just look at recent newshttp://mainichi.jp/life/edu/maishou/archive/
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Headers: Home, News, Sports, Entertainment, Life, Shoppinghttp://www.asahi.com/
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Header: News, Money, Sports, Education, Medicine, Entertainment, Komachi City, Adultshttp://www.yomiuri.co.jp/
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Header: Home, News, Sports, Entertainment, Lifestyleshttp://mainichi.jp/
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Children's Bookshttp://www.childrenslibrary.org/icdl/ResultByWorld?area=2&start=0&pgct=12&ilang=English&view=cover&sort=title&type=0&country=country7
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Tale about a fox that stealshttp://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000121/files/628_14895.html
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Takes place after the anime/manga "Shamen King"http://www.ne.jp/asahi/kaeru/sss/WJ/hunbari1.htm
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http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000121/files/637_13341.html
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Studio Ghibli Picture Bookshttp://punipunijapan.storenvy.com/
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Links to sites that sell manga from Japanhttp://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=6751
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Japanese Children's Songshttp://www.mamalisa.com/?p=528&t=ec&c=85
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Konnichi-wa becomes Konnichi-wan like a dog's barkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsk2ioK0Lrg
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Literature, podcasts, and songshttp://thejapanesepage.com/audio
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40 Conversational lessonshttp://www.coelang.tufs.ac.jp/english/modules/en/dmod/index.html
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15 Simple Lessonshttp://www.ehow.com/videos-on_88_learn-japanese-adjectives-grammar.html
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Conversational Videoshttp://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/collection/lm_japan/jaIndex.html
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Classified by Japanese language levelhttp://www3.u-toyama.ac.jp/niho/song/song_jplevel_e.html
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Podcast of useful travel phraseshttp://learnjapanesepod.com/
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPCF-2_zswg
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http://www.hucc.hokudai.ac.jp/~p16537/nihongo/listen/index.html
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Japan's equivalent to Youtube (sorta)http://www.nicovideo.jp/video_top
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Language videoshttps://www.erin.ne.jp/en/
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Anime that is easier to understand as a beginner language learnerhttp://japaneselevelup.com/5-anime-that-you-shouldnt-need-english-subtitles-to-watch/
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http://newsinslowjapanese.com/
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17 movies for $40http://www.shopanimedvd.com/product_info.php?products_id=4828
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Audio files from NHKhttp://www.nhk.or.jp/radiosp/kodomoq/schedule.html#season01
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Hiragana/Katakana recognitionhttp://www.realkana.com/
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Kana flashcards and quizzeshttp://www.manythings.org/japanese/kana/
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Japanese language learning gameshttp://www.digitaldialects.com/Japanese.htm
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Click on the hiragana card before your opponent!http://kids.nifty.com/cs/game/detail/91125000223/1.htm
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Type the kana to destroy UFOshttp://learnjapanesepod.com/kana-invaders/
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Learn Japanese with Knuckles from Sonichttp://www.tbns.net/knuckles/
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Download the game in Japanesehttp://www.cavestory.org/downloads_game.php
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All games in Japanese for kidshttp://kids.nifty.com/game/index.htm
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Scroll down and pick the levelhttp://www.jlpt.jp/samples/forlearners.html
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https://www.jlpt.jp/e/samples/sample12.html
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Locates teachers around the worldhttp://www.language-school-teachers.com/Default.asp#SearchForm
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Classroom in Tokyohttp://yosida.com/
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Locate a private teacher in Japanhttp://www.e-japanese.jp/teacherbank.htm
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Studying has never been so fun!http://www.memrise.com/home/
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Many flashcard decks to choose fromhttp://ankisrs.net/
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http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=2643&p=30
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Creates Anki decks from subtitled DVDshttp://subs2srs.sourceforge.net/
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http://www.frankraiser.de/drupal/AnkiIR
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Buddy up to learn how to hold a 15 minute conversation in 90 dayshttp://add1challenge.com/about/
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A forum of Japanese language learners and helpershttp://www.fluentin3months.com/forum/
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Type in "Japanese Language" and your locationhttp://www.meetup.com/find/
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Skype language partnershttp://www.language-exchanges.org/
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Japanese penpal websitehttp://www.mylanguageexchange.com/default_jpn.asp
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Penpals by snail mail or emailhttp://www.penpalworld.com/
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Skype Tutorshttp://kakehashijapan.com/
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Japanese Blog Sitehttp://www.blogmura.com/
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Language and Culture Bloghttp://www.tofugu.com/
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http://journeytojapanesemastery.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-to-register-on-niconicodouga.html#comment-form
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http://nihongo-dekimasu.blogspot.com/
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Tips on mastering Japanesehttp://nihongoperapera.com/
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A blog by a Tokyo Japanese tutorhttp://nihognodaybydayenglish.blogspot.com/
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Has Japanese translationshttp://japanese.about.com/
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Culture postcardshttp://etegamibydosankodebbie.blogspot.com/
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Culture Insightshttp://blog.japantimes.co.jp/japan-pulse/
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Creative photographyhttp://yowayowacamera.com/
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Life in Tokyohttp://smt.blogs.com/
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Life in Osakahttp://ciaela.wordpress.com/
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Young adult Japanese drama actor bloghttp://blog.goo.ne.jp/rakutonomesen/2
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Podcast talkshow with three Japanese womenhttp://marimoeo.seesaa.net/
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Japanese Politicshttps://www.youtube.com/user/randomyoko2/videos
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Random topics and speaks fasthttps://www.youtube.com/user/ARIKEITA113/videos
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merchandise reviewshttps://www.youtube.com/user/eguri89/videos
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Comedyhttps://www.youtube.com/user/PDRKabushikigaisha/videos
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEcDfLXz9Bo
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https://www.youtube.com/user/TheJapanChannelDcom/videos
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Culture and Historyhttps://www.youtube.com/user/HIROKOCHANNEL/videos
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E-Vlogger (life and music)http://www.youtube.com/user/Ciaela
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J-Vlogger (teen life)http://www.youtube.com/user/ryuzaki1311
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J-Vlogger (life)http://www.youtube.com/user/kerokerorin813
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J-Vlogger (food)http://www.youtube.com/user/bobbyjudo
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E-Vlogger (life and piano)http://www.youtube.com/user/randomyoko
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E-Vlogger (food)http://www.youtube.com/user/runnyrunny999
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J-Vlogger (Akihabara, Tokyo)http://www.youtube.com/user/akibatteru
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J-Vlogger (language)http://www.youtube.com/user/koichiben
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J-Vlogger (music)http://www.youtube.com/user/kirbycrescent
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E-Vlogger (anime)http://www.youtube.com/user/misshannahminx
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English/Japanesehttps://www.youtube.com/user/CulturalExchangeChan/videos
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Japanese/Englishhttps://www.youtube.com/user/cyoshida1231/videos
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https://www.youtube.com/user/mikaeradesu/videos
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Japanese/Englishhttps://www.youtube.com/user/KaileneDanae/videos
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https://www.youtube.com/user/SoftyBalloon/videos
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https://www.youtube.com/user/randomyokovlog/videos
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https://www.youtube.com/user/softypapa/videos
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Mostly Kyoto style recipeshttp://www.japanfoodaddict.com/
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So easy a man could do it! (jk...)http://japaneserecipe.blogspot.com/
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Type of su-zukehttp://j-simplerecipes.com/recipes/vegetable/veja04a.html
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A Hawaiian living in Japanhttp://katnsatoshiinjapan.blogspot.com/
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Makiko's food bloghttp://www.justhungry.com/
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Makiko's bento bloghttp://justbento.com/
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Adorable bentos and tipshttp://www.mybentolicious.com/
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Cute indeed!http://cuteobento.blog43.fc2.com/
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Bento pictureshttp://www.e-obento.com/
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Fusion Japanese food recipeshttp://www.lafujimama.com/
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Japan food bloggerhttp://blue_moon.typepad.com/
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Youtube cooking channelhttps://www.youtube.com/user/kazumeshi/videos
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Adventures with a celebrity fluffy white doghttp://islay.exblog.jp/
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http://islay2.exblog.jp/
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Chihuahua with a twitter accounthttp://twitter.com/keep0109
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Livestreaming of a cockatiel in Japan (8-10am ET)http://www.ustream.tv/channel/inko
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Islay Youtube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/user/lassiecomehome/videos
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https://www.youtube.com/user/shuuya007/videos
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https://www.youtube.com/user/HikakinGames/videos
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https://www.youtube.com/user/tomo0723sw/videos
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J-Vlogger (piano)http://www.youtube.com/user/HikaruShirosu/videos
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Music videos, lyrics, and artist profileshttp://www.jpopasia.com/
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J-pop (must sign up for live365.com)http://en.j1fm.com/
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Japanese radio stations (my fave is FM-Hanako)http://www.simulradio.jp/
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Contains movies, doramas, and animehttp://aznv.tv/?p=login
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Dorama torrentshttp://www.sars-fansubs.com/downloads/
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Contains anime, doramas, and musichttp://www.crunchyroll.com/
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"Train Man" (Anime Geek + Famous Woman)http://tvnihon.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1486
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Drama databasehttp://jdorama.com/
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TV and radio streams for a feehttps://www.oiseyer.com/index3.php
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17 Japanese Channels (recorded and live)http://wwitv.com/television/106.htm
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12 Japanese Channels (recorded and live)http://multilingualbooks.com/online-tv-japanese.html
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Video streamhttp://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/03_22.html?play
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TV guide (in Japanese)http://www.fujitv.co.jp/bangumi/index.html
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TV guide (in Japanesehttp://www.ntv.co.jp/program/
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TV guide (in Japanese)http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/bangumi/
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https://www.youtube.com/user/anabatsu/videos
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Japan through a child's eyehttp://web-japan.org/kidsweb/index.html
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http://putiya.com/index.html
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http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=200910826786863242067.00049e4d08c67e68fe83e&ll=38.272689,140.756836&spn=22.232593,53.569336&t=h&z=5
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http://makikoitoh.com/journal/satoshi-kons-last-words
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Would you make it as a Japanese salaryman?http://www.yomeishu.co.jp/mibyou/special/
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Translated Japanese online pollshttp://whatjapanthinks.com/
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http://www.uni.edu/becker/japanese222.html
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Common Japanese deitieshttp://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/shinto-deities.html
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Mythology found in the game Okamihttp://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/920500-okami/faqs/45099
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Mind your manners!http://www.thejapanfaq.com/FAQ-Manners.html
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Juniors clothinghttp://www.japanesestreets.com/shopping/japanese-womens-clothing/japanese-juniors
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http://www.englishfriendlyjapan.com/
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Sight-seeing tourshttp://www.insidejapantours.com/
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http://japanican.com/index.aspx
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What you can do once you get to Japanhttp://www.japanforum.com/forum/archive/f-16.html
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Average weather by monthshttp://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2273.html
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Hotels in Tokyohttp://www.tokyustay.co.jp/e/hotel/YOT/
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http://www.homestayweb.com/jphome.html