Digital Dialects Japanese Language Games http://www.digitaldi......panese.htm
Learn Japanese language with free to use and fun online games. Games to learn Japanese phrases, vocabulary, numbers and grammar. Language games include audio to learn pronunciation Japanese.
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Nihon Shock Great Japan Resources http://www.nihonshock.com/
A blog about Japan. Study Japanese, learn about Japan, enjoy the culture.
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iKnow Online Learning http://www.smart.fm
Possibly the greatest online learning took for quickly grasping Japanese kanji, vocab, and grammar. AND it is FREE.
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Japanese 1-2-3 http://www.japanese123.com/
Learn Japanese. Study kanji, grammar, and advanced Nihongo! - This is a great site with so many lessons in many varied forms. I have learned a lot from it.
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Masu & Noun Modifiers http://www.as.ua.edu......ammar4.htm
Some words in Japanese like ちがいます (wrong; incorrect) are not verbs in English. If they end in ます, they are verbs in Japanese! Later we will change the tense of the verbs by "conjugation" (changing the ます form). The stem of the verb holds the meaning, and usually includes a kanji character. The stem only changes in a few irregular verbs.
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Verb Conjugation Chart http://www.as.ua.edu......gation.htm
"Direct style" is a term made up by an American linguist. It is a useful term to refer to when discussing grammar. Words (nouns, verbs or adjectives) in direct style are words in dictionary form or any conjugation other than masu forms. You can think of "direct" style as speaking without masu forms, which is
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Advanced Verb Conjugation Chart http://www.as.ua.edu......oomaji.htm
Advanced and detailed verb conjugation chart.
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Great Verb Explanation http://www.griffith.......verbs.html
Japanese verbs are categorised in three groups according to their conjugation styles. They are ５（ご） んどうし (u-verb) , １（いち） ん どうし (ru-verb) and Irregular verbs.
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Causative, Passive Verb Forms http://www.yookoso.c......&pagenum=1
Yookoso! is a portal for those who study Japanese language (Nihongo) and writing (Kanji) and those who want to travel to Japan or learn more about Japanese culture, life, music (JPOP) and more
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Intransitive vs Transitive Verb Pairs http://www.sf.airnet......MPq0e.html
The rule is simple. The verb suru (to do) means transitivity, and the verb aru (to be) means intransitivity. They were attached to other verbs long ago to show transitivity and intransitivity. They are also related to the causative and passive forms.
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sci.lang.japan Verb Info http://www.sljfaq.or......tive_verbs
Japanese has a large variety of related pairs of transitive (take a direct object) and intransitive (do not take a direct object) verbs, such as hajimaru (to begin) and hajimeru (to begin). For example,
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Intracacies of the Verb http://www.wvup.edu/......e_verb.htm
Note A: Students should learn the formal forms first since those are the ones they will use most, especially with strangers and people they meet for the first time. After the formal forms are mastered, the informal forms can be learned. Those forms are used with good friends.
Note B: Each form can refer to I, you, he, she, we, they. The indicative in Japanese means the present and future forms.
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Breen's Trans-Intrans Chart http://www.csse.mona......_list.html
As usual, a very thorough chart showing transitive and intransitive verb pairs. Possibly around 100 pairs with meanings and readings.
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Great List of Grammar Structures http://www.nafai.org......jpphrases/
3.8 Easy/difficult, advantageous, substantial
3.9 Start and finish doing, completion
3.10 Movement (te kuru, te iku)
3.11 From now on, begin to (te iku, te kuru)
3.15 Facts, things generally accepted as
4 Conjunctional phrases
4.1 Reason and cause
4.2 In order to, for, to, so that
4.4 Even, even though, although
4.5 Limiting (Without, because not, not...but, but, instead of)
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Learning Japanese Blog http://www.ideogramme.ca/japan/
A wonderfully clever blog about learning Japanese. As grammar is learned the author explains why it was confusing and how it was resolved. Much better than the standard textbook style method.
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JLPT 4 Prep Site http://www.spurrymos......index.html
I found it difficult to know what to study for the JLPT. After searching the web for a long time and finding only a few useful sites (and many outdated ones), I thought a specialist JLPT site might be useful - and good study practice too.
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JLPT 3 Prep Site http://www.spurrymos......index.html
I took the exam for JLPT Level 4 in 2004 and somehow managed to pass! So it was time to move onto Level 3. But the same problem remained: what grammar to study for the JLPT. And, where to find a formatted vocabulary list, kanji list and perhaps even get a little reading practice and some quizes...
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JLPT 2 Prep Site http://www.spurrymos......index.html
I passed JLPT Level 3 in 2005, much to my relief! So it's time to move onto Level 2. But the same problem remains: what grammar to study for the JLPT. And, where to find the latest vocabulary list, kanji list and perhaps even get some quizes that follow the same format as the test...
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JLPT 3 Verbs Quiz http://www.spurrymos......_2002.html
Randomly displays 6 quiz questions then grades you when youo click finish. Take the test several times and each time you'll get new questions.
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Cornell Univ Japanese Lessons http://lrc.cornell.edu/japanese/
Cornell University, Department of Asian Studies, Japanese Program, Kawasaki Japanese Learning Materials
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