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Gateway for anything about Japan

Web Japan provides information about Japan including facts, fun and new trends, traditional and pop culture, science and technology, food, travel, and life style.

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Trends in Japan

Short, engaging dispatches on the latest and hottest trends in Japanese fashion, design, technology, lifestyle, pop culture, food, and travel.

Japan Video Topics

Japan Video Topics offers a comprehensive view of Japanese culture, nature, science and technology and tourism etc. You can enjoy streaming content.

niponica

niponica is a web magazine that introduces modern Japan to people all over the world.

Kids Web Japan

Kids Web Japan provides fun content that helps children learn about Japan. The site is widely used in elementary and middle school classrooms around the world.

Japan Fact Sheet

Concise introductions of Japan,from economy to sports and culture.

Map of Japan

Click on the Map to search articles of each prefecture.

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The Official Worldwide Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Website is operated by the Japan Foundation and Japan Educational Exchanges and Services.

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An e-learning site that offers a fun way to learn a number of character/genre-based Japanese expressions that appear in anime and manga.

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"Erin's Challenge! I Can Speak Japanese." Contents Library | The Japan Foundation

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"Erin's Challenge! I Can Speak Japanese." Contents Library | The Japan Foundation

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This website provides video learning materials, in particular the videos of "Erin's Challenge! I Can Speak Japanese" for mid-level Japanese language speakers and those of a similar level. You can watch videos and download PDF materials such as video scripts, manga, and grammar explanations.

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Complete Guide to Japanese Grammar

*Work in progress

We have designed the contents of this grammar guide to be both learning tools and references. Thus, if you'd like to systematically learn Japanese grammar, please read through the guide from the beginning. If you'd like to find or refer to a particular topic, please press "Control + F" (or "Command + F") and type your search query (such as a sentence pattern that you want to know) in Hiragana. Alternatively, utilize the Custom Search provided by Google.

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The kindle version is available with audio files for all of the examples at this link. Please visit there if you like to read it at off-line with native speaker's voice.

Basic Grammar

2. Japanese Counting System

2-1. Japanese Numerals

2-2. Japanese Counters

2-3. How Japanese Counting System Works in a Sentence

4. Others

4-1. Japanese Word Order

Essential Grammar

Advanced Grammar

9. Polite Speech: Keigo

9-1. The Honorific Form, the Humble Form, and the Polite Form

9-2. How Keigo (Polite Speech) Works in Conversation

9-3. Japanese Literary Style: である and ではない

10. Compound Particles

10-1. Target: に対して, について, and にかかわる

10-2. Reasons (Causation): によって, につき, おかげで, and せいで

10-3. Space and Time: において, にて, をもって, にかけて, にわたって, and を通じて

10-4. Means and Standard: によって, を通じて, にて, に沿って, 基づいて, and 即して

10-5. Conditions: によって, 次第で, に応じて, 問わず, にかかわらず, なしで, and なしに

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Reference

We sincerely respect previous research on Japanese language, especially for the following works. Taking this opportunity, let us express our deepest gratitude to the linguists and the editors.

初級を教える人のための日本語文法ハンドブック

中上級を教える人のための日本語文法ハンドブック

GENKI: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese I

GENKI: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese II

A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar

A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar

東京外国語大学言語モジュール

Tae Kim's Japanese Grammar Guide

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Wasabi's Online Japanese Grammar Reference

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Work in progress We have designed the contents of this grammar guide to be both learning tools and references. Thus, if you'd like to systematically learn Japanese grammar, please read through the guide from the beginning.

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Powerful and easy-to-use online Japanese dictionary with words, kanji and example sentences.