Teach Yourself Japanese

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Last update: May 31, 1998

Created by TAKASUGI Shinji (surname first - Japanese way)

1. Introduction to Japanese
2. Standard hiraganas
- 2.1. Hiraganas for vowels
- 2.2. Hiraganas for /k/, /g/ + vowels
- 2.3. Hiraganas for /s/, /z/ + vowels
- 2.4. Hiraganas for /t/, /d/ + vowels
- 2.5. Hiraganas for /n/ + vowels
- 2.6. Hiraganas for /h/, /b/, /p/ + vowels
- 2.7. Hiraganas for /m/ + vowels
- 2.8. Hiraganas for /y/ + vowels
- 2.9. Hiraganas for /r/ + vowels
- 2.10. Hiraganas for /w/ + vowels
- 2.11. Hiraganas for /N/, /Q/, long vowel mark
3. Double hiraganas
- 3.1. Double hiraganas for consonants + /y/ + vowels
- 3.2. Double hiraganas used only for imported words
4. Other kana information
- 4.1. Pronunciations and Romanization
- 4.2. Hiragana table
- 4.3. Hiragana shapes
- 4.4. Katakana table
- 4.5. Katakana shapes
- 4.6. Punctuation
- 4.7. Java program to memorize kanas
- 4.8. Java program to display kanas
- 4.9. Java game of hiraganas and katakanas
5. Numbers, the names of the months and the days
- 5.1. Small numbers
- 5.2. Large numbers
- 5.3. Counters
- 5.4. Java program to display numbers
- 5.5. The names of the months and the days
6. Greetings
7. Basic grammar
- 7.1. Cases and postpositions
- 7.2. Topics and focuses
- 7.3. Verbs
- 7.4. Copula
- 7.5. Adjectives
- 7.6. Relative clauses
- 7.7. Negative forms
- 7.8. Java program to display inflections
- 7.9. Emotion markers
- 7.10. Questions (updated!)
8. Vocabulary
- 8.1. Colors
9. Actual conversation

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File	Size	Contents	Last update
japanese0531.zip	147KB	HTML files, Java applets	May 31, 1998
hiragana0307.zip	116KB	GIF files for hiraganas	March 7, 1998
katakana0307.zip	73KB	GIF files for katakanas	March 7, 1998
audio0420.zip	352KB	Audio files	April 20, 1998

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Note: I'm sorry I haven't updated this site frequently for a month, because I'm busy working these days.

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Links

Byte of Japanese - small article of Japanese featured in English. May be available biweekly.
Gateway to Japan - Foreign Languages and Literature, St. Cloud State University
Jim Breen's Japanese Page
Kanji's Japanese Page - files for students of Japanese at intermediate level, Japanese law names in English, Man'yoshu poems, Benkyo Mailing List intro and sample messages.
Language in Dewa - Information about dialect of Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.
Nihon-no-Kotowaza - Japanese idioms and proverbs.
Nihongo Forum - a common place for Japanese language learners, researchers, and Japanese computing specialists to exchange thoughts and information.
Nihongo: Japanese Language - includes numeral classifiers, American/Japanese higher numbers, Nihongo notes index
Otake Japanese Calligraphy - selected Kanji characters.
Shodouka - Don't have a Japanese operating system or Japanese fonts installed? View Japanese WWW pages on any graphical browser with this service!
Ste-chan's Kanji of the Day - Improve your Kanji count day by day. I'll teach you 2 new Kanji characters each business day. Learn Japanese the easy way.
Travelers' Japanese with Voice
Using Japanese on Internet - Contains various resources, links and guides to support 'using Japanese on Internet
Using Japanese Slang
FAQ - Alternative sci.lang.japan
FAQ - sci.lang.japan - From the newsgroup about the Japanese language.
k.tok's home page - Japanese customs, etc.

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