Introduction to Japanese Language
for Nihongo Learning with Speech

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• Integrated e-Learning for Japanese Learning (Aug. 1, 2004) New
  Contents in the site are examinations of reading, listening and listening-reading comprehension of Japanese for university admission. Please access the project page for free registration.

• Dictation quizzes for Japanese speech using Java applets (Top 1-1-1-1, Counters: 546247 )
  If you can understand Japanese speech, let's try to examine your hearing level for spoken sentences, words, syllables, special morae and word accent.
  If you are a beginner, please learn Japanese from the following pages.
  
  
• Public Analysis System for Speech: PASTE
  Free INternet Speech Analysis System via E-Mail: INSAS/M (Counters: 106737) '99.3
  If you want to visualize your Japanese voice, please access the page for visible speech.
  
  
• Tips for Nihongo (in Japanese) (Top New-25-14)
  For reading, writing, hearing and speaking
  
  
• FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan 2002 (in Japanese)

• Japanese Letters
  If you can't read Japanese letters, please study the letters.
  
  • Hiragana
    • 50 sounds in hiragana (50 On) with speech (Top 2-2-2-2)
      
    • 25 sounds in dakuon and handakuon with speech (Top 9-9-10-12)
      
    • 36 sounds in youon with speech (Top 10-14-16-19)
      
      
    • Normal Table of 50 Hiragana (50 On) with Speech (New: May, 2000)
      
    • Normal Table of All Hiragana with Speech (New: May, 2000)
      
      
    • Hiragana (in Japanese) (Top ?-?-?-3)
      
    
    
  • Katakana
    • Table of Katakana Letters with speech (in Japanese) (Top ?-20-11-11)
      
    • Gairaigo in Katakana (in Japanese) (Top ?-New)
      
    • Katakana (in Japanese) (Top ?-?-?-3)
      
    • All Katakana with speech using Java applet (in Japanese)
      
    
    
  • Kanji
    • Introduction to Kanji (in Japanese) (Top ?-5-5-6)
      
    • Kanji List (in Japanese) (Top New)
      
    • Kanji (in Japanese) (Top ?-?-?-3)
      
    
    
  • Romaji
    • Table of Roman Letters with speech (Top ?-15-13-13)
      Kunrei or Hepburn
      
    • How to write Romaji (in Japanese) (Top ?-?-23-23)
      
    
    
  • Japanese Consonants (Top 7-13-20-24)
    
    
  • Mora, Syllable and Special Mora (Top 5-11-17-20)
    
    
  • Relation between Written Language and Spoken Language (in Japanese) (Top ?-?-7-9,Renew)
    
  
  
• Basic Japanese Words
  • 30 basic noun words with speech and image (Top 3-4-3-4)
    Do you know difference between [kani] and [kagi]?
    
    
  • 13 words for consonant pairs with speech (Top ?-10-12-15)
    Do you know difference between [kenki] and [genki]?
    
    
  • 8 word pairs for long vowels with speech (Special Mora) (Top ?-17-19-21)
    Do you know difference between [ozisan] and [ozi:san]?
    
    
  • 10 word pairs for choked sounds with speech (Special Mora) (Top ?-18-21-22)
    Do you know difference between [ito:] and [itto:]?
    
    
  • Japanese numbers (Month, Week and Day) (New, '99.6)
    
    
  
  
• Basic Japanese Sentences
  
  • List of 31 basic sentences with speech (Top ?-6-4-5)
    A comparative table of basic sentences for natives of English, Chinese, German, Italian, Malay, Portuguese Spanish or Swedish. (New, 2001/9)
    If you freely translate 31 basic sentences to your native language with volunteering and send us with E-mail, I will write your name on the page.
    
    
  • 30 general sentences for greeting, shopping and so on (Top ?-7-8-8)
    
    
  • 31 sentences with speech (in Japanese Roman)
    
  • 31 sentences with speech (in Japanese Kanji)
    
  
  
• Basic Japanese Grammar
  
  • 8 basic sentences and grammar with speech (Top 4-3-6-7)
    
  • Japanese Grammar (in Japanese) (Top ?-19-14-17)
    
  
  
• Accent
  • What is word accent (Top ?-12-18-18)
    
  • List of word accent with speech (Top ?-16-22-26)
    Do you know difference between [ame](rain) and [ame](candy)?
    
  • Dialect Map for Japanese Accent
    
  
  
• Japanese Basic Texts
  • Basic E-mail Texts (New, 2000/6)
    
  
  
• Japanese Story Links (Top 8-8-9-10)
  Very good Web sites of real Japanese speech for advanced level.
  
  
• Acoustic Analysis for Japanese Spoken Language
  Visualization of Japanese speech
  
  
• Experimental Phonetics
  Acoustic features for Japanese speech (Top -15-16)
  
  
• Digital Speech Museum (in Japanese)
  
  
• Related WWW Servers for Japanese Language
  Useful links for Japanese learning, for example dictionaries and tools
  
  
• Information for Nihongo Teaching (Top New-24-25) (For teachers)
  International meetings for language
  
  
• Tools for Japanese Learning (New)
  Furigana , E/J translation and so on.
  
  
• Reports for Japanese Learning (New)
  
  
• Universities in the World (New)
  Please find your university for Japanese study in the world.
  
  
• Universities in Japan (in Japanese)
  Please find your university for Japanese study in Japan.