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Sources to learn Japanese

Learning Japanese Sources

I'm not an expert in the language, I'm only starting to learn it but here are some sources that I have seen/used.

Table of Contents

• Learning the Scripts
• • Hiragana
• • Katakana
• • Practice Kana
• Learning Vocabulary
• Learning Grammar
• 101 Core Japanese Words Source

Learning the Scripts

Hiragana

• JapanesePod101 Hiragana Course (Video)

Katakana

• JapanesePod101 Katakana Course (Video)
• WanaKani (Learning & Practice) (Site)

Practicing Kana

• KaNa-master (Site)
• Tofugu’s Kana Quiz (Site)

Vocabulary

• iKnow (Site)
• jisho (Site) (Dictionary)
• Anki (App)
• • Core 2k/6k Optimized Japanese Vocabulary

Grammer

• GuideToJapanese (Site)
• 8020japanese Sentence Structure
• • Basic “desu” sentences
• • How particles work
• • Defining different roles
• • Expanding individual elements
• tofugo Guide
• • Japanese Grammar
• Japanese Verb Conjugator

101 Core Japanese Words (Source)

• Pronouns (8)
• • これ / この (Kore / Kono) – “This” or “This _ (thing/person)”
• • それ / その (Sore / Sono) – “That / It” or “That _ (thing/person)”
• • あれ / あの (Are / Ano) – “That over there” or “That _ (thing/person) over there”
• • 私 / 僕 (Watashi / Boku) – “I” (私 is gender neutral, while 僕 is masculine.)
• • 彼 (Kare) – “He”
• • 彼女 (Kanojo) – “She”
• • 私たち (Watashitachi) – “We”
• • 彼ら (Karera) – “They”
• Nouns (42)
• • 年 (Toshi or Nen) – “Year”
• • 月 (Getsu or Tsuki) – “Month” and “Moon”
• • 日 (Nichi or Hi) – “Day” and “Sun”
• • 週 (Shuu) – “Week”
• • 今日 (Kyou) – “Today”
• • 明日 (Ashita) – “Tomorrow”
• • 昨日 (Kinou) – “Yesterday”
• • 時間 (Jikan) – “Time” (As in, a time frame.)
• • 分 (Fun or Bun) – “Minute”
• • 時 (Ji or Toki) – “Hour” or “Time”
• • こと (Koto) – “About (this thing)”
• • 日本 (Nihon) – “Japan”
• • ため (Tame) – “For” or “In regards to”
• • 人 (Hito or Nin) – “Person”
• • 物 (Mono) – “Thing”
• • 国 (Kuni or Koku) – “Country”
• • 大学 (Daigaku) – “College”
• • 今 (Ima) – “Now”
• • 前 (Mae) – “Before”
• • 後 (Ato) – “After”
• • 駅 (Eki) – “(Train) Station”
• • 線 (Sen) – “Line”
• • 電車 (Densha) – “Train”
• • 車 (Kuruma) – “Car”
• • 部屋 (Heya) – “Room”
• • 名前 (Namae) – “Name”
• • 所 / 場所 (Tokoro / Basho) – “Place”
• • 地下鉄 (Chikatetsu) – “Subway”
• • 中 (Naka or Chuu) – “Middle,” “Inside,” or “During”
• • 外 (Soto or Gai) – “Outside”
• • 学校 (Gakkou) – “School”
• • 語 (Go) – “Language” (Combine it with other words like: 言語 (gengo, “language”), 単語 (tango, “words”), 日本語 (Nihongo, “Japanese”), 英語 (Eigo, “English”), スペイン語 (Supeingo, “Spanish”).)
• • 水 (Mizu) – “Water”
• • 映画 (Eiga) – “Movie”
• • テレビ (Terebi) – “TV”
• • 家族 (Kazoku) – “Family”
• • 町 (Machi) – “Town”
• • 他の (Hoka no) – “Other”
• • 出身 (Shusshin) – “Hometown”
• • トイレ / お手洗い (Toire / Otearai) – “Bathroom”
• • 家 (Uchi or Ie) – “Home” or “House”
• • 店 (Mise or Ya) – “Shop”
• Verbs (20)
• • 多い (Ooi) – “Many”
• • たくさん (Takusan) – “Lots of”
• • 少し (Sukoshi) – “Few”
• • 遠い (Tooi) – “Far”
• • 近い (Chikai) – “Near”
• • 小さい (Chiisai) – “Small”
• • 大きい (Ookii) – “Big”
• • 良い (Yoi) – “Good”
• • 悪い (Warui) – “Bad”
• • きれいな (Kirei na) – “Clean” and “Pretty”
• • 醜い (Minikui) – “Ugly”
• • 難しい (Muzukashii) – “Difficult”
• • 簡単な (Kantan na) – “Easy”
• • うまい (Umai) – “Nice”
• • 美味しい (Oishii) – “Delicious”
• • まずい (Mazui) – “Disgusting”
• • 大丈夫 (Daijoubu) – “All right”
• • すごい (Sugoi) – “Amazing”
• • 楽しい (Tanoshii) – “Enjoyable” or “Pleasant”
• • とても (Totemo) – “Very”
• Conjunctions and Connectors (8)
• • しかし (Shikashi) – “However”
• • また (Mata) – “Also”
• • その後 (Sono ato) – “After that”
• • その時 (Sono toki) – “At that time”
• • 場合は (Baai wa) – “If you” or “If this happens”
• • 例えば (Tatoeba) – “For example”
• • それから (Sorekara) – “Then”
• • だから (Dakara) – “So”