References and Resources

 

Stop watch	http://www.online-stopwatch.com/full-screen-stopwatch/
Eastern zodiac	http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/12-zodiac.shtml
Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji practices	Apps:  Hiragana Memory Hint,  Katakana Memory Hint, Kanji Memory Hint.  Learn Japanese.  (Take come quizzes to get to writing practices.) http://yosida.com/learning-japanese  Good site to learn how to write Katakana and Hiragana and more. http://japanese-lesson.com/resources/pdf/characters/hiragana_writing_practice_sheets.pdf   Good practice sheet.  The home page http://japanese-lesson.com/ has more resource. http://www.kanjistep.com/  Click on "On-Line Teaching" on the left menu bar and click on "katakana step," "Hiragana-step" or "Kanji step"  On Kanji page, scroll down to the bottom and click on each lessons containing some kanji for you to practice.
Dictionary	http://jp.wordmind.com    英語学習辞典（えいご・がくしゅう・じてん) English learning Dictionary site but it gives plenty of simple sample sentences, which is great for Japanese langauge learners as well.  Use it with Reading Tutor.
	Denshi Jisho :   http://jisho.org
	Jim Bream site: http://www.edrdg.org/cgi-bin/wwwjdic/wwwjdic
	Reading Tutor. http://language.tiu.ac.jp/tools.html   To get vocabulary glossary and Furigana readuing of Kanji (from Japanese to English) Copy and past the Japanese words/sentences, which you want to know the readings and/or meanings, on to the first box (upper left) and click on the second button from the left ( 日→ 英) .    You can get glossary for kanji (kana readings and meanings).  It is not always accurate but it creates a good glossary for your reference.
Verb Conjugator	http://www.japaneseverbconjugator.com/
Translation	http://translation.babylon.com/  (I like this one better)  or
	http://www.excite.co.jp/world/    Go to the following site and type or copy and paste English words/sentences into the box on the left.  Click on the second button（翻訳） in the middle, which is framed in orange color.  There is no good translation program yet but this is a better one.   Note: If you want a translation from Japanese to English, Click on the (日→ 英) button then click on (翻訳) button.
Reading Kanji and Vocabulary Glossary	Rikaikun for Chrome https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rikaikun/jipdnfibhldikgcjhfnomkfpcebammhp?hl=en Click the green button on the top right corner to add to Chrome.   Im translator:  http://imtranslator.net/   Can be installed and used on Chrome, Firefox, etc. Reading Tutor: ”The above translation program will give you Japanese translation in authentic writing, which means the translation contains kanji, hiragana, and/or katakana.  In order to understand the translation, copy and paste the translation on to the box on the left top of the “Reading Tutor”   http://language.tiu.ac.jp/tools.html     and click on the second button from the left ( 日→ 英)  to get glossary for kanji (kana readings and meanings).

Grammar references	http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar
Kanji and Furigana (reading)	http://thejapanesepage.com/fun/furigana_in_word    To add Furigana to Kanji and download it as a Word file Also look above ro Rikaikun for Chrome
	http://nihongo.j-talk.com/ To convert a web page to Romaji or Hiragana.  It also translate Japanese to English.
	Also, you can use Microsoft Word for reading of kanji and translation of each word.  Copy and paste a word or text to Microsoft Word.  Highlight a word and right-click it.  You will see the reading of the word in hiragana, katakana, and other kanji.  If you want translate the word, in the box after right-click, you will see "translate" near the bottom of the box.  Choose the "translate" and the translation shows up on the right.  If you do not see "Japanese to English" translation, click on the "translation options" (located under green arrow) and check the Japanese box from the choices.
	http://furigana.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi  To get Furigana for Kanji
Kanji stroke orders	http://www.saiga-jp.com/cgi-bin/dic.cgi?f=0&start=1&sid=1266384642_82980     This site is a kanji dictionary with stroke orders (not all kanji but many of them).
	http://en.wiktionary.org  Wiki dictionary gives you stroke orders, sample sentences and more.
Kanji, how to remember.	http://kanjidamage.com/  This is a very helpful kanji site that will show kanji, pronounciation, and little tricks to remember how to read it.  The only thing it will not show is stroke order.
	http://tell.cla.purdue.edu/KanjiWiki/   Kanji Mnemonic stories to make kanji easier to remember.  You can submit your ideas, too!
Verb chart	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/AMB_Japanese_Verbs.pdf
Text to speech	http://imtranslator.net/translate-and-speak/speak/japanese    Good site to practice listening and speaking. The sentece must be correct for the site to pronouce correctly, though.
Audio Recording	This is the easiest to use and you can download as MP3 etc. formats:  http://vocaroo.com/   These are other free (as of May, 2015)  recorders:   http://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/ http://www.nch.com.au/software/soundrec.html?gclid=COKx2u7U5MUCFcURHwodOHwAzA
Creating a web site	https://sites.google.com
Creating PDF file with your phone	Genius Scan  (orange background and white circle).  Take photo from the app and send it to your e-mail.  It will automatically turn it into PDF.  Since you are sending it to yourself, it will not likely go to the Junk mail box.

 

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