Japanese (Language & Culture)

These subject headings link out to lists of resources in the library catalog on these topics. 

Dictionaries:

Other resources:

Dictionaries:

• https://jisho.org/ -- excellent for both word lookup and kanji search (English interface)
• https://www.alc.co.jp/ -- great dictionary for J-E or E-J, with many example sentences and phrases (Japanese interface)
• https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/best-japanese-dictionary/ -- great breakdown of the different types of dictionaries and how to make sense of them

Hiragana and Katakana practice for Genki:

• http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/site/self/site/hiragana/hiragana.html
• http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/site/self/site/gakusyu/katakana.html

Kanji practice for Genki:

• http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/self/kanji-reading-practice

Grammar resource:

• http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar -- strong explanation of grammar concepts that could be useful for supplementing textbook explanations and getting more example sentences

Audio/visual practice:

• https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/ -- NHK’s News Web Easy lets listeners hear a slowly dictated news article in Japanese while following along with the script, which contains kanji readings. Excellent listening and reading practice.

Browser Add-ons (allows you to hover your mouse over Japanese to get translations and readings of words and kanji):

• Rikaichan (for use with Chrome)
  How to use Rikaichan (available on Firefox and Chrome): http://www.polarcloud.com/rchow

Good dictionary apps for smart phones:

• Imiwa? (free)
• Shirabe Jisho (free)
• EOW (Eijiro on the Web) (free)
• Midori ($10)

You can find Japanese-language resources in the CSB and SJU Libraries catalog (main search box) by selecting Japanese under the Language limiter (found on the left-hand side of the search results page).

Many of our library databases include a similar option to limit results by Language. 

Print books: Here is a results list for Japanese language print (not electronic) books held at CSB Clemens and SJU Alcuin.