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JPN301: Third Year Japanese: Reference Tools

Fall 2014, A. Takahashi. Library guide to support students' development of high intermediate proficiency in speech and reading through study of varied prose pieces and audio-visual materials.

Useful Sites

Rikai -- add-on for Firefox
Add to your browser so that your mouse turns into a Japanese dictionary as you move it over words you don't know.
Rikai-kun -- add-on for Google Chrome
ちょっと便利長
Links to lots and lots of useful websites for looking up people, places, and information.
Goo
Goo is a Japanese search engine. If you are browsing and looking for topics and websites of interest, this is a good place to check out.
Yahoo! Japan
Search engine, news, topics, and video links.
デジタル版日本出版百年表
Fabulous online chronology that lists major events in publishing history, titles, and what was happening in the world at the same time.
Google (Japanese)
Check the many tools you can use: search blogs, images, articles, books, translate, and more.

Dictionaries

Weblio
Weblio includes over a hundred different dictionaries. It includes words, events, people, dates.
Kotobank
99 dictionaries, with a strong emphasis on current events.
Japanese nciku
This is a good online dictionary for language learners.

Place Names

Japan Post 日本郵便局
Look up the readings for Japanese place names.
Mapple ちず丸
Locate addresses on maps

Subject Guide

Subjects: Chinese, East Asian Languages & Cultures, East Asian Studies / see EALC, Japanese, Korean

Last Updated: Jan 6, 2023 12:13 PM
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Subjects: East Asian Languages & Cultures, Japanese

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