Teach Yourself Japanese

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Last major update: August 24, 2001
Last minor update: February 9, 2004

Created by TAKASUGI Shinji (surname first - Japanese way)
The original address is http://www.geocities.com/takasugishinji/japanese/index.html. A mirror site is available at http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/japanese/index.html.

Teach Yourself Japanese message board is now open. The Shift-JIS mode and the image mode of the message board are also available.

1. Introduction
- 1.1. Introduction to Japanese
- 1.2. Romanization, phonemes, and morae
- 1.3. Grammatical terms
2. Standard hiragana
- 2.1. Hiragana for vowels
- 2.2. Hiragana for k/g + vowels
- 2.3. Hiragana for s/z + vowels
- 2.4. Hiragana for t/d + vowels
- 2.5. Hiragana for n + vowels
- 2.6. Hiragana for h/b/p + vowels
- 2.7. Hiragana for m + vowels
- 2.8. Hiragana for y + vowels
- 2.9. Hiragana for r + vowels
- 2.10. Hiragana for w + vowels
- 2.11. Hiragana for /N/, /Q/, and /H/
3. Double hiragana
- 3.1. Double hiragana for consonants + y + vowels
- 3.2. Hiragana only for imported words
4. Other kana information
- 4.1. Romanized Japanese in English
- 4.2. Hiragana table
- 4.3. Hiragana shapes
- 4.4. Katakana table
- 4.5. Katakana shapes
- 4.6. Punctuation
- 4.7. Java program to memorize kana
- 4.8. Java program to display kana
- 4.9. Java program to draw hiragana strokes
- 4.10. Java program to draw katakana strokes
- 4.11. Java game of hiragana and katakana
5. Numbers
- 5.1. Small numbers
- 5.2. Large numbers
- 5.3. Counters
- 5.4. Decimals and fractions
- 5.5. The months and the days
- 5.6. Java program to display numbers
6. Greetings
7. Basic grammar
- 7.1. Cases and postpositions
- 7.2. Topics and focuses
- 7.3. Verbs
- 7.4. Copula
- 7.5. Adjectives
- 7.6. Relative clauses
- 7.7. Negative forms
- 7.8. Java program to display inflections
- 7.9. Emotion markers
- 7.10. Questions
8. Vocabulary
- 8.1. Pronouns
- 8.2. Demonstratives
- 8.3. Body parts
- 8.4. Kinship
- 8.5. Colors
- 8.6. Space-time
- 8.7. Vertebrates
- 8.8. Invertebrates
- 8.9. Plants
9. Dialogues
- 9.1. Dialogue 1
- 9.2. Dialogue 2

The ZIP packages of the Teach Yourself Japanese site are here:

File	Size	Contents	Last update
japanese0113.zip	235KB	HTML files, Java applets	January 13, 2004
hiragana0113.zip	175KB	GIF files for hiragana	January 13, 2004
katakana0721.zip	107KB	GIF files for katakana	July 21, 2000
audio0420.zip	352KB	Audio files	April 20, 1998

Download these files and use UNZIP to get the whole package of this site. The files are on a server in the U.S., and the mirror files are in Japan. Choose better location for you.
Install all of the files into the same directory to see them properly. The base HTML file will be install_directory/japanese/index.html.

Teach Yourself Japanese message board (Shift-JIS mode, image mode) - You can ask a question here. (all messages as of May/7/2004) _

The Gate of Japanese - You can see Japanese web sites without having Japanese fonts.

Links:

	This site is selected in Yahoo!'s directory of Social Science - Linguistics and Human Languages - Languages - Specific Languages - Japanese - Lessons and Tutorials Online.

StudyWeb	This site is selected as a featured site in StudyWeb as one of the best educational resources on the web.

Jim Breen's Japanese Page - An online dictionary is available.
TheJapanesePage.com - You can study grammar, kana, and kanji here.
Kanji-Step - Lots of information on Japan and kanji.
Gateway to Japan - Foreign languages and literature at St. Cloud State University.
Nihon-no-Kotowaza - Japanese idioms and proverbs.
Nihongo: Japanese Language - Includes numeral classifiers, American/Japanese higher numbers, Nihongo notes index.
Otake Japanese Calligraphy - Selected Kanji characters.
Shodouka - View Japanese WWW pages on any graphical browser with this service.
Travelers' Japanese with Voice
Using Japanese on Internet - Contains various resources, links and guides to support using Japanese on Internet.
The Japan FAQ: Know Before You Go - Lots of important information for anyone visiting or relocating to Japan.
k.tok's home page - Japanese customs, etc.
Human Japanese - A Japanese learning program with network supports
Japanisation FAQ for computers running Western Windows - Helps you display and input Japanese characters on a Western Windows system.
Chinese Characters in Japanese Mathematical Terms - A list of Japanese mathematical terms with kanji

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