The BBC presents a fun interactive guide to learning key Japanese phrases and etiquette. The guide is perfect for someone making their first visit to Japan – and not planning to stay.
You can try your hand at learning basic phrases though a quiz and then download the phrases as an MP3 to listen and practice [...]

Are you thinking about taking the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) in December? Well, start studying because you are running out of time. If you have been studying Japanese at school or via textbooks for an extended period of time (1-2years) then you are off to a good start.
If you’re someone who has learned Japanese [...]

Tired of copying and pasting words from a Japanese website to your dictionary? We found 2 tools through an article on wikipedia to help speed along your reading process.
Furiganizer.com – great FREE practice reading tool that allows you to save text and words for further study. The site gives both the furigana reading (pronunciation of [...]

Are you planning on taking the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) this December? If you are, you may be having problems finding a starting point for your studying. Preparing for the JLPT can sometimes be perplexing, but there are certain areas that you should focus on for better results.
Of the 3 sections included in the [...]

Google recently announced a new feature for Google Translate, the Google Translator Toolkit. What makes this a potential cool-tool is the ability to take a computer translation and edit it yourself with the Google translation tools. You can also work on a project collaboratively by using the share feature.
Currently, the translator toolkit only lets you [...]