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	NHK Japanese Lessons for English Speakers - http://www.nhk.or.jp/lesson/english/index.html Japan's publicly-funded broadcasting corporation offers free audio lessons.
	Japanese-Online - http://www.japanese-online.com/ Free Japanese language lessons and translated math story problems from Japan's jr. high math placement tests.
	Japanesepod101.com - http://japanesepod101.com Daily podcasts that teach Japanese from beginning to advanced levels. Requires registration. Only some content is available free.
	The Kanji Site - http://www.kanjisite.com/ A step-by-step guide to hundreds of kanji, with random testing and a search function. Intended for JLPT study. Works on machines without Japanese support.
	http://www.rikai.com/ - http://www.rikai.com/ Free site that allows you to read Japanese kanji on any webpage by passing your mouse cursor over the characters.

	Pera Pera Penguin's 5-minute Japanese Class - http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/columns/0002/ Offers short conversational Japanese lessons from a 15 year teacher of the language.
	Charles Kelly's Web-based Japanese Language Study Materials - http://www.manythings.org/japanese/ Free online quizzes, flashcards and word lists. Covers romaji, hiragana, katakana, kanji, Japanese newspaper words, and reading signs.
	Kanji Clinic - http://www.kanjiclinic.com/ A column appearing every third Friday in The Japan Times aiming at providing practical advice to non-Japanese adults striving to become literate in Japanese by learning the 1,945 general-use kanji. It is written by Mary Sisk Noguchi, associate professor at Meijo University in Nagoya, Japan.
	Nihongo o Narau - Learn Japanese - http://www.learn-japanese.info/ Covers basic grammar and vocabulary.
	Learn-Japanese.net - http://www.learn-japanese.net A forum dedicated to the study of the Japanese language.

	Kanji Game - http://www.msu.edu/~lakejess/kanjigame.html Free online game with multiple levels of difficulty, matching kanji characters to their meanings or hiragana and katakana characters to their pronunciations.
	http://www.ajalt.org/e/ - http://www.ajalt.org/e/ Association for Japanese Language Teaching. Offers private, group, and online lessons.
	Japanese for the Western Brain - http://kimallen.sheepdogdesign.net/Japanese/index.html A series of articles outlining the basic parts of Japanese speech from an English-speaker's perspective.
	Kanji-Step - http://www.kanjistep.com/ Various learning resources, including animated guides to learning kanji, hiragana, and katakana, as well as more advanced lessons. Also features placement tests, book and multimedia reviews, a forum, and a penpal registry.
	http://www.joyo96.org/ - http://www.joyo96.org/ Free online resources, advice, and links to recommended books and other study aids. Also features a Japanophiles email list.

	Griffith University: Basic Japanese Resources - http://www.gu.edu.au/school/lal/japanesemain/JP_Res/JP_Res_home.html Features an introduction to 400 basic kanji and basic grammar information.
	Web Japanese - http://webjapanese.com/ Today's Kanji, daily and monthly columns for students of the Japanese language.
	Kana Flashcards - http://www.zompist.com/flash.html Kana online learning tool.
	The Quick and Dirty Guide to Japanese - http://users.tmok.com/~tumble/qadgtj.html Webpage version of the sci.lang.japan guide to basic Japanese grammar and syntax.
	Lesson/J - http://sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/sp/lesson/j/index.html Java applet offering listening comprehension exercises at various levels of proficiency.

	Mainichi-Kanji - http://mainichi.incors.com/ Introduces a new kanji on each weekday, with readings, meanings and examples. On weekends the week's kanji are reviewed. The site can be viewed on any computer, no Japanese fonts are required.
	Real Kana - http://www.realkana.com/ A simple site for learning and practicing hiragana and katakana, the two Japanese syllabaries.
	Japanese Podcasting Lessons - http://learn-japanese.podomatic.com/ Learn basic Japanese through video podcasts.
	http://tell.fll.purdue.edu/JapanProj//Kana/Kana.html - http://tell.fll.purdue.edu/JapanProj//Kana/Kana.html Downloadable program from Purdue University which teaches hiragana and katakana through visual and verbal mnemonics. Includes flash cards and guessing games.
	Elementary Japanese Language Course - Nihongo Shoho - http://i33www.ira.uka.de/~bgarz/nihongoshoho/ Full course (34 lessons) based on the book Nihongo Shoho, with mp3 files, vocabulary trainer, word and kanji index, and other resources. Some free lessons, most content requires purchase.

	Online Japanese Study - http://u-biq.org/english.html Free website offers beginning and intermediate online textbook with corresponding tests, as well as information on different dialects and a notice board for meeting conversation partners.
	Communicating With the Japanese - http://www.culturalsavvy.com/Japan_part_1.htm Offers examples of how English influenced contemporary Japanese.
	Learn How to Wow in Japanese! - http://www.thejapanesepage.com/ Learn interesting Japanese while having fun. Grammar, kanji, culture and a little bit of everything Japanese for free.
	KanjiLearn - http://www2.gol.com/users/jpc/Japan/Kanji/KanjiLearn Online flashcard program and dictionary of 2135 kanji.
	Japanese Language Learning for Mobile Phones - http://ii-kanji.com Japanese-language learning for small screen devices, as well as computers. Also enables students to create their own lists of kanji and vocabulary for study via a database.

	The Japanese Language - http://www.math.toronto.edu/jjchew/japanese/ Explains usage of some particles, grammar and vocabulary.
	Japan Culture Study Group - http://www014.upp.so-net.ne.jp/nbunka/ Several Japanese lessons and explanations made by Japanese instructors.
	Reiko-chan's Japanese for Anime-Lovers - http://physics.uwyo.edu/~brent/jal/jal-home.htm Web based lessons on Japanese, with links to lessons on the writing systems.
	Nihongo Pera Pera (Fluent Japanese) - http://www.nihongoperapera.com An introduction to computer software and study techniques for becoming fluent in Japanese.
	Japanese Verb Conjugator - http://www.japaneseverbconjugator.com/ Provides a conjugation table for the dictionary form of Japanese verbs. Includes a list of basic verbs.

	Learn Japanese Online - http://www.easyjapanese.org/index.html Introduces basic Japanese with flash quizzes that test kana and vocabulary.
	Kanji Hacks: How to Memorize Japanese Kanji - http://kanjihacks.com/ Mnemonics, memorization techniques, and free downloadable flash cards for learning Japanese kanji characters.
	infocobuild \| Learning Japanese - http://www.infocobuild.com/language/japanese/japanese.html A collection of online resources designed to help people learn Japanese.
	Teach Yourself Japanese - http://www.teachyourselfjapanese.co.cc/ Japanese course, originally prepared by Takasugi Shinji, providing a free introduction to the language.
	Alessandro's Home Page - http://web.tiscali.it/jlesson/index.htm Japanese grammar written in English and Italian (intended for manga translation).

	Teach Yourself Japanese - http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/japanese/ With introduction, basic writing system, grammar, vocabulary, and dialogues.
	CosCom Japanese Language School - http://www.coscom.co.jp/ Offers introductory study materials including audio files and grammar lessons. Also has books, e-books, and picture cards for sale.

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