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Japanese (Nihongo)

Fun and unique ways to learn, maintain, sharpen or reinforce your Japanese language studies through familiar and foreign contexts. Learn Now

LISTENING   READING   SPEAKING WRITING


Disney’s The Lion King Songs in Japanese

Click and learn Japanese

Watch Japanese shows on-line


Advanced/Intermediate
Practice reading on these popular magazine sites
Beginners Look for characters you know on these popular foreign websites


Vogue (On-line)

Harper’s Bazaar (On-line)

Constant Reinforcement

Calendars

Wall Clocks


Use the
 Rosetta Stone System to Speak and Correct your Pronunciation

About Pronunciation - Listen and repeat


Kanji Practice using a Nintendo DS
 

Kanji Practice Sheet

Japanese Key Board no download necessary

 

Japanese for Beginners

Vocabulary  

Body Parts
Colors
Days of the Week
Greetings
Hiragana
Katakana
Months
Numbers


Hiragana 
“The Japanese Alphabet” (click the Japanese Practice Writing Sheet button to download the worksheet)

Katakana 
“The Japanese Alphabet – for foreign words” (click the Japanese Practice Writing Sheet button to download the worksheet)

When writing in Japanese the order of your pen stroke (“stroke order”) is very important.  If you are not familiar with stroke order for hiragana please click here. For katakana please click here.


Greetings

Good Morning – Ohayoo (Gozaimasu)
Good (Day) Afternoon – Konnichiwa
Good Night – Oyasumi Nasai
Good Bye – Sayonara
How are you – O Genki Desu ka
I’m fine – Genki Desu

Practice writing these greetings in Hiragana

Colors
 
Red – Aka(i)
Blue – Ao(i)
Yellow – Kiiro(i)
Green – Midori
Pink – Pinku
Purple – Murasaki
Gray – Guree
White – Shiro(i)
Black – Kiro(i)

Practice writing these colors in Hiragana
 

Numbers

1 – Ichi
2 – Ni
3 – San
4 – Yon/Shi
5 – Go
6 – Roku
7 – Shichi/Nana
8 – Hachi 
9 – Ku/Kyuu
10 – Juu
11 – Juu-ichi
12 – Juu-ni
13 – Juu-san
14 – Juu-yon/shi
15 – Juu-go
16 –Juu-roku
17 – Juu-shichi/nana
18 – Juu-hachi
19 – Juu-kyuu/ku
20 – Ni-juu
21 – Ni-juu-ichi
22 – Ni-juu-ni
23 – Ni-juu-san
24 – Ni-juu-yon
25 – Ni-juu-go
26 – Ni-juu-roku
27 – Ni-juu-shichi
28 – Ni-juu-hachi
29 – Ni-juu-kyuu
30 – San-juu
40 – Yon-juu
50 – Go-juu
60 – Roku-juu 
70 – Shichi/nana-juu
80 – Hachi-juu 
90 – Kyuu/ku-juu

Practice writing these numbers in Hiragana

Days of the Week

Sunday – Nichiyoobi
Monday – Getsuyoobi
Tuesday – Kayoobi
Wednesday – Suiyoobi
Thursday – Mokuyoobi
Friday – Kinyoobi
Saturday – Dooyoobi

Practice writing the days of the week in Hiragana

Months

January – Ichi-gatsu
February – Ni-gatsu
March – San-gatsu
April – Shi-gatsu
May – Go-gatsu
June – Roku-gatsu
July – Shichi-gatsu
August – Hachi-gatsu
September – Ku-gatsu
October – Juu-gatsu
November – Juu-ichi-gatsu
December – Juu-ni-gatsu

Practice writing the months in Hiragana


Body Parts
Karada
(From the Neck up)

Ago - Chin/Jaw
Atama - Head
Gan - Eye
Ha - Tooth
Haguki - Gums
Hana - Nose
Hichu - Throat
Hitai - Forehead
Kami - Hair
Kao - Face
Kasumi - Temple (Side of Head)
Keibu - Neck
Keichu - Back of Neck
Kubi - Neck
Kuchi - Mouth
Mabuta - Eyelid
Matsuge - Eyelash
Mayu - Eyebrow
Mimi - Ears
Me - Eye
Nodo - Throat
Shita - Tongue
Shofu - Side of Neck
Tento - Skull (Top)
Zuno - Head/Brain

Play Inga's Lingua "Body Parts Bingo"
& test you memory
or use the Body Parts Cheat Sheet
or Body Parts for Karate
How to pronounce the body parts
 

Additional Vocabulary

Japan – Nihon
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