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Notes about Japanese Language Learning Systems

Anki….
<Anki> is a free to download piece of flashcard software. Based on the principles of <SRS – link to Wired article> or, <Spaced Recognition Systems>, Anki intelligently scehdules flashcard repetitions based on your rate of success or failure of previous reviews, taking the work out of having to decide what to review, and when. Successfully [...]

Online Resources for Japanese Language Learning (SharedTalk, Rikai.com, 10,000 Sentences)

The last post provided a couple of applications to start bringing your Japanese learning into reality, with a useful SRS application to review kanji, and a web-based application to help build word power. This article shares both more ways of bringing your Japanese learning into the realistic domain, and introduces an application to help you [...]

Online Resources for Japanese Language Learning (Anki, Kanji Koohii)

This site really takes a lot of the effort out of learning kanji and is a pleasure to use. Unfortunately, it is no longer free (although accounts created prior to charging will be honoured as free), but it is really worth the $10 sign-up for a lifetime membership (and additionally, you can get the hirigana, katakana, and JLPT4 decks as part of a free trial).

Rikai.com is my daddy

As an editor/light-translator, one indispensable tool for me is rikai.com

I was first turned on to this page in 2002 when I was working in Cambodia. One of the Khmer guys in my office had studied at International University of Japan in Niigata. He’d been asked to translate a Japanese email our organization had received. Since [...]