This website has step-by-step instructions for configuring your computer to type Japanese.

This web video describes how writing systems developed in both Western and Eastern cultures.

Here you will find a katakana chart with stroke order and sounds, so you can see how to write the character and what it sounds like.

Fifteen katakana are shown one by one. Choose the correct reading for each character from the three options provided. [by Eri Banno]

Fifteen katakana are shown one by one. Choose the correct reading for each character from the three options provided. [by Eri Banno]

Fifteen katakana are shown one by one. Choose the correct reading for each character from the three options provided. [by Eri Banno]

This quiz will test your knowledge of Japanese greetings, including a few we haven't studied yet in class. [by Yutaka Ohno]

This is a link to some basic vocabulary for the first unit.

This will quiz you over country names in Japanese.

This link will lead you to a quiz on occupations.

Practice saying the days of the month.

Verb vocabulary is introduced in the plain form with sound and pictures.

You will need to be able to type in Japanese on your computer to do this practice. In addition to the quiz-like practice, you can see a summary of your performance, get the meaning of unfamiliar words, and get a reminder of the conjugation rules.

You will need to be able to type in Japanese on your computer to do this practice. In addition to the quiz-like practice, you can see a summary of your performance, get the meaning of unfamiliar words, and get a reminder of the conjugation rules.

You will need to be able to type in Japanese on your computer to do this practice.

You will need to be able to type in Japanese on your computer to do this practice.

You can use this website to look up unfamiliar kanji by radical and other pieces.

This link will take you to a general overview of the Kanji Alive website.

This link will take you to a PDF listing of radicals by stroke count.

This link will take you to a pdf file explaining the history of kanji and radicals.