Japanese

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About Japanese Language
http://japanese.about.com/

Japanese lessons and hundreds of links to more sites about the Japanese language.

Beginner Level Japanese Course Home Page
http://home.threeweb.ad.jp/english/jpncntrl/bgnr_hp.html

"Completely interactive and comprehensive Japanese language study program on the internet. It includes reading, writing, speaking and listening. We have designed our lessons to include a selection of multiple sensory study aids so that you can use the tools which fit your particular study needs."

Japanese Name Translation
http://www.japanese-name-translation.com/

This site translates full names into Japanese katakana characters for free. Not only does it output the katakana characters for your name, but it also has audio files so that you can hear how to pronounce them. There are also animated (Flash) katakana and hiragana writing tutors, as well as lots of information on the Japanese language, Japanese names and Japanese calligraphy. There are also downloadable calligraphy worksheets.

Japanese-Online
http://www.japanese-online.com/

Allows Japanese learners to find and talk to one another, as well as seek language exchange relationships with Japanese speakers, and Japanese speakers to find language exchange partners to study with.

Language - Kids Web Japan
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/language/index.html

Here is a "fun and easy introduction to Japanese. You'll learn basic phrases that people use everyday, and you can practice them yourself after hearing how they're pronounced."

Little Explorers English-Japanese (Romaji) Picture Dictionary
http://www.littleexplorers.com/languages/Japanesedictionary....

With Romanji, you can read Japanese words without having to know the Japanese characters they use in Japan. This picture dictionary can help you learn how to say new words in Japanese.