Language Learning Resources¶
This is a curated list of Japanese language learning resources I find to be helpful
Cool Language Learning Websites¶
General Guides
- TheMoeWay
- Immersion-Based Japanese Learning
- JP Lazy Guide
- Itazuraneko -> alt 1 -> alt 2
- Tatsumoto Ren -> alt
- IgrecL
- animecards
Database
Grammar
- Ixrec's Guide to Japanese
- Organic Japanese
- Tae Kim's Guide to Learning Japanese
- boirodaisuki
- tofugu
- imabi
- sakubi
Misc
- Japanese with Anime - more pop-culture oriented
Books, Manga, Anime, etc...¶
Most of these are NSFW so keep that in mind (they are for research purposes only of course, trust)
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- Itazuraneko
- dl-raw
- Bilingual Manga
- Manga Zip -> alt
- Alphapolis
- syosetsu
- yaoi-sei - BL stuff
- aarinfantasy - BL stuff
- Dlraw
- rawkuma
- mangaz
- nhentai
- hitomi
- hentaiera
- hentai-one
- anime-sharing
- nyaa.si
- sukubei - an NSFW version of nyaa.si apparently
Legal
Here is a guide on how to buy japanese ebooks : How to buy japanese ebooks (Guide). Since there may be difficulties with payments, region-lock, etc..
Tools¶
Dictionary
Character Extraction/Recogntion
- mokuro - Manga ocr
- YomiNinja - Screen ocr (for Japanese games for example)
- textractor - Extract/mine text from visual novels
Example sentence search
- sentencesearch
- massif.la
- immersionkit - example sentences from anime
- youglish - example sentences from YouTube
- kanshudo
- eijirou
Alternatively you can search up a word in google, twitter, etc.. (surround the word with quotation marks like "this") to find examples of sentences containing that word.
Video players
- asbplayer - Add subtitles to online/streaming videos
Youtube Channels with JP subs¶
BL stuff (WHY ARE THERE SO MANY!! GAHH)
- BL sandwich
- BL skip
- BL kiss
- gyu BL
- CIEL BL
- After school
- moving BL
- KYOMUO
- Blooming magic
- BL diary
- BL animal park
- iketen
- BL student council
- Mickymacky
- BL and Gente
- Gush and Emo
- Kajiyama
- Kadokawa
- Sankosha
- Cue Egg Label & Melty Drop
- Nabarashoko
アニメコント
コント means a short story, skit, comedy sketch, etc... It originates from the French word conte. Below are some アニメコント channels I enjoy, but there are loads more just search "アニメコント" on YouTube to explore.
- Paranormal HS
- MariMariMari
- Pyutifi
- Lovelysomeday
- HundredNote
- tasukukoma
- fermilab
- rinlab
- teipen
- karekoreya
- Kutsuzure Days
- Atashin'chi - no kanji subs, but has Eng subs
YouTuberグループ
This just means YouTuber group, as in a YouTube channel hosted by more than one individual. These types of channels are usually high production and are thus well-organized and easy to follow and will also most likely include subtitles. They are usually focused on entertainment, this includes : gameplay, quiz/challenges, vlogs, commentary, etc... I particularly enjoy virtual YouTuber Groups and I list some of them below. Each member in the groups usually have their own channels so you can check them out too.
STPR
VOISING
MEROPRO
Nijisanji
Independent
- sixfonia - formerly part of VOISING, now independent
- kokubibi
- Atatakakunaru
YouTube channels teaching Japanese¶
- Moshi Moshi Yusuke
- Haru's Japanese Cafe
- Yohei Akiyama
- Kaname Naito
- Cure Dolly
- Maruhi Academy
- Scripting Japan
- Jiro Japanese
- Sorami - not strictly educational, but uses easy Japanese + there are ENG subs