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Okayu:
It's easier to learn Japanese than ever thanks to the internet and many easy to use free resources out there, so I thought I'd try making a new thread on this topic. Even with the help of fan translations over the years and a few officially translated things, there's still many things in iM@S that aren't available in English.

I figured these resources from DJT would be useful to start the thread off with, but if you have something to add that's not there feel free to mention it in the thread.

Links
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DJT Starting Guide (A Must Read): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jrMXTVapkGlYSyQDwppETbz62ltcknJITQ7ll6bH8QM/edit?usp=sharing

DJT Reading List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DkEYXMc9vKmrPFwVUrKdzT9UgDQV6JS0V7XhYuTCgto

Resources: http://pastebin.com/w0gRFM0c

Online Dictionary: http://jisho.org/ & http://beta.jisho.org/

Offline Digital Dictionary: http://www.tagaini.net/

Browser Kanji Checker (brings up info about kanji in text):
Example Image:

Chrome - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rikaikun/jipdnfibhldikgcjhfnomkfpcebammhp
Firefox - https://addons.mozilla.org/ja/firefox/addon/rikaichan/
Rikaisama has more features for Firefox - http://rikaisama.sourceforge.net/

Image Kanji Checker (brings up info about kanji in clear images): http://kanjitomo.com/

Mobile devices: http://pastebin.com/nv0iNQs2

DJT Cornucopia of Resources: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1y1TAjTLO4dCoyjRdka_bbzCkWoQjZyifYzFlYeH3fSo/

Anki Startup Guide: http://pastebin.com/xQ6qeQib

Japanese Sound Effects: http://thejadednetwork.com/sfx/



iM@S Kana Wallpapers: http://www.mediafire.com/?l31wdxjd1xfzqrn

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I think that having a place you can come back to and report your progress or ask questions is helpful when self studying.

DeviantProtagonist:
I sought to consider myself a charitable person, but time and again you leave me galvanized. Will look to your fine example and much is obliged for this thread, Okayu.

Naryoril:
There is one website i want to add: www.wanikani.com

It isn't free (the first 2 out of currently 50 levels are, after that it costs 8$ a month or 80$ a year) and it seems to be in permanent beta (just apply for it, you should get an invite in a few days), But it's very good at teaching you how to read kanji (only read, not write by hand, but who really needs that?). It uses a mixture of mnemonics through radicals and an SRS like Anki. With wanikani i learned to read over 1700 kanji in about 1.5 years, and about 5000 words composed of these kanji. It was a lot of work every day (about 2 hours a day i'd say), but it really paid out. It is what enabled me to actually understand the im@s plot, and to read manga and light novels. Kanji alone aren't enough, but you'll need the kanji if you want to enjoy most japanese media.
Wanikani has some drawbacks, but nevertheless it is very good if you stick with it. The beginning is slow and a lot of people complain in the forum about it, but as soon as you are level 3 this isn't an issue anymore and a few levels later you wish it was slower. You can deliberately slow it down and lessen your daily workload, but you can't speed it up.

Okayu:

--- Quote from: Naryoril on March 25, 2015, 10:56:15 am ---There is one website i want to add: www.wanikani.com

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I think the reason why wanikani wasn't included under the resources is because http://ankisrs.net/ does the same thing, but offers more decks to choose from, you can go at your own pace, set how many cards you want to do per day, etc. There's also https://www.memrise.com/ that acts like a more in depth online version of anki although it offers less decks.

liza94:
Thank you for making this topic, Okayu! I have a question: what does "nanto naku" mean in this context? なんとなく永遠だと思ったどこにも永遠なんてないのに  It reads as "nanto naku eien to omotta doko ni mo eien nante nai no ni". My translation: "I thought that ... ... eternity even though eternity is nowhere to be found".

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