Learn Japanese in Japanese

Once you are past beginner level it is much more helpful to use native materials. Here are some useful phrases to help with this.

意味 – meaning

使い方 – usage

辞書 – dictionary

国語辞書 – Japanese language dictionary (literally national language, also used to refer to the school subject)

文法 – grammar

古文 – classical literature (源氏物語 was all written in kana so is a great starting text for beginners)

動詞 – verb

名詞 – noun

形容詞 – adjective

形容動詞 – “adjectival verb” conjugated with な (好き、綺麗)

自動詞 – intransitive verb

他動詞 – transitive verb

活用 – conjugation

文章 – sentence

翻訳 – translation

四字熟語 – 4 character saying (there are many of these, often shared with Chinese)

熟語 – idiom

訓読み – Japanese reading of a character

音読み – Chinese-derived reading of a character

外来語 – loanword

語源 – etymology (literally “word root”)

標準語 – Standard Japanese

方言 – dialect

Individual dialects will be denoted by -弁 such as 関西弁 or 東北弁.

Using these terms you should be able to advance your Japanese knowledge in Japanese and not have to rely on English language resources which are often incomplete or inaccurate.