Japanese Self Taught

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1. r/LearnJapanese has a starters guide that you should check out

2. * A [high level introduction](https://youtu.be/x9-e_3GHrzw?si=ac86Rj6GavwEqAz_) to Japanese – for general interest only.
   * A [good overview](https://youtu.be/r7a8OjvViwE?si=6QbP4ZrkOIdfGgKx) of the writing system.
   * Some [guidance and resources](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/s5mtva/comment/ht1lo0x/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) to get you started learning the language.

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   “How can I learn Japanese for free?”

   Tae Kim is effectively a textbook replacement, at least as far as
   providing grammar lessons. It lacks the extent of dialogues and exercises in
   typical textbooks, so you will need to find additional practice elsewhere.

   – http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/ (Tae Kim’s grammar)

   Erin’s Challenge and NHK lessons teach lessons with audio.
   They are not IMO enough to learn from by themselves, but you should have some exposure to the spoken language.

   – https://www.erin.ne.jp/en/ (Erin’s challenge – online audio-visual course, many skits)

   – https://www.nhk.or.jp/lesson/english/ (NHK lessons – online audio-visual course)

   Anki and Memrise both replace flashcards, and are general purpose.
   Koohii is a special-purpose flashcard site learning Kanji the RTK way.

   – https://apps.ankiweb.net/ (SRS ‘flashcard’ program; look for ‘core 10k’ as the most popular Japanese vocab deck).

   – https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks/japanese

   – https://www.memrise.com/ (another SRS ‘flashcard’ app).

   – https://www.memrise.com/courses/english/japanese-4/

   – https://kanji.koohii.com/ (RTK style kanji only srs ‘flashcard’ web app)

   Dictionaries

   – https://jisho.org/ (Online Japanese-English Dictionary; romaji input)

   – https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/ (Online Japanese/J-E/E-J Dictionary )

   – https://www.weblio.jp/ (Online Japanese/J-E/E-J Dictionary ; many example sentences )

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