Japanese

To help you expand your Japanese skills outside of class, we've put together some useful websites to help you do just that.

PONS Dictionary – Japanese – German / German – Japanese
Bilingual dictionary with over 26,000 entries.

Langenscheidt Dictionary – Japanese – German / German – Japanese
Bilingual dictionary with synonyms.

Duolingo
With the Duolingo app/website, learners have the opportunity to practice daily and earn points, which are used to unlock new exercises. The app/website focuses on the skills of reading, listening and speaking.
Level: Elementary

Loecsen
On this page you have the possibility to practice first sentences. With the help of visuals and corresponding text, learners can quickly and easily understand the German equivalent. Learners also have the possibility to add further terms.
Level: Elementary

Free Japanese Lessons
This page provides information on the Japanese alphabet, grammar and sentence structure, and idioms.

Learn Japanese 1616
Many conversations and sentences depicting everyday scenes are described using simple grammar and vocabulary. Explanations are animated and easy to understand. Intended for practice with topics already learned.

Genki Study Resources – 3rd Edition
Offers a variety of online activities for the textbook Genki.

Genki Self-study Room – Japan Times
Here you can find many good videos which visualize textbook content.

Einfach Japanisch
This channel provides basic information about Japan and the Japanese.

Japanese Lesson
This site is useful for learning Japanese syllabic letters.

Learn Japanese 1616
Video to improve your Japanese listening and speaking ability

Nihongo – Nami Ohara
Effective for learning vocabulary from the textbook Genki.

ToKiniAndy
Good for an introduction to or practice with the grammar themes from the textbook Genki.
Level: Beginner through Intermediate