/learn-japanese-resource-bank

Learn Japanese Resource Bank

Contents

Precious Videos:

It is extremely important that you really take in what these videos are saying. If you do, they will change your life

Stephen Krashen on Language Acquisition (audio is unfortuantely messed up)

Change your language learning mindset

MattVsJapan & Stephen Krashen: How Do We Acquire Language?

Kanji:

Note: Reading a lot is the best way to learn kanji. You can seek alternatives below if you keep forgetting how to read words you come across. Or if you want to learn how to write

Remembering The Kanji (RTK): https://mega.nz/folder/SkUABA5Q##4DT43HxP5vZi1pVq44_TVQ

(Uses RTK) Learn the Kanji: https://www.learnkanji.guide/

Recognition Remembering The Kanji (RRTK): https://massimmersionapproach.com/table-of-contents/stage-1/practice/recognition-rtk/%3E

Kodansha's Kanji Learner's Course (KKLC): https://mega.nz/##!ncYFXTyJ!KXwmhJu4QogtPasf0wt_zxyGvIfnm4gXxKsmdIv51sQ

(Uses KKLC) Studying with KLC: https://keystojapanese.com/how-to-study-with-the-klc/

KanjiDamage: http://www.kanjidamage.com/

Vocabulary:

MIA Tango N5 Deck: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZuRH5lJUSF2l_nuZYdLHl_zFNTgh6Ium/view?usp=sharing

MIA Tango N4 Deck: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z2gWk3SH6QzyfUU01iE7wd-RElfjqnYC/view?usp=sharing

It is recommended you do Tango over Core solely because Tango is easier.

Core2.3K VN Order Deck: https://mega.nz/file/21kV2IyT##hrHlRSx_f7DJ9q6xj52hIWtcJ62dMhPG6MlWNwm34ak

Grammar:

Cure Dolly’s Organic Japanese: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg9uYxuZf8x_A-vcqqyOFZu06WlhnypWj

Tae Kim’s Guide to Japanese, a guide for grammar: https://itazuraneko.neocities.org/grammar/taekim.html

Dictionary of Grammar (DoJG) Reference: https://core6000.neocities.org/dojg/

"Making Sense of Japanese - What The Textbooks Don't Tell You" by Jay Rubin: https://mega.nz/##!TpESFQoD!vfTQgn_kBXSE_vBeieTe5wvlzL07qbzVkWx1PYfpMFQ

When watching Cure Dolly, turn on subtitles and put the speed on 1.25x or 1.5x. Reasons should be obvious Mention of other grammar guides have been removed so as to not create confusion for new learners

Anime:

Nyaa.si - raw anime (torrent client required, recommended: qBittorrent): https://nyaa.si/?q=&f=0&c=1_4

B9GOOD - watch raw anime: http://b9good.com/

Anime-Raws - raw anime (Stream or Download): https://sites.google.com/view/animerawsmasterlist/home##

Itazuraneko Anime Library: https://itazuraneko.neocities.org/library/satuei/anime.html

Animelon - watch anime with Japanese subtitles (doesn’t work 99% of the time): https://animelon.com/

AnJSub - watch anime with Japanese subtitles (with an AdBlocker, use uBlock Origin): https://anjsub.com/

Crunchyroll - watch anime, (free but with ads): https://www.crunchyroll.com/

J-Drama & TV Shows:

Google Drive folder full of J-Drama - (password for .zip/.rar archives: bagikuy): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B4SicD-zZ_Z1SWtNWjlfMmJtRFE

Bagikuy: https://bagikuy.com/

J-addicts: https://j-addicts.blogspot.com/

Nyaa.si: https://nyaa.si/?q=&f=0&c=4_4

Rakuten Viki: https://www.viki.com/explore?country=japan&sort=all_time

MyFlixer Japan: https://myflixer.to/country/JP?page=1

Muryougei Drama: https://muryoueigadrama.com/

Minidrama: https://minidrama.net/j-drama/

Raredoramas: https://raredoramas.info/

Japanese Live TV Streams: http://japanorama39.ru/bez-rubriki/smotret-onlayn-7-yaponskih-telekanalov-na-1-sayte/

Terrace House BGND: https://tecchanhouse.wordpress.com/2018/05/15/terrible-houses-annex/##more-177

ABEMA: https://abema.tv/

Some Japanese TV Shows on BiliBili: https://space.bilibili.com/60958832/##/video?tid=0&page=1&keyword=&order=pubdate

Crunchyroll (free with ads): https://www.crunchyroll.com/

Manga:

Itazuraneko Manga Library: https://itazuraneko.neocities.org/library/manga.html

Archive.org 2019 Archive: https://archive.org/download/2019-japanese-comics-pack

Manga Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Mx1Hhux0FfoK4-osN5xOmyVcew0mSZVA

Nyaa.si: https://nyaa.si/?q=&f=0&c=3_3

Manga1000: https://manga1000.com/

Rawdevart: https://rawdevart.com/

LoveHug: https://lovehug.net/

Kissaway: https://kissaway.net/

Komiraw: https://komiraw.com/

MangaToshokanZ: https://www.mangaz.com/

Tonari no Young Jump: https://tonarinoyj.jp/

Sousenkyo: https://webmanga-sousenkyo.com/

Osoroshiya: https://osoroshiya.com/

Kodansha Comics: https://news.kodansha.co.jp/comics

S-manga: https://www.s-manga.net/

Sai-zen-sen: https://sai-zen-sen.jp/

Scan websites usually have the best collection but can be a pain to download from, I have listed them below. Use maxi-debrid.com to generate premium full speed download links!

A-zmanga: http://www.a-zmanga.net/

DLRaw: https://dlraw.net/

JPDDL: https://jpddl.com/manga

Manga314: https://manga314.com/

CMCZIP: https://cmczip.com/

Light Novels and Literary Texts:

Itazuraneko Old Novel Library: https://itazuraneko.neocities.org/shousetu/index.html

Itazuraneko New Novel Library: https://itazuraneko.neocities.org/library/shousetu.html

Itazuraneko Extended Ebook Novel: https://yonde.itazuraneko.org/

Boroboro: https://boroboro.neocities.org/

Syosetsu Web Novels: https://yomou.syosetu.com/

Aozora Bunko: https://www.aozora.gr.jp/

Visual Novels & Games:

Itazuraneko Retro Game (PS2, PSP, NDS etc.) Archive: https://itazuraneko.neocities.org/library/game.html

NBlog Japanese PC Games: https://nblog.org/region/japan/?language=japanese&post_types=pc-games

NBlog Japanese PS3 Games: https://nblog.org/region/japan/?language=japanese&post_types=ps3-iso

NBlog Japanese PS Vita Games¹: https://nblog.org/region/japan/?language=japanese&post_types=psvita

CDRomance Japanese PSP Games: https://cdromance.com/psp/?filter_language=japanese&filter_region=japan

CDRomance Japanese PS2 Games: https://cdromance.com/ps2-iso/?filter_language=japanese&filter_region=japan

Softcobra Nintendo Switch Games: https://www.softcobra.com/

RoyalRoms (GB, GBA, GBC, N64, NDS, Sega | Sort region by "Japan"): https://www.royalroms.com/roms/

Emuparadise Workaround Script: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/407947-emuparadise-download-workaround

Nyaa.si: https://nyaa.si/?f=0&c=6_2&q=

The following may be NSFW: Itazuraneko Visual Novel Archive: https://itazuraneko.neocities.org/library/vn.html

RyuuGames: https://www.ryuugames.com/tag/japanese/

RyuuBlogger: https://ryuubloggerv2.blogspot.com/

Anime-sharing: http://www.anime-sharing.com/forum/ ← Has the most

CraneAnime Upload List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ECqqhEm2kDS0hgxZ0tD_73e04v5FUxQGkfCbfi0Kb9k/pubhtml##

Sukebei Nyaa.si: https://sukebei.nyaa.si/

¹ - There is no PlayStation Vita emulator that can run commercial games. You must have a real hacked PlayStation Vita with NoNpDrm.

Starter Japanese VNs and games: https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1KnyyDt7jimEz-dgeMSKymRaT2r3QKBPm9AzqZ6oUWAs/pub Jamal's list: https://anacreondjt.gitlab.io/vn-chart/

Hook VNs with Textractor!

Setup: ##visual-novel-guide

Audiobooks:

Itazuraneko Audiobook Library: https://itazuraneko.neocities.org/library/onsei.html

Audiobook Collection ##1: https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21ACiYIpTlxCBAtvU&id=12E15D07EB9B7E28%212087&cid=12E15D07EB9B7E28

Audiobook Collection ##2: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16YDpNeO1FPNl_VK0845o6U6kAUbuFwS_?sort=13&direction=a

Subtitles:

Kitsunekko Japanese subtitles for anime: http://kitsunekko.net/dirlist.php?dir=subtitles%2Fjapanese%2F

Itazuraneko Japanese subtitles: https://itazuraneko.neocities.org/library/sub.html

JP-Subbers drama subtitles: http://jpsubbers.xyz/Japanese-Subtitles/%40Mains/

BritVSJapan Repo: https://github.com/Matchoo95/JP-Subtitles

Nekomoe Kissaten: https://github.com/Nekomoekissaten-SUB/Nekomoekissaten-Subs

動漫花園: https://share.dmhy.org/

Fully Automatic Retiming of Subtitles: https://youtu.be/x0h3ooBHrpk

BritVSJapan Repo: https://github.com/Matchoo95/JP-Subtitles (Use the Repository search feature)

Online:

Jisho (bilingual): https://jisho.org/ <---- Beginners use this

Weblio EJJE (bilingual): https://ejje.weblio.jp/ <---- Beginners use this

Eijirou on the WEB (bilingual): https://eow.alc.co.jp/ <---- Beginners use this

Sakura-Paris Free Kōjien Search (Has every major dictionary, monolingual+bilingual): https://sakura-paris.org/dict/

Kotonoha Corpus: http://nlb.ninjal.ac.jp/search/

SentenceSearch: https://sentencesearch.neocities.org/

Weblio (monolingual): https://www.weblio.jp/

Goo (monolingual): https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/

日本語俗語辞書 (monolingual slang dict): http://zokugo-dict.com/

Forvo Japanese Pronunciation Dictionary: https://forvo.com/languages/ja/

OJAD Pitch Accent Dictionary: http://www.gavo.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ojad/search

Dictionaries:

shoui MDX Collection (Japanese): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UMvC1eMZmFAtEHKO6yo3ZFB7CJsKr_3w/view?usp=sharing

MDict Reader Download: https://www.mdict.cn/wp/?page_id=5325&lang=en

shoui EPWINGs Pack (Compact Edition) - best for mobile users: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15n-l-IxZLtF0tjnIBexizR1fm5TATBks/view?usp=sharing

shoui EPWINGs Pack (Standard Edition) - best for computer users: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kbR0CxM1GsOV-umbn-KtxkGHLo9xba6G/view?usp=sharing

shoui EPWINGs Pack (Full Edition) - for those that want it all: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V323XJvasxc2CNb2Ia1gBEeD247g6yRb/view?usp=sharing

shoui Yomichan Dictionaries Pack v3: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hcxKK-06LJxp-pr-8EuSPrCaFhWwXylp/view?usp=sharing

Applications (Desktop):

Anki (Windows, Mac and Linux): https://apps.ankiweb.net/

EB - An EPWING Reader (Windows, Mac): http://ebstudio.info/

Qolibri - an EPWING reader (for Linux and Windows): https://github.com/ludios/qolibri

Textractor - a visual novel text extractor: https://github.com/Artikash/Textractor/releases

KanjiTomo OCR for Manga/LN Scans: http://www.kanjitomo.net/

Capture2Text (Windows): http://capture2text.sourceforge.net/

Gazou OCR (Linux): https://github.com/kamui-7/Gazou-OCR

mpv - a free, open source, and cross-platform media player: https://mpv.io/ (guide1 guide2)

CDisplayEx - most popular comic reader: https://www.cdisplayex.com/

Browser Extensions:

Yomichan: https://foosoft.net/projects/yomichan/

Clipboard Inserter: https://github.com/kmltml/clipboard-inserter

Language Learning with Netflix: https://languagelearningwithnetflix.com

Universal Bypass - Skip annoying short links: https://universal-bypass.org/install

Downloading Tools:

qBittorrent: https://www.qbittorrent.org/

Jdownloader2 for direct downloading: https://jdownloader.org/jdownloader2

Maxi-debrid.com - free debrid service, best with Katfile: https://maxi-debrid.com/

Real Debrid - paid debrid service, best all around: https://real-debrid.com/

youtube-dl - download YouTube videos, playlists, channels, etc.:https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/index.html

youtube-dlg - GUI for youtube-dl: https://mrs0m30n3.github.io/youtube-dl-gui/

Hakuneko Manga Downloader: https://github.com/manga-download/hakuneko

Free VPNs (Japan location specific):

SoftEther (Windows): https://www.softether.org/5-download

VPN Japan (Android): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vpn.japan

Neko VPN (iOS): https://learnjapanese.link/vpnneko

Condensed Audio:

Condensed Audio 1: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fqsc--ybDjxLLdJeGIxmQ3s-o4f2TIz8

Condensed Audio 2: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/ndeu7h9zjgf1l/MIA_Condensed_Audio

Condensed Audio 3: https://mega.nz/##F!AKwUTQQZ!MyrhiMmNmhemOGrR40bkow

Condensed Audio 4: https://condensedaudiocatalog.com/##

Condensed Audio 5: https://www.paliss.com/

Condense your own audio: https://ercanserteli.com/condenser/

Guides/Methods/Motivation:

TheMoeWay: https://learnjapanese.moe/

A Year To Learn Japanese: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1C50jtM2RDvShT2Q8kvbPKpwWJ5k_ymxN

All Japanese All The Time: https://learnjapanese.link/ajatt

Refold Languages: https://refold.la/

AnimeCards: https://animecards.site/

Itazuraneko Guide: https://itazuraneko.neocities.org/learn/guide.html

DJT Guide: https://djtguide.neocities.org/guide.html

Mass Immersion Approach (discontinued): https://massimmersionapproach.com/

Matt vs. Japan playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT9cfjU1ykbNsGoT5BXNpXVT2fNbYPHXm

“Other” Immersion Wiki - resources for immersion: http://immersion.wiki/

Why You Still Don't Understand Your Target Language: https://youtu.be/_LIz-Wbt4us

Dogen Japanese Phonetics: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeK-ilb1gk6md2oCbjPh4Rl0lnXXOV22P

Useful Anki add-ons for Japanese: https://tatsumoto-ren.github.io/blog/useful-anki-add-ons-for-japanese.html