Additional Sites Master List?

Japanese
#1

Inspired by excellent additional resources I have seen mentioned by staff on other threads, and that I wouldn’t have found on my own, I would like to suggest this thread become a master list for additional sites that people might want to use.

I am going to make this thread a Wiki, so anyone is free to edit it, but please behave!

Please post in the following format:

Site name
Site link
Short description, including whether the site is free or paid, and what format the site is available in, such as app or browser based only
(Optional: you’re welcome to credit yourself as posting the link if you would like)

Resource List

Kanji Koohii
https://kanji.koohii.com/
A free website that utilises mnemonics in a way similar to RTK and Wanikani in order to memorise kanji. I’m not sure if it has an app.

Supernative
https://supernative.tv/
A free website (best suited for PC use) where you can listen to thousands of short clips of natural Japanese and practice improving your listening in short bites, using either text input or voice input.

Todaii

A free to use website with graded news articles(3 free articles to read per day). With mini quiz, word and grammar lists based on the article you read. App also available. Subscription from $26 for 3 months.

N3 Strategy Guide
https://sheikhsulaiman.github.io/jlpt-n3-guide/
Free strategy guide for passing the JLPT N3. Despite focusing on N3, holds many JLPT tips useful for other levels too!

Capture2text
https://capture2text.org/
Free Offline OCR for Windows

Instantly extract text from any part of your screen with a simple keyboard shortcut. No internet required. 90+ languages supported including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

TTSU Reader
https://reader.ttsu.app/manage
Online e-book reader that supports dictionary extensions like Yomitan. It’s free

Hoshi reader

Free ebook reader app with pop up dictionnary, library fonction and anki integration

Tadoku graded reader

Free graded reader in japanese for total beginners and ownard.

JGRPG Sakura
https://jgrpg-sakura.com/
Free graded reader text with less images than Tadoku focus on extensive reading, you can do a vocabulary test to determine your level. Need to create a free account to accessthe library, there is also a quizz when you finish a book to test your understanding.

Hello Story

Free reading app with dozens of graded text from N5 to N4. It has a pop up dictionnary, fully voiced stories and a flascard system (no anki integration). Getting new stories every week.

Satori reader

Hand crafted stories with detailed grammar explanation and fully voiced.
You can also comment on each chapters to receive more explanations as the staff will be more than happy to explain complex sentence.
Comes with a build in flascard system that can be exported to anki, you can sync your Wanikani account to it so it will only show the furigana on words you don’t know.
All stories are free up to chapter 2 then it’s 9$ a month or 89$a year with frequent 20% sale for the first year. App available with offline support

Natively

Free website giving difficulty grading for books, manga, movies and series. Works with almost any book, and is very useful to discover new native material to consume.

Please add your resources!

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#2

Credit to the staff for suggesting these sites previously :bowing_woman:

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#3

I added two! I’ll add more if I think of some less obvious ones to add

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#4

Might throw a bone in aswell. I added a OCR i recently started to use for a horror game vocab deck project which i intend to publish when its finished.

I like it for its simplicity and straightforwardness.

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#5

Cool idea!
I was thinking of doing something similar but with all the japanese ressource available (website and apps like tadoku, satori, etc etc).
I feel like newcommers often asks for reading ressources or app to use and mostly 80% are the same ressources of each thread.
Could we add those to your list or would you rather it be a separate thread ?

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#6

i added TTSU reader, which I really used it daily and also helped me lot

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#7

It’s fine by me!

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#8

Added the last 5, might be a bit lenghthy with the Satori descriprion. Wondering how readable it will be if we keep adding ressources…

#9

This is an awesome idea!

Perhaps as the list gets larger it could be edited into alphabetical order, or maybe into groups depending on what each resource is primarily for (i.e. listening, reading, vocab, kanji, etc).

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#10

Category will definitely be needed, I was thinking if we could make a google spreadsheet for an easier read or something else.
I found someone on github droping a lot of good ressource as a list but it’s not the smoothest read.
He class them by level, free or paid ressource and even if genAI is used.

#11

Oooh adding a bit about gen AI would be super helpful! If it gets big enough we could possibly put everything into a link-only editable Google Sheets doc or something. I do like how thorough the list you linked is (but agree it’s a bit hard to parse).

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#12

https://j-ono.com/
Comprehensive Japanese onomatopoeia dictionary with manga SFX examples.

https://proverb-encyclopedia.com/
https://idiom-encyclopedia.com/monzenzyakura/
kotowaza and yojijukugo sites that explain things with cute manga and easy to understand explanations. Features a kansai ben speaking cat and a professor

https://maggiesensei.com/
Internet dogs faithfully guiding readers through the intricacies of Japanese grammar, with lots of examples

#13

You can edit the main post and add them yourself by clicking edit on the bottom right :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
Please mind the formating, just missing the tittle of each site.
I love your maggie sensei blog, so fun!

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#14

Free resources I use:
Kanshudo (can pay for mnemonics): I use for “search by component” look up 古い+月= 湖 because it’s easier and more accurate than “search by handwriting”
Is not space repetition. You choose the N level, it will ask grammar and vocabulary with in that level. Useful as a review or cramming, but not your main study path.
Has different grammar explanations. If the bunpro grammar explanation doesn’t stick - can you explain it another way?

Kanji Damage: a very casual and personal Kanji dictionary. For example under the kanji 弁 “弁護士:Defense attorney (BOOBOO: it’s often translated as ‘lawyer,’ but べんごし usually handle criminal cases - murder, arson, etc. Lawsuits or legal procedures related to your visa are either handled by a sort of freelance bureaucrat/notary or by the mob. )” Which is super helpful, since I live in Japan I know to ask a 事務者 for visa help instead.
{Also, heads up if you have “smart formatting” turned on Anki will add white space.}

Japanese like a Breeze: similar to the “bunpro reading reviews” uses audio from anime. Comes with reading and listening reviews.

Weblio.jp /thesaurus.weblio.jp: Japanese dictionary. Get twice as much Japanese by studying Japanese in Japanese!

Japanese add on for Anki adds &gtn ruby &ltn tags with brackets []

Ichi.moe: a bad machine translation. Looks up every word in the sentence on Jisho. To help transition from translation to dictionary look ups.

Paid tools:
Nihongo Lessons:
Same cost as bunpro.
6,500 reading review sentences (as read by his Japanese wife). 16 reading club decks (all manga)
Definitions in Japanese from goo dictionary.

Language Reactor, Migaku, Anki Miner: new versions of subs2srs. Work with any language you have a DVD for.

Anki: Free PC, Android and browser. Paid $20 on iPhone. The app that runs Japanese like a Breeze, Jalup and Kanji Damage

Hidden tools
These Tools I use that no longer have a blog.

Jo Mako: sentences with audio from anime. A beginner course, then choose the anime you like.

Subs 2srs: make your own sentence cards from DVDs the program used to make the sentence cards from anime by Japanese like a Breeze and JoMako.

Jalup: The Anki version of Nihongo Lessons is now hidden. You can get by joining the Jalup discord.

I used Genki and LingoDeer. LingoDeer is alot like Duolingo. I moved on from these resources after N5.