Our website along with thousands of blogs and websites on the internet has helped people to study and learn the Japanese language. Nowadays anyone can learn nihongo by studying at home.
But it's hard to find the best content on the vast internet. In this article we separate 30 sites that will help you study the Japanese language in the best way possible.
Before starting, we recommend reading the following articles to help you study and learn the language:
- How to study and learn Japanese quickly
- 15 Free and Paid Online Japanese Courses
- 50 reasons to study Japanese
- Kevin's 5 Tips for Learning Japanese
- 10 difficulties in learning the Japanese language
Table of Contents
Sites in English to learn Japanese
Suki Desu - There is nothing better than starting by talking about our site, here we write various articles about the Japanese language, we like to dive deep into the origins of words, synonyms, and secrets. We recommend accessing our Study Guide.
NHK — Official site of Japanese radio NHK that offers a free course that follows the daily life of a Japanese with audio, explanations, exercises and much more.
Erin's Challenge — One of the best and most complete sites to learn Japanese through a course where the follows videos, does exercises, and trains reading and vocabulary in an interactive and easy way. A site where you can learn Japanese while having fun.
Let’s do our best! — A complete and indispensable site that delves into the details of Japanese grammar. A complete course that teaches things that no other site in English teaches.
Wiki — A great source of information on grammar, vocabulary, verbs and adjectives. (website in English here.)
Social sites to learn Japanese
Preply.com — Preply is an educational platform that connects teachers and students for learning any language or subject. Through a simple and -friendly interface, students can find their preferred teacher considering the hourly rate, rating, and country of origin - essential for learning a language with native speakers. It is also possible to watch introductory videos from teachers and view their schedules.
Interpals.net — Social network where you find people interested in learning and teaching a language.
Busuu.com — online community for those studying foreign languages. Each member is, at the same time, both a teacher and a student, helping others learn their native language.
Livemocha.com — Livemocha is a kind of social network for languages. Basically, the site is a community for language learners, and it also offers online courses.
LingQ.com — LingQ is one of the best sites not only for learning Japanese but also for learning various other languages. You can select the language of your workspace and the language you are studying. The site includes a library with hundreds of texts, all with audio in mp3, a vocabulary learning system, and lessons with online tutors.
Italki — A site where you can teach and learn from a native. You enroll your students on a list, schedule an appointment, and them at the scheduled time.
Mylanguageexchange — social network where you can choose an ideal partner to learn the language: you indicate what your native language is, the country, and the approximate age of the companion you wish to find.
English websites to learn Japanese
Alljapaneseallthetime — A super famous site by author Katzumoto who learned Japanese in 18 months and documented everything on his web site. If you know English this site is a must.
Guide to Japanese — Complete and free guide to Japanese grammar written by Tae Kim.
Kanji.koohii — This site offers a super fast and practical way to learn kanji based on the book What is ing the Kanji. The site also has a community where most questions are resolved.
Japanese lesson — A complete site that offers a lot of content and resources to help learn and memorize the Japanese language.
Japanese No.1 — Complete site with a lot of content about the Japanese language.
Tofugu — Beautiful site that addresses not only the Japanese language but also Japan and its culture.
Japanese-online.com — This site offers online Japanese lessons, with basics of Japanese sentences and their pronunciations.
Mylanguages.org — The site offers numerous resources like vocabulary, grammar, videos, lessons, dictionary, pronunciation (audio) and etc.
Punipunijapan — The site teaches Japanese in a complete way with children's style videos.
Japanese Level Up — Website in English, in the style of AJATT (by Khatzumoto), but which also created its own "methodology" for studying Japanese.
Nihongo Shark — Nico is another Japanese "guru", one of those who "hacked" the language. He shared his sentence and kanji decks on Anki, they are really good!
Japanese Tools and Dictionaries
Jisho — The best online Japanese dictionary, the site is in English but has meanings in Portuguese. Here you will find all the details about Kanji, vocabulary words, sentences and phrases, and much more.
Japanese verb conjugator — A website where you can find the conjugation of various verbs in Japanese.
Similarity — Site for you to find similar kanji.
Ba Ba dum — A small game where you must respond with the meaning of the word by choosing the correct image.
Easyjapanese — This site provides useful tools for people who want to learn Japanese, such as games, flashcards, quizzes, etc.
Tangorin.Com —A dictionary in the same format as Jisho, but you can save the vocabulary (and sentences) studied and export it directly to Anki.
Tatoeba — One of my favorites. It is a “dictionary of phrases”, or rather a collection of phrases and translations. It is available not only in English and Japanese but in most languages, full of audio phrases and pronunciations.
Newsletter Sites to Learn Japanese
Ricardo Cruz Nihongo - By g up for Ricardo Cruz's waiting list, you receive emails with weekly free classes, access to a able book, and some exclusive content. He also offers a complete paid course.
Nihongo Kakumei Club - A subscription service, a complete monthly online Japanese course taught by Monica Velozo, who has a degree in literature from UFRJ and is specialized in different services in Japan, at JICA and in the Japanese Newspaper.
Yamada Tarou - An unusual teacher who teaches Japanese in a different way.
classesdejapones.com.br — Perfect website with simple and complete quality articles. Sensei Luiz Rafael and his team have written quality articles and have helped thousands of people to learn and fall in love with the Japanese language in a simple and fast way.
