/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Since i currently learn Japanese, i found many websites, apps etc. for learning.. so i thought it would be nice to share them with you. So here a collection of good ways to learn japanese .. have fun !

- Duolingo.com
Website & App that teaches you Japanese and a lot of other Languages. Not a bad Site, but they annoy you a lot ("buy our premium!").
Still good if you want a free learning experience

- Memrise.com
Website & app that teaches you a lot of Languages & of course Japanese. REALLY good website that isn't annoying you much like Duolingo does. Buying Premium doesn't adds too much since the free version is already offering a ton of good things. really nice since you always get short videos with japanese speakers.. so you hear and see japanese spoken in reallife examples. This helpes me a lot with learning and liked memrise so much, i bought a 1 year premium subscription. So.. i can really recommend that website / app.

- Let's Learn Japanese Basic 1 & 2
Video Lessons by "The Japan Foundation". The Videos show a scenario where actors speak to each other in daily situations, and every phrase etc. get explained. Really.. interesting and fun to watch.

- japanesepod101
Audio Podcast for learning Japanese. Always really fun to listen & really nice

- Pimsleur Japanese 1-5
Basically a Audio Course that teaches you Japanese by using Audio.
Really good if you want to learn how to speak japanese, but less if you want to learn to read / write it.

- Anki (Mobile Versions & Computer Versions available for free)
Software that allows you to train specific vocables and other things. it really really helps you to train specific things you want to hammer into your brain. I mostly use it to bruteforce new vocables into my brain when i encounter them on my Memrise course since it works quicker than using Memrise.

- www.renshuu.org
Similiar to Duolingo, Memrise etc.. but free. you can learn japanese there without paying anything. Interface isn't as cool and "nice" as duolingos or memrises though.

- https://realkana.com/study/
Online Game to train Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji

- https://kana.pro/
Another Online game to train Hiragana, Katakana. Really nice Game!

- Genki (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/791508.Genki_I))
A Study Book for Learning Japanese. Contains Really good Information for learning !

- A Guide to Japanese Grammar by Tae Kim (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20827390-a-guide-to-japanese-grammar))
Really Really good Book that explains the Grammar of Japanese. Focus is less specific vocables or kanji, and more the grammar syntax of japanese. I mostly use this Book since often the explanation i found Online isn't that good.

- Japanese From Zero 1-3
A Book Series about learning Japanese. Didn't read too much into it yet, but from the first look it is really great.

- https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/
Website where you can read "daily" new news in a "simple form". so if you still learn japanese, this is really helpful to learn reading and listening in reallife examples (real news)

- https://www.youtube.com/c/OrientalPearl/videos
Youtuber from Japan who speaks japanese, chinese and english. always makes funny videos where she shocks japanese or chinese people with her skills since most people think she doesn't knows those languages

- As weird it may sound.. Animes with english subtitles
Not really good if you just started learning japanese, but if you know already a bit, its really fun and entertaining "to test your knowledge" by watching animes. its really fun to spot specific things you learned random popping up.. and knowing what they mean. or even able to understand a few conversations. really really fun.