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This site explains Japanese grammar in a systematic step-by-step process and is released under the Creative Commons License. It was created as a resource for those who want to learn Japanese grammar in a rational, intuitive way that makes sense in Japanese. The explanations are focused on how to make sense of the grammar not from English but from a Japanese point of view. To learn more about this guide, go to the introduction page and start learning this intriguing and unique language!

This summary of some basic Japanese grammar has been derived from the Japanese grammar text books that were used at Swinburne University when I was studying Japanese there in the 1980s. Supplements Keith Smillie's introduction to Japanese grammar. The summary starts with the assumption that the reader knows the basic sentence structure, etc. Each grammatical point is briefly outlined, then followed by one or more examples. There is quite a lot of kanji in the examples, so I have added furigana to the ones a beginner might not recognize. The Swinburne course never used romaji. (The astute reader will note a certain Australian bias in the examples.)

"Learn Japanese with our free Japanese lessons in podcast format. We use examples from anime and everyday conversation to teach you Japanese that is useful for everyday life. Hitomi-sensei is from Tokyo and will teach you to speak with the most common Japanese accent. If you are watching an anime now and want to know more about a word or phrase you have heard, post a comment or send us an email."

"Welcome to Learn Japanese Pod, a podcast and website for learning Japanese for free in a fun and easy way. These podcasts are recorded with native Japanese speakers who teach useful everyday conversational Japanese." Latest podcast seems to be 4/13/10, so may not be updated any more.

"nciku has prepared bilingual versions of a number of classic public-domain short stories, including stories from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Happy Prince and other tales by Oscar Wilde, and other short stories by O Henry and Edgar Allan Poe. We provide English and Japanese versions of each paragraph, so you can easily see the translation for the part of the story you're reading, as well as listen to an audio recording of each story in its original language or select English or Japanese text with your mouse to see a translation of that word. "

Wiki used by a Japanese instructor from the University of Wisconsin for several Japanese courses at varying levels. All students required to participate in a certain number of assignments contributing to wiki. Includes detailed rubric showing grading criteria

Lists some suggested people to follow in Twitter who tweet in Japanese for the purpose of learning the language.

"Have you used all of the features of the nciku Japanese dictionary? Apart from looking up English or Japanese words to see their translation, kana pronunciation and romaji, you can also draw kanji characters with your mouse to look up words you don't know how to type, take memorization tests and view flashcards based on prebuilt word lists or your own custom vocabulary lists, and highlight words in dictionary definitions to see a quick translation. "

Type in a website address or Japanese text and Rikai will load it with mouseover definitions for Japanese characters.

From Website: 'Machigai' means 'mistake'. This started with a column in an English study newspaper, Mainichi Weekly, about common mistakes that Japanese make in English. This podcast is technically for Japanese speakers learning English, but advanced speakers of Japanese could gleam some information from this podcast. This podcast has been around since mid-September 2006. PDF scripts are supplied, which make a huge difference in understanding what is going on in the podcasts.

Denshi Jisho is an easy-to-use and powerful online Japanese dictionary. It lets you find words, kanji and example sentences by searching in many ways. The dictionaries are also interlinked so that you can check what the kanji in a word mean individually or what context a word can be used in. You can also look up kanji by the parts it contain. Denshi Jisho uses Open Search so you can use the word search from your browser's search box. For example, to use this in Firefox, choose "Add Denshi Jisho …" from the menu in the search box. Denshi Jisho Bookmarklet. Drag the link to the favourites/bookmark bar in your browser. Select a Japanese word on a page, then click the bookmarklet to make a quick lookup on that word. Denshi Jisho is also available for mobile phones. Just go to jisho.org with your keitai and it should automatically take you to the mobile version. You can also use k.jisho.org to access it from any device.

Long page with notes about Japanese grammar. No claim is made for either originality or completeness in these notes. Most of the examples have been taken from, or have been suggested by, the references given at the end. The topics chosen are those which may benefit a person who is beginning to study Japanese and who would like a quick reference to supplement more complete and authoritative sources.

"Japanese verbs are roughly divided into three groups according to their dictionary form (basic form). The basic form of 'Group 1' verbs end with "~ u". The basic form of 'Group 2' verbs end with either "~iru" or "~ eru". 'Group 3' verbs are irregular verbs. There are only two irregular verbs, kuru (to come) and suru (to do)."

"When typing in Japanese, your iPhone uses names and readings from your address book as a kind of second dictionary for its text auto-complete. This was a very smart way to program the iPhone since the most common reason to use non-standard kanji/words to begin with is because they're used that way in a proper name (which, if it's someone/someplace/somewhere you know, would probably be in your address book anyway)."

Blog post suggesting iPhone apps for living in Japan and/or studying Japanese.

For language learners: the explanations are focused on how to make sense of the grammar not from English but from a Japanese point of view

rikaichan is a popup Japanese-English/German/French/Russian dictionary extension for Firefox. Features: * Simple to use, just hover the mouse on top of a Japanese word. * Automatically de-inflects verbs and adjectives. * Has an optional toolbar that allows you to manually type the word to lookup. * Detailed kanji view shows meaning/keyword in English, on/kun readings, and other information. * Hiragana, katakana and half-width katakana are treated the same making it possible to lookup stylized/emphasized words.

Tofugu's first annual "Top 10 Online Resources for Learning Japanese for Free" list, which includes an e-book that's available for download at the end of the article. There's also video down there for all you people who don't like reading things!

Includes installing IME, finding the IME, using the IME, practice exercises for typing Japanese, and useful shortcut keys.

"The Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education (CAJLE), established in Toronto in June 1988, actively promotes Japanese language education in Canada. We operate a variety of activities including an annual conference, lectures, workshops, and the publication of academic journals and newsletters."