The Word Contest is back! It's simple and easy to play. Just click on the link and provide your answer. Improve your Japanese and compete against other site visitors. Question #1 is ready for your answer. Go to Word Contest page for further details and to check the leader board. Go to Word Contest Archives page.
IKITEIRU NIHONGO--new textbook series at EJOD!!
An EJOD exclusive! We are very, very proud to announce that we have received permission to host Ikiteiru Nihongo Japanese textbook series written by Junko Lowry and Ann Morimoto. This is the book that we have been using in our Japanese language classrooms for over 15 years. See below for more details about this series. Or, click to go directly to the Table of Contents for all 3 volumes.
Free Search English-Japanese Online Dictionary
Free version (2006 version) contains about 10,000 words.
Member version (2010 version) contains about 21,000 words.
English to Japanese Dictionary:
Japanese to English Dictionary:
Search Tips:
1. Use present tense of verbs. (ie. eat --rather than ate, eaten, etc.)
2. Use singular, rather than plural form of nouns. In general, Japanese does not have plural forms
3. There is no profanity on this site.
4. Be sure to use correct spelling.
5. Put one space between each word: e.g., OTOKONOKO-->OTOKO NO KO.
6. Numbers: spell out numbers rather than using numerals.
My Japanese Teacher: Learn bite-sized chunks of Japanese
MJT is on hiatus until the new year!!
Episode #49: Shall We Dance?
(delving further into basic Japanese)
The online version is available now at EJOD. We are presenting the Student textbook and Orthography workbooks for all 3 volumes for free. We are currently putting up the student textbook for Volume 1. Over time we will put up the rest of books--over 1000 pages, in total. Members of EJOD will be able to see the accompanying Teacher Manual which is available for all 3 volumes and their accompanying Orthography workbooks.
We are very proud and thankful to the authors for making their lifelong work available to visitors of EJOD.
Please read the authors' introductioin to the series: Welcome to Ikiteiru Nihongo! The word, "ikiteiru" means "alive" or "living". This is a textbook series created just for you. The language and situations are realistic, so that you can use Japanese from the first day of instruction. Isn't that exciting? The teaching philosophy behind IKITEIRU NIHONGO is different from most textbooks with which you may be familiar. It is based on the notion that learning is a partnership between you and your teacher. This means that you will have to take an active role in learning Japanese. It is not just your teacher doing all the work. You will have to take full responsibility in making decisions so that at the end of the year you can say with pride, "Now, I can read and write in hiragana and katakana, and communicate on a simple level with native speakers of Japanese. All this was possible because I worked hard, and I was not shy in trying out new ways of communicating!" Japanese is a beautiful language. It reflects a unique and wonderfully complex culture. As you study Japanese using IKITEIRU NIHONGO, you will learn much about the Japanese people who use the language and the culture in which they live. We hope that you will find this new learning adventure exciting and rewarding. Now, without further ado, "HAJIMEMASHOO!"
If you are a beginning speaker of English then you will be interested in learning more basic English and have a helping hand in doing it. Check it out!
The Word Contest is back! It's simple and easy to play. Just 
