Ressources
Books:
- Remember the Kanji, by James W. Heisig (also known as RtK, must have!)
- All about particules
Websites:
- Reviewing the Kanji, highly recommended in combination with RtK. The forum is full of good people
- All Japanese All The Time, from a guy named Khatz. He has quite a following, some might say cult-like, but his motivational posts do the job quite well
- NHK news, for immersion. It’s pure radio news, and perfect for immersion, as they speak loud and clear
- NicoNicoDouga, also for immersion. Probably the biggest japanese video site
- PandoraTV, also for immersion. YouTube-like
- Jisho, a japanese dictionary
- Saiga-jp, a japanese dictionary
- The Yamasa Institute, helps with Kanji stroke order (must have!)
- Handwriting kanji recognition, very neat
Tools:
- Anki, a SRS program that you will love
- Rikaichan, a Firefox plugin. Just mouse over a Kanji, and you’ll get the english translation + the japanese reading. It feels like a super power, allowing to browse through japanese websites (what’s that word? and that? I now know what that means!)
- Rikaikun, exact same as above, for the Chrome lovers