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Welcome to 日本語の「GROUP」

みんな、ようこそ!

This group is meant to help each other on learning the Japanese language and deal with dank memes along the way. Please enjoy your stay, and let's get to work!

Rules

  • Avoid posting NSFW content. You may only share links without any noticeable disturbing thumbnails, and stating clearly which kind of content they are.
  • Be nice with each other. We're a community built around things we love, there's not need for hatred.
  • Japan and its language will always be the main focus of this group. You may talk about any other topics (even NSFW, as long as it's not too descriptive), but keep in mind that this is not any sort of random chat.
  • No spamming. Keeping our chat clean of annoyances is essential to keep a good community. Any user that is found to be a bot will automatically be banned after any sort of spamming. Any human user that has been reported by any other user and that is found by the moderator to be spamming, will be asked to stop. Up to three opportunities will be given, and if the user keeps spamming, it'll be automatically banned.

Japanese resources to get started

Courses

  • やさしい日本語 (Easy Japanese): A radio program by the NHK World for beginners. The website hosts both the recordings and the content itself. http://www.nhk.or.jp/lesson
  • エリンの挑戦 (Erin's Challenge): A learning site by the Japan Foundation for basic Japanese, mainly targetted at High School students. https://www.erin.ne.jp
  • Memrise: This website has community-built resources for learning - of course, has some nice ones for Japanese. https://www.memrise.com
  • LingQ: Here you can learn many languages with resources made like its users, like Memrise, but with more emphasis on listening and practicing. https://www.lingq.com
  • みんなの日本語 (Everyone's Japanese): The must-have for people who study at Japanese academies. Very popular, can be easily found on the Internet.
  • げんき (Energy): A series of textbooks by The Japan Times, similar to みんなの日本語, but mainly intended for college students. http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/index_en
  • まるごと (Entirety): The official textbooks of the Japan Foundation, made with European students in mind. Focuses on both the language and the niponic culture. http://www.marugoto.org/en
  • いまび (Today): Don't let its unpolished design fool you. This is a complete resource with everything you need to get started! http://www.imabi.net
  • The Japanese Website: A community of Japanese lovers who have built their own course! http://thejapanesepage.com

References

  • Jisho: As the name implies, it's a dictionary. A very powerful, Japanese-English one. http://jisho.org
  • Tagaini Jisho: Again, as the name implies, it's a dictionary. An even more powerful, offline Japanese one. Supports many languages and systems. http://www.tagaini.net

Blogs, podcasts & videos

Extras

  • Mainichi: Learn everyday (まいにち) new words with the help of your web browser. http://mainichi.me/

Contact

Please, if you want to contribute to this list any fixes or extra resources, or for any kind of report about either the list or the group, contact @espectalll on Telegram or Twitter. You can also comment down below if you own a Github account!

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