Japanese 536/537: Library Guide for Sono Sensei's Class
Dictionaries
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JapanKnowledge This link opens in a new windowA collection for the study of Japanese: multilingual dictionaries, Japanese encyclopedias, Ekonomisuto magazine, T¯oy¯o bunko series, and more, current. Requires a PC equipped with fonts for Japanese characters.
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WeblioWeblio includes over a hundred different dictionaries. It includes words, events, people, dates.
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Kotobank99 dictionaries, with a strong emphasis on current events.
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Goo Dictionaries国語, EJ/JE, thesauri, maxims, kanji, names, wiki. So many choices. See if it works for you.
Useful Sites
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ちょっと便利長Links to lots and lots of useful websites for looking up people, places, and information.
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GooGoo is a Japanese search engine. If you are browsing and looking for topics and websites of interest, this is a good place to check out.
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Yahoo! JapanSearch engine, news, topics, and video links.
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デジタル版日本出版百年表Fabulous online chronology that lists major events in publishing history, titles, and what was happening in the world at the same time.
Place Names
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Japan Post 日本郵便局Look up the readings for Japanese place names.
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Mapple ちず丸Locate addresses on maps
