Questions about books, websites, and other resources about the Japanese language.
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Japanese dictionary for mathematics/computer science jargon
I study mathematics and computer science, and I'm starting to learn japanese. Could you suggest me dictionaries/sites/etc where I could learn terminology on these subjects?
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Is there an objective source of the origins of kanji?
Is there an authoritative source that explains where the different kanji come from and what the radicals mean? I think it's hard to tell from most of the textbooks/other sources whether a shown ...
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What's the best utility for identifying kanji? [closed]
I often run into kanji that I don't recognize and need some way to translate them into kana, so that I'm able to look up the meaning.
What's the most useful utility (in any form, web-based, ...
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What are good sources for streaming Japanese language television? [closed]
While learning Japanese I'd like to watch some Japanese television, whether it is children's programming, drama, or news.
I've found a few places online that allowed me to stream snippets, but ...
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I am looking for an online Japanese dictionary with audio pronunciations
Does anyone know any online Japanese dictionary which provides audio reading?
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Is there an easily accessible list of terms in the Japanese grammar written both in Japanese and English?
I am a native Japanese speaker with a casually interest in languages. I sometimes have trouble explaining the Japanese grammar in English because I do not know the established English translation of ...
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Written resources for scientific and philosophic japanese?
In this Question about computer science jargon, most answers to date are electronic resources and that makes sense.
But I would like to know if there are printed japanese/english or japanese/german ...
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Why do English sources for learning Japanese leave out pitch?
I always thought that besides Kanji, one of the most difficult things about Japanese was its immense amount of homophones. For example, 花 (はな), which means flower, and 鼻 (also はな) which means nose. In ...
