Overview
Large library of audio and video Japanese lessons sorted by level, with transcripts, vocabulary lists and an audio dictionary.
Strengths
- Huge lesson library
- Lessons from absolute beginner upward
Drawbacks
- Most content needs a paid plan
JapanesePod101
Best for: Lesson-based listening practice
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YouTube channel with hundreds of free Japanese lessons, best known for a series that walks through every chapter of the Genki textbooks, explaining the grammar and building practice sentences. Relaxed and funny enough to listen to on the go. His website, tokiniandy.com, adds paid companion courses with exercises and tests for Genki and Quartet.
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Podcast in natural, slow Japanese, with a beginner series and longer episodes for more advanced listeners.
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Online Japanese Accent Dictionary (OJAD) from the University of Tokyo: shows the pitch accent of words and how it changes when verbs and adjectives conjugate.
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