5 Ways to Pass the JLPT at Any Level

Nihongo o Narau Grammar Lessons

Good lessons for beginners;

Intro: http://www.learn-japanese.info/grammar.html

Start: http://www.learn-japanese.info/lesson01.html

Also Vocabulary: http://www.learn-japanese.info/indexv.html

More on words and frequencies

Another useful website: http://www.lextutor.ca/research/

Tim Ferris has good ideas on how to quckly learn any language

Check them out here:

http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/01/20/learning-language/

http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/11/07/how-to-learn-but-not-master-any-language-in-1-hour-plus-a-favor/

The First 1000 Words

These words are in English but use the dictionary to translate them into the Japanese language: http://www.duboislc.org/EducationWatch/First100Words.html

Fluency

http://www.frenchforlife.ca/images/Fluency%20in%20French.pdf

Desu, Imasu, Arimasu - Expressing 'to be'

Source/Full Article: http://www.studyjapanese.org/content/view/54/61/

In this article you will learn about the words arimasu, imasu and desu; three ways of saying "is" and "are" in Japanese.

The meaning "is" or "are" may be expressed by the word desu, and by the verbs arimasu and imasu.
Desu - is used when one thing is, or equals, another
Arimasu - refers to the existence of inanimate objects (including plants, which don't move about)
Imasu - refers to the existence of animate objects.
The following table showing when to use the different words:

Source/Full Article: http://www.studyjapanese.org/content/view/54/61/

The First 100 Essential Japanese Words

Source/Full Article: http://www.squidoo.com/essentialjapanesevocabulary

This text of the first 100 essential words in Japanese is not scripture, but it gives you a good one hundred words to start your study with.

1. mon - gateway
2. After- ato,go
3. Again - mata, futatabi
4. All - subete,zenbu
5. Almost - hotondo 
6. Also - mo
7. Always - itsumo
8. And -so^shite,ya, ka
9. Because - nazenaraba
10. Before - mae, mae ni
11. Big - okii
12. But - shikashi,ga,keredomo,kedo
13. (I) can - (watakushi wa)dekiru
14. (I) come -(watakushi wa) kuru
15. Either/or - dochira ka
16. (I) find - mitsukeru
17. First - saisho
18. For - no tame ni
19. Friend -tomodachi, yu^jin
20. From - kara
21. (I) go - iku
22. Good - yoi, ii
23. Good-bye - dewa mata, sayo^nara, ja mata ne
24. Happy(happiness) - shiawase
25. (I) have - (watakushi wa) motsu
26. He - kare
27. Hello - konnichiwa (lit. good afternoon)
28. Here - koko
29. How - do^ yatte
30. I - watakushi,ware(old style), ore(male), boku(young male), washi(old man), watashi(female)
31. (I) am - iru(to exist)
32. If - moshi
33. In - naka ni
34. (I) know - shitte iru
35. Last - saigo^
36. (I) like - suki
37.a little -, sukoshi, chikotto
38. (I) love - ai suru
39. (I) make - tsukuru
40. Many - takusan
41. One - hitotsu
42. More - motto
43. Most - mottomo 
44. Much - takusan, ippai
45. My - watakushi no, etc.
46. New - atarashii
47. No - iie, chigau
48. Not - dewa nai
49. Now - ima
50. Of - no 
51. Somtimes - toki doki
52. On - ue 
53. One - ippon, ichidai, 
54. Only- dake
55. Or - ka
56. Other - hoka no
57. Our - watakushi tachi no
58. Out - soto
59. Over - owari
60. People - hitobito
61. Place - tokoro, bashou
62. Please - o negai shimasu, kudasai
63. Same - onaji
64. (I) see, to see - miru, (naruhodo)
65. She - kanojo
66. So - so
67. Some -ikutsuka no
68. Sometimes, occasionally - tama ni, toki doki
69. Still - shizuka na
70. Such - so no yo^ na
71. (I) tell - iu, tsutaeru
72. Thank you - domo arigatou gozaimasu
73. That - sore
74. The - no equivalent
75. Their - karera no
76. Them - karera
77. Then - sore kara
78. There is - aru
79. They -karera
80. Thing - nanika,
81. (I)think - so^ omou 
82. This - kore
83. Time - jikan, toki
84. To - ni 
85. Under - shita
86. Up - ue
87. Us - watakushi tachi, etc.
88. (I) use - tsukau
89. Very - tottemo
90. We - watakushi tachi
91. What - nani
92. When - itsu
93. Where - doko
94. Which - dore
95. Who - dare
96. Why - naze
97. With - to, to tomo ni
98. Yes - hai
99. You - anata
100. Your - anata no

Some words have no basic equivalent in both languages. Next lens will explore why?

Get your vocabulary building Power Word Lists provided free by Japanetics Comes once a week a list of 15 X 7 essential words in Japanese. Starting with Japanese verbs, you will also learn Japanese nouns, Japanese adjectives and Japanese verbs, plus get a bonus Japanese grammar concept with each Japanese words list. Get these Japanese language word lists today by going to Japanese Vocabulary Index on Squidoo

Source/Full Article: http://www.squidoo.com/essentialjapanesevocabulary

VOCABULARY SIZE, TEXT COVERAGE AND WORD LISTS

Source/Full Article: http://www1.harenet.ne.jp/~waring/papers/cup.html

VOCABULARY SIZE, TEXT COVERAGE AND WORD LISTS

Paul Nation and Robert Waring

How much vocabulary does a second language learner need?

There are three ways of answering this question. One way is to ask "How many words are there in the target language?" Another way is to ask "How many words do native speakers know?" A third way is to ask "How many words are needed to do the things that a language user needs to do?" We will look at answers to each of these questions.

This discussion looks only at vocabulary and it should not be assumed that if a learner has sufficient vocabulary then all else is easy. Vocabulary knowledge is only one component of language skills such as reading and speaking. It should also not be assumed that vocabulary knowledge is always a prerequisite to the performance of language skills. Vocabulary knowledge enables language use, language use enables the increase of vocabulary knowledge, knowledge of the world enables the increase of vocabulary knowledge and language use and so on (Nation, 1993b). With these cautions in mind let us now look at estimates of vocabulary size and their significance for second language learners.

Source/Full Article: http://www1.harenet.ne.jp/~waring/papers/cup.html