Questions tagged [resources]

資源. Questions about books, websites, and other resources about the Japanese language.

57 questions
15
votes
2 answers

What are good sources for streaming Japanese language television?

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 nowhere to watch full shows. Is there a service similar…
jessecurry
  • 289
  • 3
  • 9
9
votes
1 answer

How can I research how a film quote was translated into Japanese?

Are there any websites that lists Japanese-language translation quotes of English-language films? For example, how would I find out how English, mother******, do you speak it? from "Pulp Fiction" was translated?
Golden Cuy
  • 16,209
  • 15
  • 74
  • 184
7
votes
1 answer

Equivalents of Google Ngram for Japanese

Are there any equivalents of Google Ngram for Japanese? Google Ngram doesn't currently cover Japanese, and the only other thing I could find was http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/Catalog/catalogEntry.jsp?catalogId=LDC2009T08 , which seems to be a paid-for…
Golden Cuy
  • 16,209
  • 15
  • 74
  • 184
5
votes
2 answers

Is there a list of popular surnames organised by region/prefecture?

I've seen a lot of 'Top 100 Japanese surnames' sorts of lists, but obviously some names are much more popular in some regions than others. Is there a resource (preferably in Japanese!) that would take this into account?
Raphaël
  • 51
  • 2
3
votes
1 answer

Free, online resource for kanbun readings of particular texts?

Having picked up about 2,000+ characters from Chinese, one of the fastest ways for me to acquire a feel for Japanese grammar and word order, as well as some useful kanji readings, has been to study classical Chinese texts in kanbun. Yet I constantly…
ixtmixilix
  • 560
  • 4
  • 13