Japanese Language Resources

Business: Textbooks

• Business Japanese (Japanese Edition) –  higher level
• Learn Japanese: Ultimate Guide to Speaking Business Japanese – comes in Audio/E book.
• Business Japanese: Over 1,700 Essential Business Terms in Japanese
• Business And Investing Keywords In English And Japanese: Essential Vocabulary For International Investors And Entrepreneurs

High School/Adult: Textbooks

• Japanese from Zero!
• Living Language Japanese, Complete Edition: Beginner through advanced course
• GENKI I: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese
• Learning Japanese Kanji Practice Book Volume 1 – for all levels to practice writing in Japanese. Bilingual book.
• Japanese for Beginners: Learning Conversational Japanese
• Japanese Verbs and Essentials of Grammar – short yet comprehensive. Great for students with less class time.
• Japanese for Busy People I: Kana Version (Japanese for Busy People Series)
• Japanese English Bilingual Visual Dictionary – visual dictionary aimed towards adults
• Making Sense of Japanese: What the Textbooks Don’t Tell You
• Japanese Tutor: Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook (Learn Japanese with Teach Yourself): Advanced beginner to upper intermediate course
• A Guide to Japanese Grammar: A Japanese approach to learning Japanese grammar

High School/Adult: Workbooks

• Learning Japanese Hiragana and Katakana: A Workbook for Self-Study
• Kodansha’s Hiragana Workbook: A Step-by-Step Approach to Basic Japanese Writing

High School/Adult: Other Resources

• First Japanese Reader for Beginners: Bilingual for Speakers of English
• Read Real Japanese Fiction: Short Stories by Contemporary Writers – intermediate
• Learn Japanese Pod
• Japanese Vocabulary – Spark Charts
• Podcast Ideas

Elementary School: Textbooks

• First Words – Japanese: 100 Japanese words to learn
• Let’s Learn Japanese Picture Dictionary
• I’m Learning Japanese!: A Language Adventure for Young People
• Ah, So! Japanese for Kids (Little Linguist) (English and Japanese Edition) – ages 8-12

Elementary School: Workbooks

• My First Hiragana Activity Book – great for learning how to write characters
• Hiragana Workbook for Kids: Blank Handwriting Practice Sheet For Beginner, Language Learning Study and Writing Japanese Syllabary Hiragana Katakana

Elementary School: Other Resources

• The Fabulous Lost & Found and the little Japanese mouse: Laugh as you learn 50 Japanese words
• Bilingual Book in English and Japanese: Frog
• Bosley Sees the World: A Dual Language Book in Japanese and English
• Tuttle Japanese for Kids Flash Cards Kit: [Includes 64 Flash Cards, Audio CD, Wall Chart & Learning Guide]
• All About Japan: Stories, Songs, Crafts and Games for Kids