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A Guide to Japanese- 10 facts, 20 key phrases and the alphabet

10 revealing facts about Japanese. Get your head around tongue twisters and jokes.

Its also availablein Japanesewith audio.

Get started with 20 audio phrases and learn how to say a range of useful phrases from Hello to Pleased to meet you.

Why Japanese has three different alphabets and how they are combined.

Try your hand at this quiz and see if you can avoid social embarrassment.

Facts, key phrases and the alphabet in many world languages

Quick Fix: Essential phrases in 40 languages

Learning tips: How to learn a language

Weekly Japanese lessons from the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, NHK

Japans principal agent for cultural relations between Japan and overseas countries

Hundreds of simple phrases and pronunciation guides

Complete and free Japanese online course

One of Japans leading newspapers, with English language content.

Interactive games for learning the Japanese language

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