Language Learning Center
Smullin Hall
Willamette University
900 State Street
Salem, Oregon 97301
(503) 375-5492 voice
llc@willamette.edu
Hours
Monday-Thursday: 8am-9pm
Friday: 8am-5pm
Saturday: 11am-4pm
Sunday: 5-11pm
Japanese
Willamette Department of Japanese and Chinese
LLC Japanese Blog
Posted by Minami Yamauchi on 2 November 2009, 5:35 pm
In 1988, Tokyo is destroyed in a nuclear explosion that leads to the start of World War III. In 2019, thirty one years later, Neo Tokyo has risen from the ashes, and Kaneda and his motorcycle gang rule the streets....
Posted by Minami Yamauchi on 22 October 2009, 3:54 pm
This semester, JSSL is holding Okinawa Cultural Workshop on every Tuesday and Friday where people can learn Okinawan culture such as the old martial arts of Ryukyu island; Kobudo, and Japanese string instrument; Sanshin. Volunteer instructor, Mrs. Holman is coming...
Posted by Minami Yamauchi on 14 October 2009, 3:22 pm
Japanese Movie Night is coming back!! The first movie we are showing is "Detroit Metal City" which is a manga series, serialized in Young Animal. A live film adaptation directed by Toshio Lee appeared in Japanese theaters summer in 2008....
Useful Resources
- Japanese Language
- TheJapanesePage.Com
- Japanese Reference: Your Guide to Japan in English
- Stanford University-JGuide Directory
Translation/Study Tools
- The Foreigner-Japanese 101
- Kantango Easily make customizable vocabulary lists.
- Charles Kelly's Online Japanese Language Study Materials
- Reading Tutor Copy and paste Japanese text, and this site will dissect and explain the text to you.
- POPjisyo.com and Rikai.com Surf Japanese web pages with a study tool that will translate the text you put the mouse over into Hiragana (if it is Kanji) and then give English explanations.