Learning Tools
Google Translate
Translates websites or texts to English.
Japanese
Rikai
Helps read Japanese text/websites, including kanji (uses popups).
Firefox Add-On
Chrome Extension
Online Dictionaries
Japanese
Denshi Jisho
Online Japanese dictionary using Jim Breen’s JWWJDIC. Supports dictionary entries with multiple meanings/translations, individual kanji information, searching by radical, and provides example sentences from the Tatoeba Project/Tanaka Corpus.
Kanji Recognition
Converts uploaded images of Japanese characters to text
Handwritten Kanji Canvas
Handwritten/drawn character recognition; click on suggested results to see pronunciation & meaning. Also supports lookup by radical.
Kanji Stroke Order Diagrams
Stroke order diagrams
Online Japanese-English Dictionary
Basic dictionary
ALC dictionary
GOO dictionary
Yahoo! dictionary
Excite dictionary
Other
Japanese
Japanese Text Initiative
Texts of classical Japanese literature made available online, computer must be able to read and input Japanese characters.
Keiko Schneider's Bookmarks
A collection of bookmarks regarding Japanese and teaching/learning Japanese.