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The JLPT Kanji Project is kanji study tool and vocabulary builder which groups content according to JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) levels. The JLPT level system does a nice job of breaking down the language into four learning steps. If you are working towards the JLPT exam, or following an alternative study path, you may find the resources here useful.

One of the main features of this site is the ability to save kanji and vocabulary to your own folder. If you study Japanese in several locations, you can take your study list with you where you go. From your folder, you can study vocabulary or kanji with random flash cards, generate printable lists, and various other options.

To get started with kanji study, browse the full kanji for each level, or go to the study section where you can select a level and view lists or flash-cards of kanji broken down into study size chunks. These chunks are ordered from most common to least common characters, so you won't find yourself wading though endless 'useful', but seldom used kanji, to get to the ones that turn up most often. If you are uncertain of where to start, begin with set 1, view the full list several times, then move to the random drill section, and use the site just like a normal set of flash cards.

This site is an ongoing project. At the moment there are still a number of bugs, but slowly they are being addressed. Once these problems have been fixed, several more study tools are in the pipeline to be added. Feel free to send suggestions, comments or bugs by clicking here.

Final note: This is an EDICT based project. EDICT rocks!

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