Learning through song!

If I have to have it stuck in my head, you do, too.

But seriously, songs are a great way to learn/memorize Japanese. Will you ever forget what "ひつじ" (hitsuji) is, now? I think not!


A little more useful - the Japanese Alphabet song:



If you're new to learning hiragana and katakana and are having trouble memorizing them, Genki-Online has flash charts that show stroke order and sound out each syllable when you click them. Very cool!

Hiragana chart
Katakana chart

More songs can be found at genkienglish.net (not related to Genki-Online) or on their YouTube account (tons of other cool videos on their website, too!)

Vocabulary (click the kanji for stroke order from Kanji-a-Day.com):

歌う (utau): to sing
ビデオ (bideo): video
アルファベット (arufabetto): alphabet