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For Firefox users, this is a plugin that pops up JDIC definitions of the characters/phrases 你 hover your 老鼠, 鼠标 over. It's great for 阅读 and 写作 Japanese online.
Basic vocabulary is covered on this site. Many of the pages 显示 图片 of related objects (e.g. things in a living room). Mouseover to hear the pronunciation.
This is the best free J<->E machine translation service out there (it does not beat a human translation, but it is useful for helping in translating text). How to use: 1. Type English 或者 Japanese (no romaji) text in the "原文" text box. 2. Select the "英→日" radio button if the text to be translated is in English, and "日→英" if it is in Japanese. Select the "関西弁" if the 来源 text is in Kansai dialect 或者 if 你 want the 来源 English translated into Kansai dialect. 3. Click the "翻訳" button to translate the text.
If 你 can't find it at WWWJDIC 你 will be able to find it here. How to use: 1. Type in English 或者 Japanese (no romaji) in the input line under "英辞郎 on the Web" 2. Click the "英和・和英" button to search.