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Kaoru
3rd July 2004, 04:23
Hi minna-san,

I decided to create a new thread for these, even though I had one before this, but I didn't like the subject title of the other thread because it didn't say the correct thing I wanted. It made it hard to tell what kind of websites I found, and sounded like they were just in Japanese. So... that's why I am reposting these. Besides, I just added a new site at the end, anyway. Oh, and I had to update old links anyway. Some sites moved.

So...

Here are a bunch of links for learning and having fun with Japanese that I decided I'd share with everyone. I've compiled the list below. I hope you all enjoy them! I'll add to it, if I find more sites.

Have fun everybody!

The Links
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Hiragana listening quiz

http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/int.../hiragana2.html

This link does work, but not here on this page for some reason. I just checked to make sure it worked.

If you go to the Samurai Forum here, to my thread on this same thing, that one at least works, if any of you can't get the url to work.

http://www2.g-com.ne.jp/~japan/cgi-bin301/ikonboard.cgi?s=40e61d117782ffff;act=ST;f=9;t=16

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Excellent site, even though it's for kids, but who cares? It's useful! Has excellent Hiragana and Katakana charts. You can click on each character to hear the sound. There are other excellent thngs on this site too.

http://web-jpn.org/kidsweb/say.html

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Has a lot of listening comprehension quizzes

http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/int/study/gakusyu/hiragana2.html

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Has some cool games. Awesome site, has other cool language resources on it, too.

http://japanese.about.com/bltoy.htm

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Some cool dictation stuff.

http://sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/sp/lesson/j/

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Another cool Japanese language site. Has interactive Hiragana and Katakana flash cards online.

http://www.genki-online.com/

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Fun site all in hiragana. This is a hiragana game where you have put the character that is given together correctly(The one that is spit out...you'll see if you watch it long enough., and click on the correct character below that matches it to make a word. Also, in the left hand margin, are more games to choose from. Just click to see what they are.

http://www.nekopy.com/game/kana/f_kana.html

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A good place to begin to learn to listen and understand Japanese.

http://www.japanese-online.com/LANGUAGE/index.htm

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Here is a cool page with lots of good links to reading and listening to Japanese...not romaji, but the characters. It's even got little manga stories on one site they list. Just look around to see what site is for you.

http://www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand/8291/index.html

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Here is a page all in Japanese. These are stories to practice reading Japanese. They are mostly in Hiragana.
I can't read them yet, but someone here may want this anyway.

http://e-codomo.com/lib/kamisibai/kamisibai.htm

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And, one last site all in hiragana. It is a website meant for kids, but that's ok, because it gives a person a good chance to practice
reading skills to play the little games. And, you can even listen to video clips! That is in the upper left hand corner of the page.
Just click on stuff to try the games.

http://hirakegoma.tv/index2.html

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I have this new link to add....

This new site is a vocabulary list of words written in Kanji in the first column, and Hiragana in the second column. In the third, there is the English translation, and in the last, there is a photo for each word to click on to view. It's a fairly long list of words, but is only one page. But, it is still helpful to some extent. There is no romaji on this page.

http://www.tjf.or.jp/deai/contents/teacher/vocs/sorted_voc1.html

Ewok
3rd July 2004, 08:00
Nicked from the other thread

http://www.mlcjapanese.co.jp/Download.htm
First is the Meguro Language Center free downloads page. This page is awesome. I love it. My printer on the other hand doesnt (jlpt grade 1, 175 pages ).
I'd check out the flash things, good stuff there. The hiragana and katakana worksheets are of high use for you too. Theres some good lists of verbs and adjectives probably some basic grammar notes.
Bookmark this page. It will server you well for years

http://www.kanji-a-day.com/
Name says it all. One a day, every day.

http://www.nafai.org/japanese/grammar/nafjpphrases/
I know it says phrases but it means grammar. Good for looking up that stuff that drives you mad and isnt listed in a dictionary.

http://www.manythings.org/japanese/
Havent had a look through this but it seems good to me

Could a mod sticky this? It will turn into a good resource!

Kaoru
3rd July 2004, 17:36
Originally posted by Ewok
Could a mod sticky this? It will turn into a good resource! [/B]

Thanks Ewok-san, Yeah... I second that. Can we please have this thread as a sticky? :) ‚Ç‚¤‚à‚肪‚Æ‚¤‚²‚´‚¢‚Ü‚·?I

I have to check out your sites when I have more time, Ewok-san. Thanks for adding to my list! :)

Tea Guy
3rd July 2004, 21:17
Of course, we cannot forget Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Japanese-English Dictionary Server .

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/wwwjdic.html

Excellent online J-E (and E-J) dictionary which I tend to go to when I can't find a particular word in one of my (physical) dictionaries.
There is also a kanji look-up feature.


I agree with making this topic a sticky. It would be beneficial to anyone who wants to find more resources without having to search through past topics.

C.Sieg

Kaoru
4th July 2004, 07:34
Ewok-san,

I checked out the last website in your list, and OMG, it is the best page... It has SO many sites, it's not even funny, especially if you click on the link called "A select list of Japanese language study sites." It makes my list look tiny! :D

I haven't tried your page yet Tea Guy-san. It looks cool though!

leoboiko
10th July 2004, 22:43
http://www.kanjiclinic.com

Deadyawn
18th July 2004, 10:20
Here's another one. The Foreigner - Japan (http://www.theforeigner-japan.com/) has an excellent course in Japanese which includes kanji and kana as well as indepth explanations of basic grammar. :) Unfortunately it's not possible to create a direct link to the exact page but you can find it under the 'Japanese 101' tab on the left side of the main page.

Dennis Bakker (forgot to put that in my sig, I'll fix it in a second)

renfield_kuroda
19th July 2004, 01:36
Don't forget about http://rikai.com !

Regards,

r e n

SLeclair
19th July 2004, 14:11
Quite surprising to me that these haven't been posted yet:

JGram (http://www.pikkle.com/jgram/)
Nihongo Resources (http://www.nihongoresources.com/)

Both are extensive and very useful.

---
Sebastien L.

Kaoru
10th August 2004, 03:36
Bump! for those who need this list. And, Thanks for adding to this list, Leclair-san!

Dustin R Bunch
11th August 2004, 01:54
This is by far one of the best threads I have come across.

Thanks Everyone

Moenstah
30th August 2004, 20:50
And here is a very good link WHY NOT to start learning japanese :D

http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~thoureau/japanese.html



_________

Remi Vredeveldt

Kaoru
30th August 2004, 23:26
Originally posted by Moenstah
And here is a very good link WHY NOT to start learning japanese :D

http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~thoureau/japanese.html



_________

Remi Vredeveldt

Yes, this one is very funny! :D But, this should be posted in the Members lounge. This thread is for posting links that are helpful to those learning the language. :) ‚Ç‚¤‚à?@‚_‚肪‚Æ‚¤?I ("Domo arigato" for those who don't have Japanese language fonts)

:)

MartArtsNovice
3rd January 2005, 23:31
Thank you, guys.

Im trying to learn Japanese on my own, and its been a pain in the rear, for me. How do you people find all these sites. Do you use search engines like Google or something. I have a link ot add to teh list if I may. Its Flash animations showing the Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji letters, step by step instructions.

http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/japanese/index.html

Matt Molloy
6th January 2005, 18:35
Many thanks to all for those brilliant websites and thanks to Carolyn for starting a fantastic thread. :D

Cheers,

Matt.

leoboiko
6th January 2005, 18:49
This is a little something I have bookmarked. It's an explanation by Takasugi-sensei about usage of "tte". People keep asking this again and again in #nihongo, so maybe it's useful for e-budo people.

http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/japanese/message/jpnDsaXtT7uDr4o7LuB.html

And here is software to train nihongo with manga. A demo is available.

http://www.fuyosoft.com/index.html

Bob Blackburn
6th January 2005, 18:59
Thanks for the great sites. I was just introduced to a Japanese Grad student. We are going to do a language exchange. Free practice :D

SMJodo
8th June 2005, 18:26
Here is one I'm using now. It has lessons on hiragana, kana, kanji. It also has flashcards and the like.

TheJapanesePage.com (http://www.thejapanesepage.com/readarticle.php?article_id=2)

Charuzu
11th July 2005, 16:24
http://www.rpg-dev.net/projects.php?action=view&id=199
http://chinaland.cjb.net/

Karasu Maru
29th October 2005, 04:16
Hi,

In Japan, Hiraganatimes magazine to help the people from other countries and tourists is published. Web of this magazine may be useful for people learning Japanese.
Hiragana Times http://www.hiraganatimes.com/index.html

For example, in this web, there is the corner where the same article is written in standard Japanese, hiragana, Romaji, and English.
Standard Japanese http://www.hiraganatimes.com/hp/topics/text-japanese.html
Hiragana http://www.hiraganatimes.com/hp/topics/index-j.html
Romaji http://www.hiraganatimes.com/hp/topics/index.html
English http://www.hiraganatimes.com/hp/topics/text-english.html

In NHK (the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation), it broadcasts a program to people learning Japanese. In a homepage of NHK, there is a Japanese learning corner corresponding to 21 languages. NHK World http://www.nhk.or.jp/lesson/index_jp.html

There are a lot of homepages offering the teaching materials for Japanese leanrer personally. For example. http://www.geocities.jp/sekaijinwp/

I work in a Japanese branch office of a British company.
I am the same as all of you about learning another language as a non-native.

Good luck to all of you.

obg
9th January 2006, 19:53
Yes, this one is very funny! :D But, this should be posted in the Members lounge. This thread is for posting links that are helpful to those learning the language. :) �ǂ���@�_�肪�Ƃ��I ("Domo arigato" for those who don't have Japanese language fonts)

:)

I don't mean to be pecky but I can't help myself... Actually you've written "domo rigato" (now twice even). It should be ��も�り��� and if you use UTF-8 it's generally easier to read than Shift-JIS. (First time I post hiragana here though, let's see if it works...) ;)

P Goldsbury
9th January 2006, 23:54
Hello Mr Borg,

Welcome to E-Budo.

I am the moderator of this forum and it is a rule of the Forum that you sign all your posts with your full name. The easiest way to do this is to add your full name to your signature, which can appear below all your posts. You undertook to keep the name rule when you signed up for E-Budo.

I can see Carolyn Hall's greetings as 'domo arigato'. However, I cannot read your own Japanese script and I have Japanese language software in my computer. It does not work with any of the text encoding settings I have here.

Best wishes,

Kaoru
12th January 2006, 07:08
I don't mean to be pecky but I can't help myself... Actually you've written "domo rigato" (now twice even). It should be ��も�り��� and if you use UTF-8 it's generally easier to read than Shift-JIS. (First time I post hiragana here though, let's see if it works...) ;)

hehehe, I know I did. For some reason, when I wrote it back then, the あ character wouldn't work for me for some odd reason.
It kept showing up as a dot every time I tried to make it work.

それでも、どうもありがとうございました! 

*れい*

(I hope I used それでも correctly. I wanted to say, "Well anyway," )

Kaoru
12th January 2006, 07:13
Hello Mr Borg,

Welcome to E-Budo.

I am the moderator of this forum and it is a rule of the Forum that you sign all your posts with your full name. The easiest way to do this is to add your full name to your signature, which can appear below all your posts. You undertook to keep the name rule when you signed up for E-Budo.

I can see Carolyn Hall's greetings as 'domo arigato'. However, I cannot read your own Japanese script and I have Japanese language software in my computer. It does not work with any of the text encoding settings I have here.

Best wishes,


Hi Goldsbury-san,

I can read his if I use the Unicode-8 thing, but then I can't read mine. If I use Western(ISO-8859-1), I can read mine but then can't read his. Odd. For some reason, the other Japanese Character encodings don't work on this computer.(Using parent's) Really odd... :)

Brian Owens
15th January 2006, 14:43
It's a shame computers aren't better "universalized."

I often have to manually switch my encoding to "Japanese Autoselect" -- even though it is supposedly already in autoselect -- because there isn't enough Japanese text versus English to trigger recognition.

I also remember once when I posted something in Japanese, and Tony Kehoe said it was partially garbled on his computer even though it looked fine on mine. I ended up resorting to posting a graphic capture of my screen so that he could read it.

I use MS Windows ME, MS IME 5.0, and MS Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.

In the control panel for IME 5.0 there are three entry modes that appear to be independently set from the encoding in the View menu of Explorer. Shift-JIS appears to be the default.

The three settings are:

JIS、シフトJIS、and 区点。 (Can everyone read those?)

The first, clearly, is "JIS"; the second is "Shifuto JIS"; and I don't recognize the third. ("Kuten"?)

On the View/Encoding menu for Explorer I have the choices of "Western European (Windows)," "Western European (ISO)," "Japanese (Shift-JIS)," "Japanese (EUC)," and "Unicode (UTF-8)."

So in order for the greatest number of people to correctly read what I have written, and for me to correctly read what the greatest number of them have written, what settings should I use?

Brian Owens
15th January 2006, 15:09
BTW, like obg, I see the hiragana in Carolyn's message on page one of this thread as "domo •rigato" rather than "domo arigato" when in Shift-JIS encoding, and as garbbled ASCII characters in all other encodings.

slyons
21st January 2006, 11:08
I haven't seen www.kantango.com listed yet. Use it to make your own online flashcard sets and share with others. I love it! (It's not flawless though)

Norbert Funke
25th January 2006, 00:04
This is a cool website:

http://www.kanji-a-day.com/index.php

Every day a different kanji is presented. Start with the level 4 (for beginner) before going up to level 1

-Norbert

slyons
29th January 2006, 13:21
Here's a very handy dictionary server that lets you search by word category (among other cool features), it even has a "martial arts words" category!

http://linear.mv.com/cgi-bin/j-e/dict

I find the version with no color a little easier on the eyes..

ClydeM
19th March 2006, 23:37
Another website to add to the list below for audio-video designed for martial arts Japanese. It covers Japanese language basics and sentences but uses karate terms and subjects to discuss them. I found the download process for the videos easy and pronunciation uses a native Japanese speaker. Link is:

http://www.downloadkarate.com/index.asp?Sec_ID=262

ONe more website with a variety of language and culture is:

http://www.karateplanet.com/all_pages/members/pages/i7_1.asp

judepeel
17th May 2006, 19:13
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/columns/0002/

pera pera penguin, I think it's great lots of short little lessons well presented and very helpful

ClydeM
21st June 2006, 05:54
2 more resources which were designed from Japan.

A Video download on "Japanese for Martial artists Language Course" is at http://www.DownloadKarate.com.

Also the page following is a site that allows people to go to Japan for an intensive Karate & Japanese language immersion program combined. http://www.wle-japan.com/learn-karate-judo-in-japan/martial_arts.html

Mark Murray
21st June 2006, 12:51
Has anyone been here?

http://www.japanesepod101.com/

I've downloaded a few of the very first lessons and listened to them. I've been thinking about subscribing for a month or so to check out the rest of the lesson materials. I did like the podcasts, though.

Mark

RickMatz
21st January 2007, 04:04
I completed an online course at http://www.YesJapan.com

It took me nearly two years, but it launched me into conversational Japanese, with a firm base; including hiragana, katakana, and a couple of hundred kanji; from which to continue to study on my own.

I have found this free downloadable dictionary indispensible:

http://wakan.manga.cz

Bob Blackburn
21st January 2007, 16:13
Has anyone been here?

http://www.japanesepod101.com/

I've downloaded a few of the very first lessons and listened to them. I've been thinking about subscribing for a month or so to check out the rest of the lesson materials. I did like the podcasts, though.

Mark

I have listened to a few of them. They seem good so far and you get listen practice. I try to listen on my lunch break at work.

armanox
21st January 2007, 21:24
Here's one I've used a few times:

http://japanese.about.com/

Give it a shot if you'd like. I'm quite happy with it.

JL.
5th November 2007, 10:05
Hello everybody!

A thread search didn't bring up this site, so hopefully it hasn't been posted before. It is really well done. :)
http://www.japanese-kanji.com/

Ryokushin
17th October 2008, 15:56
If you are willing to pay, i strongly recommend this site: Japanesepod (http://www.japanesepod101.com/member/go.php?r=45126&i=b0).

This is an amazing website to learn speaking and writing Japanese. I've been using it for nearly a year, and my japanese leveled up nicely. Was VERY useful in my last trip to Japan

Ryokushin

jflint
8th April 2010, 20:17
This is one that I have used to get more vocabulary, it is extremely good.

www.smart.fm

This adapts to what YOU need. I recommend using kanji and kana mode and turning off romaji all together.

Jason Flint

brad12
9th June 2010, 09:11
Thanks Ewok for this post.I am getting new information because of this.

brad12
9th June 2010, 09:14
I previously used one website for learning Japanese Language.I hope i am going in right direction.



http://www.learnjapanesefree.com/ (http://www.learnjapanesefree.com/)

brad12
14th June 2010, 12:02
Here is the website which contain some basic information Japanese Language i.e Japanese Hiranjana (http://www.learnjapanesefree.com/japanese-hiragana.html) and Japanese Katakana (http://www.learnjapanesefree.com/katakana.html) and Learn whole Japanese (http://www.learnjapanesefree.com/) here

brad12
19th June 2010, 10:21
Here is also useful link those wants to learn Japanese basic.


learn Japanese (http://www.learnjapanesefree.com/) | learning Japanese (http://www.learnjapanesefree.com/)

Tripitaka of AA
19th June 2010, 14:22
Mods, please sort out this spamming freak!

P Goldsbury
19th June 2010, 16:25
Hello David,

Well, this thread was started in 2004 and I am surprised that the spamming freak would choose probably the most infrequently visited forum in the whole of E-Budo to do his spamming.

It is not as if he chose the forum about SK in Morocco, for example, or the return of Dr Stupid to E-Budo, to demonstrate his spamming skills. No. he chose the Language forum.

So, I regard this as a possible linguistic variant of the Nigerian money scam forum, immortalized by David Craig (aka Soulend).

One possibility is to tell brad 12 that it is absolutely essential that he learns ancient Sumerian and cuneiform script before attempting to tell us how to learn Japanese. The advantage is that if he did learn Sumerian, he would be in a better position to understand the really ancient Japanese system that predated kanji and kana, by about 80,000 years, according to one source. This is all in the Takeuchi documents. Have you heard of these?

Of course, I could simply delete all his posts, but, as some film star once said, where's the fun in that?


Best wishes,

PAG

PS.By the way, I am well aware that brad 12 has the same user address as the language courses he/she promotes, which, incidentally, are completely valueless in teaching the Japanese language.

Soulend
3rd July 2010, 21:46
Who is this Craig fellow and why is he using not only my screen handle, but tinkering with my beloved Nigerians to boot? :laugh:

P Goldsbury
4th July 2010, 02:36
Who is this Craig fellow and why is he using not only my screen handle, but tinkering with my beloved Nigerians to boot? :laugh:

Hello David,

As brad 12 will probably tell you, the sounds g and k are Japanese linguistic variants. For example you have keri (kicking) and geri (diarrhea), the consequence being that mae-geri does not really mean a front kick. :D :D

Soulend
4th July 2010, 12:41
Hi Peter. I wish Brad had been around ages ago...for years after I ran a across the term kesa-giri I was amazed that the feudal Japanese were so morally structured that even their garments had a sense of obligation. Turns out they simply enjoyed cutting people in half. :D

fifthchamber
5th July 2010, 02:17
One possibility is to tell brad 12 that it is absolutely essential that he learns ancient Sumerian and cuneiform script before attempting to tell us how to learn Japanese. The advantage is that if he did learn Sumerian, he would be in a better position to understand the really ancient Japanese system that predated kanji and kana, by about 80,000 years, according to one source. This is all in the Takeuchi documents. Have you heard of these?

.....Who told you about this?

There's been a leak somewhere dammit! It was Wayne wasn't it? Arggghhh...We're doomed!

Seriously though...If you look closely..In the Takeuchi Ryu Kogusoku kata "Sumashi Miru", the positions of the feet correspond to the sentence "God is great" in ancient Sumerian...It's stunningly well hidden though..And you need slow motion cameras to film from above the enbu floor to catch it all in it's full glory..But I didn't just tell you that... :look:

P Goldsbury
12th July 2010, 09:27
:smilejapa


.....Who told you about this?

There's been a leak somewhere dammit! It was Wayne wasn't it? Arggghhh...We're doomed!

Seriously though...If you look closely..In the Takeuchi Ryu Kogusoku kata "Sumashi Miru", the positions of the feet correspond to the sentence "God is great" in ancient Sumerian...It's stunningly well hidden though..And you need slow motion cameras to film from above the enbu floor to catch it all in it's full glory..But I didn't just tell you that... :look:


PS. I have just been reading Snow Crash.

brad12
26th July 2010, 11:22
For JLPT and all other Japanese Language,there are so many website available ,but I will recommend this.

JLPT (http://www.learnjapanesefree.com/Japanese-Language-Proficiency-Test.html) | Learn Japanese (http://www.learnjapanesefree.com/) | Japanese Verbs (http://www.learnjapanesefree.com/JLPT-grammer-sentences.html)

P Goldsbury
26th July 2010, 12:27
Hello,

Since the websites you recommend all appear to be controlled and run by yourself, you cannot be taken as an impartial judge of their quality.

In fact, I would ban you on the grounds of commercial advertising, were it not for the fact that the courses you advertise are free. However, to avoid the very reasonable accusations of bias, which our members might make, how about walking the talk and showing us some real evidence of the practical efficacy of your courses.

To avoid the guillotine, how about using the target language and explaining in Japanese why your courses are better than the others.


Best wishes,

P Goldsbury
Moderator


For JLPT and all other Japanese Language,there are so many website available ,but I will recommend this.

JLPT (http://www.learnjapanesefree.com/Japanese-Language-Proficiency-Test.html) | Learn Japanese (http://www.learnjapanesefree.com/) | Japanese Verbs (http://www.learnjapanesefree.com/JLPT-grammer-sentences.html)

JL.
27th July 2010, 21:50
To avoid the guillotine, how about using the target language and explaining in Japanese why your courses are better than the others.He, he. ^^

JL

brad12
6th September 2010, 06:52
hey Matt Molloy you can check also for http://www.learnjapanesefree.com/ thia website. It give all information under one podium .

Tripitaka of AA
6th September 2010, 14:58
Enough is enough.

P Goldsbury
6th September 2010, 15:10
Enough is enough.

Yes, Mr John is taking a well-earned break. ;)

Tripitaka of AA
6th September 2010, 19:22
Thank you Peter.

Kaoru
14th October 2010, 05:21
Hello David,

As brad 12 will probably tell you, the sounds g and k are Japanese linguistic variants. For example you have keri (kicking) and geri (diarrhea), the consequence being that mae-geri does not really mean a front kick. :D :D

Hi Mr. Goldbury,

What's that in kanji? Do the two(keri, geri) have the same or different kanji? I'm glad you translated. I'm not very used to romaji and can't often read it and know what their meanings are without their kanji/hiragana equivalent for recognition of the word's meaning. I know that sounds silly, but I've never even seen most Japanese words that I've learned, written in romaji. Romaji looks like a foreign language to me, lol. I can't read it 90 percent of the time. Kanji makes meanings so much more colorful I am noticing, the more kanji I learn. It's fascinating!

Thank you.

Kaoru

P Goldsbury
14th October 2010, 09:17
Hi Mr. Goldbury,

What's that in kanji? Do the two(keri, geri) have the same or different kanji? I'm glad you translated. I'm not very used to romaji and can't often read it and know what their meanings are without their kanji/hiragana equivalent for recognition of the word's meaning. I know that sounds silly, but I've never even seen most Japanese words that I've learned, written in romaji. Romaji looks like a foreign language to me, lol. I can't read it 90 percent of the time. Kanji makes meanings so much more colorful I am noticing, the more kanji I learn. It's fascinating!

Thank you.

Kaoru

蹴る keru is the verb form 'kick' and 蹴り keri is the noun form. 下痢 geri (= diarrhea) does not have a verb form and you have to add suru or 起こす okosu.

Brian Owens
14th October 2010, 09:24
...Do the two (keri, geri) have the same or different kanji?

I'm not Peter, but if I can put in my 2 Yen's worth.

Unless I'm mistaken:

The kanji would be the same if both were refering to kicking, but would be different if refering to kicking and diarrhea, because kanji are ideographic.

The kana would be different in either case, because the kana are phonetic.

Kick is 蹴り
Diarrhrea is 下痢

Keri is けり
and geri is げり

[Edit: Well, he beat me to it while I was typing. I've got to learn to type faster.]

ClydeM
10th December 2011, 06:02
An online book and video exists on this page now re martial arts language development in Japanese: http://www.downloadkarate.com/japanese-language-for-martial-arts-video