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For Firefox users, this is a plugin that pops up JDIC definitions of the characters/phrases あなた hover your マウス over. It's great for 読書 and 書く Japanese online.
Basic vocabulary is covered on this site. Many of the pages 表示する 画像 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 または 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 情報源 text is in Kansai dialect または if あなた want the 情報源 English translated into Kansai dialect. 3. Click the "翻訳" button to translate the text.
If あなた can't find it at WWWJDIC あなた will be able to find it here. How to use: 1. Type in English または Japanese (no romaji) in the input line under "英辞郎 on the Web" 2. Click the "英和・和英" button to search.