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In compliance with the recent Covid-19 directives from the government, please take note of the following updates.
Our school aims to resume back physical classes when the current pandemic situation settles down. This is for safety of our students with the abrupt rising cases in the recent days. And MOE strongly encourages classes to be conducted online .Physical classes may commence according to the start of the respective course’s new term from early December. Your teacher will keep you updated.
At Tomo, both our Physical and Online classes are highly interactive and conversational. In fact, there are plenty of chances for our students to practice their Japanese in class. We would like to encourage our students to join our online classes first and until we resume back lessons in physical classroom. We will mail the textbook to your doorsteps via tracking courier.
Our students’ safety is our school’s top priority and we also ensure to provide a quality education for our students. For more details, we will update our students nearer to date when there’s more information released by the government.
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Updated On: 19 October 2021
Here are some educational and non-academic Apps which are useful in helping you learn Japanese language and culture better.
Please note that Tomo Japanese Language Centre does not endorse these Apps and their related companies. We are recommending them purely based on our own experiences in using them.
Japanese by Renzo Inc for iOS, Japanese for Android by Spacehamster
Good Japanese dictionary for basic and intermediate learners .
Definitions of words are accurate , enough good example sentences with furigana, which allows you to check pronunciation of the kanji in example sentences and easy to check pronouce of kanji by handwriting.
For Android user, 'Japanese' App might be equivalent to Japanese by Renzo.
Japanese _Hiragana hk2006
Now we live with smartphone , and I can say some good app might help you to learn Japanese .
Japanese _ Hiragana hk2006 is really good app for iPhone and Android user. With this, you can learn hiragana. And to be important , its made by a (real) Japanese native.
NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典
For people who want to prounce Japanese perfectly
Kami
神(god), 紙（paper), 髪( hair )
Seikaku
性格(character), 正確(precise)
Ame
雨（rain), 飴（candy)
There are countless homonymys in Japanese. Of course from context you can guess correct meaning. But still its better to pronounce with correct accent. If you are interested in pnounce, then NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 is suitable dictionary. That's available in iTunes and Google Play ( ￥3000!!! Expensive! If you want to try before purchase, you can try that on my iPhone)
PS: Some good E-dictipnary contains this dictionary.
https://www.nhk-book.co.jp/recommend/app/pdf/app_accent.pdf
Cookpad
If you love cooking and are interested in cooking Japanese food with Japanese recipe, Cookpad is a good website to use!
Cookpad doesn't necessarily teach authentic Japanese foods but also homemade Japanese food. While cooking, you can learn Japanese too - that's killing two birds with one stone!
PS: Cookpad also has an English website, but it has only recipes for normal Western food.
Web: http://cookpad.com/
iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/kukkupaddo-no.1reshipi-jian/id340368403?mt=8
GooglePlay: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cookpad.android.activities&hl=ja
