Here are a few tips for using Google to study Japanese. I call it the Japanese Google Guide, or the J2G.
[From alljapaneseallthetime.com]
Vocabulary in use
Navigate your way to google.co.jp and plug in a word you’re curious about. This will yield hundreds upon thousands of examples of the word in action.
[From japannewbie.com]
A comprehensive picture dictionary at your fingertips
Go to images.google.com/imghp?hl=ja&tab=wi and enter the vocabulary word you’re searching for. WHAPOW! You’ve now got tons of visual examples.
[From victorymanual.com]
This is my addition. It’s a really simple concept called ‘webidence’. (web + evidence)
I’m sure you’ve thought to yourself on occasion, “Is this the right way to say this?” Simply go to google.co.jp and look up the term. This is especially useful if you have several options in mind. The “right way to say something” is typically evidenced by the amount of hits that Google returns. (The search results are like a score!) At least, that’s the more colloquial way to express yourself.
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