Kanji: arguably the most enjoyable part of learning Japanese, but also the most intimidating for those just getting started in the language. Read on to see the tips, tools, and tech you can use to conquer kanji as efficientently as possible.

With over 5 million registered users spread across 200 countries, LiveMocha is the world’s largest language learning community. And with sufficient venture capital and corporate partners behind them, the Seattle-based start-up firm has the resources to keep expanding their service...

Pronounced like the word "link" (not "ling-kyu" as it is often mispronounced), LingQ is an an online and iOS app based language learning system created by Steve Kaufmann. The "freemium" site allows users to easily look up and save unknown words and phrases (what they call "LingQing", hence the name of the site)m with tools for 11 languages: Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish (which happen to be the same 11 languages Steve speaks).