Graded readers, easy news, guided reading and texts with furigana.
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A graded JLPT N3 reading story about Maria finding a blue scarf at a laundromat, with furigana, English translation, vocabulary list, grammar explanations and comprehension questions.
A traditional Japanese folk tale presented with furigana, complete vocabulary definitions, and audio recordings at slow and normal speeds for beginner readers.
A podcast episode for upper beginners to intermediate learners featuring a story about a daughter's musical performance, with vocabulary lists, comprehension questions, and optional transcripts for members.
This bacon and vegetable soup is common in Japanese home cooking and a favorite of Japanese moms trying to get their kids to eat...
Six graded N5 reading passages with furigana, romaji, English translations, and comprehension questions in the official JLPT format. Helps beginners build reading speed and comprehension for the N5 exam.
Explains how Japanese is written vertically and horizontally, with examples from manga and light novels showing traditional tategaki and modern yokogaki writing systems.
An annotated manga panel from Black Butler showing the i-particle and first person pronouns in context, with translation and grammar explanation for intermediate readers.
A guide to Japanese rakugo storytelling that explains its structure, cultural background, and vocabulary for learners. Includes listening and speaking practice techniques suitable for beginners.
An article from Hiragana Times exploring the Japanese saying "Hara hachibunme ni isha irazu" (eating until eight-tenths full keeps the doctor away), examining its meaning, cultural significance, and usage in.
Monthly magazine for intermediate Japanese learners featuring news, cultural articles, seasonal words, and audio content in simplified Japanese with furigana.
Curated roundups of Japanese learning resources including textbooks, grammar guides, podcasts, graded readers, and ebooks for beginners and intermediate learners.
Search over a million Japanese sentences from anime, J-drama and YouTube with audio, screenshots and translations. Designed for learners doing sentence mining for vocabulary and listening practice.
A graded N5 reading story about Aya preparing a bento box and heading to class on a calm morning, with 16 sentences, English translations, and related grammar lessons for beginner learners.
Animated conversation videos with transcripts organized into structured lessons, featuring dialogues between three characters for classroom use and listening practice.
A collection of Japanese vegetable recipes with instructions and video demonstrations, including traditional dishes like gomaae, kabocha nimono, and okonomiyaki.
You walk into a Japanese bakery and see a sign that reads ふわふわのパン. You know the word パン means bread, but what is ふわふわ?
A graded N5 reading story about a girl cleaning her room, with furigana, English translations, related grammar lessons, and study tools for beginners.
Jumping into reading native material can be quite intimidating at first, especially with the huge amount of vocab required and a complicated writing system like kanji.
Academic paper describing KuLA, a free mobile learning application for reading kuzushiji and early modern Japanese texts.
A collection of nine series of hiragana mini books designed for beginners to learn hiragana characters in context through short stories with illustrations. Includes digital flip books and printable versions.
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