Graded readers, easy news, guided reading and texts with furigana.
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Article about Koshien Stadium and its significance in Japanese baseball culture, presented bilingually with furigana annotations for intermediate learners to practice reading comprehension.
Eight-book digital bundle teaching Japanese through realistic dialogues covering greetings, restaurant, directions, business, and idioms, with audio recordings, Anki decks, and multiple formats for beginner to upper.
A monthly roundup of new Japanese learning tools and resources, featuring reviews of grammar guides, readers, kanji apps, and study apps for learners of various levels.
Collection of over 100 Japanese stories with furigana, vocabulary support, and JLPT level ratings spanning beginner to advanced.
Guide to traditional Japanese pottery styles, regional characteristics, and related vocabulary with cultural context and practice exercises for language learners seeking to deepen their understanding of Japanese.
The Taoistic philosophy of its ancient originator Lao Tzu, with the complete Tao Te Ching, the main text of Taoism, translated and explained.
Guide to Japanese onomatopoeia with over 100 examples organized by category, including sound words, feeling words, and state descriptions. Explains patterns for memorization and how to learn them through manga reading.
A lesson on the classic 1961 song Sukiyaki by Sakamoto Kyuu with furigana, line-by-line vocabulary breakdowns, English translations, audio recordings, and a video lesson for learners developing listening and vocabulary.
An intermediate to advanced course using authentic news articles from Hiragana Times to teach Japanese through contemporary political, economic, and social issues.
Fifty advanced Japanese articles on science, technology, economics, philosophy and society with word-level translation. For JLPT N1 learners preparing for the reading section.
A graded reading article about Okinawa's Churaumi fireworks festival written at N4 level, with vocabulary support and cultural context for intermediate learners.
Blog posts with graded Japanese reading passages at JLPT N2 and N3 levels, covering topics like manga, karaoke, and kanji apps, designed for intermediate learners preparing for the JLPT.
FAQ page for Shinobi Japanese, an app that teaches Japanese through illustrated stories with furigana, tap-to-translate features, and spaced repetition review.
Guide to learning Japanese through manga, covering six-step reading methodology from initial exposure through repeated reading, with recommendations for manga series suitable for learners and strategies for managing.
An A2 elementary retelling of the classic Japanese story The Spider's Thread with clickable word help, full audio, and grammar lesson notes. Designed for beginners learning to read natural Japanese.
Free Japanese stories for absolute beginners — short (100–250 characters), survival vocabulary, basic sentence patterns. Hand-picked, illustrated, with English translation.
Guide to playing Undertale in Japanese as a reading comprehension resource for intermediate learners.
Forty-five structured lessons covering JLPT N2 grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension based on Marugoto Master materials. Designed for self-study and exam candidates preparing for the N2 level.
App providing illustrated stories with native audio, shadowing practice, and interactive reading tools to build Japanese skills across all levels.
Blog post explaining the research behind extensive reading as a language learning method, with guidance on choosing text difficulty and comprehension levels for effective reading practice.
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