Graded readers, easy news, guided reading and texts with furigana.
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An N5-level Japanese story about a child and her father making a snowman in the park, with twenty sentences, furigana, vocabulary support, and related grammar lessons.
A graded news story about a school torch relay in Aichi before the Asian Games, written for beginners with furigana, English translation, and native audio.
An intermediate Japanese reading practice story about enjoying activities alone in Japan, with comprehension questions, vocabulary lists, useful expressions, and English translation for JLPT N4, N3 learners.
A curated directory of Japanese books graded by difficulty for language learners, including picture books, manga, children's literature, and novels.
Curated list of five free sources for graded Japanese reading at various levels, from simplified news to classic literature, with audio and furigana support.
Hiragana Times magazine offers graded reading material for intermediate learners, with articles on Japanese culture, seasonal traditions, and language features.
A supportive book club community for Japanese teachers and their beginner students focused on building reading confidence through shared texts and practical classroom strategies.
Guide to the Japanese tea ceremony covering its history, philosophy, schools, equipment, and ritual steps. Helps learners understand this classical art as part of Japanese culture.
MyAnimeList entry for Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou, a completed manga series about two girls surviving in a post-apocalyptic world.
Guide to JLPT vocabulary requirements by level with word counts, estimated study hours, pass rates, example words, and learning methods including spaced repetition and extensive reading.
A short N5 story about two people shopping for curry ingredients at a supermarket. The text includes furigana, English translations, and related grammar lessons for beginner learners.
A graded reading passage about a kappa mummy preserved in a Saga Prefecture sake brewery, written for JLPT N4 learners with furigana on every kanji, native audio for each line, and vocabulary notes.
An article from Hiragana Times explaining Japanese ancestry through DNA research and haplogroups, with furigana annotations and bilingual English-Japanese text for intermediate learners interested in Japanese history.
The Taoistic philosophy of its ancient originator Lao Tzu, with the complete Tao Te Ching, the main text of Taoism, translated and explained.
A directory of websites and online tools for studying Japanese, with sections organized by skill level and learning type including reading practice, listening, grammar, and vocabulary resources.
A 30-minute video replay from a 2025 conference presentation on teaching early literacy and reading fluency to beginning Japanese learners through comprehensible input and story-based methods.
Blog posts exploring Japanese culture, literature, seasonal expressions, and vocabulary through topics like traditional arts, classic authors, and cultural practices.
Line-by-line translation and literary analysis of a classical waka poem by Yamabe no Akahito from the Man'yōshū, with cultural context from the Nara Period and explanations of poetic techniques for advanced learners.
Collection of over 100 Japanese stories with furigana, vocabulary support, and JLPT level ratings spanning beginner to advanced.
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.
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