Graded readers, easy news, guided reading and texts with furigana.
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Collection of 27 Japanese proverbs (kotowaza) with kanji, hiragana, romaji, and English meanings, organized by themes like perseverance, humility, and fate.
A 16-item digital bundle for absolute beginners including ebooks, audio files, and Anki decks covering hiragana, katakana, grammar, kanji, and reading practice with integration into the Makoto+ Sentence Explorer tool.
Monthly digital magazine for beginner to intermediate learners with short stories, grammar lessons, cultural notes, and native audio recordings.
A mobile app offering Japanese stories at multiple difficulty levels with built-in support tools including furigana, romaji, audio, dictionary lookup, and spaced repetition flashcards for learners from beginner to.
Explains how Japanese is written vertically and horizontally, with examples from manga and light novels showing traditional tategaki and modern yokogaki writing systems.
A curated list of eight free Japanese reading websites organized by JLPT level from N5 beginners to N1 advanced learners, including graded readers, news sites, and classic literature with tips for building a daily.
Free Japanese reading practice with graded readers at multiple levels, JLPT-aligned articles, and downloadable hiragana and katakana charts. Includes grammar quizzes and resources for learners from beginner to advanced.
Guide to identifying word boundaries in Japanese text by recognizing script changes, kanji blocks, particle markers, and okurigana tails.
All 302 JLPT grammar points from N5 to N1, each with its English meaning. 55 have a full explanation page with free reading practice.
A blog article explaining how extensive reading develops Japanese proficiency through neuroscience research, covering kanji learning through context, grammar intuition, and cultural competence for learners at all levels.
A five-step guide to the shadowing technique for improving Japanese pronunciation, pitch accent, and rhythm through real-time audio imitation. Suited for beginners and intermediate learners.
An iOS app offering reading practice at multiple levels, vocabulary quizzes, flashcards, listening exercises with adjustable playback speed, and short stories for learners from beginner to advanced.
Guide to 19 foundational kanji covering nature, calendar words, body parts, and positions, explaining meanings, readings, origins, and example words for learners moving from pictographic shapes to JLPT practice.
Makoto+ offers a membership program featuring monthly magazines with Japanese stories, grammar explanations, kanji practice, and audio content for beginner to intermediate learners.
A searchable database of 9,481 Japanese YouTube videos and channels scored by vocabulary load and speaking pace, with filters for level, length, and content type.
Guide to Japanese graded readers with explanations of extensive reading strategy and reviews of major graded reader collections and apps for learners of all ages.
A JLPT N3 reading story about Sarah's first visit to an izakaya, with furigana, English translation, vocabulary list, grammar explanations for 〜だらけ and せっかく, and comprehension questions.
Desktop EPUB reader designed for Japanese learners to read light novels and manga with integrated Yomitan dictionary lookup, Anki flashcard mining, text-to-speech, full-text search, and vocabulary tracking.
A Japanese reading passage at JLPT N2 level about karaoke culture in Japan, presented with and without kanji readings, accompanied by a vocabulary list with English translations.
App for iOS, iPadOS and macOS that helps learners read native Japanese texts with word and kanji lookup, furigana display, progress tracking, and optional flashcard creation.
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