Graded readers, easy news, guided reading and texts with furigana.
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A beginner-level news story about Japan's largest imoni festival in Yamagata, presented with furigana, full English translation, and native audio for learners.
Learning materials for hiragana characters including charts, tracing worksheets, and practice sheets designed for beginners. Resources are sourced from Japanese elementary schools.
MyAnimeList page for Flying Witch, a manga series about a young witch living in rural Aomori Prefecture.
An introduction to rakugo, a traditional Japanese performing art, using the anime series Akane-banashi as an entry point.
Easy Japanese news stories with furigana and English translations covering current events at N3-N5 level. Provides authentic reading practice on contemporary topics for intermediate learners.
Digital edition of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu with parallel Japanese and English texts, interactive word searching, and woodblock print images. Supports learners of classical Japanese poetry and literature.
Guide on using anime and manga effectively for Japanese learning, explaining how to move from passive watching to active practice through rewatching without subtitles, manga reading at appropriate levels, and vocabulary.
Collection of free podcasts and audio lessons for learning Japanese, including vocabulary lessons, beginner conversation dialogues, sleep stories, and readings of traditional tales and poetry designed for beginners to.
Free online reading club for Japanese learners who know hiragana and basic conversation, meeting twice monthly to select books and discuss them in group sessions.
An easy news story about rice harvest at Ise Grand Shrine with furigana, English translation, and native audio for beginner learners. The story describes Shinto rituals and agricultural practices in Japan.
Free Japanese graded readers for JLPT levels N5 through N1 with furigana, clickable word lookup, audio narration, and comprehension quizzes to help learners build reading fluency and vocabulary at their level.
Interview with rakugo master Katsura Sunshine exploring the 400-year-old Japanese comedic storytelling tradition, its history, performance style, and accessibility to English-speaking audiences.
Ten short stories with furigana, English translations, vocabulary lists, grammar notes and comprehension questions for JLPT N5 readers. Features interactive word lookup and audio.
A graded reading story at N5 level about a character getting a wristwatch repaired, with furigana, sentence-by-sentence English translations, and related grammar lessons.
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.
Blog with short Japanese posts at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels on everyday topics, all with furigana and audio recordings to support listening comprehension and reading practice.
Free graded listening practice with 48 short recordings from A1 to C1 covering everyday topics like food, travel, and work. Each recording has five comprehension questions and a transcript available after answering.
A directory of free downloadable graded readers at five levels for beginner and intermediate learners, offering illustrated stories, folktales and other topics with furigana and simple sentences.
A blog post recommending the Japanese drama Everyday Miracle for learning conversational Japanese and cultural insights.
A beginner-level news story about children making scarecrows in Hokkaido, presented in easy Japanese with furigana, English translation, and native audio for listening practice.
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