Graded readers, easy news, guided reading and texts with furigana.
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Guide to reading Japanese manga by JLPT level with recommendations for beginners through advanced learners and instructions for using OCR tools to look up words while reading.
Highlight any Japanese sentence and get a live structural breakdown: particle roles, embedded clauses, dropped subjects and conjugation chains.
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.
Eleven illustrated Japanese stories at JLPT N3 level, ranging from 800 to 1,000 characters with full English translations on every page.
Makoto+ offers a membership program featuring monthly magazines with Japanese stories, grammar explanations, kanji practice, and audio content for beginner to intermediate learners.
A beginner-friendly graded reader story written in hiragana with optional kanji, accompanied by slow and normal audio, glossaries, and grammar explanations.
Chapter five summary and practice exercises for learning to use Japanese numbers, amounts, dates, and counters. Provides vocabulary lists and realistic dialogue examples for shopping and traveling scenarios.
A guide to learning kanji through the Uma Musume Pretty Derby anime, manga, and game, explaining why the franchise's emotional context and kanji-dense content make it effective for study and providing breakdowns of core.
A curated list of 46 Japanese films organized by JLPT level from N5 to N1, featuring movies with clear dialogue, simple plots, and visual context suitable for learners at any stage.
A collection of ten Japanese folktales with full furigana, English translations, vocabulary notes, and native-speaker audio for upper-beginner learners.
Mobile app for reading Japanese news, blogs, magazines and ebooks with one-tap word lookups, automatic furigana, and integrated flashcard creation. Supports all levels from beginner to advanced.
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.
An app for learning Japanese through real stories with audio, quizzes, and interactive practice. Designed for beginners and JLPT learners who want to build vocabulary and grammar in meaningful context.
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.
Free online reading practice quizzes for JLPT N3 with authentic passages, native audio, English translations, and vocabulary lists.
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.
Nine illustrated mini books introduce katakana characters in groups of five through short stories featuring foreign words and onomatopoeia. Designed for students learning to read katakana fluently.
A Chrome extension that transforms Netflix, YouTube, and web content into language learning materials through one-click flashcards, word lookup, and spaced repetition review.
JLPT reading practice with short passages, mini tests, and quizzes from N5 to N1 levels. Includes signs, notices, messages, and practical texts with explanations of vocabulary, kanji, grammar, and text structure.
Guide to reading Japanese news articles for learners, with vocabulary support, grammar explanations, and a sample typhoon headline breakdown.
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