Graded readers, easy news, guided reading and texts with furigana.
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A traditional Japanese song with furigana, vocabulary definitions, and English translations. Learners study pronunciation, vocabulary, and cultural context through the lyrics of "At a Quiet Lakeside."
Five series of graded readers with controlled vocabulary, furigana, pictures, and audio recordings for learners from beginner to advanced levels. Includes free web books and paid series from multiple publishers.
Guide to classic Japanese children's picture books, bilingual editions that exist, and where to buy or borrow them in the US, Australia, UK and Singapore.
How the JLPT 読解 section is built at each level: the official timings, the six question types, where reading gets its own score floor, and what to read.
Practice test and study materials for JLPT N1, the highest proficiency level, including vocabulary and reading sections, listening audio, kanji lists, and tips for improving reading comprehension scores.
Provides hiragana reading practice using Japanese folktales with furigana. Designed for beginners to develop reading fluency without focusing on grammar or vocabulary comprehension.
You walk into a Japanese bakery and see a sign that reads ふわふわのパン. You know the word パン means bread, but what is ふわふわ?
An app offering hundreds of graded Japanese stories with native audio, illustrations, and built-in vocabulary lookups for JLPT N5 to N2 learners. Stories span 25 themes and each includes a quiz to reinforce learning.
Guide to three Japanese websites about yokai folklore creatures, with instructions for intermediate readers to explore dictionaries, museums, and academic databases about supernatural beings in Japanese culture.
Satori Reader is an app and web platform offering over 1650 Japanese stories with integrated grammar explanations, vocabulary support, and adjustable text displays for intermediate learners.
A dialogue lesson between two people meeting for the first time, with Japanese text, English translation, vocabulary notes, and grammar explanations for beginner learners.
Guide to using Japanese children's picture books for learning, featuring five recommended titles with explanations of their benefits for pronunciation, vocabulary and cultural knowledge.
Deictic Time 時間直示 Time expressions come in two types: t…
Academic paper describing KuLA, a free mobile learning application for reading kuzushiji and early modern Japanese texts.
Hiragana Times is a bilingual magazine for Japanese learners featuring articles on Japanese culture, language evolution, and contemporary issues with audio support and furigana.
Curated collection of reading materials for JLPT N4 level learners, including graded readers, blog articles, manga, fairy tales and picture books with links to free online resources and audio options.
Free graded Japanese reading practice from absolute beginner to advanced levels, with stories and articles organized by JLPT level, furigana, audio, and vocabulary lookup tools.
An article from Hiragana Times exploring Japanese proverbs and kotowaza through the example of "walls have ears," examining how Japanese culture shaped these expressions and their usage in modern contexts.
Graded readers aligned with the GENKI textbook series, comprising 46 titles for elementary learners with full color illustrations, furigana, and audio recordings.
A website by Noriko, a Japanese teacher, offering a podcast with transcripts, reading challenges for building daily habits, a supportive community for intermediate and advanced learners, and one-to-one coaching for.
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