Haru experiences a typical day at school. You will accompany her from walking to school, through homeroom, classes and club activities, to finally homework and falling asleep. This short manga was written and illustrated by Yagi Yukari for the Japan Foundation's anime-manga learning site. picture credit: anime-manga.jp This is honestly such a cool project! Every… Continue reading [N4] ใฏใใกใใใฎๅญฆๆ ก็ๆดป๏ผใใฃใใใใใใค๏ผ
What apps do you use to stay in touch with your friends? In Japan the most popular messaging app is LINE and this text by ๆฌ้ ็ๆต for the Mongolia Nihongo Tadoku Library talks about the apps's functions and it's history. I personally only use LINE for keeping in touch with friends in Japan and… Continue reading [N5] ใกใใปใผใธใขใใช
Michiko, 25, is invited to a class reunion and slightly nervous. However, her former class mate Hiroshi is immediatly taken with her and Michiko looks up into the night sky to make a wish... Written for the NPO Tagengo Tadoku by ลtsuka Emi and Kawamoto Kazuko. This is a romance story with slice-of-life and coming-of-age… Continue reading [N2] ็พ็ฅๅญ๏ผใฟใกใ๏ผใฎๆ็ฉบ
่ฝๆธ(ใใใ)ใ means scribble, doodle or graffiti. In Japan, too, there are graffiti artists who have left their marks here and there. In this text by writing team ใใณใผใซ and ใฝใใฃ you will be introduced to a few places in Japan where graffiti art can be found. The text is part of the Smith College's Tadoku… Continue reading [N3] ๆฅๆฌใฎ้ฝๅธใฎ่ฝๆธใ๏ผใใใใ๏ผ
What do you know about Japan's most northern prefecture Hokkaidล? This little guide by Endo Kazuhiko introduces you to Hokkaidล's landscapes, animals, tourist spots and famous food. I found the grammar points and sentence structures of this text very easy to understand with an N4 reading comprehension, but the vocabulary used is more complex than… Continue reading [N4] ๅๆตท้๏ผใปใฃใใใฉใ๏ผ
Assassination Classroom by Matsui Yusei was an insanely popular series a few years ago and for a reason. While it tells the story of a class of middle school students being tasked with killing their octopus-like teacher, it also features dealing with school system inequality and wholesome teacher-student-relations. I had watched the anime a few… Continue reading [N2] ๆๆฎบ๏ผใใใใค๏ผๆๅฎค
This report on a trip to Japan takes you to Osaka, Shizuoka and Tokio. It was written by Tabata-Sandom Mitsue for the website Yomimono Ippai. Besides the locations in the cities, you will learn a lot about Japanese food in here. You will encounter names of dishes and some places where food can be ordered.… Continue reading [N5] ๆฅๆฌใซ่กใใพใใ
This is a story by Sasaki Mie about first-year student Ichirล visiting his grandma on Himeshima. On Himeshima they celebrate the festival of Obon with a traditional 'fox dance'. Ichirล decides on taking part in the tradition and receives help from a boy named Rin. I really liked about this book, that I didn't just… Continue reading [N3] ใญใใ่ธใ๏ผใใฉใ๏ผ
Keita is new in town and spends a lot of time alone with his thoughts, walking through the rural landscape. While walking like that one day he saves the life of a cat, which in return decides to help him. This is the first part of the story of Keita and the cat. It is… Continue reading [N5] ๅญๅคช(ใใใ)ใจใใณ็ณ๏ผใใ๏ผใ1
The author Seto Toshihiko describes in this text his Sunday trip to a rice field with his two children. They are looking for various animals living among the sheafs of rice. I found this description of a Sunday trip very cute. The children obviously love nature and being outside and it was quite adorable being… Continue reading [N4] ็ฐใใผใฎ็ใ็ฉ๏ผใใใใฎ๏ผ
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