A question I encounter often is "How much Japanese should I study before I can begin reading in Japanese?" You can and should start way earlier than you probably think!
Tag: easy japanese
[N4] The Human Chair
Don't be fooled by the English title - this too is a story in Japanese: A retelling of Edogawa Ranpo's ใไบบ้ๆค ๅญใin simple Japanese, providing several methods of support for first-time readers.
[N5] Short Essays for Japanese Learners by Language Park
This collection has 5 essays called The Train Door, Fried Rice, Time is Money, Habits and The Police Academy. Each is two pages long and suitable for learners preparing for the N5.
[N3] ๅนฝ้ๅบๅฑ๏ผใใใใใจใใ๏ผ
Five years after the earth quake and tsunami of 11 March 2011, Yui Reiko welcomes a customer to her little barbershop who was out near the sea on that day. As Reiko cuts her hair, the customer tells her story.
[N4] ใฏใใใฆใฎใใคใใ
Mii-chan's Mom is very busy today, but they don't have any milk left in the fridge. Someone needs to go buy it... Luckily, Mii-chan is old enough to help - it's time for her first errand alone.
Short Story Collections for Learning Japanese
Because of their self-contained plot and, of course, their brevity, short stories are very popular with language learners โ and rightly so. There are several approaches that aim at introducing intermediate and advanced learners to Japanese short stories of which I will highlight three and recommend matching short story collections for each.
[N5] ๅฝผๆฐ๏ผใใใ๏ผใใปใใ๏ผ
Mayu likes to read romance and to draw manga. Just like the protagonists in her favourite romance shลjล manga, she would like to have a boyfriend (ใใใ). So she just starts drawing him.
[N4] ๆฅๆฌใฎใใใใใๅฆๆช๏ผใใใใ๏ผ
Yลkai are Japanese spirits and haunting creatures from Japanese folklore that can be harmless as well as malicious. This booklet introduces you to several of them.
[N5] 100ใใใทใงใใ
The star of the Genki textbooks, Mary, visits a 100 Yen shop together with Yui. The concept is fascinating to her and she spends time looking at the various items she finds.
[N3] Intermediate Short Stories in Japanese
In Olly Richard's Intermediate Short Stories in Japanese you will be introduced to 11 stories from different genres, all written to match an intermediate readers vocabulary and grammar knowledge. I addition to these stories, it also includes vocab lists and reading comprehension quizzes after each chapter.
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