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Japanese Novels of 2023: My Highlights

In 2023, I started working full time and thus had less time to read compared to 2022. In addition, I also started preparing for the JLPT N1 and tried to read novels in Japanese that would challenge my reading comprehension accordingly as well. In this post, I'll be sharing my personal highlights of Japanese book… Continue reading Japanese Novels of 2023: My Highlights

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Top Japanese Books of 2022: My Highlights

In 2022, I read more books in Japanese than ever before and with all that progress in reading comprehension was also able to finally enjoy reading some truly exceptional Japanese novels. In this post, I'll be sharing my personal highlights of this year and I'll also provide links to each book in case you want… Continue reading Top Japanese Books of 2022: My Highlights

Book Review, Manga, N2, Non-Fiction

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Umino Nagiko is a teacher at a Japanese language school and shares through comic essays some anecdotes from her everyday teaching life while answering questions on Japanese language and culture posed in her classes. There are both comic parts and essay parts for each chapter. When I read this first book, I mostly read it… Continue reading [N2] ๆ—ฅๆœฌไบบใฎ็Ÿฅใ‚‰ใชใ„ๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž #I

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Graded readers for Japanese – where to start

Graded readers are a helpful tool for language learners, providing shorter books specifically tailored to their current level of reading comprehension. The vocabulary, grammar, and length of the books are carefully selected to match the reader's proficiency and to make sure that they can follow the story without too much difficulty - sometimes even without… Continue reading Graded readers for Japanese – where to start

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Browser extensions for reading Japanese

Are you reading a lot in your browser? News sites, social media and blog posts don't always provide helpful furigana to help look up and understand the vocabulary used. A browser addon can really speed up this process! Whether you use chrome, firefox, safari, opera or edge as your preferred browser, there are extensions to… Continue reading Browser extensions for reading Japanese