Valkerion
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(5)
March 13, 2025
March 13, 2025
March 13, 2025
March 13, 2025
Not for -absolute- beginners, but a great book to start with.
The book is similar to Genki but uses quite a lot more hiragana and katakana. If you've already started the learning journey its a good alternative to Genki. I went through it with a native Japanese teacher and could follow along well enough. There are lots of questions in the companion book to sample as well. I think its good if you want to level up your basic reading and comprehension but the grammar explanations are quite dry. Even as an editor I had some trouble catching their meaning from r
March 13, 2025
Doraemon is great for practicing reading!
This book in particular is an English translation of Doraemon stories. It's meant for Japanese kids to practice their English reading. It does have Japanese in the margins though. It's well translated and good for learning less textbook phrases in the context of a story. It's a whole series with different themes. That said, I'd recommend a standard Doraemon manga for reading practice.