Japanese Graded Readers
Description
Early Beginner level of level 5 of Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) have roughly 400 to 1,500 characters per book. These books use the same 350 word vocabulary as level 0 and です and ます endings. Early beginner books feature the same vocabulary and grammar as level 0 in longer stories.
What You Learn
Grammar / 文法
present form, past form, interrogative, ～たい, etc.
※ です and ます endings.
Multiple Stories
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レベル別日本語多読ライブラリー. レベル1, vol. 1 / 監修NPO法人日本語多読研究会.; Reberu betsu Nihongo tadoku raiburarī. Reberu 1, vol. 1
ISBN: 4872176243[pt. 1]. Onna no ko -- [pt. 2]. Hachi no hanashi -- [pt. 3]. Jon-san Nihon e -- [pt. 4]. Urashima Tarō -- [pt. 5]. Waraibanashi.
[pt. 1]. 女の子 -- [pt. 2]. ハチの話 -- [pt. 3]. ジョンさん日本へ -- [pt. 4]. 浦島太郎 -- [pt. 5]. 笑い話. -
レベル別日本語多読ライブラリー. レベル 1, vol. 2 / 監修 NPO法人日本語多読研究会.; Reberu betsu Nihongo tadoku raiburarī. Reberu 1, vol. 2
ISBN: 9784872176414[pt. 6]. Takushī -- [pt. 7]. Sushi, sushi, sushi-- [pt. 8]. Kasajizō -- [pt. 9]. Jon-san basu no naka de -- [pt. 10]. Dōshite saru no o wa mijikai? : Dōshite kurage wa hone ga nai?
[pt. 6]. タクシー -- [pt. 7]. 寿司, すし, SUSHI -- [pt. 8]. 笠地蔵 -- [pt. 9]. ジョンさんバスの中で -- [pt. 10]. どうして猿の尾は短い? : どうしてクラゲは骨がない? -
レベル別日本語多読ライブラリー. レベル 1, vol. 3 / 監修 NPO法人日本語多読研究会.; Reberu betsu Nihongo tadoku raiburarī. Reberu 1, vol. 3
ISBN: 9784872176711[pt. 11]. Basu -- [pt. 12]. Kimono -- [pt. 13]. Dōshite ebi no karada wa magatta? Dōshite nekodoshi ga nai? -- [pt. 14]. Shitakiri suzume -- [pt. 15]. Jon-san no natsu yasumi.
[pt. 11]. バス -- [pt. 12]. 着物 -- [pt. 13]. どうしてエビの体は曲がつた? どうしてねこ年がない? -- [pt. 14]. 舌切り雀 -- [pt. 15]. ジョンさんの夏休み.
Single Stories
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船 / 作松田緑 ; 監修NPO多言語多読 ; 挿絵MIDORI.; Fune
A ship hits a big rock in the sea, and a newly-married couple, Ryota and Kyoko, are thrown off the boat. There appeared a black ship, which was actually … -
どうして海の水は塩からい？ / 再話・監修NPO多言語多読 ; 挿絵中山とおる.; Dōshite umi no mizu wa shiokarai?
One day a poor man offer some water to a strange old man. The old man gives him a magic mill to repay the kindness. -
招き猫 / 原案 谷川順子 ; 作監修 NPO多言語多読
In Japan, you will often see ceramic cat ornaments in shops and restaurants. They are called "Welcome Cats." What are they there for?
