Category: Japanese Graded Readers

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大豆（だいず）

この本をすきました。大豆（だいず）のしやしんがとてもかわいいですから。日本で大豆の食べものがたくさんあります。だから、この本はそのたべものをおえます。冬（ふゆ）と夏（なつ）のかんじもおしえます。

I would recommend this book to any first semester Japanese students. Beans are everywhere in Japanese cuisine, and this book helps familiarize the reader with the various uses. There are general recipes for several ingredients like tofu, and the book even has cute pictures of koji fungi! The kanji used in the book would also be useful to know for anyone looking to buy ingredients at a store without English labels.

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東京の電車

この本はとてもおもしろいです。わたし今東京の電車がよくしっています。この本のpictures はかわいいですね。

I recommend this book to 日本語一年生. It does brief introduction to the city subway system, and shows lots of lively situations in the train, like how do passengers look differently in the morning, at noon, and at night. It’s a book easy to read and enjoy.

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桜

この本は日本の桜の文化と日本の地理を紹介しています。とても面白くで優しです。本の絵はいいです。私は桜が大好きです！

I highly recommend this book to Japanese first semester students. It introduces both the sakura culture and Japanese geography. There are a lot of interesting details like お花見 and that Japan is divided into 沖縄，九州，四国，本州，and 北海道. Vocabularies and kanjis in this book are very easy, and the book is a good practice for beginners.

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風と太陽～イソップ物語より～

この本はとてもおもしろいですがちょっとむずかしいです。あたらしいたんごがありますから。でも、えいぞうがてつたいます。

I recommend this book, because the story is really interesting. It is about a competition between wind and sun. They are trying to find out which one of them is more powerful. Although there are some new words and kanji that we have not learned yet, you can still get the meaning from the pictures on the book. I just learned Japanese for about two month, and I can understand the whole book. So it is not that hard. Also, by reading it, you are not only reading an interesting story, but also learning new vocabularies and kanji.

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木村家の毎日「結婚式」（きむらけのまいにち「けっこんしき」）

 

これ本はとてもおもしろいです。たくさん漢字をしりませんでしたが、むずかしくなかったです。日本の結婚式がわかりました。たのしいです。

This book is very interesting. There were many kanji that I didn’t know, but they were not hard to understand. I got to know about the Japanese wedding ceremony. It is very interesting.

I definitely recommend this book to others. The book itself and the drawings are all very interesting. If you wanna know about some Japanese traditions, this book is easy to understand for beginners. The book also talks about some cultural norms. It was very exciting that I can understand most parts of the book even though I just began Japnese for not more than 2 months.

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タクシー

「タクシー」は感動したストリです。した女の子はとても綺麗です。たんごはむずガシくない。いちばんおすすめの本です。

I love this book, it almost brought me into tears. This is a very romantic story that addresses how people face death. Everyone is a corpse in progress, as we will all die someday. But all these fantasized folktales make death less intimidating and make people feel more spiritually supported.

 

Taxi
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西町交番の良さん「にわにわに？」

とてもかわいストリですね。親切だし、すごいし、今、西町交番の良さんは私のいちばん好きな人です。私も良さん見たい人のともだちがほしいです。

I enjoyed reading this funny book. Both the language and storyline are easy to follow. However, I always wonder why storybooks portray animals like alligators and snakes in a negative way. Many rare animals that look aggressive actually do no harm to humans unless people attack them intentionally.  I think this is a common misconception that should be corrected.

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ジョンさんの夏休み

ジョンさんは　夏休み仙台に森さんの家族とホームステイをしに行きました。They celebrated 七夕 together, which 仙台 celebrates in August instead of July.

この本は　面白くて、日本の文化があるので、とてもすいせんします。ジョンさんと森さんの子供のインタラクションはとてもかわいです。John also made a lot of silly mistakes that were so funny to read about.　でも、ちょっと難しいから、JPN 111 まで　待ったほうがいいですよ。　私も　大きい犬のぬいぐるみがほしいですね。

 

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ハチの話

このスドリは中国もすごく有名だから、映画を見たことがあります。私はいぬも飼っているから、この本を読んだ時、感動しました。夏休みに、東京に行こうと思っています。ハチをみたいです。

This book is easy to read because we’ve learned all the grammars. Although there are some kanjis we haven’t learned, we still can guess the meanings from the picture. The story is interesting but kind of sad. If you have a dog or cat, I don’t recommend this book because you will definitely cry!

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バス

最初にはちょっと話がりかいできませんでしたが、あとでわかりました。とても面白くて、ふしぎな話だと思います。私は読んでかんどうしました。だから、皆さんもあきらめなくてさいごまで読んで見てください。

I would like to recommend this story to my classmates, because it has a very good plot that keeps you curious, and it has a pretty good ending that makes you look back on your own life and be grateful. It might be a little confusing in the beginning, but you’ll get the story in the end, and the grammar and vocabulary isn’t too difficult.