Japanese Graded Readers: Level 1, Vol. 2

LEVEL 0やさしい　→　→　→　LEVEL 4むずかしい

Book Format: A5、5～8 books/set, with a CD recording of the text.

(Stories)

・タクシー

・寿司、すし、SUSHI

・笠地蔵(かさじぞう)

・ジョンさんバスの中(なか)で

・どうして猿の尾(さる の お)は短い(みじかい)？どうしてクラゲは骨(ほね)がない？

Japanese Graded Readers（にほんご よむよむ文庫）meet the need of the learners of Japanese who want to learn and enjoy reading/listening in Japanese. Each reader is written and edited with care to every detail so you can enjoy reading and absorb tons of Japanese without a dictionary.

‘Tadoku’ simply means reading a lot of easy and interesting books at your own pace. Just follow the four rules to thoroughly enjoy reading in Japanese:

1. Start from scratch  2. Don’t use a dictionary  3. Skip over difficult words, phrases and passages.  4. When the going gets tough, quit reading and pick up a new book.

: Five levels for the biginning to intermediate learners. Ranges from folk tales, fiction,  biographies, history, and culture.

: Every kanji has its reading printed next to it, and also every katakana up to Level 3.

: Vocabulary and grammar are controlled throughout.

: Vocabulary outside the control list are made clear through paraphrasing and/or illustrations.

: CD recording with sound effects makes reading, listening and shadowing much fun．

(LEVEL 1)

Early beginner level or Level 5 of Japanese Language Proficiency Test(JLPT) with approx. 400 to 1,500 characters per book. Use the same 350-words vocabulary as Level 0 and です and ます endings. Same vocabulary and grammar as Level 0 in longer stories.

(Grammar)

present form, past form, interrogative, ～たい,　etc.
※ です and ます endings.