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This is for the paperback version which will be mailed to you. It includes the digital files, but if you prefer digital only, check out our money-saving Vocabulary Booster Bundle here. Sound Words in Japanese  99 Essential Sound and Action Words in Japanese Struggling to sound natural in Japanese? Looking for a Japanese "text"book that's as fun as it is educational? Learn how to use ninety-nine essential Japanese onomatopoeic sound words. Japanese uses these fun sound words more often than we do in English. This book covers ninety-nine of the most useful sound words. In addition, each word also has an example sentence to show context. Each of the ninety-nine entries begins with the target word itself and several English definitions. A single example sentence showing usage follows. At the bottom of the page are some notes either about the word itself or the example sentence. Each word has its own MP3. The sound file is named for the word itself. The MP3 has the word and example sentence in Japanese.     * Furigana (small hiragana over each kanji)      * Completely new recordings of all Japanese     * Corrected mistakes and expanded with new words     * Added comments for every single sound word

Learn Japanese with Haiku is a set of three digital books that take seventy-five Japanese poems apart line by line. Every poem comes with furigana, a word-by-word vocabulary breakdown, the seasonal word that anchors it, an explanation written in simple modern Japanese, and an English essay on what the poem is actually doing. Audio for every poem and every explanation, with the new Chiyo-ni book narrated by Yumi. Three books today, ten planned, and everything we add is yours free. Level N4–N3 CEFR A2–B1 · upper beginner to intermediate N5 N4 N3 N2 N1 Just startingNative material Best after Genki I Furigana on every kanji Classical forms explained, not assumed From Clay & Yumi, teaching Japanese since 2002. Every poem and every explanation is recorded, and Yumi narrates the new Chiyo-ni book herself. New Series · Founding Price Seventy-five poems, taken apart word by word A haiku is seventeen syllables. That is short enough to read every single word of it and still finish in an afternoon. These three books do exactly that: the poem in Japanese with furigana, every word defined, the season word that anchors it, an explanation in simple Japanese you can actually read, and an essay in English on why the poem lands the way it does. Upper Beginner · Intermediate (N4 to N3) 3 Books · 513 Pages 75 Haiku 150 Audio Tracks PDF ePub & Kobo Anki Decks Vocabulary Cheatsheets Digital Extras Unlock Code Buy now, get all ten Three books today. Ten when the series is done. One price. This bundle is just getting started. We are building it out to ten full haiku volumes, and everyone who buys it now gets every one of them at no extra charge, however far the price climbs between now and then. The three books here sell for $6.99 each. The finished ten-book series will be worth several times what this bundle costs today. The Method What You Get for Every Single Poem Not a translation with a footnote. Each of the seventy-five poems gets its own full chapter, six or seven pages long, built the same way every time. The poem, with furigana Every kanji carries its reading, plus a romaji line so you can feel the 5-7-5 rhythm before you can read at speed. Four English translations Not one "official" version. Four, from literal to literary, so you can see how much of a haiku lives in the choices a translator makes. Every word defined A bulleted vocabulary list for the poem, with furigana and bracketed notes on grammar and etymology. Nothing is left for you to guess at. The kigo, named The seasonal word and which season it signals. This is the machinery of haiku, and once you can spot it you read every poem differently. An explanation in simple Japanese The heart of the method: the poem explained in Japanese, at a level you can handle, with furigana throughout and its own vocabulary list. This is your graded reading practice. Then an analysis in English What the poem is doing, what the poet was living through when they wrote it, and why the word order matters. Written to be read aloud, so it works as an audiobook too. Two recordings per poem The haiku is read aloud, then the Japanese explanation. 150 MP3s across the three books, plus tap-to-listen links inside the PDFs. Yumi narrates the new Chiyo-ni book, and full native-speaker audio for the other two is coming very soon, free to everyone who owns the bundle. Classical Japanese, explained These are real poems, so they use けり, なり, 垂るる, old kana. The books teach those forms as they come up instead of pretending they are not there. A quick-reference spread All twenty-five poems in one place at the back of each book with short translations, for review once you have worked through them. 75 haiku, each with its own chapter 150 recordings, poem and explanation 1,267 vocabulary words, JLPT-tagged 295 Anki cards, ready to import The Three Books One woman who gave her life to the form, and two of Japan’s most famous novelists who wrote haiku when nobody was looking. 1Book Chiyo-ni 千代尼 · 1703–1775 Fukuda Chiyo of Kaga, later the nun Chiyo-ni, was the rare Edo-period woman who made her name as a poet in her own right. In 1763 her domain chose her poems as the gift for a visiting Korean embassy. Twenty-five poems, including the morning-glory-and-well-bucket haiku that Japanese schoolchildren still recite, and her death poem. 月も見て 我はこの世を かしく哉 Her final poem. Kashiku was the word a woman wrote to close a letter — and she uses it to close her life. 2Book Akutagawa Ryūnosuke 芥川龍之介 · 1892–1927 The author of "Rashōmon" and "In a Grove," the two stories behind Kurosawa's film, and the man Japan's most prestigious literary prize is named after. Shortly before his death at thirty-five he chose seventy-seven of his own haiku for a final collection, handed out to mourners at his memorial. Many of the poems here come from it. 青蛙 おのれもペンキ ぬりたてか "Green frog — are you, too, freshly painted?" 3Book Natsume Sōseki 夏目漱石 · 1867–1916 The author of I Am a Cat, Botchan, and Kokoro, whose face was on the 1000 yen note until recently. He studied haiku seriously under Masaoka Shiki, his lifelong friend. His novels get translated and studied everywhere; his haiku mostly do not. ちらちらと 陽炎立ちぬ 猫の塚 Heat shimmer over the grave of the cat — the real one, buried under a cherry tree in 1908 with a marker reading 猫の墓. 4–10Books More poets on the way 近日公開 We are building this out to ten volumes. Every new book lands in your account free, forever, no matter what the bundle costs by then. Look Inside · Hear It Read Here is the very first poem in the Chiyo-ni book. Listen to the haiku, then to the Japanese explanation that follows it in the book, and flip through the sample pages below. 独り寝の さめて霜夜を さとりけり hitorine no | samete shimoya wo | satori keri “Sleeping alone — I wake, and the frosty night enlightens me.” Kigo: 霜夜 shimoya, a frosty night — winter. The book gives four translations of this one, then takes apart けり, the classical ending that makes the realization land. 🎧 The haiku, read by Yumi Your browser does not support the audio element. Every one of the 75 poems is recorded, poem and explanation both. 🎙️ The explanation, in simple Japanese Your browser does not support the audio element. This is the graded-reading part, and it is recorded too. ‹ Prev Page 1 / – Next › Loading sample… Trouble viewing? Open the Chiyo-ni sample PDF in a new tab. What’s Included 3 complete digital books — Chiyo-ni, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, and Natsume Sōseki, 513 pages in total PDF, ePub, and a Kobo-ready .kepub of every book 150 audio tracks — the poem and the Japanese explanation, separately, for all 75 haiku, with Yumi narrating the Chiyo-ni book Anki flashcard decks — a poem deck for each book, plus vocabulary decks for Akutagawa (105 cards) and Sōseki (115 cards) A vocabulary cheatsheet for every book — 1,267 words in total, each tagged with its JLPT level and the poem it came from An unlock code in every book for your digital extras at MakotoPlus.com Free lifetime updates. Every new haiku volume we publish, all the way to ten, at no extra cost, plus the full native-speaker re-recording of the Akutagawa and Sōseki audio, coming very soon Buy more, save more, no coupon needed. Add two digital bundles to your cart for an automatic 5% off your entire digital order, three for 10% off, or five or more for a full 20% off everything. Who Is This For? If you have finished a first textbook — Genki I, or the equivalent — you can start here. The Japanese explanations sit around N4 to N3, everything carries furigana, and every word in every poem is defined on the page. The poems themselves are classical Japanese, which is a level nobody is at, including native speakers who have not studied it. That is the point: they are taught, not assumed. A haiku is seventeen syllables, so a form that would be forbidding in a novel is perfectly manageable one poem at a time. Already have our Japanese Culture Bundle? These are three entirely different poets from the Bashō, Buson, Issa, and Shiki books in there, in a newer and much more detailed format. Every one of our bundles includes: ✅ Multiple formats (PDF, ePub, Kobo, MP3s, plus Anki flashcard decks) ✅ One-time payment ✅ Discounted versus buying each book separately ✅ Free lifetime updates to this bundle ✅ Instant download, no waiting ✅ Satisfaction guaranteed. If it’s too easy or too hard, tell us and we’ll swap it for a better-suited bundle or refund you. Instant access: your download links are ready the moment you order, and you can always come back for the newest versions by logging in here with your email and any of your order numbers. ➡️ Need help opening the eBooks? Follow the steps in our eBook guide. 俳句で日本語を学ぼう！ Let’s learn Japanese through haiku.

Level N5–N4 CEFR A1–A2 · beginner to upper beginner N5 N4 N3 N2 N1 Just startingNative material Best after Genki I Furigana on every kanji From Clay & Yumi, teaching Japanese since 2002. Every story narrated by Yumi, a native speaker. ➡️ NOTA: Il pacchetto include tutte le versioni in italiano dei volumi della Japanese Reader Collection. Molte altre verranno aggiunte non appena tradotte a nessun costo aggiuntivo Traduzione dall’Inglese di Andrea Calò Hai imparato l'hiragana, la struttura delle frasi e la grammatica giapponese di base? Perfetto! Allora questa raccolta di brevi storie giapponesi è per te! Divertiti a conoscere i racconti popolari e la cultura giapponese mentre migliori il tuo vocabolario, i kanji, la grammatica e le tue capacità di ascolto. E’ ormai provato che il modo più immediato ed efficace per imparare il vocabolario è, molto semplicemente, la lettura! Leggere, leggere, leggere… per imparare! Leggendo, non solo si è più propensi a cogliere le parole che ci interessano, ma le si impara anche nel contesto nel quale esse si trovano: questi libri ti saranno d’aiuto per il raggiungimento di questo fondamentale obiettivo! Questi pacchetti di libri sono stati pensati per i principianti di livello “base” e “base avanzato” del giapponese, ma anche gli utenti intermedi potrebbero trovarli comunque molto utili. Ti consigliamo di imparare l'hiragana prima di avvicinarti a questi libri, ma abbiamo comunque incluso furigana (i piccoli kana posti sopra i kanji) in modo da essere sicuri di leggere con la pronuncia corretta. Se sei veramente agli inizi e ti avvicini ai sillabari giapponesi per la primissima volta, dai uno sguardo alla nostra raccolta di libri per principianti assoluti all’indirizzo: https://www.thejapanshop.com/products/beri-beri-shoshinsha-beginners-bundle-digital-download In questi libri troverai diverse versioni per ogni storia: la storia con ogni parola del vocabolario ben definita e spiegata; la sezione contenente i principali schemi grammaticali incontrati nella storia; la storia unicamente in giapponese naturale (kanji con furigana inclusi); una semplice traduzione in italiano della storia presentata; Puoi provare a leggere prima la storia in giapponese naturale. Oppure, se sei un principiante assoluto, potrebbe esserti maggiormente d’aiuto esaminare prima il vocabolario: in qualunque modo tu lo faccia, questi libri offrono diversi modi per leggere, ascoltare e imparare. Sono inclusi, senza alcun costo aggiuntivo, i file MP3 di ogni storia: uno con lettura lenta e semplice da seguire e un secondo con lettura a velocità normale. Troverete i link per il download dei file nelle ultime pagine di ogni libro, qualora non li aveste trovati al momento dell’acquisto.

Level N5–N2 CEFR A1–B2 · mixed levels N5 N4 N3 N2 N1 Just startingNative material Something for every level from Genki I onward From Clay & Yumi, teaching Japanese since 2002. Audio recorded by Yumi and other native speakers. Makoto E-Zine Bundle #43 - #48 This bundle set includes Makoto e-zine issues #43 through #48 for six complete issues. Download instantly and begin improving your Japanese reading skills (PDFs and ePub), listening abilities (MP3s), and vocabulary. Anki decks are included for the intermediate story too! An amazing value! ❝Makoto is a great magazine for not only learning the Japanese language, but it also features articles about Japanese culture and food as well. Furthermore, it holds lots of info about places of interest that one should visit when traveling in Japan.❞ AND NOW GET IT ALL for $15.00 Bulk Discount - Remember, buy more to save more. Add two bundles to your cart and get an automatic 5% off your entire digital order; Buy three, get 10% off; Buy five or more and get a whopping 20% off your entire digital order! No coupon is needed! ➡️ How to read the eBooks in your bundle? You may need to follow the steps outlined in our eBook guide P.S. All our bundles have: ✅ Multiple formats (PDF, ePub, MP3s, plus many have Anki flashcard decks)✅ One-time payment✅ Discounted compared to buying individually on Amazon✅ Free lifetime updates to this bundle✅ Instant download gratification✅ [Satisfaction Guaranteed] - Seriously, if you aren't happy with it because it's too easy or difficult, just let us know and we'll swap it with a bundle better suited for you or we'll refund your money. If all the issues were bought separately, the cost would be $41.94, but get it today at less than half price! Purchase now and instantly get the digital download link—INSTANT GRATIFICATION and NO Shipping Charges Worldwide! Each issue includes jokes (in Japanese), fun etymologies, grammar lessons, kanji practice, fun phrases, and, of course, a Japanese reader. Makoto #43: Japanese Readers: Sitting Cross-legged (beginner) + The Bowl Wearing Princess (Intermediate) [51 Pages | 3 eBook Formats | 19 Sounds Files] Makoto #44: Japanese Readers: Day Off (beginner) + The Wisdom of Oooka Echizen (Intermediate) [37 Pages | 3 eBook Formats | 16 Sounds Files] Makoto #45: Japanese Readers: On Bowing (beginner) + Hikoichi's Kappa Fishing (Intermediate) [43 Pages | 3 eBook Formats | 16 Sounds Files] Makoto #46: Japanese Readers: Japanese Trains (beginner) + Kicchomu (Intermediate) [45 Pages | 3 eBook Formats | 15 Sound Files] Makoto #47: Japanese Readers: Countryside in Japan (beginner) + Kicchomu's Mouse Carving (Intermediate) [44 Pages | 3 eBook Formats | 17 Sound Files] Makoto #48: Japanese Readers: Japanese Toilets (beginner) + Kicchomu's Big Rock (Intermediate) [46 Pages | 3 eBook Formats | 18 Sound iles] Impress your Japanese friends with knowledge of Japanese history while polishing your grammar and learning new vocabulary words. 日本語を磨こう！ Let’s polish our Japanese! Here’s what you get in every issue: Jokes, fun phrases, and useful kanji Prefecture Spotlight: each issue introduces a different Japanese prefecture Read about Japanese culture in real Japanese! Yes, as long as you have learned hiragana, you can read real Japanese today with these fully annotated stories. Two stories: one for beginners and one for intermediates; every single line and every word are explained and defined. Designed specifically for beginners to intermediates. Build your Japanese vocabulary, understand new grammatical patterns, improve your reading skills, and hone in your listening abilities Each reader includes TWO MP3s recorded by a native Japanese voice actress of each story. One read slowly and one read at normal speed. Print out the PDFs and drop the MP3s on your phone for on the go studying. Normally each of the Makoto issues sell for $6.99 each. Now, for the first time, you can get them all together for a single low price of $41.94! Er... Nope! It's $15.00. Perfect for the beginner to intermediate student of Japanese. Reminder: This is the digital versions of the books. There will be NO shipping charges since nothing will be shipped :) Please note: Immediately after ordering, you will receive a link to a Dropbox folder. You will be able to access all the files from any device. If you do not immediately see the email, please check your spam folder. NOTE: Print Versions are Available! (Not included in this digital-only bundle) Click here for the print versions - Clay and Yumi's Paperbacks If you choose a digital version, you'll instantly get the download links in a minute after purchasing. The print versions also come with the digital files. You do not need to have a Dropbox account or pay anything further to access or download the files. You will be able to instantly download all files on a PC or Mac (computer or laptop) and/or access any individual file on any of your mobile devices. Learn more here. 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A shitajiki is a portable hard surface to write on that Japanese students often used to keep their work neat. This shitajiki has all hiragana and katakana on a convenient pencil board.

  ➡️ WAIT! Want to save a dollar and get the latest issue each month? Become a member of our Makoto+ club and not only save and download new Makoto issues, but also access web-versions of the past three Makoto issues. Want more? Well, Makoto+ members also get a 10% reusable coupon good for anything at theJapanShop.com and each month, we will post a new eBook for you to download free of charge. Subscribe today for only $3 a month or $36 a year. Cancel at any time! Click here to learn more. IN THIS ISSUE: Ocha: All about Japanese Green Tea NEW READER: Sakamoto Ryoma * Laughs, Jokes, Riddles, and Puns: おやじギャグ* Prefecture Spotlight: ISHIKAWA* Etymology: 狸寝入り* Phrase of the Day: Famous novel opening lines* Ukiyo-e: Utamaro* Kanji Spotlight: 悪* Grammar Time!　～ましょう ➡️ LEARN ABOUT BECOMING A MAKOTO+ MEMBER. CLICK HERE

Japanese Reader Collection Volume 2 is a Japanese reader with full furigana and native audio, pitched at the upper-beginner level where graded readers usually leave off. The story is a classic Japanese folktale, bilingual on the page: the Japanese text with a full English translation, vocabulary and grammar notes. Every story also opens in the free Makoto Japanese Explorer app for iPhone, iPad and Android, where you can tap any word for its reading and meaning. NOTE: This is also available in the Complete Japanese Reader Collection Bundle. NOTE: You will receive a spreadsheet with the download links. You should be able to open it as is, but if you have trouble, please use this free online tool to view the file - click here Momotaro, the Peach boy is by far Japan’s most famous fairy tale. Now, you can read this famous mukashi banashi in real Japanese. Momotaro is a boy born of a peach who grows up to be a brave and mighty man. Oni is invading the village. The villagers beg Momotaro to get rid of the menace. Together with three strange allies, Momotaro heads off to Onigashima to defeat the Oni boss. Beginners can get a lot out of this product, but hiragana and very basic Japanese is required. BONUS Story: The Tortoise and the Hare An 83 Page PDF (for printing or viewing) A slow MP3 recording of the stories A normal speed MP3 recording Kindle and Nook ebook formats included Works with PCs or Macs Japanese Reader Collection Volume 2: Momotaro, the Peach Boy Read Real Japanese with Free MP3s ** Recommended for Beginners of Japanese ** Read the most famous Japanese fairy tale in real Japanese! Every line and every word are explained and defined. BONUS! We are also including the entire Usagi to Kame story (The Tortoise and the Hare) also with every word explained and defined. MP3s Included at no extra charge are two MP3s of both stories. One is read at the normal speed and the other at a slow, easy to follow speed. You will find the link to download the MP3s on the last page. Please note: you will receive a zip file which must be opened with a PC or Mac. Later, you can send the files to your phone or tablet.

Yonde Miyo~! Volume 1 is a beginner Japanese reader written in hiragana and basic kanji, with furigana on every kanji and native audio, an easy first step before longer graded readers. The code printed in the back unlocks the stories in the free Makoto Japanese Explorer app for iPhone, iPad and Android, where you can tap any word for its reading and meaning. NOTE: The digital version is found in the Beri- Beri- Shoshinsha bundle.  Have you only recently learned hiragana but need practice? Or perhaps, your hiragana is no problem, but you want to build your hiragana and kanji reading comprehension? This new collection of stories is here to the rescue! Read real Japanese—beginner level but not boring Japanese! You won't find the Japanese version of Dick and Jane, but you will find stories written for adults. Enjoy reading flash fiction, super short essays, and funny stories of common mistakes made by learners of Japanese.Best of all, the only requirement is that you can read hiragana and have a very basic understanding of Japanese. Vocabulary and grammar will be defined and explained. The format is a little different from our other more advanced readers. The idea is for the reader to read the entire story three times. Each page will have a sentence or two in hiragana (with spaces between words for you to see “words” instead of syllables) at the top and that same content in full Japanese (with furigana—small hiragana over kanji) at the bottom. The middle will have the glossary and grammatical explanations. Lastly, the story is presented in Japanese without furigana. See if you can read it after going through the previous two versions and explanations. If you have just learned hiragana, you may want to listen to the sound file while reading the hiragana section to practice correct pronunciation. If you have studied Japanese a bit longer, you may want to start with the bottom version and take note of the glossary for understanding.The glossary will have the word as it appears in the story, but it will also give the “dictionary” form so you can look the word up further. Having fun while learning a language is a great way to increase motivation. With increased motivation, you are less likely to skip a day's study. A skipped day can quickly become a lost week and then a lost… forever. And so, we hope you will have as much fun reading these stories as we had writing them. This is a physical paperback which will be shipped to you. You'll also receive the digital files for no extra charge immediately after ordering.

  ➡️ WAIT! Want to save a dollar and get the latest issue each month? Become a member of our Makoto+ club and not only save and download new Makoto issues, but also access web-versions of the past three Makoto issues. Want more? Well, Makoto+ members also get a 10% reusable coupon good for anything at theJapanShop.com and each month, we will post a new eBook for you to download free of charge. Subscribe today for only $3 a month or $36 a year. Cancel at any time! Click here to learn more. IN THIS ISSUE: March 2019 NEW READER: Frank and the Obaasan & Kurosawa Reader* Laughs, Jokes, Riddles, and Puns* Vocabulary: Angry words* Prefecture Spotlight: Ehime* Etymology: Unexpected Katakana* Phrase of the Day* Haiku: Takahama Kyoshi* Kanji Spotlight: Counting Days* Grammar Time! が* Japanese Readers: Frank & the Obaasan Episode 9 Kurosawa Reader ➡️ LEARN ABOUT BECOMING A MAKOTO+ MEMBER. CLICK HERE

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Level N5–N2 CEFR A1–B2 · mixed levels N5 N4 N3 N2 N1 Just startingNative material Something for every level from Genki I onward From Clay & Yumi, teaching Japanese since 2002. Audio recorded by Yumi and other native speakers. Makoto E-Zine Bundle #67 - #72 This bundle set includes Makoto e-zine issues #67 through #72 for six complete issues. Download instantly and begin improving your Japanese reading skills (PDFs and ePub), listening abilities (MP3s), and vocabulary. Anki decks are included for the intermediate story too! An amazing value! ❝Makoto is a great magazine for not only learning the Japanese language, but it also features articles about Japanese culture and food as well. Furthermore, it holds lots of info about places of interest that one should visit when traveling in Japan.❞ AND NOW GET IT ALL for $15.00 Bulk Discount - Remember, buy more to save more. Add two bundles to your cart and get an automatic 5% off your entire digital order; Buy three, get 10% off; Buy five or more and get a whopping 20% off your entire digital order! No coupon is needed! ➡️ How to read the eBooks in your bundle? You may need to follow the steps outlined in our eBook guide P.S. All our bundles have: ✅ Multiple formats (PDF, ePub, MP3s, plus many have Anki flashcard decks)✅ One-time payment✅ Discounted compared to buying individually on Amazon✅ Free lifetime updates to this bundle✅ Instant download gratification✅ [Satisfaction Guaranteed] - Seriously, if you aren't happy with it because it's too easy or difficult, just let us know and we'll swap it with a bundle better suited for you or we'll refund your money. If all the issues were bought separately, the cost would be $41.94, but get it today at less than half price! Purchase now and instantly get the digital download link—INSTANT GRATIFICATION and NO Shipping Charges Worldwide! Each issue includes jokes (in Japanese), fun etymologies, grammar lessons, kanji practice, fun phrases, and, of course, a Japanese reader. Makoto #67: Japanese Readers: Tomokoroshi (beginner) + Shibusawa Eiichi, the Father of Japanese Capitalism (Intermediate) [58 Pages | 2 eBook Formats | 17 Sound Files | 1 Anki Flashcard Deck] Makoto #68: Japanese Readers: Kannazuki (beginner) + Fukuzawa Yukichi (Intermediate) [61 Pages | 2 eBook Formats | 20 Sound Files | 1 Anki Flashcard Deck] Makoto #69: Japanese Readers: Koharubiyori (beginner) + Kitasato Shibasaburou (Intermediate) [51 Pages | 2 eBook Formats | 18 Sound Files | 1 Anki Flashcard Deck] Makoto #70: Japanese Readers: Kentucky Fried Chicken (beginner) + Tsuda Umeko (Intermediate) [58 Pages | 2 eBook Formats | 16 Sound Files | 1 Anki Flashcard Deck] Makoto #71: Japanese Readers: Kakizome (beginner) + Natsume Souseki (Intermediate) [63 Pages | 2 eBook Formats | 17 Sound Files | 1 Anki Flashcard Deck] Makoto #72: Japanese Readers: National Foundation Day (beginner) + Noguchi Hideyo (Intermediate) [62 Pages | 2 eBook Formats | 17 Sound Files | 1 Anki Flashcard Deck] Impress your Japanese friends with knowledge of Japanese history while polishing your grammar and learning new vocabulary words. 日本語を磨こう！ Let’s polish our Japanese! Here’s what you get in every issue: Jokes, fun phrases, and useful kanji Prefecture Spotlight: each issue introduces a different Japanese prefecture Read about Japanese culture in real Japanese! Yes, as long as you have learned hiragana, you can read real Japanese today with these fully annotated stories. Two stories: one for beginners and one for intermediates; every single line and every word are explained and defined. Designed specifically for beginners to intermediates. Build your Japanese vocabulary, understand new grammatical patterns, improve your reading skills, and improve your listening abilities Each story or essay includes TWO sound files recorded by a native Japanese voice actress of each story. One read slowly and one read at normal speed. Print out the PDFs and drop the MP3s on your phone for on the go studying. Normally each of the Makoto issues sell for $6.99 each. Now, for the first time, you can get them all together for a single low price of $41.94! Er... Nope! It's $15.00. Perfect for the beginner to intermediate student of Japanese. Reminder: This is the digital versions of the books. There will be NO shipping charges since nothing will be shipped :) Please note: Immediately after ordering, you will receive a link to a Dropbox folder. You will be able to access all the files from any device. If you do not immediately see the email, please check your spam folder. NOTE: Print Versions are Available! (Not included in this digital-only bundle) Click here for the print versions - Clay and Yumi's Paperbacks If you choose a digital version, you'll instantly get the download links in a minute after purchasing. The print versions also come with the digital files. You do not need to have a Dropbox account or pay anything further to access or download the files. You will be able to instantly download all files on a PC or Mac (computer or laptop) and/or access any individual file on any of your mobile devices. Learn more here. If you don't see the email after the order, please check your spam folder or email us for support. These books are available on Amazon.