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What you get
3 eBooks + audio + Anki flashcards + app access
It's a digital bundle, so nothing is shipped. Right after checkout we email you a link to download:
How each poem is taught
Read, study, listen, review
- ReadThe poem with furigana, then four English translations, from literal to literary.
- StudyEvery word explained, the season word named, and classical grammar like けり and なり taught as it comes up.
- ListenHear the poem, then an explanation in simple Japanese you can read along with.
- ReviewAn English essay on what the poem is doing, then the words in Anki.
One poem a day is a good pace: each has a chapter of six or seven pages.
JLPT N4 to N3, CEFR A2 to B1 · Best after Genki I
What's inside
3 poets, 75 haiku
One woman who gave her life to the form, and two of Japan's most famous novelists, who wrote haiku all along.
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Step 1
Chiyo-ni
千代尼 (1703–1775), the rare Edo-period woman who made her name as a poet. 25 poems, including the morning glory that took her well bucket, and her death poem. Read by Yumi.
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Step 2
Akutagawa Ryūnosuke
芥川龍之介 (1892–1927), the author of Rashōmon, chose 77 of his own haiku for a last collection. 25 poems, many from it, like the green frog asked if it, too, is freshly painted.
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Step 3
Natsume Sōseki
夏目漱石 (1867–1916), the author of I Am a Cat and Botchan, studied haiku with his friend Masaoka Shiki. 25 poems, including one for his cat's grave.
- Seven more haiku books are planned, free to you
Look inside
One poem, taken apart
独り寝の
独り寝の
“Sleeping alone, I wake, and the frosty night enlightens me.”
The first poem in the Chiyo-ni book. Its season word is 霜夜, a frosty night, so it is a winter poem. The book gives four translations, explains けり, the classical ending that makes the realization land, and then retells the poem in simple Japanese.
In the app too
Read and listen in the Makoto+ app
All 3 books unlock in the Makoto+ Japanese Explorer app for iPhone, iPad and Android, and on the web. One link in your download adds them all.
What learners say
“Like everything else from them, an amazing source to improve my very tentative Japanese. Fun, informative and instructive!”
Riccardo
Who it's for
- Pay once, keep them forever
- Free updates forever
- Instant download
- 60-day money-back guarantee
Questions
What do I get?
3 eBooks (Chiyo-ni, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke and Natsume Sōseki) as PDF, ePub and Kobo files, 150 audio tracks, 295 Anki cards, a vocabulary cheat sheet for each book, and app access for all three.
How do I download it?
Right after checkout we email you a download link. Download everything at once on a computer, or open single books on your phone or tablet. You don't need Dropbox or any other account.
Can I read them on my phone or Kindle?
Yes. The ePub files work in Apple Books, Google Play Books and most reading apps, and the PDFs open anywhere. Our eBook guide walks you through each device.
Who reads the audio?
Yumi, a native speaker, reads the Chiyo-ni book. The Akutagawa and Sōseki books have audio for every poem and explanation too, and Yumi's own recordings of them will come to you free when they're done.
What level is it?
Upper beginner to intermediate, about JLPT N4 to N3. Every kanji has furigana and every word is explained, including the classical forms haiku use. Want more haiku? The Japanese Culture bundle has five more haiku books, on Bashō, Buson, Issa and Shiki.
Will there be more books?
Yes. The series is planned at ten books, and every new volume comes to you free, however much the price rises.
What if it isn't right for me?
Tell us within 60 days and we'll swap it for a better-fitting bundle or refund you in full.
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We run two main sites: TheJapanShop.com and MakotoPlus.com. Here's the gist:
Books you own
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- Pay once and keep it forever
- Download every book: PDF, ePub and MP3 audio, plus Anki decks with many bundles
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A library you join
Makoto+ membership
- Free, monthly or yearly plans
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Join once, for good
Makoto+ Lifetime
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- Everything we add to Makoto+ later is included
- Bundle downloads are not included, but your 20% member discount works on them
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Many learners do both. The free Makoto+ Japanese Explorer App (iPhone/iPad and Android) puts them side by side: the books you own and the stories in your membership, in one library.
Try before you buy
Read and hear the first poem
Flip through the opening pages of the Chiyo-ni book, then hear its first haiku read by Yumi, and the explanation in simple Japanese that follows it in the book.
Trouble viewing? Open the sample PDF in a new tab.
独り寝の さめて霜夜を さとりけり The haiku
The explanation, in simple Japanese Explanation
All 75 poems have both recordings: the poem, then its explanation.
