Biographies of Great Japanese Figures [6 Volumes] [DIGITAL DOWNLOAD]

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Description
Level
N4–N3
CEFR A2–B1 · upper beginner to intermediate
N5
N4
N3
N2
N1
Just startingNative material
Best after Genki II Furigana on every kanji

From Clay & Yumi, teaching Japanese since 2002. Every story narrated by Yumi, a native speaker.

NOW 6 VOLUMES · NEW: UNLOCK CODES FOR OUR APP · VOLUME 7 COMING SOON

Meet the people who built modern Japan, in Japanese

A novelist, a manga legend, a banker, a teacher, a piano maker and a shipwrecked fisherman who became a samurai. Six graded readers, each telling one remarkable life twice: first in easy Japanese, then at intermediate level. Buy once and every new volume is added to your bundle for free.

NEW

Now includes unlock codes for every story in our app

Every book in this bundle comes with a code that unlocks both of its essays in the Makoto+ Japanese Explorer App (iPhone/iPad and Android).

Four phones showing the Makoto+ Japanese Explorer app: a story with furigana, tappable vocabulary, word details and audio
🔊 Hear Yumi read any sentence👆 Tap a word for its reading and meaning🔤 Furigana on or off🐢 Normal or slow speed📖 Translations hidden until you want them

App Store (iPhone/iPad) Google Play (Android)

Download the free app, sign in, and enter the code that comes with your download.

Look inside before you buy

Tap any cover to open a free preview: the cover and the first 30 pages of that book, as a PDF.

How each book works

Two essays per person
Start with an easier essay in mostly N5–N4 Japanese, then read the longer intermediate essay that tells the same life with richer grammar and vocabulary.
Every line explained
Each sentence gets its own page, with every word defined and furigana on every kanji. Key vocabulary and grammar come first, so you are ready before you read.
Yumi's audio, two speeds
Every essay is read by Yumi, a native speaker, slowly and at natural speed. Scan the QR code beside each essay and it starts playing.
Read it in our app too
Each book has an unlock code for the Makoto+ Japanese Explorer: tap any sentence to hear it and see its words.

An easier essay and an intermediate essay in every book

Key vocabulary and grammar before each essay

Learn important kanji from the essays with Kanji in Focus

Kanji in Focus pages

What you download

For each of the six volumes:

  • The eBook as a PDF (print it if you like), an ePub, and a Kobo eBook (kePub)
  • MP3s of both essays, slow and natural speed, read by Yumi
  • An Anki flashcard deck of the vocabulary
  • A Vocabulary Cheat Sheet (PDF)
  • An unlock code for both essays in the Makoto+ Japanese Explorer app

Some of these essays first appeared in our Makoto magazine; for the books we edited and expanded them and wrote a new easier essay for each.

Sound files and Anki decks included

Six books for $26

Each volume sells for $6.99 on Kindle, so the six together come to $41.94, without the MP3s, Anki decks or cheat sheets. Your bundle also gets every future volume free, starting with Volume 7, Kitasato Shibasaburou, the doctor on the new 1,000-yen note.

Who is this for?

Upper beginners to intermediate learners. If you know hiragana and basic grammar (about the end of Genki II), the easier essays will feel within reach and the intermediate ones will stretch you. Brand new to Japanese? Start with our Beri-Beri Shoshinsha Beginner's Bundle.

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!

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.

➡️ How to read the eBooks in your bundle? Follow the steps in our eBook guide.

NOTE:

  1. This is a digital download. Nothing is shipped, so there are no shipping charges.
  2. You'll get the download link by email a minute after purchase. It opens on any phone, tablet or computer, and on a computer you can download everything at once with the Download button at the top right.
  3. You do not need a Dropbox account or pay anything further to access the files. Learn more here.
  4. If you don't see the email, please check your spam folder or email us for support.
  5. Prefer paper? See Clay and Yumi's Paperbacks (not included in this digital bundle; the paperbacks come with the digital files).
  6. These books are also on Amazon.