From Clay & Yumi, teaching Japanese since 2002. Audio recorded by Yumi and other native speakers.
Makoto E-Zine Bundle #97 - #102
This bundle set includes Makoto e-zine issues #97 through #102 for six complete issues, including the redesigned 100th anniversary issue, plus app unlock codes for issues #99 to #102. Download instantly and begin improving your Japanese reading skills (PDFs and ePub), listening abilities (MP3s), and vocabulary. Anki decks are included 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 $20.00
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If all the issues were bought separately, the cost would be $50.94, but get it today for less than half the price!
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Each issue includes jokes (in Japanese), fun etymologies, grammar lessons, kanji practice, fun phrases, and, of course, Japanese readers.
- Makoto #97 (March 2026): Japanese Readers: Toilet Slippers (beginner) + Frank and the Obaasan, Season 3, Episode 5 + 牡丹灯籠 The Peony Lantern (Intermediate) [92 Pages | 2 eBook Formats + Kobo Edition | 31 Sound Files | 4 Anki Flashcard Decks]
- Makoto #98 (April 2026): Japanese Readers: Karasu (beginner) + Frank and the Obaasan, Season 3, Episode 6 + The Mizuame-Buying Woman (Intermediate) [86 Pages | 2 eBook Formats + Kobo Edition | 35 Sound Files | 3 Anki Flashcard Decks]
- Makoto #99 (May 2026): Japanese Readers: Curry (beginner) + Frank and the Obaasan, Season 3, Episode 7 + 番町皿屋敷 The Dish Mansion at Banchō (Intermediate) [100 Pages | 2 eBook Formats + Kobo Edition | 26 Sound Files | 4 Anki Flashcard Decks | App Unlock Code]
- Makoto #100 (June 2026), the 100th anniversary issue, fully redesigned: Japanese Readers: 100 Years of Elementary School Memories (beginner) + Frank and the Obaasan, Season 3, Episode 8 + 四谷怪談 Yotsuya Kaidan (Intermediate) [122 Pages | 2 eBook Formats + Kobo Edition | 31 Sound Files | 4 Anki Flashcard Decks | App Unlock Code]
- Makoto #101 (July 2026): Japanese Readers: Reading the Signs (beginner) + Frank and the Obaasan, Season 3, Episode 9 + えんどう豆の上のお姫さま The Princess and the Pea (Intermediate) [106 Pages | 2 eBook Formats + Kobo Edition | 33 Sound Files | 4 Anki Flashcard Decks | App Unlock Code]
- Makoto #102 (August 2026): Japanese Readers: If You Run Into a Bear or a Wild Boar (beginner) + Frank and the Obaasan, Season 3, Episode 10 + 赤い蝋燭と人魚 The Red Candles and the Mermaid, Part 1 (Intermediate) [101 Pages | 2 eBook Formats + Kobo Edition | 40 Sound Files | 5 Anki Flashcard Decks | App Unlock Code]
Four of Japan's most famous ghost stories (the Peony Lantern, the ghost who buys candy, the Dish Mansion at Banchō, and Yotsuya Kaidan), the milestone 100th issue, and the start of Ogawa Mimei's 1921 fairy tale in its original Japanese. 日本語を磨こう！ Let's polish our Japanese!
📖 Look inside: the photos at the top of this page are real pages from issues #97, #100, and #102: the opening pages of 四谷怪談, 牡丹灯籠, and 赤い蝋燭と人魚, a Frank and the Obaasan episode, an etymology lesson, and a line-by-line glossary.
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.
- Three stories in every issue: a beginner reader, a new episode of Frank and the Obaasan, and an intermediate reader, with every line and every word 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
- Native audio for the stories, recorded by Yumi and other native speakers.
- Print out the PDFs and drop the MP3s on your phone for on the go studying.
- App unlock codes: issues #99 to #102 each include a code that adds the issue to the free Makoto+ Japanese Explorer app (iPhone, Android, and web), with inline audio, tappable vocabulary, and furigana on demand.
- Issues #97 to #99 normally sell for $6.99 each and #100 to #102 for $9.99 each. Bought one at a time, that is $50.94! Er... Nope! It's $20.00.
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 :)
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- Print Versions are Available! (Not included in this digital-only bundle)
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