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Hi! こんにちは！

I made this blog to offer everyone free content to learn japanese language through small texts, exercises, memos and scanned content from Japan!

I have created Kuma (くま), a small bear mascot to help and guide you!

This blog is for you if :

• you can’t allow yourself a lot of time to learn everyday,

• you have a level between N5 and N3 (or A1 and B2 for the CEFR),

• you don’t want to put a lot of pressure on yourself and you mainly study for you and your own pleasure.

The main content will always be translated into english. About me, i am now aiming the N3 level but i essentially study for me to travel and to talk with native friends. I am a french native and have been studying english since preschool. I have also studied chinese and it helped me a lot when it was time to study kanjis.

Whatever is your learning pace, progress is progress, even if it is only one word per day!

Good luck on your learning trip! がんばって!

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キキとカンリーAn educational serie about safety🚦

I was looking for audio and video content on NHK for schools website and found this very interesting one !

It's called キキとカンリ- Kiki and Kanri- and teaches about safety on many topics : going to the sea, crossing the road, heat strokes, earthquakes...

Characters talk slow enough to be understandable and pics used in situations help for comprehension. All the eps last 10 min, are subbed with hiraganas and whole transcription is available so you can have all the audio word by word. A true little gem for all who look for free video media !

“キキカンリ（危機管理）”して毎日を安全に

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JP language server

Hi everyone ! I made a discord server about japanese learning and teaching.

The aim is to create a safe place where to share resources to learn Japanese and to study at your own pace. I will slowly but surely add the resources i have and new channels :

Découvre la communauté Kumabenkyou sur Discord - discute avec 2 autres membres et profite du chat vocal et textuel gratuit.

No minimum age is required but please read all the rules and directions before !

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なまえのことばえじてん (Name dictionary presented by YAMASAKI family)

Hi ! I haven't been active for a while due to work and other things but here is a sneak peak about a cool book i have bought.

This book is an illustrated dictionary, only with hiragana and katakana, so available to any level of reading. Words are ranked by japanese alphabetical order and always illustrated and explained with short sentences, and the english translation of the word.

Example :

うさぎ : rabbit

みみ : ear

ながい : long

ぴょんぴょん : jump onomatopoeia

はねる : to jump

どうぶつ : animal

"A long-eared animal who jumps."

All the sentences are quite easy to understand. A good exercise is to make your own words and definitions in Japanese, based on this book example. I will post soon a similar template to download and to practice !

Note : i don't have any rights on the books. I publish only extracts for educational purpose.

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my-japanese-corner

Kanji of the day

自分 (JLPT N5)

Kanji breakdown: じぶん

自:じ // 分: ぶん

m: oneself, myself, I

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フレーベル館の図鑑 NATURA : たべもの

I am back from Japan and i bought for myself some books to go on practicing reading.

It's a book from an encyclopedia serie, about many topics, birds, animals, earth etc.

It has really lovely drawings and furiganas help for kanjis you don't read yet.

Do you want to know more about carrots in japanese? Now you can!

It covers many pages about food, veggies, fishes, milk products etc. There are even some recipes!

Note : i don't own any rights on this book. I only post extracts for learning purposes.

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itsseriouslyridiculous

does anybody got recommendations for good resources to practise reading Japanese?

I'm looking for like something like with mostly hiragana and katakana characters and just a small amount of kanji. something like manga or a magazine would probably be the most fun, but maybe like an elementary school story book would be easier to find?

I need to actively practice my kana so i don't lose it and drilling the list of characters is really boring.

mochayoubi

i always recommend tadoku if you want something beginner-friendly. they have a lot of short stories organized by level and it's easy to go through and see which ones are suitable for you. most of the beginning level ones will have furigana even if they use kanji so they should still be good practice if you want to stick with hiragana/katakana.

here's what one of their stories look like:

hope that helps!

dokushoclub

Absolutely agree! The NPO Tagengo Tadoku currently is the best free online archive for graded readers in Japanese and has been for a while now.

If you are interested in physical books, I can recommend the following series:

レベル別（べつ）日本語多読（にほんごたどく）ライブラリー

日本語多読（にほんごたどく）ブックス

げんき多読（たどく）ブックス

The first two series follow the same level system as the free online archive above (0=absolute beginner to 5=advanced), but the third series is designed to accompany the Genki textbooks, so books 1-2 are for book 1 and 3-4 are for book 2.

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あいさつ！

Greetings!

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goodplan-ipromise

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Some words from an illustration i have made myself last year :

もの (物) : thing, stuff

コート : coat

メガネ : glasses

しんぶん (新聞) : newspapers

カメラ : camera

ロボット : robot

ちょうネクタイ (蝶ネクタイ) : bowtie

ケープ : cape

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taimatsu910761

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kumabenkyou

Have you checked with the copyright holders before posting that Japanese book you scanned? I mean it's a great resource but possibly not as legal as you think.

Hi! Yes that’s a good question i have asked myself after the 1st post. I am currently looking for what i am allowed to do. That’s why i won’t post entire books for now, to avoid problems about copyright laws.

Thank you for your message and have a good day!

kumabenkyou

A friend of mine @xxscarletxrosexx helped me on this topic (thank you so much again!!)

Law about copyright is kinda grey about it, but as i won't post whole scanned books and content, everything should be fine. My posts are more considered like a book analysis and interpretation, similar to what some friends do when they analyze manga and book chapters.

I will also always write the name of the book and its author and that i don't have any rights on any of them. I will do it only for learning purpose.

I am also myself an illustrator and book author and i understand the struggle to share content and how much complicated copyright could be.

Thank you again for your support!

Have you checked with the copyright holders before posting that Japanese book you scanned? I mean it's a great resource but possibly not as legal as you think.

Thank you for your message and have a good day!

Scanned book : にほんちずえほん (Japan illustrated map)

A book for kids about Japan geography, each page is dedicated to a prefecture and everything is written with hiragana and pictures help a lot to understand words. Sentences are also easy to understand and are adapted for N5 learning people.

It's also a good resource if you want to learn more about japan prefectures, cities and local facts.

I will scan and post pages, with their translation and vocabulary.

I choose Narita prefecture as a 1st page because it's a main access to Japan as a foreigner with the なりたくうこう (Narita Airport) :)

Each page of the book has always the same presentation with the name of the prefecture (けん), the number of inhabitants (じんこう) and the area (めんせき).

しょうゆ : soy sauce

ちばし : Chiba city

なりたこくさいくうこう (Narita International Airport)

なりたしにあるよ。ここからたくさんのひこうきががいこくやこくないをいったりきたりするよ。

It's in the city of Narita. From here, many planes leave and arrive from foreign countries or the interior of Japan.

らっかせい : peanuts

Please feel free to download and use this scanned content for you! Have fun reading!

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I have at home books in japanese language, for kids aged from 2 to 7 seven years old. Would you be interested if i scan and post them here?

Yes!

hmmm not that much

Voting ended onJan 5, 2025

Most of those books are short, i also have a small encyclopedia (written with hiragana only) and an illustrated book about Japan geography

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Expressions with がある

Do you know what you can say with がある?

やる気がある(やる気がある) : being motivated

私はやる気があるよ！: I am motivated!

食欲がある(しょくよくがある) ：having appetite

この子供は食欲があります。: This child has appetite.

時間がある(じかんがある): having time

今日は時間がありません。: I don’t have time today.

You can also of course employ the negative form « がありません »

If you manage to memorize at least one of those sentences today, you already did a good job! がんばって！

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Today's Kanji is 風!

風 (kaze) means "wind" or "appearance".

He can combined with other kanjis to make the following words :

台風 (たいふう, taifuu) : typhoon

風呂 (ふろ, furo) : bath

!! Kaze could also mean "common cold" but the writting is the following : 風邪 !!

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