Practice your Japanese reading with this short bilingual selection from I Am a Cat (吾輩は猫である) by Natsume Soseki (夏目漱石).
This selection covers the famous opening passage of the novel, in which the narrator - a witty, sharp-eyed cat - describes his first encounter with a human being, who also happens to be strangest creature he has ever seen.
This guided reader features:
(1) An introduction with information and tips for effective study with the ebook.
(2) The original Japanese selection text, broken down into individual sentences.
(3) Readings in hiragana for all the kanji characters.
(4) An accurate sentence-by-sentence English translation.
(5) Detailed language notes explaining difficult grammar and vocabulary.
Check out the book's Look Inside preview to see how all this works in practice. A free full-featured PDF sample is available on the Reajer website.
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Important notice:
This ebook contains both English and Japanese. Please make sure you read it on a device that is capable of displaying Japanese correctly. If you have an older device, please use Kindle's desktop or smartphone applications instead.
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About the series:
Reajer Selections ebooks teach you to read Japanese using bilingual texts made from 100% authentic, non-simplified Japanese literature. Each Reajer Selections ebook is a standalone text and can be read and studied independently from the complete text or the rest of the series.
In addition to Reajer Selections, complete short texts are available in the standard Reajer series - look up "Reajer" here on Amazon to see the complete list.
These ebooks, including all the translations and notes, are created by Dan Bornstein, a professional translator, editor, and language entrepreneur who lived four years in Kyoto and now manages several online projects for the instruction of Japanese.
This selection covers the famous opening passage of the novel, in which the narrator - a witty, sharp-eyed cat - describes his first encounter with a human being, who also happens to be strangest creature he has ever seen.
This guided reader features:
(1) An introduction with information and tips for effective study with the ebook.
(2) The original Japanese selection text, broken down into individual sentences.
(3) Readings in hiragana for all the kanji characters.
(4) An accurate sentence-by-sentence English translation.
(5) Detailed language notes explaining difficult grammar and vocabulary.
Check out the book's Look Inside preview to see how all this works in practice. A free full-featured PDF sample is available on the Reajer website.
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Important notice:
This ebook contains both English and Japanese. Please make sure you read it on a device that is capable of displaying Japanese correctly. If you have an older device, please use Kindle's desktop or smartphone applications instead.
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About the series:
Reajer Selections ebooks teach you to read Japanese using bilingual texts made from 100% authentic, non-simplified Japanese literature. Each Reajer Selections ebook is a standalone text and can be read and studied independently from the complete text or the rest of the series.
In addition to Reajer Selections, complete short texts are available in the standard Reajer series - look up "Reajer" here on Amazon to see the complete list.
These ebooks, including all the translations and notes, are created by Dan Bornstein, a professional translator, editor, and language entrepreneur who lived four years in Kyoto and now manages several online projects for the instruction of Japanese.
