Practice your Japanese reading skills with this short bilingual selection from Thoughts on Blossom-Viewing, a short essay by Izumi Kyoka (泉鏡花).
The selection covers the opening passage of the essay, in which Izumi describes his personal attitude toward the practice of cherry blossom viewing (hanami, 花見) and criticizes the popular tendency to dress up lavishly for the occasion. The essay is a typical example of Izumi's difficult but fascinating writing style, and this selection is a great opportunity to get a taste of advanced Japanese while staying safe and fully understanding the text.
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.
The selection covers the opening passage of the essay, in which Izumi describes his personal attitude toward the practice of cherry blossom viewing (hanami, 花見) and criticizes the popular tendency to dress up lavishly for the occasion. The essay is a typical example of Izumi's difficult but fascinating writing style, and this selection is a great opportunity to get a taste of advanced Japanese while staying safe and fully understanding the text.
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.
===
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.
