Japanese Tadoku Books by Students
Smith College Tadoku Project
ジョンさん夏休みに仙台に行って、森さんのいえにホームステイをします。それから、みんなで花火を見ます。七夕の日、ジュンさん短冊に、お願いを書きます。お願いは女の友達がほしいです。
John went to Sendai in summer break and stayed at Mori san’s home. After he came back to Tokyo, he sent Mori san’s child a gift. Few days later, he received a package from Mori san’s child. I am wondering what the package is. This book is easy to read, and it also tells a little about a traditional holiday in Japan, Tanabata. The illustrations are funny. I recommend it to JPN110 students.
縄文杉はすごいですね！この本はちょっと長くて、へいせいです。新しい単語がありますが、だいじょぶです。きれいなしゃしんがたくさなります。
I would recommend this book to other busy first years. It’s online, so it’s easy to access. It’s on the longer side, but it’s still graded readers, so it’s not excessive. It’s not super engaging, but it has its interesting points.
この本はかわいかったです。あまりむずかしくなかったです。マリアちゃんは木村さんのいえに行って、ごはんを食べます。
This book was fairly easy to read, but there were some vocabulary I didn’t know. This book teaches you about some of the Japanese table etiquette, so it was interesting. The pictures are also very cute. I would recommend this book to first year Japanese students, although it may be a little hard to understand on the first read through.
この本は大好きです。ちょっとちょっと難しかたですが、とても楽しかたです。たくさんかんじがあります。But most of them can be understood by the pictures and the context. I really love the story. Grandfather and grandmother are very cute and kind. It’s a touching story. Although it’s sad in the beginning., it has a happy ending. The pictures are pretty simple but well-drawn. Grammar is not difficult. There may be some grammar points that we haven’t learned, but the meanings are not hard to guess according to the context.
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I really like this book and this is composed of two little stories. このほんはとてもおもしろくて、やさしです。 キツネは頭がいいが、ネズミはとても頭がよくなかったです。ネズミは肉をを持って、歌いました。だから、肉はありませんでした。キツネは盗みましたから.
I really recommend this book to the first year Japanese students. By telling the stories in familiar adjectives and past tense we have practiced in the class, I feel more confident when reading the Japanese books. Also, this folktale about the fox and crow could be very familiar to many of us that always has been told in our childhood. As a result, it is a lot more easier for us to understand the story. But I borrowed it from Umass library so you may check this book online.
この本わとても面白いです。女の子はたくさんおもちゃ持っていますが、寂しいです。言葉を言いません。ある日、男の子は会いました。男の子は女の子に小さい花をあげました。女の子はしあわせです。
I recommend this book to first year Japanese students. I like the drawings in this book and the story is touching. We have learned most of the vocabularies in the book and it’s a good practice for me to read this book.
この本はとても面白いです。たくさん笑い話があります。
日本語の一年生の皆さんこの本を見ましょう！
難しくない、つまらなくない、とてもいい本です。
このほんは、ちょっとこわいですが、面白いです。ピクチャーはとてもきれいです。でむ、むずかしいです。かんじがたくさんありますから。
This is a story about a young girl getting in a taxi at late night. However, it turned out that she died in a car accident and it was actually her soul. The story gets a little bit scary when I read that it was the soul, and also a little bit sad in the end when her mother was talking to the taxi driver. The pictures also help a lot. The watercolor drawings are really beautiful, and they really add to the mood of this book. The ending confused me a little bit when I first read it but it started to make sense when I reread it. The book is hard for first-year Japanese students because of the vocabs and kanji, but it’s good to give it a try. I would recommend it to students who know lots of kanji.
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この本はとてもすまらないです。The book describes numbers of things, such as average height, how many people live in Japan, how big Japan is, etc. There is no “story” rather it is like an informational pamphlet.
I would not recommend this book to read for fun. However, If you want to learn some Japanese statistics it would be a good choice. Also if you wanted to read it out loud to practice counting.
この本はとてもおもしろいですよ。たくさんきれいで、おいしいすしを見ます。
The book introduces various kinds of sushi in different areas of Japan, history of sushi making, and also talks a little about how to make sushi. Pictures are cute and helpful. As a foodie I really enjoy the book!