Japanese Tadoku Books by Students
Smith College Tadoku Project
I will recommend this book or story to 1st-year Japanese students.
たくさん漢字ので、難しそうです。でも、難しないんです！左吉さんはお金がほしいですから、観音様に会います。左吉さんは色々人に会います。前の本はもっとおもしろいですから、この本が好きじゃないです。「富士山」が一番好きです。えも、読んでください！
Because there was a lot of kanji, it looked difficult. But it’s actually not! Because Sakichi-san wants money, he visits Kannon-sama. Sakichi-san meets all kinds of people. With the previous books I have read, they were more interesting, so I did not really like this book. Fujisan is my favorite. But I recommend you read it regardless!
この本は良かったです。 それは面白かったです。 日本の夏休みについて話しました。花火を見たり、削り氷を食べたり、本は夏の活動をしています. 文法や単語はとても簡単でした。
I would recommend this book. It is good for beginner-level readers. It has a lot of easy vocabulary and grammar. It was very easy to interpret.
この本は楽しかったと思います。話しが面白かったと思います。私は早く読んで、わらいました。文はとてもみじかくて、かんたんですが、新しい単語がたくさんあります。
I would recommend this book. The kanji were very simple, and all of them had furigana, so there shouldn’t be any problems on that front. The information itself was easy enough to understand with the help of pictures. Give it a whirl!
とてもいい本でしたよ！ちしきとれきしがたくさんあって、面白かったです。いろいろなちいきがあって、きれいな絵もありました。私はこの本を読んでよかったです。れきしが大好きで、ちょっと難しくて、楽しかったです。
I would definitely recommend this book! The explanations were very interesting, and the only difficult bits were the words/kanji for specific parts of the sushi, and how to go about making it. However, it was plenty challenging! I had a lot of fun reading it, and I think others would enjoy it too.
この本は面白かったです。私はとても感動しました。ハチは先生いちばんのともだちでした、でも先生は病気だった、死にました。いえにかえりません。ハチは10年間毎日駅に行って、先生に待ちました。私はハチは寂しかったと思います。
This book is very interesting. It really touches my heart. Hachi is the dog of a college professor, they walk to the train station together everyday, and Hachi wait for the professor at the station in late afternoon to take the professor home. However, the professor died one day, and never return home again. Hachi didn’t know about it, so for ten years, he goes to the train station and wait for the professor’s return. I think Hachi is very very lonely.
I recommend this book to first year Japanese students because it contains a lot of grammar we’ve learned, and I think it will be a great review. Also, there are some new vocabularies that we can learn.
この本は面白いかったと思います。文はちょっとみじかくて、かんたんで、ちょっと難しくなかったです。漢字と新しい単語があるので、楽しかったです。でも、悲しかったと思ういます。
For all that the sentences were simple and short, the story conveyed lots of emotion. The vocabulary was almost all familiar, and there wasn’t much kanji.The ending was kind of sad, but still enjoyable. I would certainly recommend others give it a try.
この本は楽しかったと思います。話しが面白かったと思います。私は早く読んで、わらいました。でも、文はとてもみじかくて、かんたんで、私は難しい文がほしいでした。
I would recommend this book. The kanji were very simple, and all of them had furigana, so there shouldn’t be any problems on that front. The story itself was light and funny. Give it a whirl!
この本はとても面白くて、楽しかったです。私は早く読んで、わらいましたので、この本を読んでよかったです。でも、文はとてもみじかくて、ふりがなの漢字がたくさんありませんから、むずかしくないです。
I enjoyed this book! The story way fun and lighthearted and funny, but the sentences were very short and simple. It wasn’t very difficult, but I almost didn’t notice how fast and easy it was since the problem facing our police officer was so comical. Give it a try!
とても悲しくて美しい本ですね！話にはかんどうして、面白くて、速く読みました。文がとても短くて、漢字があまりありません。本の絵はきれいです。とても簡単な本ですが、いい話だと思ういます。
This was a very simple, pretty, engaging story. The story and the sentences are easy to understand, while not becoming boring. There isn’t too much in the way of kanji, but there is plenty of dialogue, which makes practicing ‘to itteimasu’ and it’s variations easy. Give it a try!
このストーリーは ちょとかなしでした。このストーリーはことはクラゲと猿が何かなくしました。でも、いいストーリーを読みました。おもしろいでした。
I would recommend this story. Most of the kanji was easy to read. It was a bit sad because they lost something they can’t get back. It was interesting to read why both the jellyfish and the monkey lost that something and how it happened.