Japanese Tadoku Books by Students
Smith College Tadoku Project
I am a first year Japanese student!
This book introduces history of sushi, history of sushi and simple ways to make sushi. とても面白いです！I learned how to eat sushi in a correct way. Although I eat a lot of sushi and love sushi, I didn’t know how to eat it appropriately until I read this book.
Vocabulary and sentence structures are a little difficult for Japanese beginners, because it contains a lot of kanji (while it is easy to understand for Chinese speakers). But I think 日本語一年生 can understand the content with these cute pictures.
話はかわいいです。本はとてもおもしろてやさしいです。芸術はきれいです。きれいです。
I was drawn to this book by the gorgeous art. There were some words that I didn’t know but they were definitely understandable through context. The story was cute and simple. I would recommend this book to Japanese 110 students.
この本はすごくおもしろいです。あたらしいたんごとぶんぽうがあります、でも、ストーリーはむずかしくないです。たのしかったです。絵がきれいです。This book contains 4 jokes in a Japanese cultural context.
I recommend this book to Japanese 110 students, because the book is really fun to read and the grammar is really common and useful. There are some new words, but the pictures help me understand. Sometimes they didn’t use the polite forms of verbs because of the context. I found this useful, giving us an idea of the non-polite usage of Japanese language. Also the jokes are ironic and reflective of some social phenomena, so I strongly recommend this book.
この本はとてもおもしろくてたのしくて難しくないです。寂しいさんの寂しい１日は私の毎日です。宿題がたくさんありますから、パーテイーにぜんぜん行きません。絵画は全部よくて、かわいいです。最後、私はれんないとやすみがほしいです。
I strongly recommend this book because the content is really interesting and realistic. This book has some words that I haven’t learnt but I can understand them in context. Reading this book is a good way to easily memorize new words. Also, it’s not difficult to Japanese first year students like me!
by ゼファー
この本はあまり難しくないです。とても面白いですが悲しです。ハチは頭が良くてとても可愛い犬です。ハチは有名ですよ。私はハチが大好きです。ハチの映画も見ました。
I recommend this book to Japanese 110 students. It is easy to understand. It uses the sentence structures we learn in JPN 110 repetitively throughout the book, which is really helpful in terms of practising the grammar we learned. The vocabulary is mostly within our range, with few unfamiliar words that don’t impede the understanding of the whole story.
ゆきさんはとてもかわいいですね。ストリはおもしろいです。ゆきさんとラワラは大好きです。えはとてもきれいです。The story is about a dog Yuki and its friend, a car Rawara. The book contains lots of cute drawings and cute words mimicking the sound of dog and cat.
I recommend this book because the words are really simple, most of which we have learned in JPN 110 through lesson 1 to 7. Also, we can refresh Katagana by reading this book, because there are lots of animal sounds written in Katagana.
木村家のみんなはなかいいです。とてもおもしろてやさしい本です。にほん語１年生にもむずかしくないから、どうぞ見てください。
I would very much recommend this book to first year Japanese students, because it is an easy read and has a heartwarming, well-structured story about a family celebrating a very special day (you have to read the book to find out what that occasion is!) Also, the characters of the book are illustrated in an adorable style, which adds to the pleasure of reading this piece.
とてもきれいでおもしろい本ですよ。ぶたは小さくて、かわいいです。緑の豚が すきです！
This story was really interesting and so well-drawn! It reminded me of The Ugly Duckling, but even cuter! I would definitely recommend this story.
I think this story is meant for 110 students like us because it is rather easy, even if it is more difficult than some other Yomu Yomu Beginners’ books because some sentences are quite long! But if you like little piggies and pretty drawings, read this story!
この本はとてもしろいです。みつはさんとちよさんの一日はたのしいですね。いっしょにしゅくだいをして、ばんごはんを食べました。とてもしんせつなともだちですね。After reading the book, you will know how to discribe a conversation through a phone call, because the whole story is a call between Mitsuha and Chyosan. It is a unique and interesting book.
I highly recommend this book because JPN110 students have just learnt the sentences in this book, such as 今、何をしていますか and 別に何もしていません。This book can help you recall some grammar and sentences in Lesson 7 and also preview lesson8 such as と言います。
この本は面白ですが、ちょっと難しくて たくさん新しい単語があります。
The book introduces how Japanese people make and eat sushi, the history of sushi, as well as different kinds of sushi. It does not include a plot in the storytelling, but it’s still very interesting to read.
I would recommend this to Level 1 Japanese students who are more comfortable with Kanji, since there are a lot of new Kanji and vocabulary in the book. It is a good practice as well as one way to learn more about Japanese culture. But even if you are not that familiar with those words, you can still get the basic idea from the pictures!
I also recommend people to read it after lunch or dinner because the pictures make me hungry and extremely eager for sushi…
