Japanese Tadoku Books by Students
Smith College Tadoku Project
女の子はとてもきれい本です。文法はやさしいですが、ストーリーはちょっと…
It’s not that it wasn’t interesting or anything. It’s just that beyond the pictures, I didn’t enjoy the book as much as I enjoyed the other books I read. That said, the book is really really beautifully drawn and the sentences are really easy to follow. So I still recommend it to first year japanese students. It’s an easy read and you’ll appreciate the art!
楽しくて、面白い本ですよ。文法はちょっと難しいですが、大変じゃないです。
ジョンさんはジーンズと髪を切るのが好きです。かっこいいと思います。でも、バスで、おばあさんはジョンさんはお金をあまり持っていらないと思います。So the old lady gives John some money to buy new jeans and fix his hair. This embarrasses John, and I found that really funny. There is another story about John being late for class because he overslept on the train. I found that both relatable and unrelatable at the same time. But it was very funny.
I recommend this book to other first years, though not when starting out the reading. The grammar forms are slightly difficult since we haven’t learnt them yet but they are still manageable.
ハチの話は悲しい本です。ハチは犬と先生の友だちです。毎日、一緒に駅に行きました。それから、毎晩一緒に、家に帰りました。ある日、先生はきませんでした。ハチは駅の前にずっと待ちました。
This book is really good. It’s pretty easy to understand, and tells a popular story. I also recommend, if possible, going to see the actual statue. Even though I’ve been to Shibuya Station a number of times, I’ve never seen the Hachi statue…. truly 悲しい。
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この本はとてもおもしろです。一半はジョンさんのDIYです。ジーンズを切って、バスにのりました。それから、おばあさんはジョンさんにお金をあげました。ちょっと大変。。。
This book was really funny for its length! The first story detailed John’s DIY “fashionable” jeans, and the second story was a day in the life. I think that in a way, John was a little relatable when he was late to class by sleeping through an entire loop of the Yamanote Line….
このほんはおもしろいすが、ちょうどこわいですね。The story is about a girl who believed that she was still alive even though she already died in a car accident three days ago. Her soul took a taxi to go back to home. The whole story centers around the conversation between the taxi driver and the girl’s mom. The taxi driver learned from the girl’s mom that the girl who took the taxi was not a real human. The tone of the story is warm, but the story itself can be scary to younger-age readers.
I recommend the book to students who have learned Japanese for at least one year. As a 日本語のいねんせい who have only taken Japanese for one semester, I had difficulties with vocabularies while reading the book. でも、I recommend students who are good at Kanji to try on this book, because there are many kanji in this book. Also, the pictures in the book are very helpful for readers to grab the gist of the story.
電車の乗るは大変ですね。ジョンさんは電車に乗りに学校にいきました。ジョンさんは昨日の夜友達とカラオケをしました。だkカラオケをしました。だからとても眠かったです。だから学校に１０時５分にいました。この本はちょっとこの本はちょっとつまらなくて、難しくて、高いです。
I liked this book and found it interesting but it seemed to have 2 stories that were sort of disconnected. One is about John’s failed attempt at DIY jeans he saw in a magazine and the other is about him sleeping on the train, missing his stop, and arriving late for school. Regardless, it was and interesting book, even though it was more challenging than i expected it would be for a level 1 Graded Reader. I would recommend it to a 1st year Japanese student who doesn’t mind a longer, less interesting read。
I really enjoyed this story! The main focus of the book was, of course, Sakura, or cherry blossoms, and their appearance in different parts of Japan. I was surprised to find myself so interested in a book about flowers!
I highly recommend this book to Japanese 1 students as it is almost completely understandable. This is due party to the books great use of pictures, which provide context when needed. The book uses a lot of the sentence structures that we see in class and is an excellent source of practice.
この本は ちょっと むずかしいですが、たのしくて とても おもしろいです。きれいな しゃしんが たくさん あります。私は この本が 好きです。
This book is great for people taking JPN 110 or 111! There’s some new vocabulary, but a lot of it is familiar. What you don’t understand you can easily infer. Plus, it’s great for reviewing the vocabulary about how to put on clothing! Also, it lets you learn a little bit about Japanese history. Don’t be intimidated by the fact that it’s a Level 1 book – it’s definitely worth a read!
私わこの本が大すきです。この本わとてもおもしろくて、えがたくさんあります。日本の着物のれきしはながいです。日本の着物はほんとにきれいですねえ。着物はいろいろあります。私ははおりが好きです。かっこいいですから。
I love this book! This book is very interesting and contains many pictures. Traditional Japanese clothing has a long history. It is really beautiful. There are different kinds of traditional clothing, among which I like haori the best because it looks cool.
I would recommend this book to every Japanese student. This book is fun to read for there are many interesting and nice illustrations. Even though it might be challenging to students who just start to learn Japanese or students who do not know many kanji, this book is worth reading. Students can get to know Japanese culture.
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この本はかなしくて、おもしろくて、たのしいです。二十歳、鈴木正雄さんはバスのうんてんしゃです。おばあさんに会いました。でも、鈴木さんのおばあさんは十年前死んでいました。
This book is about Suzuki Masao who is 20 years old and drives a bus. Not expecting much from this, I was actually really surprised by the trip this book took me on. A fair amount of strange things happened, and I was really happy that I understood what was going on. I would recommend this to first year students.