Japanese Reader on the Web
Posted on 22. Dec, 2009 @ 12:56 am by harvey in Language
Looking for some interesting Japanese to read but need some help to take the plunge?
This Reading Tutor Homepage has a bunch of Japanese text with hyperlinked word and grammar point translation.
Is this any better than Rikai-chan or something like that? Well… maybe not by any significant factor – but hey, it’s something new to try.
The categories are pretty cool. Loosely translated…
第１章 日本語のはなし
Section 1: About Japanese
第２章 歴史と人物
Section 2: History and Famous People
第３章 比較文化：あなたの国ではどうですか？
Section 3: Comparative Culture: How’s that work in your country?
日本の社会問題
Japan’s Social Problems
This social problem section has everything from “ijime” (school bullying) to the problems that Japanese returning from long periods of time overseas face (海外帰国子女).
I think this site is worth a look. Here’s a shot of the interface.
Let me know what you think about this. I have only used it enough to learn the functionality and write this blog post. My wife was using it to teach Japanese to someone a while back and it sounded kinda useful.
Let me know what you think!
Harvey
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yonasu
Dec 22nd, 2009
at 06:57
I’m glad it’s only the table of contents that has that awful background color. It looks good otherwise, but it’s kind of annoying to read with all those links, would probably be better if the links were black with a dotted underline.
Definitely worth a bookmark though. Started off reading a bit of the first chapter which was pretty interesting so will definitely get back to it :)
GoddessCarlie
Dec 23rd, 2009
at 22:52
I agree with Yonasu. I don’t like reading Japanese on the internet (computer) much and all the blue makes it harder. I don’t think I’ll look at this properly until I have a convenient printer again. But it does look like a good website, thank you!!!
Amanda
Dec 24th, 2009
at 02:19
I didn’t find it difficult to read at all. I actually really enjoyed it! Thanks so much for the link.
Jacki
Jan 9th, 2010
at 01:01
Thank you for posting this. This is very helpful! I wish there were more things like this around.