@emb I’ve been reading lots in my mother tongue, English, and I wish I could read so easily in Japanese… I need to find some good books for beginners. And by that I mean regular reading, not manga. I do have manga I want to read too but it’s different…
Yeah, right there with you on that! Can’t wait until the point where reading better books is more comfortable.
Are you already aware of https://tadoku.org/japanese/en/free-books-en/ ? They are children’s book that have pictures, but they aren’t manga. And they cover a range of levels starting very low.
Good luck! If those are too basic, there’s also Tsubasa Bunko stuff, which is more novel-y, but with furigana and occasional pictures. I picked up a copy like that of a novella (時をかける少女) and it seems like a good step, but ultimately my level’s just not there yet. Right now I look at that and (even though I can figure it out if I take my time and have a dictionary), it’s like ‘ahhh, so many words!’. For me, I just gotta keep grinding. Even the level 3 Tadoku stuff (30ish pages with quite easy language) takes a lot of stamina to get through.
@emb I’ve been reading lots in my mother tongue, English, and I wish I could read so easily in Japanese… I need to find some good books for beginners. And by that I mean regular reading, not manga. I do have manga I want to read too but it’s different…
Yeah, right there with you on that! Can’t wait until the point where reading better books is more comfortable.
Are you already aware of https://tadoku.org/japanese/en/free-books-en/ ? They are children’s book that have pictures, but they aren’t manga. And they cover a range of levels starting very low.
@emb yes but I’ll take another look
Good luck! If those are too basic, there’s also Tsubasa Bunko stuff, which is more novel-y, but with furigana and occasional pictures. I picked up a copy like that of a novella (時をかける少女) and it seems like a good step, but ultimately my level’s just not there yet. Right now I look at that and (even though I can figure it out if I take my time and have a dictionary), it’s like ‘ahhh, so many words!’. For me, I just gotta keep grinding. Even the level 3 Tadoku stuff (30ish pages with quite easy language) takes a lot of stamina to get through.