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Abouut Multi-level hiragana texts
Why does the Multi-level Hiragana Text attract Japanese learners?
Multi-level Japanese Text Sample
You can express anything by mastering only 104 hiragana characters
It is said the Japanese language is one of the easiest languages in the world if you do not have to learn Kanji. The spoken language consists of 46 syllables and 58 syllables of their modified forms. Hiragana characters represent these syllables. In another words, hiragana is phonetic. （Romaji is created based on hiragana.）
Japanese language starts with hiragana
At elementary school students learn hiragana first. Then they learn katakana and kanji. This will be the best learning method also for non-Japanese. Fairy tales and picture books for low grade students of elementary school are written in hiragana, but for adults almost no books and magazines in hiragana are available.
The texts give an insight into Japan
Multi-level hiragana texts are written in hiragana for adults. They give an insight into Japan that non-Japanese should be aware of, and are highly reputed not only being educational, but also entertaining and informative.
You can read them without a dictionary
English translation is placed below each word and phrase, so you can understand the meaning instantly. And as a complete translation of the sentence is displayed by sentence blocks, you can easily grasp the meaning. Furthermore, you can easily compare the English sentence with the Japanese sentence since sentence separation numbers are added befor each sentence in the English text and hiragana text.
You can learn katakana and kanji at the same time
Learning hiragana will be your fist successful step towards Japanese proficiency. By knowing hiragana you will also be able to write anything that you can speak. However, to improve your Japanese proficiency, being able to read and write kanji and katakana, which is used for loan words, is important. They are placed under the hiragana texts, so you will be familiar with and learn them, while reading the hiragana texts.
Japanese-English Audio is also available
Furthermore, sentence by sentence English-Japanese audio texts are also available in the digital version. The multi-level hiragana texts include all the necessary factors for effective Japanese language study.
Useful for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test
The Multi-level Hiragana Texts place the most importance on reading enjoyment, so that readers will be encouraged to learn Japanese but include the expressions and kanji that often appear in the Japanese Language Proficiency Test and/or other Japanese language tests,. Studying the texts will greatly help students planning to take Japanese language tests、especially JLPT 2nd and 1st grades.
