A Short Comic for Students of Japanese #1: A Cat Can Be A Hat

Read this comic three times! The first time we provide the text in romaji so that you can focus on connecting the sounds of the Japanese language with new vocabulary. All of the Japanese words are defined in English in the footnotes to make this story comprehensible to beginners. There are also illustrations on each page to help readers understand. The second reading is entirely in hiragana so that you develop reading fluency—the ability to read quickly. You should recognize the story, but now your mind will be connecting the written Japanese language with the new vocabulary. Every word is in the footnotes—look down only when you need to. The third reading uses kanji and katakana . The hiragana is no longer footnoted, but the kanji and katakana are defined below the text. If you have trouble with the hiragana at this stage, reread the second reading. —- ISBN: 9781957729176