Read Real NIHONGO - The Gods of Japan - Japanese texts for intermediate learners

‘The Gods of Japan - Japanese texts for intermediate learners’ is part of the ‘Read Real NIHONGO’ series of reading books, which allows you to learn about Japan and its culture while practising your intermediate-level Japanese reading comprehension.

The book presents Japanese texts on the left-hand pages and their English translations on the right-hand pages. In addition, the most complex words are translated into English and highlighted in black in the Japanese text so that readers can identify them. All kanji in the Japanese text include furigana.

Furthermore, all Japanese texts include a QR code to access audio recordings of the texts being read aloud.

This material is highly recommended for students at JLPT N4 and N3 levels.

Description in Japanese provided by the publisher:

日本人のアイデンティティに関わる神話の成り立ちや主な神々と、それを祀る神社について日英対訳で分かりやすく紹介。
外国人を不思議がらせる日本人の宗教観に迫りながら、日本文化についての理解も深めることのできる一冊！日本語学習者にうれしい、ふりがな・語彙解説・英語訳・朗読音声付き！