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Tigoris New member
From: Florida Registered: 2011-07-15 Posts: 8

Hey guys, just wanted to let you know about a reading tool called the "Yotsubato! Reading Pack." It's designed to help you take the leap into reading Japanese and learning by immersion. Check out the link below to see what it's all about.

An important note to make is that while this reading pack is for sale, you can get it for free if you so choose. The primary goal here is to help people to stop studying Japanese and start using it. With that said...

Good luck in your learning (and reading)!

http://www.livingjapanese.com/p/reading-pack.html

lauri_ranta Member
Registered: 2012-03-31 Posts: 139 Website

It would also be useful to have lists of less common vocabulary items that could be reviewed before reading each volume or chapter. And TSV or CSV would be easier to import to Anki or process with scripts.

I didn't have anything better to do, so I used a script to find words that weren't in Core 6000 and selected some of them manually. The list is in random order and only includes words with at least one kanji.

一走り;ひとはしり;spin, run
粗品;そしな;a small present
冷え性;ひえしょう;sensitive to cold
付いて来る;ついてくる;to follow
資源ゴミ;しげんゴミ;recyclable garbage
格好悪い;かっこうわるい;uncool
恵那;えな;Ena
町内会;ちょうないかい;neighborhood association
風鈴;ふうりん;wind chime
疾走;しっそう;dash
台詞;せりふ;line
朝餉;あさげ;breakfast
見損なう;みそこなう;to misjudge, to mistake
大まか;おおまか;broad, rough
お留守;おるす;to be away from home
先っぽ;さきっぽ;tip
何才;なんさい;how old
慰め;なぐさめ;comfort
仰る;おっしゃる;say, tell (very polite)
丸出し;まるだし;bare
大塚;おおつか;Ootsuka
父方;ちちかた;father's side of the family
嗜好;しこう;preferences
油蝉;あぶらぜみ;large brown cicada
発進;はっしん;departure
空き家;あきや;empty house
反動;はんどう;reaction
翻訳家;ほんやくか;translator
上村;うえむら;Uemura
未確認飛行物体;みかくにんひこうぶったい;unidentified flying object
綾瀬;あやせ;Ayase
格好つける;かっこうつける;to show off
長靴;ながぐつ;boots
小岩井;こいわい;Koiwai
回覧板;かいらんばん;circulating notice
ご覧;ごらん;to look (polite)
誤魔化す;ごまかす;to deceive, to dodge (a question)
大した;たいした;considerable
必殺技;ひっさつわざ;special move
電柱;でんちゅう;telephone pole
地球温暖化;ちきゅうおんだんか;global warming
風香;ふうか;Fuuka
省電力;しょうでんりょく;conservation of electrical power
回収;かいしゅう;collect
産む;うむ;to give birth
復活;ふっかつ;recovery
馬鹿野朗;ばかやろう;dumbass

Last edited by lauri_ranta (2013 January 31, 7:27 am)

enf2k5 Member
From: Germany Registered: 2011-11-21 Posts: 13

Bought it yesterday, and i think it is really well done for the (reasonable) price asked.

Since Yotsubato is mentioned quite often here as beginner manga this is a nice
addition to it in my opinion.

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mourei Member
Registered: 2012-12-16 Posts: 40

分からない内;わからないない;while still not understanding

That should probably be わからないうち。

yudantaiteki Member
Registered: 2009-10-03 Posts: 3619

lauri_ranta wrote:

分からない内;わからないない;while still not understanding

This is わからないうち; うち is a general pattern that means "While X".

lauri_ranta Member
Registered: 2012-03-31 Posts: 139 Website

You're right, it was my error and not in the original PDF.

Anyway, if you continue this project, I can try to write scripts for adding word difficulties automatically. (Or depending on the licensing, republish the lists with other additional information as well.) It would be great to have SRS-able vocabulary lists for different mangas.

Stansfield123 Member
From: Europe Registered: 2011-04-17 Posts: 801

My favorite part is the sentence pack. Wish it was a little bit longer, it's a really great little addition to my sentence deck, as I'm reading the manga.

Stansfield123 Member
From: Europe Registered: 2011-04-17 Posts: 801

Finished reading it. Nice ending to the volume, well worth the effort just for that.

Tigoris New member
From: Florida Registered: 2011-07-15 Posts: 8

Hey guys, after hearing a few people say that they wanted the vocabulary in a more Anki-friendly format, I went ahead and made decks to include in the pack. There are more than 1200 cards. Hope this makes the pack even more helpful!

ryuudou Member
Registered: 2009-03-05 Posts: 406

Tigoris wrote:

Hey guys, after hearing a few people say that they wanted the vocabulary in a more Anki-friendly format, I went ahead and made decks to include in the pack. There are more than 1200 cards. Hope this makes the pack even more helpful!

Thank you! I'm only just seeing this.

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