# Reading for Beginners and Text Generator **URL:** \ **Category:** Reading\ **Created:** [May 16, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/reading-for-beginners-and-text-generator/36760 "2019-05-16T23:17:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![santhi93](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/santhi93/32/250477_2.png) [@santhi93](https://community.wanikani.com/u/santhi93)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/reading-for-beginners-and-text-generator/36760/1 "2019-05-16T23:17:41Z")
Hello! I started studying Japanese about two months ago and as for many: I’m kind of struggling on my kanji saga. Just like someone that does an exchange program in Japan and dive into infinite possibilities which _force_ them to learn the language, I noticed that I have to _live_ the language (to an extent) in order to my brain to retain all of the information thrown at my direction everyday here in Wanikani and on my JP Class. **1.** What materials do you guys recommend me to start reading as a very beginner, even though I won’t understand many things, to help me familiarize with the grammar itself? Like for example books or anything for children with very simple texts that use everyday words talking about things surrounding them, like school and stuff. **2.** Is Text Generating actually a thing among students of any language? Like if I pick all the words (that means kana and kanji) that I’m presented by Wanikani and my JP Class, throw them at a text generating software or website and it builds texts for me to read, using this limited range of words. _I tried but I was not able to find anything related to text generating as a form of studying a limited set of words in Japanese._ Thank you in advance. ---
**Author:** ![elynchbell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/elynchbell/32/212901_2.png) [@elynchbell](https://community.wanikani.com/u/elynchbell)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/reading-for-beginners-and-text-generator/36760/2 "2019-05-16T23:24:32Z")
Not sure if I’ve ever hear about text generation as a way of producing reading materials but here are some suggestions - NHK News Easy - This has furigana but if you’ve only just started it will take a while to get the grammar - Tango Risto - Does NHK News Easy and Japanese fairy tales in app form with furigana selectable by JLPT level - Graded Readers - Search for threads on them here, I’ve never used them but they are popular - Children’s books - Easier to do if in Japan, but I picked up a few second hand children’s picture books and these are a great place to start, often all in hiragana. My favourite is called ひくまのあき. It’s about bears in autumn (no surprises) and has beautiful woodcut illustration. I picked this, and a few others up, a a second hand bookstall in 駅前通り in Sapporo, which may not be the most convenient for you. ---
**Author:** ![elynchbell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/elynchbell/32/212901_2.png) [@elynchbell](https://community.wanikani.com/u/elynchbell)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/reading-for-beginners-and-text-generator/36760/3 "2019-05-16T23:25:40Z")
Also could try > [@Absolute Beginners Book Club // Now Reading: My Love Story! // Reading Next (Dec 13th): Gal and Dino](https://community.wanikani.com/t/absolute-beginner-book-club-home-thread-currently-reading-%E3%81%97%E3%82%8D%E3%81%8F%E3%81%BE%E3%82%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7/34698): > > Reading now: [My Love Story!!](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/71064)Reading next: [Gal and Dino](https://community.wanikani.com/t/gal-and-dino-absolute-beginner-book-club/72757) Start date: December 13th Overview Welcome to our Japanese book club for absolute beginners! In this club, we choose a Japanese book and read it together. We then discuss what we’ve read, whether that’s meaningful discussion on the content, questions about vocabulary and grammar that confuse us, or just motivating each other to keep moving. What Does Absolute Beginner Mean? This… ---
**Author:** ![santhi93](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/santhi93/32/250477_2.png) [@santhi93](https://community.wanikani.com/u/santhi93)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/reading-for-beginners-and-text-generator/36760/4 "2019-05-16T23:35:20Z")
Thank you for pointing at the right direction for me. I’ll start today. ---
**Author:** ![VictorLino](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/victorlino/32/217007_2.png) [@VictorLino](https://community.wanikani.com/u/VictorLino)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/reading-for-beginners-and-text-generator/36760/5 "2019-05-17T00:50:38Z")
Graded readers are the closest thing to auto generated texts that I can think of, as they use vocab, kanji a grammar limited to a level. You won’t be able to chose the exact items though. Some websites like [www.japanese.io](http://www.japanese.io) also have a search function with very specific parameters, so you can find low level texts. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Ncastaneda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/ncastaneda/32/285473_2.png) [@Ncastaneda](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Ncastaneda)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 1:13am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/reading-for-beginners-and-text-generator/36760/6 "2019-05-17T01:13:05Z")
It won’t write a book for you but if you have some shows with subtitles this set up in Anki can pick up sentences that are within your known words to practice reading and listening of known vocab. Also can search for sentences with your knowledge +1 new word to progressively increase your vocab using sentences. > [@Subs2SRS / Morphman: how to create your own japanese trainer](https://community.wanikani.com/t/subs2srs-morphman-how-to-create-your-own-japanese-trainer/30384): > > Hello everyone, I wanted to do a “little” post about some of the experiences I have came across with what I find to be some tremendous tools for learning japanese, those are Subs2SRS decks and the Morphman plugin for Anki. I did a post some time ago after only a few weeks of using Morphman, [here](https://community.wanikani.com/t/keeping-it-1/26341). Basically I want to show you how Anki could become something like a personal trainer for your japanese studies by using this tools, as you are able to create material adjusted to your own actual knowl… ---
**Author:** ![Weirdmind](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/weirdmind/32/229320_2.png) [@Weirdmind](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Weirdmind)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/reading-for-beginners-and-text-generator/36760/7 "2019-05-17T18:50:10Z")
This creates sentences based on your WK level. It’s been so long since I’ve tried it so I forget what type of features it has but at least it’s something you could try. > [@Duendecat - Sentence looper (by WK level)](https://community.wanikani.com/t/duendecat-sentence-looper-by-wk-level/4156): > > One of the things that I’ve found difficult while using Wanikani has been keeping burned words/kanji fresh in my memory whenever I’m too busy/distracted to sit down and do some real hardcore studying, which I’ve discovered can be achieved (with the least amount of effort) by keeping a list of short sentences nearby and then incorporating those into some kind of continuous 24/7 “total immersion” environment. So in November last year I started working on a simple slideshow app that could be l… ---
**Author:** ![santhi93](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/santhi93/32/250477_2.png) [@santhi93](https://community.wanikani.com/u/santhi93)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 11:38pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/reading-for-beginners-and-text-generator/36760/9 "2019-06-06T23:38:35Z")
Guys sorry for the late response and also for bringing up this topic again. But I couldn’t keep myself from thanking every one of you for giving me those tips. They’ll be very useful for me to trace a route for my studies. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![konekush](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/konekush/32/5287_2.png) [@konekush](https://community.wanikani.com/u/konekush)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/reading-for-beginners-and-text-generator/36760/10 "2019-06-07T02:02:23Z")
This comic is perfect as a first reading material. It’s cute and very simple, and since each chapter is only 1 page long, not too exhausting. > **[『ふしぎねこのきゅーちゃん』にとりささみ | ツイ４ | 最前線](https://sai-zen-sen.jp/comics/twi4/fushigineko/)** > > キュートなきゅーちゃんはふしぎねこ。踊って、歌って、一緒にハッピー！ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/6/2/a/62a8b0f4c59ff2c5b6651ffcf43531480b3e5297.png) [@system](https://community.wanikani.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/reading-for-beginners-and-text-generator/36760/11 "2020-06-06T02:12:39Z")
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