Reading Natsume Sōseki

#1

I know Sōseki is often recommended for reading practice.

I want to share a site I discovered that provides many resources for Soseki readers.
http://www.sosekiproject.org/

For example, here is the japanese text for the first few sections of Kokoro:
http://www.sosekiproject.org/kokoro/kokoro01.html

As you can see, you can hover over certain words and get a definition. There is also an audio recording of the story being read. If you want more, there’s a study guide with vocabulary list too. Anyways, I thought I’d share this discovery as I am spending a lot of time these days doing reading practice and could always use more resources like this.

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#2

Wow, this is really quite good, thanks! I never would’ve thought Sōseki would be such an easy read. But with the kanjis highlighted like that, it’s actually very smooth and not particularly complex grammatically. Thanks!

#3

Thank you very much for that resource. I will give it a try, the first sentences were easier then thought.

#4

Cool, bookmarked!

I read some Sōseki as a part of this book: https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-into-Japanese-Literature-Classics/dp/1568364156, and I think his stories are definitely interesting reads, even if they can be a bit too difficult if you’re not confident in your reading ability. :slight_smile:

#5

I can’t add to your resources, but thanks for adding to mine! :smiley: I primarily use NHK Easy News, so this is a nice change for me.

#6

Thanks so much for sharing this!!

#7

Ohhh this is awesome! Thank you so much :smiley:

#8

But I want to have a translation of a whole sentence. Explaining grammar points if necessary.

\previous Satori Reader user
\brushing up on my grammar

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#9

There’s a rough translation available for every paragraph in every story.

#10

Interesting, I’ll have to look Natsume up. Nice to know people are sharing their recommendations.

#11

This is nice, thanks. I will add it to the resource thread so it can live there forever.

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#12

Thanks for sharing! Reading “Kokoro” in Japanese is a personal goal of mine.

#13

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