The Kanji Learner’s Course Graded Reading Sets Vol. 1: Kanji 1-100)

325 Pages·2017·2.24 MB·English

by  Andrew Scott Conning

The KLC Series
These Graded Reading Sets are designed for use with Kodansha’s widely
acclaimed Kanji Learner’s Course (KLC), a step-by-step guide to mastering all
the kanji (Chinese characters) needed for genuine literacy in Japanese. KLC’s
self-guiding, self-reinforcing curriculum teaches non-native learners to read and
write kanji, gain a native-like understanding of kanji meanings, and acquire a
rich kanji-based vocabulary.
The Kanji Learner’s Course Series also includes the Kanji Learner’s
Course Green Book (a writing practice workbook), the Kanji Learner’s Course
Wall Chart, and The Ultimate Kana Wall Chart: A Visual Guide to Japanese
Phonetic Writing.
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The Kanji Learner’s Course
Graded Reading Sets

Volume 1: Kanji 1-100

Andrew Scott Conning

Lexica Global Language Systems
Cambridge, Massachusetts
© 2017 by Lexica Global Language Systems, LLC. All rights reserved.

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arrangement of items; cross-reference information; phonetic guides; glosses; and annotations; as well as the
full text of all original items (i.e., those not displaying a citation number after the English translation).
The author donates to the public domain his original Japanese translations of items deriving from the
following original works (as numbered in the “Original Works” section):
#21, 38, 56, 59, 63, 65, 66, 78, 80, and 94.
Stages (dan) attained in this volume

NEWBORN

LITTLE ONE

See full stage sequence at keystojapanese.com
Contents

The KLC Series
KLC-GRS Series Introduction
How to Use This Series
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
Volume 2
Recommended Resources
Connect
Kanji Dan Badges
The KLC Green Book
The KLC Wall Chart
The Ultimate Kana Wall Chart
Feedback
Forgot a Kanji?
Index of Grammar Glosses
Original Works
Sources
About the Author
Thank You
Acknowledgments
The author gratefully acknowledges the valuable work of the authors and
institutions that have made available the source material used in this series, as
well as the following organizations without whom this project would not have
been possible: The Agency for Cultural Affairs The Harvard Graduate School of
Education The Harvard University Libraries The Harvard-Yenching Institute
The Okayama Prefectural Library The University of Tokyo Libraries
I also wish to gratefully acknowledge the skilled support of Amy Mae Lee, who
performed a very complex series of data processing tasks, and Rina Zahlten, who
checked the Japanese text and phonetic guides with meticulous care. Thank you
very much for making this project possible.
Authors of source material
Aesop
Akutagawa, Ryunosuke Andersen, Hans Christian Bailey, Arthur Scott Barrie,
James Matthew Baum, L. Frank Benjamin, Walter Bierce, Ambrose Chesterton,
Gilbert K.
Clinton, William J.
Conan Doyle, Arthur Darwin, Charles Descartes, Rene Douglass, Frederick
DuBois, W.E.B.
Dumas, Alexandre Dunbar, Paul Laurence Fitzgerald, F. Scott Gogol, Nikolai V.
Harper, Frances Hearn, Lafcadio Henry, O.
Hurston, Zora Neale Jacobs, Joseph Johnston, Ian
Joyce, James
Kajii, Motojiro Kennedy, John F.
Lamb, Mary
Lang, Andrew
Lawrence, D.H.
LeBlanc, Maurice Leonard, Sean
Lincoln, Abraham London, Jack
Machiavelli, Nicolo Marx, Karl & Engels, Friedrich McKay, Claude
Mill, John Stuart Miyazawa, Kenji Natsume, Soseki Northup, Solomon Ouida