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The Japanese edition of “服を買う”. An illustrated story for youth and adult literacy learners in short scenes. The provider’s レベル 3 label is its own system, not a CEFR, JLPT or TOPIK equivalence.
Provider
LIDA Stories
Free access
Free full text — Full text on the public work page. No narration for this edition.
Region: Japan · Provider type: open-education · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Free reading and redistribution permission are separate. Lamvera does not republish the text or audio.
The Japanese edition of “事故”. An illustrated story for youth and adult literacy learners in short scenes. The provider’s レベル 3 label is its own system, not a CEFR, JLPT or TOPIK equivalence.
Provider
LIDA Stories
Free access
Free full text — Full text on the public work page. No narration for this edition.
Region: Japan · Provider type: open-education · Creative Commons by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.ja. Free reading and redistribution permission are separate. Lamvera does not republish the text or audio.
The Japanese edition of “映画館に行く”. An illustrated story for youth and adult literacy learners in short scenes. The provider’s レベル 3 label is its own system, not a CEFR, JLPT or TOPIK equivalence.
Provider
LIDA Stories
Free access
Free full text — Full text on the public work page. No narration for this edition.
Region: Japan · Provider type: open-education · Creative Commons by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.ja. Free reading and redistribution permission are separate. Lamvera does not republish the text or audio.
The Japanese edition of “マリクの物語”. An illustrated story for youth and adult literacy learners in short scenes. The provider’s レベル 4 label is its own system, not a CEFR, JLPT or TOPIK equivalence.
Provider
LIDA Stories
Free access
Free full text — Full text on the public work page. No narration for this edition.
Region: Japan · Provider type: open-education · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Free reading and redistribution permission are separate. Lamvera does not republish the text or audio.
The Japanese edition of “特徴は正しいことのために”. An illustrated story for youth and adult literacy learners in short scenes. The provider’s レベル 4 label is its own system, not a CEFR, JLPT or TOPIK equivalence.
Provider
LIDA Stories
Free access
Free full text — Full text on the public work page. No narration for this edition.
Region: Japan · Provider type: open-education · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Free reading and redistribution permission are separate. Lamvera does not republish the text or audio.
The Japanese edition of “仕事を探す”. An illustrated story for youth and adult literacy learners in short scenes. The provider’s レベル 4 label is its own system, not a CEFR, JLPT or TOPIK equivalence.
Provider
LIDA Stories
Free access
Free full text — Full text on the public work page. No narration for this edition.
Region: Japan · Provider type: open-education · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Free reading and redistribution permission are separate. Lamvera does not republish the text or audio.
The Japanese edition of “出産”. An illustrated story for youth and adult literacy learners in short scenes. The provider’s レベル 4 label is its own system, not a CEFR, JLPT or TOPIK equivalence.
Provider
LIDA Stories
Free access
Free full text — Full text on the public work page. No narration for this edition.
Region: Japan · Provider type: open-education · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Free reading and redistribution permission are separate. Lamvera does not republish the text or audio.
The Japanese edition of “朝の鳥のさえずり”. An illustrated story for youth and adult literacy learners in short scenes. The provider’s レベル 5 label is its own system, not a CEFR, JLPT or TOPIK equivalence.
Provider
LIDA Stories
Free access
Free full text — Full text on the public work page. No narration for this edition.
Region: Japan · Provider type: open-education · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Free reading and redistribution permission are separate. Lamvera does not republish the text or audio.
The Japanese edition of “アゴスティノの話”. An illustrated story for youth and adult literacy learners in short scenes. The provider’s レベル 5 label is its own system, not a CEFR, JLPT or TOPIK equivalence.
Provider
LIDA Stories
Free access
Free full text — Full text on the public work page. No narration for this edition.
Region: Japan · Provider type: open-education · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Free reading and redistribution permission are separate. Lamvera does not republish the text or audio.
The Japanese edition of “高齢の男性を夫に持つ”. An illustrated story for youth and adult literacy learners in short scenes. The provider’s レベル 5 label is its own system, not a CEFR, JLPT or TOPIK equivalence.
Provider
LIDA Stories
Free access
Free full text — Full text on the public work page. No narration for this edition.
Region: Japan · Provider type: open-education · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Free reading and redistribution permission are separate. Lamvera does not republish the text or audio.
The Japanese edition of “ノルウェーにやってきました”. An illustrated story for youth and adult literacy learners in short scenes. The provider’s レベル 5 label is its own system, not a CEFR, JLPT or TOPIK equivalence.
Provider
LIDA Stories
Free access
Free full text — Full text on the public work page. No narration for this edition.
Region: Japan · Provider type: open-education · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Free reading and redistribution permission are separate. Lamvera does not republish the text or audio.
Osamu Dazai’s original Japanese story in modern character and kana forms, with some ruby readings. Not a graded reader; check local copyright rules outside Japan.
Provider
青空文庫
Free access
Free full text — Full text on the official work page.
Audio & registration
Audio unverified / No registration
Sources, license & other providers
Region: Japan · Provider type: volunteer-library · License unverified. Free reading and redistribution permission are separate. Lamvera does not republish the text or audio.
