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[genesis315]

alright Okonomiyaki I am following you now. I am a little slow.


Thank you for the anime song tip.

[Okonomiyaki]

Maybe even better than an anime song, is to try to get your hands on some of the "idiom cards" that Japanese kids have. These are slightly smaller than Poker cards. They have an illustration of a Japanese idiom on one side, and an explanation of the idiom-- in easy kids' Japanese, with furigana-- on the other side.

Using those gives you two language gifts in one: Japanese idioms, and experience with kanji+furigana.

[JPS]

I suggest the Yookoso books. They are expensive, but useful, with good listening and more realistic, less dry than Minna No.

As someone else already noted, I found these fantastic for my reading

http://www.thejapanshop.com/Japanese-Graded-Readers-Readers-and-More-Japanese-Bookstore-Products/b/2359252011

Good luck!