Japanese Reading Group: June 2025
In June, we will read a piece of the essay 死について (On Death) by philosopher, literary critic, and scholar Miki Kiyoshi. Click here for the link to this month's reading.
This will be a somewhat challenging reading! Our goal will be to read just the first three paragraphs together, but if you feel comfortable and want to read more, please read the fourth paragraph as well. See this Wikipedia page for some tips on reading old kana orthographyand try the Rikaichamp browser extension for help with some of the old kanji.
See times listed below or find your time zone.
🗓️ 7PM ET | Friday, June 13, 2025
🗓️ 8AM JT | Saturday, June 14, 2025
You can post questions and receive the reading link early each month in the USJETAA Japanese Reading Group Facebook Group.
About the USJETAA Japanese Reading Group
The goal of the USJETAA Japanese Reading Group is to help advanced, beginner and intermediate level learners improve their reading skills. Each month we discuss a short reading from Aozora Bunko, a repository of public domain literature. Participants should attempt to do the reading on their own and bring questions to the group.
We gather online and read the assignment sentence by sentence to understand how the Japanese is working. Registration is free, but we always appreciate donations to support these types of programs.
