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History & Essays · Volume 1

Japanese History & Essays Volume 1: Samurai & Daimyo

Clay & Yumi Boutwell · Makoto Press

Intermediate JLPT N4–N3 Read it in the app

The Warring States: its warlords, Sakamoto Ryoma, and Miyamoto Musashi.

Volume one in the Learn Japanese with History and Essays series

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Is this the right level for you?

Intermediate · JLPT N4–N3. Longer sentences, denser kanji, real essay structure.

Every level on this site was measured from the book's own Japanese rather than assigned by feel. The numbers below are what the measurement saw, so you can judge the fit yourself instead of taking our word for it.

Distinct kanji
289
Kanji density
36.8%
Average sentence
20.8
N5–N3 vocabulary
67.3%
Pages
214

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