Yorimichi: Learn Japanese

A cozy mystery visual novel that teaches the whole JLPT N5, one voiced episode at a time. You've just inherited your late aunt's old mountain inn. Three roads meet at its door: one from the town, one from a kingdom of knights and merchants, and one from a land where it is always night. A merchant comes up the east road every Friday to haggle. A knight who lost his horse works off his room. A sleepy witch upstairs may or may not have lit the lantern. And your aunt left a letter for every mystery the inn is about to throw at you. It's written entirely in beginner Japanese, from the first N5 words to the last: over forty episodes you meet every N5 word apart from a few list-only ones, like the name of every country, and nearly all of the N5 grammar, each one used in the story where it's needed. • 40 episodes in 8 cases, about ten minutes each • Over 2,500 lines, voiced in Japanese • Furigana above every kanji, on or off • English your way: off, key words with their readings under each line, or the whole line • The whole JLPT N5: about 1,100 words and nearly all of its grammar • About 30 new words an episode, used inside the story rather than in lists • Solve cases by listening: catch what doesn't match in a guest's story, give people what they need, and haggle with phrases you've overheard • Your bag keeps every clue, item, phrase and letter you collect Rain on the roof, tea, futons, and a black cat who thinks he runs the place.