Japan Books: The Rescued Cat, Chii-Chan Level 9

Description

Chii-chan tells the story about her life with a loving 90-year-old grandpa.

level: 8
Script: Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji characters with Furigana

Sentence examples:

• The grandpa does not get angry, so we gradually started doing mischievous things, too.
• One day, I was taken to a hospital and got an operation.
• The grandpa got worried, so he got Koro-chan for me.

In alignment with the Senior Japanese syllabus (SJS) and the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)

• When; at this time (SJS & JLPT: N5)
• Before (SJS & N5)
• Because of; given that; since (SJS & N5)
• To like doing something (SJS & N5)
• To do such things as A and B (SJS & N5)
• Have done something before (SJS & N5)
• To do a favor; do something for someone (SJS & N4)
• To get somebody to do something (SJS & N4)
• Like, similar to (SJS & N4)
• It has come to be that (N4)
• It would be nice if, I hope (N3)
• To do something unintentionally (N4)
• To try to; to make sure that (SJS & N3)

Cultural note from the author:
The book is based on real-life, about my father and the two rescued cats.  The story was written by my mother, and all the photographs were also taken by her. You can see from the photos, how much these two cats are loved and spoiled by them.  In fact, the cats are ruling their house, aren’t they!  Among the many mischiefs they get up to, the best one is destroying the shoji paper completely. Only cats in Japan can enjoy doing such a thing!