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Read Japanese Without Guessing - Level B1.1: ルカの ゆめ - Opinions, Possibilities, Ability, Goals & JLPT N3 Interlinear
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Series: Read Japanese Without Guessing, Book 5
Foreign Language GeneralGeneral ReferenceTest Prep
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 12 2026
Pages: 262
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ルカの ゆめ is Level B1.1 in the Read Japanese Without Guessing series. Lucas continues his life in Japan and discovers a new goal: taking his photography seriously and entering a local contest.
This is where reading becomes deeper. Lucas expresses opinions, weighs possibilities, talks about what he can do, and chooses his words carefully with different people.
No guessing.
No dictionary hunting.
Just Japanese with meaning exactly where you need it.
If you completed A1.1, A1.2, A2.1, and A2.2, you already know routines, past tense, て-form basics, permission, prohibition, obligation, counters, comparisons, and plain forms. Now B1.1 moves you into the first half of JLPT N3.
- Opinions and possibility - ～と思います / ～かもしれません
- Ability and change - potential form + ～ようになる
- Conditionals - ～たら / ～ば
- Intentions and predictions - ～つもり / ～でしょう
- Register switching - polite speech with Tanaka-san, casual speech with Yuki
Traditional readers often make you stop, guess, flip to a glossary, lose your place, and return to the sentence. This book removes that friction.
Japanese appears with English meaning directly above the words, so you understand immediately while seeing real Japanese structure.
Example:
ルカはLucas ゆめをa dream 持（も）っています。has.
写真（しゃしん）がPhotography 好（す）きだとhe likes 思（おも）います。he thinks.
- Story Interlinear - Japanese with English support above the text
- Story Japanese Only - the same story without translations
- Reading Comprehension - JLPT-style checks
- Vocabulary Exercises - repeated words in context
- Grammar Focus - one clear pattern per chapter
- Writing Practice and Answer Key
Lucas has grown from a newcomer into someone building a life in Japan. Now he has a dream: entering a photography contest.
Across 10 chapters, Lucas talks with Yuki and Tanaka-san, reflects on his progress, practices photography, and learns to express what he thinks, what might happen, what he can do, and what he intends to do.
What you will be able to do- Say what you think: 日本はいい国だと思います。
- Talk about possibility: 雨がふるかもしれません。
- List activities: 写真をとったり、さんぽしたりします。
- Express ability: 漢字が読めます。
- Talk about growth: 写真がとれるようになりました。
- Use conditionals: 晴れたら、写真をとりに行きます。
- Express intention: コンテストに参加するつもりです。
- Predict outcomes: きっとだいじょうぶでしょう。
- Use contrast: がんばったのに、しんぱいしすぎました。
This book is ideal if you know hiragana, katakana, N5/N4 foundations, past tense, て-form, plain forms, permission, prohibition, counters, and comparisons. It is especially useful if you are preparing for JLPT N3 and want reading practice that feels clear, structured, and motivating.
Kanji and furigana supportB1.1 introduces N3-level kanji throughout, but every kanji includes reading help in parentheses, such as 思（おも）う, 写真（しゃしん）, 練習（れんしゅう）, 夢（ゆめ）, and 将来（しょうらい）.
Begin Lucas's next chapterThis book is Level B1.1 in a 12-level pathway from A1.1 to C2.2.
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