Japanese Graded Readers Level 0 is designed for the ambitious novice learner. It utilizes a vocabulary of 350 words, beginner-level kanji (coupled with furigana), and verb conjugations including ~desu, ~masu, present tense, past tense, and question form. The language is natural and carefully controlled, and each word, paragraph has been chosen to help learners steadily improve their Japanese. Level 0 comes in 3 volumes pack, each containing six booklets and a CD. Each booklet contains a story perfect for the beginning student of Japanese to practice basic vocabulary and reading comprehension. All kanji in this series have furigana and the stories use appropriate grammar and vocabulary for beginning level students.