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Reading of Kiki’s Delivery Service

A CONTINUING SERIES OF THE POPULAR NOVEL AND ANIME IN Easy English Style.

WITH NARRATION BY OLIVIA JACKSON 

FIRST, HERE’S THE Author's Introduction 

Kiki laughing
Olivia Jackson is your narrator
Kiki and Jiji

The Beginning of Kiki’s Delivery Service

Please listen and watch the video 3 or 4 times for the best results in comprehension.

First time through, just watch.

Second time just close your eyes and listen.

Third time listen and watch again and try to understand the story and all the words you hear.

Fourth time through, write down any vocabulary you didn’t understand.

NOTE: Don’t pay attention to the grammar too much. I realize there are some small mistakes in there, but our goal is to help you to understand the story.

Thank you, and more coming. 

EXTRA EXTRA !  

Turn the pages and follow along here.   Author’s Introduction








Try reading the story with me, The Beginning of the Story. (Read along with video above, and find the place where you can follow along. I am sure you can do this!). 

Next…

The Beginning of the Story – Kiki’s Delivery Service

I made a mistake in the Title above. It’s The Beginning of the Story (Part 2). Sorry team. 
Once upon a time there was a girl. That girl was named Kiki. She was a witch. But not the kind of witch you think about when you hear that word. She is just a normal girl, but she has some special talents. 
This video series will highlight some interesting moments in this novel by Eiko Katono, and well-known animation created by the good people at Studio Ghibli in Tokyo, Japan. If you have read the book and seen the animation in Japanese, then you know the story already.  Then, this video is for you. It will be a nice way to read a story you know and try it in English. You will be surprised how quickly you will begin to understand the words that Kiki is saying. 

Go ahead and press the arrow- but first, make the screen big, grab a notebook and pencil, for note taking, and enjoy. We do suggest that you watch the video a few times to be sure you understand the vocabulary and sentences almost 100 percent. Ok?  

じゃ、それでは、日本語で、みんな様、ゆっくり読んでください・もしかしたら、何かわからないので、２、３、かいぐらいにヴィデオを繰り返して、確認していますね。
一生懸命頑張りましょう！　ありがとうございました。

We are excited for you, and support and encourage you to keep up with these videos and stories and music, and any of the other things that we may sneak into our blog / journal / diary / vlog / whatever. 

We are having fun, and hope you are too!

Take it easy, and have a nice day!

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Kiki Lands in a Big City

English Fixer 5000 JP

Stories and Blogging for Fluency

VOCABULARY FOR Kiki Lands in a Big City

Please take out your dictionary and look these words up; a few have been done for you! 😖

  1. Sinking
  2. This way and that 　　　あちこち
  3. A whole production
  4. Wasn’t about to be left out/   Someone wants to be included in an event.
  5. Peeked
  6. Stretched
  7. Curled
  8. Astride adverb, to have one leg on each side of something – ex: sitting astride a horse.
  9. Profile
  10. Bustled around
  11. Barely
  12. Graceful
  13. Mild-mannered
  14. Hiking it up/     Pulling up something worn; such as a skirt or boots.
  15. Tiptoes
  16. Cast verb – to cause to move, the sun cast its shadow on the ground
  17. Stale
  18. Chimed in
  19. Nowadays /　　The current times; the modern world
  20. Dissatisfied /  　 Not satisfied
  21. Frown
  22. Mold
  23. Forged
  24. Give and take
  25. Hold back
  26. Fairies
  27. Compliment /  giving praise to someone for something worn or for something done or said
  28. Jokily /  saying something in a funny way ; not serious
  29. Modest 
  30. declaration
Kiki and Jiji