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What Is Witch Hat Atelier About?
『とんがり帽子のアトリエ』はファンタジーの漫画です。
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“Tongari Bōshi no Atorie” wa fantajī no manga desu.
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“Witch Hat Atelier” is a fantasy manga.
この漫画の絵はとても美しいです。
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Kono manga no e wa totemo utsukushii desu.
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The drawings in this manga are very beautiful.
この漫画は、秘密の魔法の世界のココという女の子の物語です。
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Kono manga wa, himitsu no mahō no sekai no Koko to iu onnanoko no monogatari desu.
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This manga is a story about a girl named Coco in a secret world of magic.
A glimpse to the story
ココは普通の女の子ですが、魔法使いになりたいです。
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Koko wa futsū no onnanoko desu ga, mahōtsukai ni naritai desu.
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Coco is a normal girl, but she wants to be a witch.
ある日、彼女は魔法の使い方を偶然知って、やってみます。
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Aru hi, kanojo wa mahō no tsukaikata o gūzen shitte, yatte mimasu.
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One day, she accidentally finds out how to use magic and tries it.
しかし、彼女の魔法でお母さんに大きな問題が起きます。
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Shikashi, kanojo no mahō de okāsan ni ōkina mondai ga okimasu.
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But her magic causes a big problem for her mother.
キーフリーという魔法使いが、ココを弟子にすることにします。
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Kīfurī to iu mahōtsukai ga, Koko o deshi ni suru koto ni shimasu.
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A wizard named Qifrey decides to make Coco his student.
彼女は他の3人の女の子と一緒に、魔法を習うために彼の家へ行きます。
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Kanojo wa hoka no sannin no onnanoko to issho ni, mahō o narau tame ni kare no ie e ikimasu.
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She goes to his house to learn magic with three other girls.
一緒に、彼女たちは魔法を使うために特別な円を描く練習をします。
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Issho ni, kanojotachi wa mahō o tsukau tame ni tokubetsu na en o kaku renshū o shimasu.
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Together, they practice drawing special circles to use magic.
彼女たちは悪い魔法使いから魔法の秘密を守らなければなりません。
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Kanojotachi wa warui mahōtsukai kara mahō no himitsu o mamoranakereba narimasen.
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They must protect the secrets of magic from bad wizards.
About this manga
この漫画は2016年から出ています。
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Kono manga wa nisen-jūroku-nen kara dete imasu.
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This manga has been coming out since 2016.
アニメもとても美しくて、最近始まりました。
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Anime mo totemo utsukushikute, saikin hajimarimashita.
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The anime is also very beautiful and started recently.
読めば絶対にこの美しい世界が好きになりますよ。
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Yomeba zettai ni kono utsukushii sekai ga suki ni narimasu yo.
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If you read it, you will definitely fall in love with this beautiful world!
Vocabulary
| Japanese | Reading | Meaning |
| ファンタジー | ファンタジー | Fantasy |
| 漫画 | まんが | Manga / Comic |
| 絵 | え | Picture / Drawing / Artwork |
| 美しい | うつくしい | Beautiful |
| 秘密 | ひみつ | Secret |
| 魔法 | まほう | Magic |
| 世界 | せかい | World |
| 女の子 | おんなのこ | Girl |
| 物語 | ものがたり | Story / Tale |
| 普通 | ふつう | Normal / Ordinary |
| 魔法使い | まほうつかい | Wizard / Witch |
| ある日 | あるひ | One day |
| 使い方 | つかいかた | How to use / Way of using |
| 偶然 | ぐうぜん | By chance / Accidentally |
| お母さん | おかあさん | Mother |
| 大きな | おおきな | Big / Large |
| 問題 | もんだい | Problem / Issue |
| 弟子 | でし | Apprentice / Student / Disciple |
| 他 | ほか | Other |
| 一緒 | いっしょ | Together |
| 習う | ならう | To learn |
| 家 | いえ | House / Home |
| 特別 | とくべつ | Special |
| 円 | えん | Circle |
| 描く | かく | To draw / To paint |
| 練習 | れんしゅう | Practice |
| 悪い | わるい | Bad |
| 守る | まもる | To protect / To guard |
| 巻 | かん | Volume (of a book) |
| アニメ | アニメ | Anime |
| 最近 | さいきん | Recently / Lately |
| 始まる | はじまる | To begin / To start |
| 読む | よむ | To read |
| 絶対に | ぜったいに | Definitely / Absolutely |
| 好きになる | すきになる | To fall in love with / To come to like |
Keep Practicing Your Japanese!
We hope this Easy Japanese reading practice article helped you learn new vocabulary and improve your reading flow! The best way to build your confidence and expand your Japanese vocabulary every day is to keep reading content you love.
If you enjoyed today’s lesson, you should definitely check out the manga itself. The art in Witch Hat Atelier is absolutely stunning—it is so incredibly beautiful that it is well worth collecting, and even just having the first volume on your shelf or device is totally worth it!
You can grab the English edition on Amazon in either Paperback or for your Kindle. Or, if you want to challenge yourself and read the entire story in its original language, you can pick up the Original Japanese Version here.
Check out our other Easy Japanese reading practice articles to keep leveling up your skills and discover more amazing stories!