Japanese Literary Texts with Readability Difficulty Scores

Japanese literary texts sourced from the Aozora Bunko digital library, enhanced with jReadability-based difficulty analysis. The dataset was created by ronantakizawa and last updated on November 19, 2025. It is intended for Japanese language learning and curriculum development.

Use Cases

• Developing graded reading curricula based on text difficulty scores.
• Training or evaluating Japanese language proficiency assessment models based on readability metrics.
• Conducting linguistic research on Japanese literature and text complexity.
• Creating adaptive learning tools that match text difficulty to learner levels.

Strengths

• Sourced from Aozora Bunko, Japan's premier digital library of public domain literature.
• Enhanced with research-backed Japanese readability models (jReadability).
• Last updated on 2025-11-19, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count, file formats, and license information are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Aozora Bunko (青空文庫)

Collection Method

jReadability-based difficulty scoring applied to literary texts.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2025-11-19 05:39:25.

Geography

Japan