This app provides recitations of Japans finest stories and poems by announcers.
KIKUMINis a coined word made from the words KIKUlisten and vitamin. This app provides recitations of Japans finest stories and poems by announcers from Mainichi Broadcasting System a TVradio company based in Osaka, Japan. MBS announcers are excellent narrators, and they all have participated in OHANASHI YUME HIROBA, a recitation held by MBS each year.
We hope you enjoy these stories and poems read to you in beautiful, refined Japanese.
Do you want to improve your style or manner of speaking? Use KIKUMIN as elocution lessons you can listen to as you start your workschool day, or before you go to bed or when you want to relax, or as a way to read stories to your children? Japanese families who live overseas, do you miss your native language? If you do, welcome to KIKUMIN.
Listen to your hearts content and nurture your inner self.
Our lineup includes Ryunosuke Akutagawas KUMO NO ITO, Ogai Moris TAKASEBUNE, Osamu Dazais OUTOU, Kenji Miyazawas CHUMON NO OOI RYOURITEN, and many other Japanese masterpieces. New book recitations will be added each month.
Download KIKUMIN for free and check out our collection of poems, POEMIN. If you like what you hear, proceed to our store, inside the app, where you can buy a new recitation.
SPECIAL FEATURES
Shown page by page, just like a book. Pages will turn over automatically, in sync with audio and can be browsed manually.
Explanatory notes, written in color, will pop up for difficult words and phrases.
A bookmark will automatically be inserted whenever you tap a pause. Audio will resume where you left off.
Use the slidebar to fastforward or rewind.
Three soothing sounds, such as waves rippling, can be chosen for background music. Volume for narration and background music can be adjusted separately.
Other apps can be used while listening to recitations.
A full version of poetry book POEMIN is available for free when downloading KIKUMIN app.
New books can be purchased at our store. Books that have once been purchased can be redownloaded for free.
A builtin bookshelf function enables you to organize your book collection.
A bookshelf can be selected from among the four preset designs.
FUNCTIONS
Bookshelf
1 Choice of design
2 Organizing books
Playback
1 Playback control playpauseresume
2 Time bar indicator showing where you are in the book
3 Slide bar for volume adjustment
4 Selection of background music and separate slide bar for background music volume
5 Automatic bookmark insertion when tapping to pause
6 Resume audio from bookmark insertion
7 popup explanatory notes for difficult words and phrases
8 Narrators profile and book recommendations
Store
1 Purchase of books and downloading
2 List of authors, titles and summary of books
3 Recent orders