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Usually, these multiple versions can be displayed side by side in frames. Very cool. Finally, there is a search function which could be quite useful if you wanted to find examples of a grammar pattern or vocabulary word in literature. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center and the University of Pittsburgh East Asian Library are pleased to sponsor the Japanese Text Initiative, a collaborative effort to make texts of classical Japanese literature available on the World Wide Web. I haven&#8217;t read through the site yet, but it appears appropriate only for intermediate to advanced levels.  There appear to be some really good \u2026 <span style=\"font-style:normal; white-space: nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yookoso.com\/japanese-text-initiative\/\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\">[ Read more <i class=\"fa fa-arrow-circle-o-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> ]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"extra-post-info\"><strong>Sources<\/strong>: <a href=\"\/sources\/university-of-pittsburgh\/\">University of Pittsburgh<\/a>, <a href=\"\/sources\/university-of-virginia\/\">University of Virginia<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Subject<\/strong>: <a href=\"\/category\/reading-material\/\">Reading Material<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"authors":[],"sources":[518,517],"class_list":["post-374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reading-material","sources-university-of-pittsburgh","sources-university-of-virginia"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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