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Learn Japanese with Stories · Volume 3

Learn Japanese with Stories Volume 3: The Inch-High Samurai

Clay & Yumi Boutwell · Makoto Press

Upper Beginner + JLPT N4 Read it in the app

Two of Japan's oldest tales: the thumb-sized samurai and the princess from the moon.

Issun-boshi, the Inch-High Samurai who rows to the capital in a rice bowl, paired with Kaguya Hime, the bamboo cutter's daughter who came from the moon. Both are among the oldest stories in Japanese, and both are told here with every kanji glossed and native audio at two speeds.

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Is this the right level for you?

Upper Beginner + · JLPT N4. Folktale narration at a steady pace. The bulk of the collection lives here.

Every level on this site was measured from the book's own Japanese rather than assigned by feel. The numbers below are what the measurement saw, so you can judge the fit yourself instead of taking our word for it.

Distinct kanji
177
Kanji density
22.6%
Average sentence
22.3
N5–N3 vocabulary
73.9%
Pages
136

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What is in the book

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Where to buy

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