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Learn Japanese with Stories · Volume 4

Learn Japanese with Stories 4 - The Mouse Bride

Clay & Yumi Boutwell · Makoto Press

Upper Beginner + JLPT N4 Read it in the app

The Mouse Bride's search for the greatest husband, and the wit of Ikkyu-san.

A mouse father looks for the most powerful husband in the world for his daughter, asking the sun, the cloud, the wind and the wall in turn. Paired with tales of Ikkyu-san, the boy monk whose clever answers made him a household name in Japan. The shortest volume in the first ten, and a good place to start.

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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
97
Kanji density
22.9%
Average sentence
19.0
N5–N3 vocabulary
75.9%
Pages
89

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What is in the book

The rest of the Learn Japanese with Stories series

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Where to buy

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