Learn Japanese with Stories · Volume 1
Learn Japanese with Stories Volume 1: Hikoichi
Clay & Yumi Boutwell · Makoto Press
Intermediate
JLPT N4–N3
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Four Hikoichi stories, the trickster of Kumamoto who outwits his lord every time.
Japan's best loved trickster in four short tales: Hikoichi and the Young Lord, Hikoichi and the Hanami, Hikoichi and the Living Umbrella, and Hikoichi and Tengu's Straw Raincoat. Each story is glossed line by line, printed again without training wheels, and recorded at two speeds by a native speaker.
Read the first story free — the whole thing, with furigana on every kanji, the vocabulary for every line, and both audio speeds. Exactly how the book works.
