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Yokai · Volume 2

Learn Japanese with Yokai Volume 2: The Tengu

Clay & Yumi Boutwell · Makoto Press

Intermediate JLPT N4–N3 Read it in the app

The tengu: what it can do, where it came from, and the stories it appears in.

Three essays on the tengu: what it is and what it can do, the theories of where it came from, and three legends — Yoshitsune on Mount Kurama, a boy returned by a tall stranger, and the octopus cedar of Mount Takao.

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Intermediate · JLPT N4–N3. Longer sentences, denser kanji, real essay structure.

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
196
Kanji density
28.7%
Average sentence
20.9
N5–N3 vocabulary
75.8%
Pages
169

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