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Yokai · Volume 5

Learn Japanese with Yokai Volume 5: Mermaids of Japan

Clay & Yumi Boutwell · Makoto Press

Intermediate JLPT N4–N3 Read it in the app

Japan's mermaid: the Nihon Shoki sighting, the 800-year-old nun, and Amabie.

Japan's mermaid, three ways: its first sighting in the Nihon Shoki and the temple mummies that survive today, the 800-year-old nun who ate mermaid flesh, and Amabie — the Edo-era plague-warding yokai that all of Japan drew again in 2020.

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Is this the right level for you?

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
202
Kanji density
29.3%
Average sentence
21.7
N5–N3 vocabulary
77.8%
Pages
92

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