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# Short Stories for Japanese Learners (Level 1, Volume 1): Learn Japanese with an Authentic and Fun Short Story Collection for Beginners! (You Can Read Japanese!)

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desertcart.com: Short Stories for Japanese Learners (Level 1, Volume 1): Learn Japanese with an Authentic and Fun Short Story Collection for Beginners! (You Can Read Japanese!): 9798395674241: Park, Japanese Language, Nishino, Yumi, Easthope, Alessandro: Books

Review: Good resource for learning Japanese with short stories - This is a good resource for learning Japanese with short stories. You get both the original Japanese version, followed by one with the English translation interspersed throughout the Japanese text. There are interesting illustrations throughout, followed by a vocabulary list of the words used in the story. You then get tested at the end of each story to objectively evaluate your reading comprehension. There is a wide variety of different stories, all of which have been lovingly-handcrafted and carefully curated. Each are entertaining in their own right, and each serve their pedagogical purpose with just the right amount of new vocabulary and phrases allocated to each story. Personally, my favorite among this collection was "Spring in the Village, Spring in the Mountain", which gives a poignant, memorable retelling of a young fawn's first experience with spring. This is not the first of Ms Nishino's collection of short stories for learning Japanese. She recently had another collection of similarly curated short stories, which also had an audible edition, of which my favorite title there was "The Lost Item", which gives a similarly poignant rendition of a salaryman's sudden epiphany and rediscovery of his own moral compass. He rectifies his own lapse in rectitude, and is made whole again by embracing the value of simple honesty, in a sometimes chaotic world of temptation. Also highly recommended. I look forward to more notable contributions by Ms Nishino in this refreshing genre for efficient language acquisition.
Review: Fantastic Stories, Excellent Writing, Adorable Illustrations - Will be purchasing the rest of this series! This book was a little too easy for my skill level, but I still had a fun time reading it and looking at the lovely drawings. I love that the text is large, making the furigana easier to read (something that is often an issue in manga). I also really like the inclusion of a vocabulary list, an English version of the story, and comprehension quizzes at the end. All in all a wonderful way to help you on your language leaning journey. Even at my higher level, I still learned a new word. Highly recommended!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | B0CB2FTPS1 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #33,232 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #2 in Children's Japanese Language Books #9 in Japanese Literature #26 in Vocabulary Books |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (379) |
| Dimensions  | 6 x 0.33 x 9 inches |
| ISBN-13  | 979-8395674241 |
| Item Weight  | 7 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Part of series  | You Can Read Japanese! |
| Print length  | 143 pages |
| Publication date  | July 10, 2023 |
| Publisher  | Independently published |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good resource for learning Japanese with short stories
*by J***N on August 9, 2023*

This is a good resource for learning Japanese with short stories. You get both the original Japanese version, followed by one with the English translation interspersed throughout the Japanese text. There are interesting illustrations throughout, followed by a vocabulary list of the words used in the story. You then get tested at the end of each story to objectively evaluate your reading comprehension. There is a wide variety of different stories, all of which have been lovingly-handcrafted and carefully curated. Each are entertaining in their own right, and each serve their pedagogical purpose with just the right amount of new vocabulary and phrases allocated to each story. Personally, my favorite among this collection was "Spring in the Village, Spring in the Mountain", which gives a poignant, memorable retelling of a young fawn's first experience with spring. This is not the first of Ms Nishino's collection of short stories for learning Japanese. She recently had another collection of similarly curated short stories, which also had an audible edition, of which my favorite title there was "The Lost Item", which gives a similarly poignant rendition of a salaryman's sudden epiphany and rediscovery of his own moral compass. He rectifies his own lapse in rectitude, and is made whole again by embracing the value of simple honesty, in a sometimes chaotic world of temptation. Also highly recommended. I look forward to more notable contributions by Ms Nishino in this refreshing genre for efficient language acquisition.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic Stories, Excellent Writing, Adorable Illustrations
*by N***T on May 16, 2024*

Will be purchasing the rest of this series! This book was a little too easy for my skill level, but I still had a fun time reading it and looking at the lovely drawings. I love that the text is large, making the furigana easier to read (something that is often an issue in manga). I also really like the inclusion of a vocabulary list, an English version of the story, and comprehension quizzes at the end. All in all a wonderful way to help you on your language leaning journey. Even at my higher level, I still learned a new word. Highly recommended!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ These books are GREAT!
*by E***. on December 9, 2023*

I have been studying Japanese for over a year pretty intensively. I can read and sound out words in hiragana and katakana very well. And yet, really internalizing the vocabulary and grammatical constructions is tough, really challenging. I've purchased many Japanese readers hoping to find books like I read in elementary school — over and over — to help me build my fluency and to enjoy doing it. The Japanese children's books don't work because although the stories are simple they use kanji because, after all, the kid's parents would be reading it to them. And, of course, the kids are already fluent to at least a child's level. Much more than me. I've also tried books that are marketed like this one, targeting adult learners. I was disappointed in those, too. So, what's so great about these? Here's some of my thoughts: - The font they use is large which makes the furigana easy to read. My eyesight with glasses is good but furigana can get very small if the font size used is also small. - They are very well edited. I have yet to find an error. They paid attention to detail. - They have multiple-choice questions about comprehension at the end of the stories to test, well, one's comprehension. Good idea. - They also repeat the story in Japanese with English translation. I don't use this because although I do need to look up words and so forth for translation I prefer to read as a native while translating to English in my mind. I really hope they produce more of these books especially at Levels 1, 2, and 3!

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