Japanese Short Stories for Beginners: 20 Captivating Short Stories to Learn Japanese & Grow Your Vocabulary the Fun Way! Vol. 1
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Summary
Do you know what the hardest thing for a Japanese learner is？
Finding PROPER reading material that they can handle…which is precisely the reason we’ve written this book！
You may have found the best teacher in town or the most incredible learning app around， but if you don’t put all of that knowledge to practice， you’ll soon forget everything you’ve obtained。 This is why being engaged with interesting reading material can be so essential for somebody wishing to learn a new language。
Therefore， in this book we have compiled 20 easy-to-read， compelling and fun stories that will allow you to expand your vocabulary and give you the tools to improve your grasp of the wonderful Japanese language。
How Japanese Short Stories for Beginners works:
Each chapter possesses a funny， interesting and/or thought-provoking story based on real-life situations， allowing you to learn a bit more about the Japanese culture。
Having trouble understanding Japanese characters？ No problem – we provide you with the English translation below each paragraph， allowing you to fully grasp what you’re reading！
The summaries follow a synopsis in Japanese and in English of what you just read， both to review the lesson and for you to see if you understood what the tale was about。 Use them if you’re having trouble。
At the end of those summaries， you will be provided with a list of the most relevant vocabulary from that chapter， as well as slang and sayings that you may not have understood at first glance！ Do not get lost trying to understand or pronounce it all， either， as all of the vocabulary words are Romanized for your ease of learning！
Finally， you’ll be provided with a set of tricky questions in Japanese， allowing you the chance to prove that you learned something in the story。 Whether it’s true or false， or if you’re doing the single answer questions， don’t worry if you don’t know the answer to any — we will provide them immediately after， but no cheating！
We want you to feel comfortable while learning Japanese; after all， no language should be a barrier for you to travel around the world and expand your social circles！
So look no further！ Pick up your copy of Japanese Short Stories for Beginners and level up your Japanese language skills right now！
Text: English & Japanese
Finding PROPER reading material that they can handle…which is precisely the reason we’ve written this book！
You may have found the best teacher in town or the most incredible learning app around， but if you don’t put all of that knowledge to practice， you’ll soon forget everything you’ve obtained。 This is why being engaged with interesting reading material can be so essential for somebody wishing to learn a new language。
Therefore， in this book we have compiled 20 easy-to-read， compelling and fun stories that will allow you to expand your vocabulary and give you the tools to improve your grasp of the wonderful Japanese language。
How Japanese Short Stories for Beginners works:
Each chapter possesses a funny， interesting and/or thought-provoking story based on real-life situations， allowing you to learn a bit more about the Japanese culture。
Having trouble understanding Japanese characters？ No problem – we provide you with the English translation below each paragraph， allowing you to fully grasp what you’re reading！
The summaries follow a synopsis in Japanese and in English of what you just read， both to review the lesson and for you to see if you understood what the tale was about。 Use them if you’re having trouble。
At the end of those summaries， you will be provided with a list of the most relevant vocabulary from that chapter， as well as slang and sayings that you may not have understood at first glance！ Do not get lost trying to understand or pronounce it all， either， as all of the vocabulary words are Romanized for your ease of learning！
Finally， you’ll be provided with a set of tricky questions in Japanese， allowing you the chance to prove that you learned something in the story。 Whether it’s true or false， or if you’re doing the single answer questions， don’t worry if you don’t know the answer to any — we will provide them immediately after， but no cheating！
We want you to feel comfortable while learning Japanese; after all， no language should be a barrier for you to travel around the world and expand your social circles！
So look no further！ Pick up your copy of Japanese Short Stories for Beginners and level up your Japanese language skills right now！
Text: English & Japanese
Reviews
Billy Martin
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Very good for progressing your reading comprehension， however sometimes the printing was plain bad。 The Kanji would be printed over the Hiragana， meaning I'd struggle to understand the word。 Luckily it would come up later in the story。 Very good for progressing your reading comprehension， however sometimes the printing was plain bad。 The Kanji would be printed over the Hiragana， meaning I'd struggle to understand the word。 Luckily it would come up later in the story。 。。。more
Pamela Okano
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This book contains 20 very short stories written in Japanese for beginners。 Each story has a glossary， although several of the words therein should be known by beginners whereas some words not in the glossary would not be known by beginners。 Following the short story， there is an English translation， paragraph by paragraph。 There is also a summary of each story written in both Japanese and English。 Finally after each story， there is a set of questions to test the reader for comprehension。 Except This book contains 20 very short stories written in Japanese for beginners。 Each story has a glossary， although several of the words therein should be known by beginners whereas some words not in the glossary would not be known by beginners。 Following the short story， there is an English translation， paragraph by paragraph。 There is also a summary of each story written in both Japanese and English。 Finally after each story， there is a set of questions to test the reader for comprehension。 Except for the last story， the remaining stories were sufficiently interesting to hold one's attention。 All in all， a good exercise for those learning Japanese。 。。。more
Nicole
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This book made me feel like I know more Japanese than I actually do。 You definitely need to know some basic Japanese before reading it though; the translations aren't perfect， but still good。 This book made me feel like I know more Japanese than I actually do。 You definitely need to know some basic Japanese before reading it though; the translations aren't perfect， but still good。 。。。more
ギーカミ （Geekami）
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* The stories are purposive， they do their job。 Still I would have wished for more wit in the writing and punchlines/twist at the end of the stories， more often then they occur。 I think there was still untapped potential to create more entertaining and thus engaging short stories without rising the language level or interfering with the didactic quality， as the educational exercise is the main purpose of this book。* While I liked the level in which this was written， some might expect easier text * The stories are purposive， they do their job。 Still I would have wished for more wit in the writing and punchlines/twist at the end of the stories， more often then they occur。 I think there was still untapped potential to create more entertaining and thus engaging short stories without rising the language level or interfering with the didactic quality， as the educational exercise is the main purpose of this book。* While I liked the level in which this was written， some might expect easier texts for "Beginners"™。 But I think its better to have the level that they chose。 Should struggle at first because of lacking grammar or reading skills， you will improve your skills ands grow "into" the book， like with clothing that's to big for a child that is growing。 Still a caveat you should be wary of！* The topics and vocabulary used in them are diverse and nicely mixed！ You encounter some general expressions multiple times which helps remember them， while special terms only get used once or twice in their story。* There is a Quiz consisting of a small set of questions and answers at the end of each story。 I like the idea of this， but like with other aspects of this book the execution leaves much to be desired: The questions are way too easy and too often just have No/Yes as answers。 C'mon you guys， I know you can do better then that。 Even better then a fixed set of answers might've been a field where you have to write your own answer， with an model answer as a solution to compare to （Although one can argue， that improving/checking one's writing skills is not this books focus， but it's just an idea）。 * I have a physical copy which physically is nicely produced and has no problems。 But one of my main complaints is: Generally the content of the products feels unpolished， especially the printing and format is what frustrates me: The list of vocabulary that thankfully is included after each chapter （=story） is never ordered properly！ （My self-proclaimed arrangement-OCD is killing me just looking at it！） Often words that are bold （which indicates that it should appear in the list） are missing。 Some words that I suppose not only I don't know yet， don't appear in the vocab list and aren't marked either， so the selection of translated vocab is dubious。 On occasion， the furigana （Hiragana-reading of Kanji above words） is missing and on almost all headings the formatting is flawed， so that the furigana is printed over it。* The text is printed THREE times！ Once only Japanese， a second version with the same Japanese text but an English translation after each one or two sentences and then a third one as a summary in Japanese and English。What a huge waste of paper and space。。。 Feels like they wanted to bump up the page count or let it seem bigger then it actually is， which is kind of low-key scammy， besides producing unnecessary waste。 I get that they wanted to emulate that flash-card functionality of having the text only in the other language viewable and to give options。 Personally， I didn't even bother reading the first or third version， the second one totally suffices if you ask me （of course you have to be disciplined not to look at the translation immediately， but you can hide the next paragraph with a sheet of paper or your bookmark， that worked for me）。* There is a translation after each few sentences in the aforementioned second version。I dislike it！Obviously you can't and shouldn't translate each word literally， but too many times the words chosen for the English translation were too generic/general/bland in my honest opinion。 If a word isn't included in the vocab list and you don't know it， there is a good chance that the translation leads you to false assumptions about its real meaning， so you should countercheck it with a dictionary！As a resumé: While this book is indeed useful training for your Japanese reading capabilities， I think it should at least have been polished more。 I wouldn't necessarily recommend buying it physically as it will take up unnecessary space in your house after you're through with it。 Even if you read it two or three times while you get better， at some point it won't be worth it for you to have， once you have improved to a certain degree。 The matter of expense is also dicey for what it is （ca。 14€）， that's why maybe I would go for the cheaper digital version （there's at least one on Kindle）。 。。。more
Lusionnelle
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Bon， on peut dire que c'est mon tout premier livre lu en Japonais。 C'est vraiment utile d'avoir ce genre d'ouvrages et je regrette qu'il y en ait si peu de disponibles ！Il y a quelques coquilles dans celui-ci cependant， mais rien d'insurmontable。 Chaque histoire propose : - le texte en japonais- la traduction précise de chaque paragraphe- un résumé- le vocabulaire- des questions sur le texte et leurs réponsesJe m'attaque du coup à la version intermédiaire。 💪 Bon， on peut dire que c'est mon tout premier livre lu en Japonais。 C'est vraiment utile d'avoir ce genre d'ouvrages et je regrette qu'il y en ait si peu de disponibles ！Il y a quelques coquilles dans celui-ci cependant， mais rien d'insurmontable。 Chaque histoire propose : - le texte en japonais- la traduction précise de chaque paragraphe- un résumé- le vocabulaire- des questions sur le texte et leurs réponsesJe m'attaque du coup à la version intermédiaire。 💪 。。。more
Jenny Barnard
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I don't feel like this book is actually for beginners。 In fact I would have pitched it at a more intermediate level because despite the fact that some of the vocab lists are incorrect， it is also simply more advanced than I think beginners would be comfortable with。That being said （and errors aside）， it is a great resource and once you are ready for this level you will get a lot out of it I don't feel like this book is actually for beginners。 In fact I would have pitched it at a more intermediate level because despite the fact that some of the vocab lists are incorrect， it is also simply more advanced than I think beginners would be comfortable with。That being said （and errors aside）， it is a great resource and once you are ready for this level you will get a lot out of it 。。。more
Steffanie
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The Japanese short stories is really a fun way to improve your reading skills。 I must say I think the book isn't really for beginners， but still it is fun to read。 Even if you are a beginner， in the end every sentence will be translated in English， so everyone can understand whats written。The book contains fun stories such as the habits in Japan。 The sories are short， every chapter contains a text written in japanese， a translation in English ， a short summary， every kanji is translated and in t The Japanese short stories is really a fun way to improve your reading skills。 I must say I think the book isn't really for beginners， but still it is fun to read。 Even if you are a beginner， in the end every sentence will be translated in English， so everyone can understand whats written。The book contains fun stories such as the habits in Japan。 The sories are short， every chapter contains a text written in japanese， a translation in English ， a short summary， every kanji is translated and in the end of every chapter you can make a quiz to look at how much you understood the story。This book contains 20 chapters with short stories， so you will have enough to read。I am very pleased reading this book:）Thank you for making this book Lingo Mastery。 。。。more
Debbie Benson
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review。 I found the vocabulary lists to be helpful and the English versions of the stories showed that they are good material。 Unfortunately this book is beyond my very basic Japanese as it was for Kanji which I'm not familiar with at all。 It would be good for those at that level。 I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review。 I found the vocabulary lists to be helpful and the English versions of the stories showed that they are good material。 Unfortunately this book is beyond my very basic Japanese as it was for Kanji which I'm not familiar with at all。 It would be good for those at that level。 。。。more
Nirmal
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Simple stories。
Joshua
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A great entry point for Japanese language learners who are ready to move on to reading。 I would have preferred no furigana with pronunciation only in the vocabulary glossary， but that is a minor gripe。
Ayacchi
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The dokkai reminds me of my first year in uni。 Easy to read with furigana on the top of the kanji， plus bilingual version accompanied it。 There is summaries in the end of each passage， vocabularies and questions followed。 The stories are all interesting。 A nice book to learn dokkai。
Gerald Kinro
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Very good instructional tool。 I only wish they included a lexicon of the words they used all in one place。
Violeta Schlange
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この 本 は とても 便利 で、楽しくて、面白い。私 は 毎日 ものがたり で 新しい ことば を 習った。この 本 が 大好きよ。Estoy en un punto en el que comienzo a sentirme frustrada con mi japonés， porque pese al estudio， la gramática y el libro de ejercicios， siento que necesito leer un poco más para mejorar el vocabulario。 Éste libro ha sido de mucha ayuda， las historias son fáciles de leer ya que todas tienen furigana y una pequeña guía de estudio para reforzar el aprendizaje。 Me ha servido además para identificar puntos gramaticales importantes en この 本 は とても 便利 で、楽しくて、面白い。私 は 毎日 ものがたり で 新しい ことば を 習った。この 本 が 大好きよ。Estoy en un punto en el que comienzo a sentirme frustrada con mi japonés， porque pese al estudio， la gramática y el libro de ejercicios， siento que necesito leer un poco más para mejorar el vocabulario。 Éste libro ha sido de mucha ayuda， las historias son fáciles de leer ya que todas tienen furigana y una pequeña guía de estudio para reforzar el aprendizaje。 Me ha servido además para identificar puntos gramaticales importantes en la conversación cotidiana。 Otro punto a resaltar; que no les eche para atrás el hecho de que el libro está en inglés ya que basta con un nivel súper básico para leer las traducciones。 。。。more
Mary
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I’ve read a lot of “beginner” level materials for Japanese study， and these were by far the most interesting stories I’ve ever encountered。 The layout of the book was helpful for studying and included just enough difficult vocabulary that most unknown words could be figured out using context clues - I only had to check the glossary for one or two words per story。 Quizzes to check understanding were also very useful。 Definitely would recommend for anyone at the N4 level of their Japanese study or I’ve read a lot of “beginner” level materials for Japanese study， and these were by far the most interesting stories I’ve ever encountered。 The layout of the book was helpful for studying and included just enough difficult vocabulary that most unknown words could be figured out using context clues - I only had to check the glossary for one or two words per story。 Quizzes to check understanding were also very useful。 Definitely would recommend for anyone at the N4 level of their Japanese study or to anyone looking to refresh their language skills。 。。。more
Sandra
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There were mistakes in several vocabulary lists but I am glad I bought this one。 It was a big step to read my first Japanese short stories and Lingo Mastery did it achievable for those like me that are self studying。
Marichus Real
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20 stories to help Japanese learners practice and increase their vocabulary。 The stories are translated into English and they have a list of vocabulary and some questions to check the reading comprehension。 The stories are short and although they are a bit silly， the important thing here is that Japanese learners have some texts to improve mostly their vocabulary。 My favourite stories are “The Train” and “Crybaby”。I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and I am voluntarily leaving a 20 stories to help Japanese learners practice and increase their vocabulary。 The stories are translated into English and they have a list of vocabulary and some questions to check the reading comprehension。 The stories are short and although they are a bit silly， the important thing here is that Japanese learners have some texts to improve mostly their vocabulary。 My favourite stories are “The Train” and “Crybaby”。I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and I am voluntarily leaving a review。 。。。more
Adriana
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I loved everything about how easy this book makes it to practice reading in Japanese while learning new vocabulary。 The only thing that would make it better would be some kind of audio file for pronunciation。A disclaimer here that I’m not a beginner and already know grammar， so things that seemed clear to me might not apply to everyone。
Peetu
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Suurta lukunautintoa turha odottaa， mutta hyvää lukumateriaalia meille， jotka osaavat vasta kielen alkeet。 Vaikkei kaikkia sanoja aina ymmärtäisikään， niin tekstistä kyllä tajuaa pääkohdat ja kirjan käännökset ja sanastot auttavat vaikeampien kohtien kanssa。
Molly
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Great book for beginners。 I'll be using this during my tutoring sessions。 Great book for beginners。 I'll be using this during my tutoring sessions。 。。。more
Claudia
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