Japanese Stories for Language Learner..., Anne McNulty
Japanese Stories for Language Learner..., Anne McNulty
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Japanese Stories for Language Learners
Bilingual Stories in Japanese and English

Author: Anne McNulty, Eriko Sato

Series: Stories for Language Learners

Narrator: Da Eun Yoon

Unabridged: 1 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/26/2025


Synopsis

A great story can lead a reader on a journey of discovery—especially if it's presented in two languages!

Japanese Stories for Language Learners offers five compelling stories with English and Japanese language versions. Taking learners on an exciting cultural and linguistic journey, each story is followed by detailed translator's notes, Japanese vocabulary lists, and grammar points along with a set of discussion questions and exercises.

The first two stories are very famous traditional Japanese folktales: Urashima Taro (Tale of a Fisherman) and Yuki Onna (The Snow Woman). These are followed by three short stories by notable 20th century authors: Kumo no Ito (The Spider's Thread) by Akutagawa Ryunosuke (1892-1927)Oborekaketa Kyodai (The Siblings Who Almost Drowned) by Arishima Takeo (1878-1923)Serohiki no Goshu (Gauche the Cellist) by Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933)
Hearing native-speakers read these stories aloud helps students at every level deepen their comprehension of the beauty and subtlety of the Japanese language. Learn Japanese the fun way—through the country's rich literary history.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne on March 07, 2018

I think this book is pretty great.......more

Goodreads review by Miriam on November 20, 2019

I am not studying Japanese but I liked this bilingual book of stories (complete with extra explanations and exercises following each story) a lot. Even if I'm not planning on learning Japanese anytime soon, the linguistic glimpses offered on the side are cute and a great starting point for making fu......more

Goodreads review by Jane on April 25, 2018

The stories in this book are fascinating and very unusual. I can imagine it was difficult to translate some of the very old stories into English. I am lucky to have an advance copy of this book, and I enjoyed it very much.......more

Goodreads review by Sara on April 26, 2020

For someone studying Japanese, this bilingual reader is great! My only qualms are with some formatting choices. The glossary and questions that come after each story are sort of clunky to read, and I feel like that information could have been presented in a more efficient way.......more

Goodreads review by Izzati on February 18, 2025

There are 5 stories in this book, with 2 being famous folklores. The Japanese level is not too hard in this one, I would hazard to say that it would be great JLPT N3 level readers. Urashima Taro – 3 stars Something like Rip van Winkle meet the castle under the sea. Yuki Onna (The Snow Woman) – 3 stars A......more