In 1937, the Japanese mystery writer Edogawa Ranpo published the serial novel "Detective Boys" in a youth magazine. In this story, his already established private detective Akechi Kogoro is teaming up with a gang of curious boys.
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The star of the Genki textbooks, Mary, visits a 100 Yen shop together with Yui. The concept is fascinating to her and she spends time looking at the various items she finds.
[N3] Intermediate Short Stories in Japanese
In Olly Richard's Intermediate Short Stories in Japanese you will be introduced to 11 stories from different genres, all written to match an intermediate readers vocabulary and grammar knowledge. I addition to these stories, it also includes vocab lists and reading comprehension quizzes after each chapter.
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If you're fascinated by supernatural creatures of Japanese folklore, then you'll love this graded reader by the Japan Foundation Kansai. It features simple descriptions of popular Yลซrei and Yลkai tales and includes pictures of old woodblock prints to illustrate this eerie world of Japanese ghost stories.
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Upon enrolling in the local middle school, Kokoro loses the courage to actually attend. While isolating herself in her room, her bedroom mirror begins to glow, allowing her access to the mirror castle, where she meets six other children who are supposed to be in school and a younger girl in a wolf mask.
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In a cold and snowy winter town, best friends Anna and Rhys are looking for some hot soup to warm them up. They meet a dog on their way.
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On the border of two countries stands a monument with wild roses, where two opposing soldiers meet every day. They become friends but it's short-lived once war breaks out between their nations.
[N4] Japanese Short Stories for Beginners
Short stories in Japanese seem to be very popular with language students, given the number of short story collections published for this target group. This collection features 20 original stories written for language students and all they could ask for to study them.
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Yashiro sits next to new girl Yoshikawa in class and looks forward to seeing her every day. Although he seems to be completely content with their very platonic classroom relationship of him picking up her dropped eraser once and them occasionally doing partner exercises together in class, he eventually asks her out to enjoy the summer festival's fireworks with him...
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You have probably seen these white and red cat figures somewhere as decoration. They generally have one paw raised or sometimes itโs moving back and forth. Also, they usually either hold a sign with calligraphic characters or itโs hanging from their collar. They are called manekineko and this book tells a legend of their possible origin.
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