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Description
Also in: Learn Japanese with Stories — Volume 2 Bundle
Upper Beginner → Intermediate
Learn Japanese with Stories 19 — Kicchomu: Quick-Wit Tales
Physical paperback ships to you. Digital downloads available immediately after purchase.
MP3: slow & normal Anki deck included Grammar notes Full JP + EN
🎧 Audio Sample — “Kicchomu and the Fire” (Normal Speed)
📖 PDF Sample Preview
About the Stories
The Kicchomu tales are classic 頓智話（とんちばなし）—quick-wit stories where a clever underdog flips the script on smug rivals. In one tale, a well-meant plan during a village crisis goes comically sideways; in another, a “mystical” horse leaves the wealthy headman speechless.
- Great for upper beginners to lower intermediates
- Read with furigana support, grammar notes, and line-by-line glosses
- Practice again with the all-Japanese version (no interleaved English)
- Confirm understanding with the full English translation
Free MP3 download link is on the last page of the book (check spam if you don’t see the email).
What You Get
- 112 pages (paperback + instant digital files)
- Two recordings per story: slow and normal speed
- Anki deck with all story vocabulary
- Extensive grammar notes for both stories
- Full Japanese text + English translation
