Original stories · Japanese
アジアの昔話Folk Tales of Asia
The tales children grow up with across Asia, in easy Japanese. Free to read in the browser, each with a translation beside every paragraph.
About the series
Momotaro, the boy who came out of a peach. Heungbu and Nolbu, two brothers and a swallow. Tam and Cam, the Cinderella of Vietnam. The monkey who fooled the crocodile, the clever mouse-deer Sang Kancil, and Mulan, who went to war in her father's place. These are the stories told to children in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, India, Indonesia and China.
Each tale is a short read in easy Japanese (A2), close to the traditional story, with simple sentences, plenty of dialogue and a translation beside every paragraph. If you know one of these stories from your own childhood, read it here in Japanese and in your language side by side.
Stories
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These are the Japanese stories of アジアの昔話, shown here in Japanese with English.
These are the Japanese stories of アジアの昔話, shown here in Japanese with Spanish.
These are the Japanese stories of アジアの昔話, shown here in Japanese with French.
These are the Japanese stories of アジアの昔話, shown here in Japanese with Italian.
These are the Japanese stories of アジアの昔話, shown here in Japanese with Greek.
These are the Japanese stories of アジアの昔話, shown here in Japanese with Hindi.
These are the Japanese stories of アジアの昔話, shown here in Japanese with Indonesian.
These are the Japanese stories of アジアの昔話, shown here in Japanese with German.
These are the Japanese stories of アジアの昔話, shown here in Japanese with Korean.
These are the Japanese stories of アジアの昔話, shown here in Japanese with Dutch.
These are the Japanese stories of アジアの昔話, shown here in Japanese with Polish.
These are the Japanese stories of アジアの昔話, shown here in Japanese with Portuguese.
These are the Japanese stories of アジアの昔話, shown here in Japanese with Romanian.
These are the Japanese stories of アジアの昔話, shown here in Japanese with Turkish.
These are the Japanese stories of アジアの昔話, shown here in Japanese with Vietnamese.
These are the Japanese stories of アジアの昔話, shown here in Japanese with Chinese.
A2 stories
- A2
桃太郎
Momotaro, the Peach Boy
アジアの昔話 · Japanese · 5 min
DuoText original - A2
フンブとノルブ
Heungbu and Nolbu
アジアの昔話 · Japanese · 5 min
DuoText original - A2
タムとカム
Tam and Cam
アジアの昔話 · Japanese · 5 min
DuoText original - A2
JA
サルとワニ
DuoText
サルとワニ
The Monkey and the Crocodile
アジアの昔話 · Japanese · 5 min
DuoText original - A2
JA
おしゃべりなカメ
DuoText
おしゃべりなカメ
The Talkative Tortoise
アジアの昔話 · Japanese · 5 min
DuoText original - A2
JA
ライオンとかしこい野うさぎ
DuoText
ライオンとかしこい野うさぎ
The Lion and the Clever Hare
アジアの昔話 · Japanese · 5 min
DuoText original - A2
JA
サン・カンチルとワニたち
DuoText
サン・カンチルとワニたち
Sang Kancil and the Crocodiles
アジアの昔話 · Japanese · 5 min
DuoText original - A2
JA
ムーラン
DuoText
ムーラン
Mulan
アジアの昔話 · Japanese · 5 min
DuoText original
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