🔊桃太郎
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日本昔話Japanese Folktales
Beginner-friendly Japanese folktales with clear plots, repeated phrases, and familiar cultural motifs.
28 stories
🔊桃太郎
Peach Boy
🔊Issunboushi
Issunboushi (One-Inch Boy)
🔊浦島太郎
Urashima Taro
🔊かぐや姫
Princess Kaguya
したきりすずめ
The Tongue-Cut Sparrow
ねずみのすもう
The Sumo-Wrestling Mice
だいくとおにろく
The Carpenter and Oniroku
三年ねたろう
Three-Year Sleepy Taro
三枚のお札
The Three Charms
天の羽衣
The Robe of Heaven
ふるやのもり
Furuya no Mori
かみなりさまとくわばら
The Thunder God and Mulberry
大江山の鬼退治
The Demon Hunt of Mount Oe
絵姿女房
The Wife in the Portrait
かちかちやま
Kachi-kachi Mountain
ぶんぶくちゃがま
The Lucky Tea Kettle
ねずみの よめいり
The Mouse’s Wedding
くらげの おつかい
The Jellyfish’s Errand
かもとり ごんべえ
Gonbe the Duck Catcher
ききみみずきん
The Listening Hood
世界の物語World Stories
Stories from outside Japan, rewritten for Japanese reading practice with accessible pacing.
25 stories
Shirayukihime
Shirayukihime (Snow White)
金のおの銀のおの
The Golden Axe and the Silver Axe
おおかみ少年
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
王さまの耳はロバの耳
The King Has Donkey Ears
はだかの王様
The Emperor's New Clothes
みにくいアヒルの子
The Ugly Duckling
三つの願い
The Three Wishes
ロバを売りに行く親子
The Father, the Son, and the Donkey
漁夫の利
The Fisherman's Profit
シンドバッド第一航海
Sindbad's First Voyage
鶏鳴狗盗
The Cockcrow and the Dog-Thief
矛盾
Contradiction
マッチ売りの少女
The Little Match Girl
ブレーメンの音楽隊
The Bremen Town Musicians
アリとセミ
The Ants and the Cicada
四面楚歌
Surrounded by Songs of Chu
名作Literary Classics
Well-known works and classic-style stories for building Japanese vocabulary, expression, and reading stamina.
20 stories
落語Rakugo
Short comic stories built around dialogue, timing, and a final punchline.
5 stories
ホラーHorror
Eerie and suspenseful stories, useful for learning atmosphere and emotional language.
16 stories
一部作品は学習用に再話・リライトしています。Some works are retold or rewritten for learning purposes.