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Mermaids of Japan
Paperback
Series: Learn Japanese with Yokai!, Book 5
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 7 2020
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.29 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Japanese mermaids are not quite what you may be expecting.
Forget beautiful sirens singing on rocks. Japan's 人魚 ningyo can be strange, unsettling creatures-sometimes described with distorted human faces, bird-like features, or bodies that look more fish than woman. Their appearance could foretell disaster, their remains became temple relics, and according to one famous legend, eating their flesh could make you live for centuries.
Learn Japanese with Yokai! Volume 5: Mermaids of Japan combines Japanese reading practice with three journeys into folklore, history, and the supernatural.
Designed for upper beginners around JLPT N4 and intermediate learners, this expanded edition gives you the support needed to tackle Japanese texts while building vocabulary, grammar, kanji, reading, and listening skills.
THREE STRANGE TALES FROM JAPAN'S WATERSThe Nihon Shoki and Mummies
Follow Japan's mermaid tradition from mysterious creatures recorded in the Nihon Shoki in 619 to legends of Prince Shōtoku, Lake Biwa, and the strange ningyo mummies once preserved at Japanese temples.
The 800-Year-Old Nun
Discover the legend of 八百比丘尼, the Eight-Hundred-Year Nun of Wakasa. A girl unknowingly eats the flesh of a strange fish and stops aging-but immortality proves to be far more complicated than it first appears.
Amabie
Meet the mysterious sea creature said to have appeared off Higo Province in 1846, predicting good harvests and epidemics and asking people to copy and share its image. More than 170 years later, Amabie unexpectedly returned to fame during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Each story includes:
- Before You Read background and grammar previews
- Japanese presented one sentence at a time
- Furigana on every kanji
- Complete vocabulary support
- Grammar and cultural notes
- A full Japanese-only version
- Review & Practice exercises with answer keys
- English summaries for checking comprehension
- Expanded Kanji in Focus pages with readings, meanings, stroke order, components, example words, and memory hooks
Work through the guided text first, then reread the story without the training wheels and test what you have learned.
FREE AUDIO, DIGITAL EXTRAS & APP ACCESSYour purchase includes native-speaker audio at slow and natural speeds, plus bonus PDF and EPUB editions and Anki vocabulary decks.
Every sentence from the book is also available in the Makoto+ Japanese Explorer on the web and in the Makoto app for iOS and Android. Listen sentence by sentence, explore word-by-word breakdowns, reveal translations, and reinforce what you learn through quizzes and games.
IS THIS BOOK FOR YOU?Perfect for:
- Upper beginners around JLPT N4
- Intermediate Japanese learners
- Students who want grammar and vocabulary explained in context
- Fans of yokai, Japanese folklore, mythology, and unusual history
- Anyone who would rather read about immortality-granting mermaid flesh than another textbook conversation about going to the post office
Build your Japanese reading skills while exploring one of the stranger corners of Japanese folklore.
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