Intermediate Japanese Short Stories: 10 Captivating Short Stories to Learn Japanese & Grow Your Vocabulary the Fun Way!

By Lingo Mastery

Are you on your way towards learning Japanese and need a new challenge?

We’re constantly trying to improve and master new skills, and the Japanese language is no exception. A skill that can help open important doors in business and tourism, knowing Japanese will lead you towards a huge number of opportunities in life that will be worth every second dedicated to your studies.

Because of this, we have created the next level of Japanese stories for the students who have already surpassed the beginner level: Intermediate Japanese Short Stories!

In this book we have compiled 10 challenging, compelling and fun stories that will allow you to expand your vocabulary and give you the tools to boost your grasp of the wonderful Japanese tongue.

How Intermediate Japanese Short Stories works:

Each chapter possesses a funny, interesting and/or thought-provoking story based on real-life situations, allowing you to learn about the Japanese culture.

Having trouble understanding Japanese characters? No problem – despite being Intermediate Japanese, we have still included a romanization to help guide you through your learning process, just like in the beginner stories!

The summaries follow the story: a synopsis in Japanese and in English of what you just read, both to review the lesson and for you to see if you understood what the tale was about. Use them if you’re having trouble.

At the end of those summaries, you’ll be provided with a list of the most relevant vocabulary involved in the lesson, as well as slang and sayings that you may not have understood at first glance! Don’t get lost trying to understand or pronounce it all, either, as all of the vocabulary words are Romanized for your ease of learning!

Finally, you’ll be provided with a set of tricky questions in Japanese, allowing you the chance to prove that you learned something in the story. Don’t worry if you don’t know the answer to any — we will provide them immediately after, but no cheating!

We want you to feel comfortable while mastering the Japanese tongue; after all, no language should be a barrier for you to travel around the world and expand your social circles!

So look no further! Pick up your copy of Intermediate Japanese Short Stories and level up your Japanese language learning right now!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lingo Mastery
• Release date: Dec 22, 2021
• ISBN: 195194934X

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Introduction

Hello, reader!

If you are considering reading this book, then you must have made impressive progress in learning Japanese. Congratulations! Yet, please just don’t bask in your success since that is one of the most common mistakes that language learners often make. Constant challenge is the key to perfection! We encourage you to continue to learn and challenge yourself no matter how good you are.

This book consists of 10 Short Stories in Japanese, which were specially written for Japanese intermediate learners. We have made sure to provide you with a comprehensive experience in the Japanese language as well as to expose you to rich and practical vocabulary, useful grammar structures, and commonly used expressions, which will take your Japanese language knowledge and skills to the next level after reading these 10 stories.

Reading is an important part of learning a language, which has, in fact, been proven to be one of the most efficient ways to learn a foreign language. Reading helps you become familiar with proper use of the language, such as grammar, fixed phrases, and word choice. In addition, research has shown that it exposes you to more sentences per minute than the average movie or TV show.

When creating this book, we tried making a balance between entertainment and challenge. Having come this far with your Japanese language learning, we are sure that you are already familiar with basic vocabulary as well as grammatical structures, which ensure you will enjoy reading. Yet, the book gives you much room for further growth exposing you to new things and thus motivating you to move beyond the elementary level.

The 10 stories are fun, educational, and filled with more advanced, helpful vocabulary combined with a variety of intermediate-level grammar structures. In addition, a learning support section is provided at the end of each story, such as a word list, summary, and multiple-choice questions about the story, which

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