Short Story Collections for Learning Japanese
Short stories are very popular with language learners – and rightly so. Being able to finish even a short tale aimed at native speakers will feel like a great accomplishment.
I had a look at three approaches for intermediate and advanced learners to enjoy Japanese short stories. For each I can also recommend a few matching short story collections:
Short Stories in Easy Japanese
Japanese Short Stories with English Annotations
Parallel Readers
I give my more detailed thoughts on all these short story collections for learning Japanese in my blog post. You can find it here:
Because of their self-contained plot and, of course, their brevity, short stories are very popular with language learners – and rightly so.
