Momotaro Japanese Reading Lesson

Momotaro, the Peach Boy, is born from a giant peach and journeys with a talking dog, monkey and pheasant to defeat the oni terrorising people, returning home with their stolen treasure.

What you can study

Compare how the same tale changes across difficulty levels and speed.
Use Study Mode to reveal particles, verbs, nouns, expressions and grammar patterns.

Sample Japanese sentences

むかしむかし、おじいさんとおばあさんがいました。

おじいさんは、やまへいきました。おばあさんは、かわへいきました。

かわに、おおきなももがながれてきました。

Study Mode preview

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Study Mode highlights word types. Click a highlighted section to preview the explanation popup.

Use it in the app

Open the interactive story to switch levels, listen to sentence audio, view furigana and tap tagged words for explanations.

Native speaker audio is available for every word and story sentence.
Three levels are available for each story sentence so learners can adjust as their level goes up.

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