This short story by Akutagawa Ryunosuke (芥川龍之介) describes an eerie dream that the writer had. In the dream, a large group of noisy men is sitting in a traditional Japanese restaurant and passing judgment on each other's clothes. Only one skinny man seems to resist the refined tastes of his peers.
This guided reader features:
(1) An introduction with information and tips for effective study with the ebook.
(2) The original Japanese text, broken down into individual sentences.
(3) Readings in hiragana for all the kanji characters.
(4) An accurate sentence-by-sentence English translation.
(5) Detailed language notes explaining difficult grammar and vocabulary.
Check out the book's Look Inside preview to see how all this works in practice. A free full-featured PDF sample is available on the Reajer website.
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Sample (a sentence in the interlinear text):
何でも料理屋か何からしい。
何《なん》でも料理屋《りょうりや》か何《なに》からしい。
It appeared to be a restaurant or something like that.
> 何でも: Introduces an uncertain statement.
> らしい: In the past this word was used to express the writer's direct impression, like ようだ is used nowadays.
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Important notice:
This ebook contains both English and Japanese. Please make sure you read it on a device that is capable of displaying Japanese correctly. If you have an older device, please use Kindle's desktop or smartphone applications instead.
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About the series:
Reajer ebooks teach you to read Japanese using specially-made bilingual texts of authentic, unsimplified Japanese literature. Each Reajer ebook is a standalone text and can be read and studied independently from the rest of the series.
Reajer ebooks, including all the translations and notes, are created by Dan Bornstein, a professional translator, editor, and language entrepreneur who lived four years in Kyoto and now manages several online projects for the instruction of Japanese.
This guided reader features:
(1) An introduction with information and tips for effective study with the ebook.
(2) The original Japanese text, broken down into individual sentences.
(3) Readings in hiragana for all the kanji characters.
(4) An accurate sentence-by-sentence English translation.
(5) Detailed language notes explaining difficult grammar and vocabulary.
Check out the book's Look Inside preview to see how all this works in practice. A free full-featured PDF sample is available on the Reajer website.
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Sample (a sentence in the interlinear text):
何でも料理屋か何からしい。
何《なん》でも料理屋《りょうりや》か何《なに》からしい。
It appeared to be a restaurant or something like that.
> 何でも: Introduces an uncertain statement.
> らしい: In the past this word was used to express the writer's direct impression, like ようだ is used nowadays.
===
Important notice:
This ebook contains both English and Japanese. Please make sure you read it on a device that is capable of displaying Japanese correctly. If you have an older device, please use Kindle's desktop or smartphone applications instead.
===
About the series:
Reajer ebooks teach you to read Japanese using specially-made bilingual texts of authentic, unsimplified Japanese literature. Each Reajer ebook is a standalone text and can be read and studied independently from the rest of the series.
Reajer ebooks, including all the translations and notes, are created by Dan Bornstein, a professional translator, editor, and language entrepreneur who lived four years in Kyoto and now manages several online projects for the instruction of Japanese.
