Japanese Tales, Kind and Scary

The collection includes 18 Japanese folk tales: the first part presents kind, "soul-warming" stories, while the second part contains scary legends. The heroes of the tales - peasants, merchants, monks, samurais - believe in miracles, show ingenuity, kindness, and courage.... They often face dangers, threatened by deadly encounters with witches and werewolves. But animals, gods, and nature spirits come to the heroes' aid; cruelty and greed face deserved punishment, while bravery and generosity are rewarded.
The book contains original texts of the tales in Japanese and their artistic translations into Russian. Lexico-grammatical comments and exercises to reinforce new vocabulary will help readers master common grammatical forms, enrich their vocabulary, and improve reading skills of unadapted texts.
The manual is intended for those who speak Japanese at a beginner and intermediate level, as well as for anyone interested in Japanese culture.
Comments, exercises, and translations were prepared by Yu. V. Koltysheva.