Two of Japan's darkest and most enduring folktales—and a full listening course built to make real Japanese finally click.

A woodcutter and his son are caught in a blizzard and shelter in a mountain hut. In the night the son wakes to find a woman in a white kimono leaning over his sleeping father, breathing out a long white breath. She spares the boy on one condition: never speak of this night to anyone. Years later, warm by the fire beside the wife he loves, he forgets.

Then a young mountain priest makes a careless promise to a girl who has fallen for him on sight—that he'll stop by on his way home. He doesn't. Kiyohime goes looking for him, and what she becomes on that road has been retold in Noh, Kabuki, and film for a thousand years.

Learn Japanese with Stories 6: Yuki-Onna, Anchin and Kiyohime turns both classics into a complete listening course for upper-beginner learners. Every story is taught in seven passes, so your understanding builds one layer at a time:

• Story introduction—a short English preview so you know where you're headed
• Vocabulary—key words in Japanese, then English, with room to repeat after a native speaker
• Slow speed—the full story read slowly and clearly, every word catchable
• Line-by-line—each Japanese sentence broken into bite-size phrases with English meanings and complete vocabulary, then rebuilt.
• Normal speed—the story at natural pace. Hear how much more you catch now
• Comprehension questions—answer out loud, then hear a model answer
• English version—the whole story retold in English to confirm you got it

Japanese narration by native speaker Yumi Boutwell, with English explanations by Megumi Boutwell.

No textbook needed and no pages to turn—press play in the car or on a walk and let the repetition do the work. By the final pass you won't just follow these stories; you'll own the vocabulary and grammar inside them.

Perfect for upper beginners (JLPT N5–N4) ready to move past word lists into real Japanese.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.