{"id":2647,"date":"2013-12-09T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T09:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=2647"},"modified":"2014-06-06T17:34:29","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T17:34:29","slug":"japanesefolktales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/japanesefolktales\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Japanese Folk Tales: Peach Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi everyone! \u00a0Have you heard of any Japanese folk tales (Nihon no mukashi banashi,\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u6614\u8a71)? \u00a0Just like in any language, we have some classical folk tales to which we have been introduced since we were little . \u00a0In this article, I would like to introduce you to a famous Japanese folk tale called “Peach Boy” (Momo taro, \u3082\u3082\u305f\u308d\u3046). This is by far the top classical folk tale in Japan. \u00a0This story has been translated into English many times.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

This story is basically about a boy who is born from a giant peach that a grandma finds one day while she is washing her clothes in the river. \u00a0When he grows up, he decides to go on a quest to fight against monsters with help from a dog, a monkey, and a pheasant. \u00a0At the end, they end up conquering\u00a0the monsters to bring peace to their village.<\/p>\n

Although these videos does not cover the entire story of Peach Boy, I found the following videos both in English and Japanese. \u00a0This will be a great tool for someone who is learning Japanese. \u00a0Try watching in both languages, perhaps you could learn more Japanese vocabularies by watching these videos. \u00a0Story is easy to understand and makes the learning fun as well! \u00a0I have attached a list of vocabularies at the end so you can reference the words later.<\/p>\n

This one is in Japanese with English subtitles.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FEUCK_YSZY8<\/a><\/p>\n

This one is in English with Japanese subtitles.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pY0YreGkAek<\/a> Vocabulary List:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Once upon a time<\/td>\nmukashi mukashi<\/td>\n\u3080\u304b\u3057\u3000\u3080\u304b\u3057<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
old man<\/td>\nojisan<\/td>\n\u304a\u3058\u3044\u3055\u3093<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
old woman<\/td>\nobasan<\/td>\n\u304a\u3070\u3042\u3055\u3093<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mountain<\/td>\nyama<\/td>\n\u5c71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
River<\/td>\nkawa<\/td>\n\u5ddd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
washing clothes<\/td>\nsentaku<\/td>\n\u6d17\u6fef<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
peach<\/td>\nmomo<\/td>\n\u6843<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
delicious (yummy)<\/td>\numai<\/td>\n\u3046\u307e\u3044<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
giant (enourmous)<\/td>\nookina<\/td>\n\u5927\u304d\u306a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
house<\/td>\nie<\/td>\n\u5bb6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
hurry up<\/td>\nhayaku<\/td>\n\u65e9\u304f<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
thanks very much<\/td>\narigatai , arigatou<\/td>\n\u3042\u308a\u304c\u305f\u3044<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
cut<\/td>\nwaru<\/td>\n\u5272\u308b<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
baby boy<\/td>\notokono akanbo<\/td>\n\u7537\u306e\u8d64\u3093\u574a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
cute<\/td>\nkawairashii<\/td>\n\u304b\u308f\u3044\u3089\u3057\u3044<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peach boy<\/td>\nmomotaro<\/td>\n\u6843\u592a\u90ce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
rice<\/td>\ngohan<\/td>\n\u3054\u98ef<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
strong<\/td>\nchikaramochi<\/td>\n\u529b\u6301\u3061<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dangerous<\/td>\nabunai<\/td>\n\u5371\u306a\u3044<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
food<\/td>\ntabemono<\/td>\n\u98df\u3079\u7269<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
conqure<\/td>\ntaiji<\/td>\n\u9000\u6cbb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
child<\/td>\nkodomo<\/td>\n\u5b50\u4f9b<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Demon Island<\/td>\nonigashima<\/td>\n\u9b3c\u304c\u5cf6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dog<\/td>\ninu<\/td>\n\u72ac<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
monkey<\/td>\nsaru<\/td>\n\u733f<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Here is the full version of the story in writing:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.geocities.co.jp\/HeartLand-Gaien\/7211\/momo.html<\/a><\/p>\n

If you would like to learn more about Japanese folk tales, check out this web site:\u00a0http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/video\/27265\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Here you can watch animation on many other Japanese folk tales with English translation.<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Hi everyone! \u00a0Have you heard of any Japanese folk tales (Nihon no mukashi banashi,\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u6614\u8a71)? \u00a0Just like in any language, we have some classical folk tales to which we have been introduced since we were little . \u00a0In this article, I would like to introduce you to a famous Japanese folk tale called “Peach Boy” (Momo…<\/p>\n

Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":2661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2647","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grammar"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2664,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647\/revisions\/2664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}