# Kobutori Jiisan — A Japanese Tale

> A Japanese Tale (iPhone/iPad app by Jeffrey Dick.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kobutori-jiisan/id6777676363 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jeffrey Dick](https://appshunter.io/developer/821338172)
- Category: Education, Books
- Price: $0.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.2 · 1.2 GB
- Released: 2026-06-10
- Data updated: 2026-07-17
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kobutori-jiisan/id6777676363/reviews.md

## What is Kobutori Jiisan?

Improve your Japanese reading with the classic folk tale 'How an Old Man Lost His Wen' (こぶとり爺さん). This app gives you a side-by-side bilingual reading experience — natural Japanese with its English translation, sentence by sentence.

Follow the story of a cheerful old man who dances with the oni at night and loses the lump on his cheek. With built-in vocabulary lookups, audio, and furigana-style readings, it's a perfect way to practise reading Japanese while enjoying a timeless tale.

Part of a growing collection of Japanese folk tales, drawn from the classic Gutenberg edition of Ozaki's 'Japanese Fairy Tales'.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.9.4 — 2026-07-09

Added the full bilingual story: complete tap-to-define dictionary, word-by-word alignment, English translation, and audio.

### 1.0.0 — 2026-06-11

No release notes.

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