The Tongue-Cut Sparrow
A Japanese Folk Tale
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Archived App (Last seen on 24 Oct 2026)
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Improve your Japanese reading with the classic folk tale 'The Tongue-Cut Sparrow' (舌切り雀). 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 kind old man, a cruel old woman, and a little sparrow who repays kindness. 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'.
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June 11, 2026
