Top 5 Podcasts for Learning Japanese & Practicing Listening Comprehension | How I Learn Japanese

[@AliviasNook]

Have any of you tried listening to Japanese podcasts before? How did it go?

[@pbf6205]

Yeah, that's just what the doctor ordered, I would say. Definitely, when it comes to language learning, podcasts are legit. Alivia, thank you so much for your recommendations!

[@AliviasNook]

You’re very welcome! 😁

[@4ntoinette931]

the konnichiwa podcast is rlly good and like helps u understand what they’re talking about without needing to fully understand what they’re saying, idk i rlly like it

[@AliviasNook]

Yes that’s why loved it so much! Really great entry level resource!

[@SAKURATIPS]

Thank you for introducing my podcast!(SAKURA TIPS)

[@AliviasNook]

Of course! It’s really great 😄

[@sandesh6483]

I couldn't be able to find sakura tips in spotify...any link? Or any updated name of this podcast?

[@yuichihirano6216]

01:16 The konnchiwa podcast 01:52 Sakura tips 02:53 Japanese Podcast for beginner（nihongo con teppei） 03:36 Japanese with shun 04:08 Japanese with noriko

[@NavM23]

Thanks

[@JapanesewithShun]

Hi! I am Japanese with Shun. Amazing video!!!! Thank you for recommending my podcast;) とてもいいどうがですね！ わたしのポッドキャストをしょうかいしてくれてありがとうございます。 もっとがんばってしょしんしゃのポッドキャストをつくりますね！

[@ferrawho]

Love your podcast!

[@lucasps6620]

I recommend the podcast Hikibiki ! It's a man and a woman having conversations about a chosen topic (most of the time about news and trends). Conversations aren't following a script so they speak very naturally. It might be difficult to follow because of this but it's really good for real immersion !

[@AliviasNook]

Oooh that’s awesome, thanks for the recommendation!! I’ll definitely be adding it to my repertoire

[@LearnJapanesewithNoriko]

Alivia さん、はじめまして。Learn Japanese with NorikoのNorikoです。私のポッドキャストを紹介していただきありがとうございます。正直、びっくりしました！私のポッドキャストは内容的には難しいので、ビギナーさんにはとっても難しいですよね。でも紹介してくれてうれしかったです。素敵なチャンネルですね。これからもいろいろな日本語の勉強Tipsを配信し続けてください。応援しています。

[@AliviasNook]

Noriko 先生, はじめまして！親切な言葉をありがとうございます。Learn Japanese with Norikoが大好きですよね💕

[@TomKilworth]

I’ve actually started just to see if you’ve uploaded a new video. You deserved so many more subs!

[@AliviasNook]

Aw thank you! I’m super new here and can’t believe there are so many great people supporting me already! 🥰

[@lamorena6379]

I like Japanese ammo with misa. She’s so thorough in her explanations and you can learn common language the way people really speak which is many times different than textbook language

[@ChuckSuey]

Thank you for this list! I've been listening to the Sakura Tips podcast daily for months now, and definitely recommend it. It's the perfect speed for me, the transcripts are helpful, and I like that the topics are about everyday life!

[@AliviasNook]

Yay glad you’ve been enjoying them!

[@SAKURATIPS]

Thank you for listening to my podcast..😊

[@jammydoughnuts]

Omg, that snow at the end of the video looked so soft and fresh!!

[@AliviasNook]

Right!? It was so nice out that day 🥰

[@XCitrusOda]

The Konichiwa Podcast is great! I was listening to it while driving to work today.

[@AliviasNook]

Awesome! The hosts are so fun!

[@TheKonnichiwaPodcast]

@@AliviasNook awww stahpp!

[@SK-fw9zn]

Sakura tips is goated the transcripts help me out so much. And I’m looking to start getting to a n4 level now so the new sentence structures and grammar as well as vocal is nice. Creator is ducking legend And edit: Ty for all the videos they help out loads

[@marco.nascimento]

Thanks for the recommendations!! I love to use podcasts to aid my language comprehension, I listen to a lot of American podcasts (I'm Brazillian) and a few French ones and it really helps to level up your listening skills.

[@AliviasNook]

Yay glad to hear you’ve had a similarly positive experience using podcasts!

[@ビビ-b6j]

Thank you so much for your recommendations! I really enjoy Japanese with Shun, he makes listening to Japanee fun and easy. One of my absolute favorites to listen to is Ken Sensei's "Crazy Japanese Culture", he talks about the fun, weird and not-so-often talked about Japanese culture and lifestyle. He also does collabs with his friends, students, and colleagues, which are pretty interesting and fun to hear as well. The first half of each episode has an English explanation and is very easy to follow for beginners with basic Japanese knowledge, then he says the whole thing again only in Japanese (which is perfect for intermediate learners). So, it's really an efficient way to ease into listening to Japanese without any English help for beginners while also learning a lot about Japan :)

[@itribbits633]

Great video! Hopefully these will help me overcome my fear of practicing listening comprehension.

[@AliviasNook]

I hope so too! It can definitely feel intimidating at first, but you'll be surprised how fast you can start picking out different words

[@mannyw_]

Thanks for the recommendations, I’m taking Japanese I in university, but my listening comprehension is atrocious. I’ll be starting with the Konnichiwa Podcast today. Also, it might be convenient if the links for the podcasts were in the description. ありがとう！

[@Snow-Willow]

Thanks so much for this video! I I'm living in America, and so I have to get my audio immersion from elsewhere, and these will be so helpful. If you ever make an update to this video, the TokiniAndy Channel started a podcast recently that might be worth looking at. I'm not even N5 yet so I can't say how good it is for beginners, but it is at least something to listen to that seems to be fairly casual conversational Japanese.

[@BlitzKupo]

Thanks Alivia! I just completed WaniKani, and with having achieved so little else (just Genki I!) I just started planning out how to proceed with learning this awesome language. We seem to think a lot alike so you're my go-to for advice. Thanks again for sharing all these wonderful insights. :))

[@Emsworth377]

Thanks. Great recommendations

[@slivally1884]

Thanks for making this video

[@gnuwaves743]

thanks so much!

[@minervaelvirasandovalperal9319]

I really like Haruka's "The Real Japanese Podcast".

[@ashleylongstreet4755]

My favorite is soko ani. It’s a podcast where they essentially just deep dive and pick apart different animes. I found it on a wani kani board(also a great place to find podcasts). It’s a podcast that’s made for native speakers so I can’t understand the majority of it yet with the exception of a couple words or sentences. But if there’s an anime you like, it’s pretty easy to pick out which ones they’re talking about even if you’re just starting out

[@AliviasNook]

Oooh that sounds like it’d be right up my alley, thanks for the recommendation Ashley!

[@TheKonnichiwaPodcast]

Ohh just saw this now, thanks so much

[@AliviasNook]

💕💕

[@kakashi3426]

Thanks!

[@AliviasNook]

You bet!

[@ramalsrougi]

Thank you, charming young lady 😍❤❤

[@LindsayMichele]

Awesome video! Definitely found some new resources to try out.

[@AliviasNook]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@monchaichan]

Awesome! Most of these are new to me. Thanks for sharing! I started listening to Japanese podcasts 2 weeks during my commute to work. I've noticed I can't fully concentrate on the whole episode since I drive, but it helps me get my listening practice daily. Do you usually listen to an episode once or do you sometimes repeat them?

[@AliviasNook]

Glad you found some new ones! Zoning out is totally normal, I can barely pay attention to an entire English podcast without getting distracted 😅 I usually don’t listen on repeat, but sometimes I’ll rewind a couple seconds if something catches my attention. I think listening to them multiple times can be really useful but I usually space them out enough so I forgot what happened so it’s not boring. If you’re at the stage where nothing makes sense yet though, listening on repeat can be really helpful! I did that a lot for the Genki audio tracks

[@monchaichan]

@@AliviasNook oh ok then I don't feel so bad lol that is good know! BTW I love the video content and information you provide. I've looked over your videos a couple times for reference. Started using N5 Tango on Anki as well. It's very helpful. Thank you! :)

[@AliviasNook]

Aw that makes me so happy to hear that you're finding it helpful! 🥰 Keep up the good work!

[@shawnh2651]

Can I add a podcast I've found really useful for N5,N4 level. It's called Momoko To Nihongo

[@kjeld-4627]

Do you have any thoughts on 'Learn Japanese pod'? I've been listening to it for some time and enjoyed it a lot. Just wondering if you know them and if you do why you didn't mention it 😁

[@shinegivietnamlanguageteacher]

Find out some news Podcast to add on my list. Thank you.

[@AliviasNook]

You’re very welcome!

[@jirojapandaily6751]

That's a good video. I am Japanese and I am studying English I making short video with Japanese and English subtitles. I upload short video everyday to study English. I hope it will be helpful to learn Japanese.

[@AliviasNook]

That's awesome! That's a great way to practice your English and help out other language learners too!

[@Takayama-sama]

I’m very busy in my day to day life with work and listening comprehension sounds like a good idea, but I’m just not sure how I could go from knowing very little Japanese to actually understanding full sentences. How does this work, especially without visual cue? I’m not trying to criticize anything, I’m just having a hard time learning Japanese lately…

[@tankeryy1566]

im not sure if this a stupid question but should i acquire vocab first before doing immersion?

[@AliviasNook]

Not stupid at all! Gaining some basic vocab will make immersion go more smoothly, but isn’t necessary if you want to jump right in! If you do want to jump right in I’d recommend using something with a visual component to make things easier like @Comprehensible Japanese on YT

[@tankeryy1566]

@@AliviasNook i see, thank you!

[@angrypanda_25]

Hahah the outtakes XD

[@AliviasNook]

Lmao I was tripping up on my words SO MUCH for this video 😂🙈

[@michaelsanchez9983]

No coffee for you.