Recommended by level

Japanese learning podcasts, by JLPT level

By Mariano Matayoshi · building Wakatta, still learning Japanese

Wakatta turns real Japanese podcasts into tappable transcripts with furigana. Here’s the whole catalog — browse by JLPT level, or open any show’s guide.

Browse by level: JLPT N5 · JLPT N4 · JLPT N3 · JLPT N2 · JLPT N1

Every show, by level

JLPT N5

• Nihongo con Teppei (for Beginners)
• Nihongo Storytime for Beginners
• Easy Japanese Listening
• Learn Japanese with Masa Sensei
• Slow Japanese
• The Daily Habit
• Momoko To Nihongo
• AmaoJapan
• うとうとtime (Sleepy Japanese)

JLPT N4

• Japanese with Shun
• Nihongo Picnic
• Everyday Japanese Podcast
• Maiko Sensei
• Japanese Go
• SASA Sensei
• Oyasumi Japanese with Shun
• Nihongo Time

JLPT N3

• Nihongo con Teppei 波! (Ha)
• YUYU no Nihongo
• The Miku Real Japanese Podcast
• Learn Japanese with Noriko
• Let's Talk in Japanese!
• Japanese with Teppei and Noriko
• Lazy Fluency
• Akane's Japanese Class
• NIHONGO CANDY
• Akirameta
• Nihongo con Teppei with Kimi
• The Bitesize Japanese Podcast
• Chiaki's Nihongo Café

JLPT N2

• Haru no Nihongo
• Nihongo Oshaberi Radio
• Nihongo Talk Show
• ikinari Japanese
• Tama's Free Talk
• Yahho! ゆるジャパ
• YUYU no Hitorigoto
• 4989 American Life
• ラジレキ
• ゆる哲学ラジオ

JLPT N1

• Café Radio (カフェラジオ)
• Fumiko's Japanese for Advanced Learners
• ことのは — 日本語の会話
• COTEN RADIO
• ゆとりっ娘たちのたわごと
• backspace.fm
• Rebuild
• NHKラジオニュース
• ながら日経
• 問わず語りの神田伯山

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