Show guide
Haru no Nihongo is natural-speed, natural-style Japanese from teacher Haruka, with free transcripts — a strong step into upper-intermediate listening. Here's how to study it in Wakatta.
About the show
Haruka speaks at natural speed in a natural style, on everyday topics and the news, spanning roughly N3 to N1 with a solid N2 core. Free transcripts on her site make the faster pace manageable — real Japanese, but with a safety net.
How to use it in Wakatta
In Wakatta the show is ready to play, and every episode is a tappable transcript with furigana. Tap any word for its reading and meaning, save the ones worth keeping, and review them later with the exact sentence and audio — so you actually understand what you hear instead of listening past it. (Don’t see a show you love? Search for any podcast in the app.)
What a transcript looks like
今日はお茶を淹れます。
淹れます iremasu · to brew (tea)
Every episode becomes a transcript like this — tap any word for its reading and meaning.
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Tap an episode to open it in Wakatta and read along with the transcript.
Common questions
What level is Haru no Nihongo?
It spans N3–N1, centered on upper-intermediate N2, at natural speed. In Wakatta it comes with a synced transcript and furigana, so you can read along and tap anything you miss.
About the creator
Haruka is a Tokyo-based freelance Japanese teacher who earned her 420-hour teaching qualification and passed Japan's teaching-competency test in 2018. After teaching full-time at a language school, she went independent in 2020 and now runs the podcast alongside online lessons.
Read along in Wakatta
Wakatta turns real Japanese podcasts into tappable transcripts — tap any word for its reading and meaning, and review what you save with the original audio.
