Show guide
ことのは is two Japanese teachers talking in natural Japanese about daily life and culture in Japan — real conversation you can learn from. Here's how to study it in Wakatta.
About the show
Two Japanese teachers hold relaxed, natural conversations about life and culture in Japan. They keep the Japanese clear, but it's real, unscripted conversation between natives — in Wakatta it sits with the advanced (N1) shows, and it works as immersion once you're comfortable reading along.
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 ことのは?
It's real native conversation between two Japanese teachers, grouped at N1 in Wakatta — but they speak clearly, so it's approachable immersion. In Wakatta it comes with a synced transcript and furigana, so you can read along and tap anything you miss — which makes native audio far more approachable.
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.
