Show guide
Lazy Fluency is a relaxed, bilingual show where Joey and Ayami swap between English and Japanese in real conversation about culture and daily life. Here's how to study the Japanese half in Wakatta.
About the show
Joey (American) and Ayami (born and raised in Japan) have casual, unscripted conversations that move between English and Japanese, on culture, language, and everyday life — the natural back-and-forth textbooks never capture. The Japanese sits around N3, good for intermediate listeners.
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.
Recent episodes
- Breaking Down Stan Culture in Japan - LF #220 (Japanese Listening N3-N2) · 2026-07-06
- What is the Japanese Concept of Ibasho? - LF #219 (Japanese Listening + Subtitles) · 2026-06-29
- Is Japanese Comedy Funny? - LF #218 (Japanese Listening N3) · 2026-06-22
- Must Know Japan Travel Tips! - LF #217 (Japanese Listening) · 2026-06-08
- Breaking Down Japanese Social Taboos - LF #216 (Japanese Listening) · 2026-05-25
- How to Talk to Japanese People - LF #215 (Japanese Listening N2-N3) · 2026-05-18
Tap an episode to open it in Wakatta and read along with the transcript.
Common questions
What level is Lazy Fluency?
The Japanese is roughly intermediate — around N3 — in natural, unscripted conversation. In Wakatta it comes with a synced transcript and furigana, so you can read along and tap anything you miss.
About the creator
Lazy Fluency is co-hosted by Joey, an American English speaker, and Ayami, who was born and raised in Japan — two language learners who have traded English and Japanese in real, unscripted conversation since 2022.
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.
