Show guide
NIHONGO CANDY is Miki-sensei's weekly, bite-sized Japanese for the gap between textbooks and real-world communication. Here's how to study it in Wakatta.
About the show
Miki-sensei, a certified Japanese teacher, hosts short weekly episodes on real-life Japanese — the practical, spoken language textbooks skip — pitched around N5–N3, comfortable for intermediate learners. The bite-size length makes it easy to finish one and review it.
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
- How to Talk About Your Trip in Japanese! 旅行の感想 (ryoko no kanso) Vocabulary | NIHONGO CANDY #159 · 2026-07-06
- How to Describe Numbers in Japanese! 数字を説明する (suuji o setsumei suru) Vocabulary | NIHONGO CANDY #158 · 2026-06-29
- How to Sell Used Items in Japanese! 中古を売る (chuuko o uru) Mercari Vocabulary | NIHONGO CANDY #157 · 2026-06-22
- Transitive vs Intransitive Verbs in Japanese! 自動詞・他動詞 (jidoushi/tadoushi) | NIHONGO CANDY #156 · 2026-06-15
- Just to Be Sure! Master "Nen no Tame" (念のため / Just in Case) for Daily Conversation & Work | NIHONGO CANDY #155 · 2026-06-08
- Is It Worth It? Master "Kachi ga Aru / Kachigaaru" (To Be Worth It / 価値がある) for Recommendations & Life Decisions | NIHONGO CANDY #154 · 2026-06-01
Tap an episode to open it in Wakatta and read along with the transcript.
Common questions
What level is NIHONGO CANDY?
It's aimed at about N5–N3 — practical, real-life Japanese in short episodes, comfortable for intermediate learners. In Wakatta it comes with a synced transcript and furigana, so you can read along and tap anything you miss.
About the creator
Miki Sasaki (Miki-sensei) is a nationally certified Japanese instructor with 20+ years' experience and a Kobe University background. She runs the Kansai-based school WELC — specializing in business Japanese and JLPT prep — and hosts NIHONGO CANDY's weekly bite-sized 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.
