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Learn Japanese with Nihongo Time (Sayuri)

N4 · Sayuri · Spotify · Apple Podcasts

にほんごタイム (Learn Japanese with Sayuri) is a weekly show of slow, clear Japanese on culture, news, and daily life, made for learners. Here's how to study it in Wakatta.

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About the show

Sayuri speaks slowly and clearly in Japanese about Japanese culture, news, and everyday life, with new episodes every week and scripts on her blog. Aimed at learners around N4, it's an approachable way to hear real topics without the pace getting away from you.

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

今日きょうはお茶ちゃを淹いれます。

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

Tap an episode to open it in Wakatta and read along with the transcript.

Common questions

What level is Nihongo Time (Learn Japanese with Sayuri)?

It's upper-beginner — around N4 — slow, clear Japanese on culture, news, and daily life. In Wakatta it comes with a synced transcript and furigana, so you can read along and tap anything you miss.

About the creator

Sayuri is a Fukuoka-based native Japanese teacher with a 420-hour teaching certification who also teaches on italki. Her weekly Nihongo Time podcast walks learners slowly through Japanese culture, news, and daily life, with scripts on her blog.

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.