Show guide
Oyasumi Japanese with Shun is the bedtime spin-off of the popular Japanese with Shun — easy, clear Japanese using Genki 1 & 2 grammar, made to listen to before sleep. Here's how to study it in Wakatta.
About the show
Shun speaks easy, clear Japanese using mainly Genki 1 & 2 grammar (N5–N4), at a calm pace made for winding down before sleep. It's the relaxed companion to his main beginner show — low-pressure listening that still builds real comprehension.
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
- 【N5-N4】#149 Spare Time / Oyasumi Japanese Podcast for Beginners · 2026-06-26
- 【N5-N4】#148 My wife left... / Oyasumi Japanese Podcast for beginners · 2026-06-12
- 【N5-N4】#147 Night Routine / Oyasumi Japanese Podcast for Beginners · 2026-05-22
- 【N5-N4】#146 Birthday / Oyasumi Japanese Podcast for Beginners · 2026-05-01
- 【N5-N4】#145 Japanese tolls are expensive! / Oyasumi Japanese Podcast for beginners · 2026-04-24
- 【N5-N4】#144 Ski in Japan / Oyasumi Japanese Podcast for Beginners · 2026-04-10
Tap an episode to open it in Wakatta and read along with the transcript.
Common questions
What level is Oyasumi Japanese with Shun?
It's beginner to upper-beginner — around N5–N4, using Genki 1 & 2 grammar. In Wakatta it comes with a synced transcript and furigana, so you can read along and tap anything you miss.
About the creator
Shun is a licensed, Osaka-based Japanese teacher whose main “Japanese with Shun” podcast has passed three million downloads; a well-travelled tutor who has visited 60+ countries, he runs “Oyasumi Japanese” as its calm, bedtime companion.
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.
