Show guide
SASA Sensei's podcast is natural Japanese about everyday life — creating content, running a business, an international marriage, moving abroad. Here's how to study it in Wakatta.
About the show
SASA talks in natural Japanese about what she notices in daily life, drawing on her own experience creating content online, founding a company, an international marriage, and moving abroad. Made for learners and natives alike, it sits comfortably around N4.
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
- [Ep. 25] Easy Japanese Podcast | What Have You Been Into Lately? · 2026-07-05
- [Ep. 24] 新たに感じた海外移住のメリット · 2026-06-28
- [Ep. 23] 駄菓子って知ってる？ · 2026-06-21
- [Ep. 22] マレーシアの生活はどう？ · 2026-06-14
- [Ep. 22] やさしい日本語_国際結婚について · 2026-06-07
- [Ep. 21] 夫婦で働くって、思ったより難しい · 2026-05-31
Tap an episode to open it in Wakatta and read along with the transcript.
Common questions
What level is SASA Sensei's podcast?
It's upper-beginner — around N4 — natural Japanese about everyday life. In Wakatta it comes with a synced transcript and furigana, so you can read along and tap anything you miss.
About the creator
Sae Matsunaga (SASA Sensei) is an Osaka-born Japanese teacher who founded the online school SASA Japanese after her short lessons went viral during the pandemic. She now lives between Japan, Malaysia, and Singapore and talks through life abroad in natural Japanese.
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.
