Show guide
Japanese with Shun is calm, natural-but-slow Japanese on daily life — a comfortable step up once N5 shows feel easy. Here’s what it is and how to study with it in Wakatta.
About the show
Shun speaks slowly and clearly, all in Japanese, about everyday life and culture — roughly Genki 1 into Genki 2 territory (N5–N4). It’s a gentle bridge from absolute-beginner shows toward more natural listening, with a calm, easy-to-follow pace.
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
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- 【N5-N4】Ep266 Video Games / Japanese Podcast for Beginners · 2026-05-29
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- 【N5-N4】Ep264 Hitchhiking / Japanese Podcast for Beginners · 2026-05-08
Tap an episode to open it in Wakatta and read along with the transcript.
Common questions
Is Japanese with Shun good for beginners?
Yes — it’s aimed at beginners moving toward lower-intermediate (about N5–N4): slow, clear, all-Japanese. In Wakatta it comes with a synced transcript and furigana, so you can read along and tap anything you don’t catch.
About the creator
Shun is a licensed, Osaka-based Japanese teacher and well-travelled italki tutor (60+ countries visited) whose beginner podcast has passed three million downloads.
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.
