Show guide
Tama's free talk (てくてく日本語) is easy, natural Japanese about Japanese life, culture, and language, made for learners. Here's how to study it in Wakatta.
About the show
Tama, a Japanese teacher, talks in easy but natural Japanese about life, culture, and the language itself, with new episodes weekly and scripts on Patreon. It's an approachable upper-intermediate listen (around N2) that stays clear.
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
- 153 日本人は家でかき氷を作る？ · 2026-07-09
- 152 日本の夏を感じるもの · 2026-07-02
- 151 世界の夏の過ごし方と日本の夏 · 2026-06-25
- 150 ジメジメした日、どう過ごす？ · 2026-06-18
- 149 3年歩いて思うこと · 2026-06-11
- 148 財布の中に何がある？ · 2026-06-04
Tap an episode to open it in Wakatta and read along with the transcript.
Common questions
What level is Tama's Free Talk?
It's upper-intermediate — around N2 — easy but natural Japanese for learners. In Wakatta it comes with a synced transcript and furigana, so you can read along and tap anything you miss.
About the creator
Tama (Keiko Abe) is a Nagano-based online Japanese teacher who ran an organic-goods store for 25 years before qualifying as a teacher in 2018 and teaching four years at a language school in Taiwan.
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.
