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Learn Japanese with YUYU no Hitorigoto

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日本語教師YUYUのひとりごと is the personal "thinking out loud" show from YUYU, the teacher behind the popular YUYUの日本語Podcast. Here’s how to study it in Wakatta.

About the show

In this spin-off, YUYU shares day-to-day experiences and advice from life as a Japanese teacher, in natural Japanese around upper-intermediate (N2). It's a more personal companion to the main YUYU podcast.

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

今日きょうはおちゃれます

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 日本語教師YUYUのひとりごと?

It's upper-intermediate — around N2 — natural Japanese musings on teaching. In Wakatta it comes with a synced transcript and furigana, so you can read along and tap anything you miss.

About the creator

YUYU (Yusuke) is the Japanese teacher behind the popular YUYUの日本語Podcast (launched 2021) — based in Guadalajara, Mexico, he weaves in anime and games and often streams on YouTube via a VTuber avatar. This is his personal “thinking out loud” spin-off.

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.

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