Show guide
YUYU no Nihongo Podcast is a favourite among intermediate learners — relaxed, natural Japanese on everyday life and culture. Here’s what it is and how to study with it in Wakatta.
About the show
YUYU speaks in easy-going, natural Japanese about daily life, culture, and whatever’s on his mind — clear enough to follow, real enough to stretch you. It’s a staple of most best-intermediate-podcast lists (around N3) and a comfortable way to rack up listening hours.
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
- Vol.470 Sayuriさんと私服について話しました！ (Japanese Radio for Listening practice) · 2026-07-10
- Vol.469 タイト文化とルーズ文化の話 · 2026-07-08
- Vol.468 YUYUと出会えてよかったYUSUKEの話 (Japanese Radio for Listening practice) · 2026-07-03
- Vol.467 「いい値段？」「いい時間？」ネガティブな「いい」の使い方 (Japanese Radio for Listening practice) · 2026-06-29
- Vol.466 Tacosについて (Japanese Radio for Listening practice) · 2026-06-25
- Vol.465 「渋い-しぶい」って何？ (Japanese Radio for Listening practice) · 2026-06-22
Tap an episode to open it in Wakatta and read along with the transcript.
Common questions
Is YUYU no Nihongo Podcast good for intermediate learners?
Yes — it’s one of the most recommended intermediate shows: relaxed, natural Japanese around N3. In Wakatta it comes with a synced transcript and furigana, so you can read along and tap any word you don’t catch.
About the creator
YUYU (Yusuke) is a Japanese teacher based in Guadalajara, Mexico, who weaves anime and gaming into his monologue episodes and often streams on YouTube through a VTuber avatar.
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.
