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Comprehensible input in Japanese

3,870 videos from 27 channels, each scored from its own subtitle track — vocabulary load and speaking pace. Filter to your level, then watch it on YouTube.

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18/1007:48AUTO【JLPTN5 Clothes】in Japanese ふく/服(fuku) | Japanese vocabularyN1-N1+ · ~15,000 words · slowNinjapanese18/10012:28AUTOMastering Usage of 'From A to B' - から・まで 🇯🇵 Japanese Grammar Guide for BeginnersN1-N1+ · ~15,000 words · slowNinjapanese18/10021:00Japanese Road Signs & Driving Vocabulary | Japanese Listening PracticeN2-N1 · ~5,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally18/10013:05AUTOGIVE vs RECEIVE in Japanese 🇯🇵 あげる(ageru), もらう(morau), くれる(kureru)N1-N1+ · ~15,000 words · slowNinjapanese18/10013:25AUTOIN / ON / UNDER 🇯🇵 Preposition of PLACE | Japanese Grammar for BeginnersN1-N1+ · ~15,000 words · slowNinjapanese18/1006:34Father and Son EP24 | Beginner Japanese Comprehensible InputN1-N1+ · ~14,000 words · slowにほんごのじかん | Japanese Comprehensible Input18/1005:10ヒカキン＆セイキン『YouTubeテーマソング２』Official Music VideoN1-N1+ · ~15,000 words · slowHikakinTV18/10012:04AUTO【JLPTN5_Dictionary Form】じしょ形 | Japanese vocabularyN1-N1+ · ~15,000 words · slowNinjapanese18/10012:20Mini-Fantasy Theater EP07 Dunning-Kruger Effect | Intermediate Japanese Comprehensible InputN2-N1+ · ~6,000 words · slowにほんごのじかん | Japanese Comprehensible Input18/10023:57AUTO100 Useful & Short Japanese Casual Phrases 🇯🇵 Listen to Japanese everyday🎧N1-N1+ · ~15,000 words · slowNinjapanese18/10019:17AUTO【JLPTN5】Telling TIME - 時間/じかん・ふん(fun), ぷん(pun) | Learn Japanese Grammar for beginnersN1-N1+ · ~15,000 words · slowNinjapanese18/1006:57AUTO【JLPTN5-Grammar】 Practice Test (Vocabulary, Kanji) | Learn Japanese for BeginnerN1-N1+ · ~15,000 words · slowNinjapanese18/10024:18AUTOTop 100 Informal Japanese Phrases You Can't Live Without! 🇯🇵 Learn, Speak, Connect!N1-N1+ · ~15,000 words · slowNinjapanese18/10012:51【N5-N4】Japanese breakfastN1-N1+ · ~10,000 words · slowMiku Real Japanese18/10010:37AUTO【JLPTN4】Verbs - You Must Know! [Masu Form] | Japanese vocabulary - Learn Japanese for beginnersN1-N1+ · ~15,000 words · slowNinjapanese18/1008:21【Japanese Train Announcements】Words & Phrases (日本の電車のアナウンス) | Travel Japan, Japanese VocabularyN1-N1+ · ~15,000 words · slowNinjapanese18/10012:10AUTO【JLPTN5】Present / Future Form - How to Make Japanese Sentences? | Basic Japanese GrammarN1-N1+ · ~15,000 words · slowNinjapanese18/10015:05Japanese Listening Practice | Let's go cool offN2-N1+ · ~5,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally18/1008:16#2 Wedding in Japan｜ 日本の結婚式 🇯🇵 Japanese Listening PracticeN3-N1+ · ~5,000 words · slowNinjapanese18/10019:54AUTOじしょ形 (Dictionary-form) 🇯🇵Conjugation Practice | JLPTN5N1-N1+ · ~15,000 words · slowNinjapanese18/10011:47AUTO【Airport】Check-in Phrases in Japanese/Tokyo Narita | Japan Travel Tips YOU MUST-KNOWN1-N1+ · ~15,000 words · slowNinjapanese18/10012:42AUTO【JLPTN5】なかった Form / Plain form Past Negative | Japanese verbs for BeginnersN1-N1+ · ~15,000 words · slowNinjapanese18/10031:41Checking In at a Ryokan | Real Japanese ConversationN2-N1+ · ~9,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally18/10017:19AUTO【JLPTN5】GO with someone - How to Make Japanese Sentences?| Learn Japanese Grammar for beginnersN1-N1+ · ~15,000 words · slowNinjapanese

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Ranked by median difficulty, easiest first. The bar is a range, not a label — a channel typically spans a wide stretch of the scale, so one level would be false for its own hardest videos.

#ChannelLevel range (0–100)MedianTypical bandPaceVideosHours
1山田五郎 オトナの教養講座26–9550N1-N1+medium17790 h
2Kimono Mom42–9151N1-N1+medium5016 h
3HikakinTV18–8852N1-N1+medium96105 h
4NAKATA UNIVERSITY 10–7555N1-N1+fast181177 h
5Kimagure Cook54–5856N1-N1+fast21 h
6予備校のノリで学ぶ「大学の数学・物理」38–9165N2-N1fast8447 h
7QuizKnock34–9366N1-N1+fast15039 h
8Suit Train55–9272N2-N1fast18478 h
9NOBROCKTV by Nobuyuki Sakuma31–9473N1-N1+fast194101 h
10東海オンエア51–9375N1-N1+fast15379 h
11かまいたちチャンネル44–9577N1-N1+fast19266 h
12ゆる言語学ラジオ55–9480N1-N1+fast132112 h
13ニューヨーク Official Channel42–9683N1-N1+very fast9169 h
14フェルミ漫画大学46–9488N2-N1very fast20275 h
15ゆるコンピュータ科学ラジオ64–9489N1-N1+very fast151106 h
16ABEMA Prime #アベプラ【公式】88–9391N2-N1very fast14282 h
17歴史を面白く学ぶコテンラジオ_COTEN RADIO57–9391N2-N1very fast217154 h
18令和の虎CHANNEL74–9392N2-N1very fast160132 h
19積読チャンネル90–9492N2-N1very fast9980 h
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