Comprehensible input · Japanese

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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11/10042:59Let’s Play A Little to the Left: Seeing Stars EP02 | Beginner Japanese Comprehensible InputN2-N1 · ~6,000 words · slowにほんごのじかん | Japanese Comprehensible Input

11/10019:38Japanese Listening Practice | The Sea and Sake in Fukui PrefectureN2-N1+ · ~5,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally

11/10048:57Let’s Play Neko Odyssey EP04 | Beginner Japanese Comprehensible InputN2-N1 · ~4,000 words · slowにほんごのじかん | Japanese Comprehensible Input

11/1009:06How to get and use Suica? [#47]N3-N1 · ~4,000 words · slowけんさんおかえり Japanese

11/10016:40Morning Walk in Okinawa 🌥️ Easy Japanese Listening N4, 20 minN3-N2 · ~3,000 words · slowけんさんおかえり Japanese

11/10021:44A Cafe and Shopping | Japanese Listening PracticeN2-N1+ · ~6,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally

12/10050:27Let’s Play Untitled Goose Game EP05 | Beginner Japanese Comprehensible InputN2-N1+ · ~7,000 words · slowにほんごのじかん | Japanese Comprehensible Input

12/10014:56Community Cats in the Park | Japanese Listening PracticeN2-N1+ · ~5,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally

12/10016:41Japanese Listening Practice | Neighborhood Mountain HikeN2-N1 · ~6,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally

12/1008:42Introducing the Nihongo no Jikan Website | Beginner Japanese Comprehensible InputN2-N1 · ~5,000 words · slowにほんごのじかん | Japanese Comprehensible Input

12/10024:49Can We Eat Lunch? | Japanese Listening PracticeN2-N1+ · ~5,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally

12/1005:07Father and Son EP17 | Beginner Japanese Comprehensible InputN3-N2 · ~4,000 words · slowにほんごのじかん | Japanese Comprehensible Input

12/10010:31【N5/N4】ぎりぎり (barely) の3つの使い方｜3 Ways to Use “Girigiri” 🇯🇵 #22 Japanese Listening PracticeN2-N1 · ~5,000 words · slowNinjapanese

12/1008:54Taking the Shinkansen | Beginner Japanese Comprehensible InputN2-N1 · ~9,000 words · slowにほんごのじかん | Japanese Comprehensible Input

12/10023:29Shopping After Work | Japanese Listening PracticeN2-N1 · ~6,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally

12/1005:02Father and Son EP21 | Beginner Japanese Comprehensible InputN2-N1 · ~6,000 words · slowにほんごのじかん | Japanese Comprehensible Input

12/1009:14Mexican Restaurant | Beginner Japanese Comprehensible InputN2-N1+ · ~7,000 words · slowにほんごのじかん | Japanese Comprehensible Input

12/1009:22Father and Son EP16 | Beginner Japanese Comprehensible InputN2-N1 · ~3,000 words · slowにほんごのじかん | Japanese Comprehensible Input

12/1006:40Father and Son EP22 | Beginner Japanese Comprehensible InputN3-N1 · ~2,000 words · slowにほんごのじかん | Japanese Comprehensible Input

12/10040:48Let’s Play Neko Odyssey EP02 | Beginner Japanese Comprehensible InputN2-N1 · ~4,000 words · slowにほんごのじかん | Japanese Comprehensible Input

12/1005:47Father and Son EP33 | Beginner Japanese Comprehensible InputN1-N1+ · ~5,000 words · slowにほんごのじかん | Japanese Comprehensible Input

12/10021:42A Day in My Hometown 🌇 | Easy Japanese Listening (N4, 20 min)N3-N1 · ~3,000 words · slowけんさんおかえり Japanese

12/1001:01:15Let’s Play Untitled Goose Game EP07 | Beginner Japanese Comprehensible InputN1-N1+ · ~7,000 words · slowにほんごのじかん | Japanese Comprehensible Input

12/1006:21Father and Son EP03 | Beginner Japanese Comprehensible InputN3-N2 · ~3,000 words · slowにほんごのじかん | Japanese Comprehensible Input

Japanese channels, ranked

ChannelsAny Made for learners Real-world content

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.

#	Channel	Level range (0–100)	Median	Typical band	Pace	Videos	Hours
1	山田五郎オトナの教養講座	26–95	50	N1-N1+	medium	177	90 h
2	Kimono Mom	42–91	51	N1-N1+	medium	50	16 h
3	HikakinTV	18–88	52	N1-N1+	medium	96	105 h
4	NAKATA UNIVERSITY	10–75	55	N1-N1+	fast	181	177 h
5	Kimagure Cook	54–58	56	N1-N1+	fast	2	1 h
6	予備校のノリで学ぶ「大学の数学・物理」	38–91	65	N2-N1	fast	84	47 h
7	QuizKnock	34–93	66	N1-N1+	fast	150	39 h
8	Suit Train	55–92	72	N2-N1	fast	184	78 h
9	NOBROCKTV by Nobuyuki Sakuma	31–94	73	N1-N1+	fast	194	101 h
10	東海オンエア	51–93	75	N1-N1+	fast	153	79 h
11	かまいたちチャンネル	44–95	77	N1-N1+	fast	192	66 h
12	ゆる言語学ラジオ	55–94	80	N1-N1+	fast	132	112 h
13	ニューヨーク Official Channel	42–96	83	N1-N1+	very fast	91	69 h
14	フェルミ漫画大学	46–94	88	N2-N1	very fast	202	75 h
15	ゆるコンピュータ科学ラジオ	64–94	89	N1-N1+	very fast	151	106 h
16	ABEMA Prime #アベプラ【公式】	88–93	91	N2-N1	very fast	142	82 h
17	歴史を面白く学ぶコテンラジオ_COTEN RADIO	57–93	91	N2-N1	very fast	217	154 h
18	令和の虎CHANNEL	74–93	92	N2-N1	very fast	160	132 h
19	積読チャンネル	90–94	92	N2-N1	very fast	99	80 h

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