Comprehensible input · Japanese
Comprehensible input in Japanese
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8/10020:4020 mins Japanese listening practice, Night walk in Nagoya, Japan! #145N3-N2 · ~3,000 words · slowけんさんおかえり Japanese
8/10020:5820 mins N4 Japanese Listening Practice: Let's walk around Matsumoto station!N3-N2 · ~3,000 words · slowけんさんおかえり Japanese
9/10028:37Japanese Listening Practice | Why Japanese people say they are not religiousN2-N1+ · ~4,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally
9/10018:56Japanese Listening Practice | Yoyogi Park at NightN2-N1 · ~5,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally
9/10019:47Onomich in Hiroshima | Japanese Listening PracticeN2-N1 · ~5,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally
9/10024:10Japanese Listening Practice With The Japanese Guessing Card Game!N3-N2 · ~3,000 words · slowけんさんおかえり Japanese
9/10023:55Japanese Listening Practice I Can you go up??N2-N1+ · ~5,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally
9/10024:26My Hometown | Japanese Listening PracticeN2-N1 · ~5,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally
9/10015:46Japanese Listening Practice | Japanese aerial firefightingN2-N1 · ~7,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally
9/10018:02Japanese Listening Practice | Supermarket and Christmas in JapanN2-N1 · ~6,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally
9/10013:02Walk All the way around the Imperial Palace 皇居一周（こうきょいっしゅう）N3-N1 · ~5,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally
9/10019:23Fukuyama and Shimanami Kaido | Japanese Listening PracticeN2-N1 · ~5,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally
9/10023:34Rainy Days| Japanese Listening PracticeN2-N1+ · ~6,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally
9/10021:07Japanese Listening Practice Coming of Age Day, せいじんしきN2-N1 · ~6,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally
9/10015:04Japanese Listening Practice | Sunday VlogN3-N1 · ~4,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally
9/10015:44A Work Day | Japanese Listening PracticeN2-N1 · ~5,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally
9/10018:22Rice fields in June | Japanese Listening PracticeN2-N1 · ~5,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally
9/10012:47AUTOWalk around Kamikochi in Japan! / Easy Japanese Listening Practice #102N3-N1 · ~3,000 words · slowけんさんおかえり Japanese
9/10010:45AUTOJapanese conversation with a British guy while traveling in Japan! [#72]N3-N1 · ~2,000 words · slowけんさんおかえり Japanese
9/10019:43Japanese Listening Practice | Walking in Golden HourN2-N1+ · ~5,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally
9/10019:24N5 Beginner Japanese immersion! The comprehensible Japanese practice! #140N3-N2 · ~3,000 words · slowけんさんおかえり Japanese
9/10021:04Japanese Listening Practice | Let's Go Find Kingfisher!N2-N1+ · ~5,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally
9/10019:40Japanese Listening Practice | A Day in December: My Busy Life as a Soccer MomN2-N1 · ~5,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese Naturally
9/10016:55Riding the Fujikyu Railway | Japanese Listening PracticeN2-N1 · ~7,000 words · slowSpeak Japanese NaturallyWhich Japanese channel to start with
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 | Speak Japanese Naturally | 8–57 | 15 | N2-N1 | slow | 131 | 43 h |
| 2 | にほんごのじかん | Japanese Comprehensible Input | 7–50 | 15 | N2-N1 | slow | 201 | 72 h |
| 3 | けんさんおかえり Japanese | 7–50 | 19 | N3-N2 | slow | 149 | 51 h |
| 4 | Ninjapanese | 8–44 | 19 | N1-N1+ | slow | 172 | 39 h |
| 5 | Bite Size Japanese | 21–42 | 28 | N3-N2 | medium | 156 | 55 h |
| 6 | あかね的日本語教室 | 21–47 | 32 | N2-N1 | medium | 108 | 25 h |
| 7 | Miku Real Japanese | 18–89 | 37 | N3-N1 | medium | 70 | 16 h |
| 8 | Learn Japanese with Noriko | 29–88 | 47 | N2-N1 | medium | 226 | 61 h |
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