Comprehensible input · Japanese

Comprehensible input in Japanese

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39/10022:40What apps do we really use? - 日本人が本当に使うアプリ📱 | にほんごポッドキャストN3-N2 · ~3,000 words · mediumEmma:)Japanese

39/10019:15Japanese Listening (N4-N3) Life in 🇺🇸USA, adventures in 🇦🇺AustraliaN3-N1 · ~3,000 words · mediumMiku Real Japanese

39/10011:46AUTO【サイゼリヤ】アクアパッツァ杉澤ソムリエはサイゼワインと料理を楽しめるのか？N1-N1+ · ~10,000 words · mediumChef Ropia料理人の世界

39/10010:38AUTON3　読解　説明します！N3-N1 · ~3,000 words · medium日本語の森

39/10029:13人と人とのつながりが大切だと思う理由 Japanese Listening Practice N3・N2 level 【Intermediate】N3-N2 · ~3,000 words · mediumMiku Real Japanese

39/1001:21:06AUTO【お金無限】ヒカキンvsデカキンではじめてクレーンゲームバトルしたら大量ゲットw【限定ヒカキンぬいぐるみ登場】N1-N1+ · ~8,000 words · mediumHikakinTV

39/10021:30【日本語トーク／Japanese Talk ＃２】ローソンで買ったものを紹介しながら転職について話しますN2-N1 · ~3,000 words · mediumあかね的日本語教室

39/10035:31Japanese Podcast Season 3-56 Conversation with Ritsu - 韓国旅行とかメキシコで死にそうになった話とかN2-N1 · ~4,000 words · mediumLearn Japanese with Noriko

39/1007:59Japanese Listening Practice -Walk with me in Kyoto!N3-N2 · ~3,000 words · mediumMiku Real Japanese

39/10010:30Japanese Podcast Season 3-49 なかなか自分に自信が持てない Native Japanese ListeningN3-N1 · ~3,000 words · mediumLearn Japanese with Noriko

39/10022:06Childbirth and Postpartum Care | Advanced Japanese Comprehensible InputN2-N1 · ~4,000 words · mediumにほんごのじかん | Japanese Comprehensible Input

39/10033:33AUTO【衝撃価格!!】賞味期限切れの物を売ってるスーパーに突撃したら安すぎてビビったwwN2-N1 · ~5,000 words · medium水溜りボンド

39/10020:09What Keeps Me Going - 私の原動力 | Japanese Podcast🇯🇵N3-N1 · ~2,000 words · mediumEmma:)Japanese

39/1005:12【日本語リスニング】#18🇯🇵 🎄 クリスマス: How Japan Celebrates Christmas!N3-N1 · ~4,000 words · mediumEmma:)Japanese

39/10030:13Is studying for the JLPT the key to Natural Japanese? | Japanese PodcastN3-N1 · ~4,000 words · mediumEmma:)Japanese

39/10013:52日本に留学している学生にインタビューN2-N1 · ~3,000 words · mediumあかね的日本語教室

39/1001:04:57AUTO5億円の豪邸で大量のナーフ銃を使ってサバゲーしてみた！N1-N1+ · ~6,000 words · mediumはじめしゃちょー（hajime）

39/10049:32AUTO【10万円】過去1ヤバい当たりしかない超巨大ガチャが凄すぎて脳汁ヤバすぎたwwN2-N1 · ~5,000 words · medium水溜りボンド

39/10012:42【日本語の会話】日本語でラーメンを注文するN1-N1+ · ~9,000 words · mediumあかね的日本語教室

39/10028:04let's talk about summer movies | Japanese PodcastN2-N1 · ~3,000 words · mediumEmma:)Japanese

39/10027:46弱いままの自分で大丈夫。 | Japanese PodcastN2-N1 · ~3,000 words · mediumEmma:)Japanese

39/10011:28facing my anxiety | Japanese PodcastN3-N2 · ~2,000 words · mediumEmma:)Japanese

39/1009:23Japanese Podcast Season 3-108 「成功」とは？学校の成績が悪くても、学歴がなくても、人生で成功できるか？Writing Challenge 3N3-N1 · ~5,000 words · mediumLearn Japanese with Noriko

39/10024:58AUTO【描けなくなった麗子像】知ると泣ける😢父娘の切なすぎる真実！？岸田劉生の傑作・麗子像の悲しき終焉に…五郎涙声…【デロリ】N2-N1 · ~5,000 words · medium山田五郎オトナの教養講座

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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.

#	Channel	Level range (0–100)	Median	Typical band	Pace	Videos	Hours
1	Akiko_Japanese_Conversations	7–99	13	N2-N1	slow	131	20 h
2	Speak Japanese Naturally	8–57	15	N2-N1	slow	131	43 h
3	にほんごのじかん \| Japanese Comprehensible Input	7–50	15	N2-N1	slow	201	72 h
4	けんさんおかえり Japanese	7–50	19	N3-N2	slow	149	51 h
5	Ninjapanese	8–44	19	N1-N1+	slow	172	39 h
6	Suzukaの日本語Podcast	25–27	26	N2-N1	medium	2	—
7	Bite Size Japanese	21–42	28	N3-N2	medium	156	55 h
8	日本語の森	8–53	30	N2-N1	medium	90	34 h
9	あかね的日本語教室	21–47	32	N2-N1	medium	108	25 h
10	Emma:)Japanese	10–46	34	N3-N2	medium	164	46 h
11	Miku Real Japanese	18–89	37	N3-N1	medium	70	16 h
12	Learn Japanese with Noriko	29–88	47	N2-N1	medium	226	61 h

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