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 InputWhich 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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