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Comprehensible input in Japanese

1,213 videos from 8 channels made for learners, each scored from its own subtitle track — vocabulary load and speaking pace. Filter to your level, then watch it on YouTube.

1,213
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8
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362 h
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The number on each thumbnail is its difficulty score out of 100: mostly speaking pace, partly vocabulary load. How it is measured →

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36/10019:59【日本語の会話】カフェで使う日本語のフレーズ20選N3-N1~4,000 wordsmediumあかね的日本語教室36/10019:14Would You Rather Questions (About Work) | Advanced Japanese Comprehensible InputN3-N1~3,000 wordsmediumにほんごのじかん | Japanese Comprehensible Input36/10015:40【Japanese Talk ＃７】緊張する時の対処法について話しますN3-N2~2,000 wordsmediumあかね的日本語教室36/1008:27マンガで学べる！日本語のオノマトペの本を作りましたN2-N1+~6,000 wordsmediumあかね的日本語教室36/1009:59Walking on "Yanaka Ginza street" in Tokyo [#39]N2-N1~5,000 wordsmediumけんさんおかえり Japanese36/10018:4620代のころの自分に伝えたいことは何ですか？【Japanese Talk #11】N3-N2~2,000 wordsmediumあかね的日本語教室36/10011:55【ホテルの会話】日本語のネイティブスピーカーの会話N2-N1+~7,000 wordsmediumあかね的日本語教室36/10010:43Listening real-life Japanese conversation! How's life in Osaka? #101N2-N1~4,000 wordsmediumauto subsけんさんおかえり Japanese36/10012:12Come to a Japanese bar with Sayaka and Miku!@NihongoDekita​N1-N1+~11,000 wordsmediumMiku Real Japanese36/10011:49ホテルで使う日本語会話N2-N1~7,000 wordsmediumあかね的日本語教室36/1005:58Checking in at a hotel in Japan / Japanese conversation! [#100]N3-N1~3,000 wordsmediumauto subsけんさんおかえり Japanese36/10015:33電話の予約とカフェで注文する時の日本語会話N2-N1~4,000 wordsmediumあかね的日本語教室36/10023:09日本人が本当におすすめするお土産🎁Japanese Listening Practice N3・N2レベル【中級】Ep.654N2-N1~5,000 wordsmediumauto subsBite Size Japanese36/10015:54夜のルーティーン🌛 Japanese Listening Practice N3・N2レベル【中級】Ep.629N2-N1~4,000 wordsmediumBite Size Japanese36/10010:52【日本語の会話】飲食店で注文するときの日本語N2-N1+~6,000 wordsmediumあかね的日本語教室36/10031:20Would You Rather Questions (About Relationship) | Advanced Japanese Comprehensible InputN3-N1~3,000 wordsmediumにほんごのじかん | Japanese Comprehensible Input36/10018:21台湾Vlog-Day2 日本人が中国語に挑戦しますN1-N1+~12,000 wordsmediumあかね的日本語教室36/10025:21Japanese listening about LIFEN3-N2~3,000 wordsmediumMiku Real Japanese36/10013:03Walk around Hakata station in Japan! / Comprehensible Japanese conversation #106N3-N2~2,000 wordsmediumauto subsけんさんおかえり Japanese37/10012:12【東京・日本橋】注文する時の日本語会話N1-N1+~7,000 wordsmediumあかね的日本語教室37/10016:53Japanese listening videoN3-N2~2,000 wordsmediumMiku Real Japanese37/10016:38Easy Japanese vlog with @SayuriSayingN2-N1~5,000 wordsmediumMiku Real Japanese37/10012:50テイクアウトする時の日本語会話／電話の日本語N3-N1~4,000 wordsmediumあかね的日本語教室37/10019:21恩師の言葉【Japanese Talk♯19】N3-N2~2,000 wordsmediumあかね的日本語教室

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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
1Speak Japanese Naturally8–5715N2-N1slow13143 h
2にほんごのじかん | Japanese Comprehensible Input7–5015N2-N1slow20172 h
3けんさんおかえり Japanese7–5019N3-N2slow14951 h
4Ninjapanese8–4419N1-N1+slow17239 h
5Bite Size Japanese21–4228N3-N2medium15655 h
6あかね的日本語教室21–4732N2-N1medium10825 h
7Miku Real Japanese18–8937N3-N1medium7016 h
8Learn Japanese with Noriko29–8847N2-N1medium22661 h
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