Audio for Learning Japanese

Podcasts for Learning Japanese

Learn important vocabulary and breakdown an example sentence using that vocabulary word. For beginners to upper beginners. Makoto+ members get vocabulary notes and sound files.

Beginning Japanese Phrases Podcast Index

New episodes every Thursday

Listen to Yumi talk about... whatever she wants to talk about. Makoto+ members get extra show notes including full transcripts and key vocabulary. For upper beginners to intermediates.

Nihongo no Tane Podcast Index

New episodes every Monday

Sleep Stories in Japanese

雨ニモマケズ Ame ni mo Makezu Japanese Poem

Akutagawa’s Short Story Hana in Japanese 芥川龍之介 – 鼻 [Intermediates]

ウサギと亀 The Tortoise and the Hare

Japanese TV and Movie Language Lessons

J-Pop Lyrics, Vocabulary, and Translation Lessons

Meeting & Greeting: Basic Japanese Conversation Dialogue for Beginners

雨ニモマケズ Ame ni mo Makezu Japanese Poem

Natsume Souseki’s Ten Nights of Dreams

Akutagawa’s Short Story Hana in Japanese 芥川龍之介 – 鼻 [Intermediates]

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