News in Slow Japanese / The Podcast
A Podcast for learners of Japanese wanting to improve their listening skills
Sakura: Study Japanese Listening with our Announcer from Japan
Show overview
News in Slow Japanese / The Podcast has been publishing since 2022, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 50 episodes. That works out to roughly 1 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence.
Episodes typically run under ten minutes — most land between 1 min and 2 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Education show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 1.3 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2023, with 28 episodes published. Published by Sakura: Study Japanese Listening with our Announcer from Japan.
From the publisher
Hear interesting news and stories in slow, easy, clear Japanese
Latest Episodes
View all 50 episodesSB030 – Evolving Temples
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SB029 – The Story of the Lost Item
Have you ever lost a wallet or something valuable. What’s your feeling at the moment you notice? Do you have no hope of it coming back? Here is one such story. Find out what happens.
SB028 – Cycling in Japan 2
Find the full story with transcripts, pop-up definitions and more at our home on the web: NewsinSlowJapanese.com
SB026 – Bathing in Japan
This week we hear from a contributor who really likes the style of bathing in Japan. I have to agree with her. When I am away from Japan it’s one of the first things I miss.
NISJ 266 – Fast Version
This is the native speed version of Episode 266:
NISJ 266 – Japanese Expressions that Even Japanese Don’t Know ② (Sushi Restaurants)-Intermediate and Advanced Japanese Listening
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NISJ 265 – Fast Version
This is the native speed version of Episode 265:
NISJ 265- Japanese Expressions that Even Japanese Don’t Know 1-Intermediate and Advanced Japanese Listening
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SB024
Here is some good advice about overcoming heartbreak and moving forward. It is a good chance to learn more expressions about relationships.
SB023 – Heartbreak Part 1
Learn some important phrases related to relationships when this contributor shares his feelings about a recent breakup.
SB022 – Fasting
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SB021 – Belly Fat
This is something a lot of us have to deal with–putting on weight too easily. Listen to this week’s contributor’s frustration with belly fat and learn the vocabulary associated with this kind of problem.
NISJ 388 – Fast Version
This is the native speed version of Episode 388:
NISJ 388 – The Mystery of the Japanese Ship Captain
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NISJ 387 – Onomatopoeia Part 2
In Japanese, Onomatopoeia can be divided into a few categories; they are called giseigo (擬声語), giongo (擬音語), gitaigo (擬態語), giyougo (擬容語) and gijougo (擬情語). As we learned in the previous episode, they are used to describe sounds made by animals, humans…
NISJ 386 – Onomatopoeia Part 1
Onomatopoeia (オノマトペ) are words that represent sounds, and they are used in many languages to add more depth and texture to speech. However, Japanese onomatopoeia are unique in that they’re used more frequently and in a wider variety of contexts than in other languages. For example, after mopping READ MORE Test your knowledge with the […]
SB019 – My Club Seniors
Japanese school clubs have a very rigid hierarchy. Seniors in the club can be very demanding to their juniors. Here is a report of one junior’s experience. This episode also practices the causative form in Japanese.
SB020 – Strict Parents
How strict were your parents? This person had very strict parents. She was made to do all kinds of things as a child. This time we are practicing combining the causative and passive forms (to be made or forced to do something) which we seem to use more than in English or other languages I […]
SB017 – Instant Ramen
ima de wa, atte atarimae no insutanto rāmen. Jitsu wa Nihon hasshō da to iu koto wo…
SB018 – A Terrible Day
This episode will help you get some really useful practice with the passive forms of Japanese, which we tend to use more than in English.