JapanesePod101
A large catalog of leveled Japanese podcast lessons and transcripts.
BeginnerIntermediateFreemiumEasyListeningWeb, iPhone, Android
Japanese listening resources
Listening tools range from hosted lessons to narrow pitch drills. Match the tool to the ear problem.
Nihongo con Teppei
A free beginner Japanese podcast for daily listening.
BeginnerFreeEasyListeningPodcast, Web
NHK World Easy Japanese
Free official beginner Japanese lessons with audio from NHK World.
BeginnerFreeEasyListeningCourseWeb
kotu.io
Pitch-accent ear training with minimal-pair listening practice.
IntermediateFreeModerateListeningWeb
NHK News Web Easy
Free graded Japanese news with furigana and audio.
BeginnerIntermediateFreeEasyReadingListeningWeb
Irodori
Free Japan Foundation textbooks for daily-life Japanese, with audio.
BeginnerFreeEasyTextbookListeningWeb
Pimsleur
Audio-first Japanese lessons designed for spoken recall on the go.
BeginnerPaidEasyListeningCourseApp, Audio
Language Reactor
Dual Japanese subtitles and lookup for YouTube and Netflix in the browser.
IntermediateFreemiumModerateListeningBrowser
Satori Reader
Annotated Japanese articles and dialogues with audio and inline notes.
BeginnerIntermediateFreemiumEasyReadingWeb, iPhone
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Listening practice fails when the audio is either too hosted or too hard.
If you want a lesson around the audio
JapanesePod101, Nihongo con Teppei, and NHK World Easy Japanese give you spoken Japanese with a frame. Pod101 is a large catalog. Teppei is a free beginner podcast. NHK World is official numbered lessons. Irodori is a free course with official audio.
If you want news you can follow
NHK News Web Easy includes audio on simplified articles.
If the problem is pitch, not vocabulary
kotu.io trains accent contrasts. It is not a beginner podcast.
Pick one daily audio source. Add pitch drills only after you can follow slow speech.