Welcome to the “Listen Every Day” Challenge, winter 2025 edition!
History of the challenge: In summer 2022, @KJules started the first listen every day challenge. Then in autumn, @omk3 took over, and hosted for a while. Eventually @omk3 asked for someone else to take over, so I’m hosting for the time being.
What is it: A place to set goals for yourself and talk about what you’ve been listening to. You can use it like a study log to keep track of what you’ve done, ask for advice and resource recommendations, or geek out/bond over common interests.
Beginners and experts alike are all welcomed.
Even though the challenge says every day, you’re welcome to do any kind of challenge you want. If there’s a particular series you want to finish, or if you want to reach a certain time goal, or some other kind of goal, feel free. This is a place to improve your listening ability, so do whatever you need to do to achieve that.
Your listening materials can be whatever you want, anime, podcasts, youtube videos, audiobooks, TV, JLPT listening quizzes - you name it, anything goes as long as it is something in Japanese 
“Listening” can be interpreted creatively, if that helps keep you motivated!
To quote @omk3 quoting @KJules quoting @windupbird quoting @Redglare (please no one call the plagiarism police):
This is a thread for people who:
want to spend time more time listening
want to improve their comprehension
want to hold themselves accountable and have a place to document their progress
simply want to join in on the challenge!
Are subtitles allowed?
Japanese subtitles are 100% allowed! Of course, the end goal is to listen without Japanese subs, but you’re welcome to take whatever steps necessary to help you reach that goal. If your reading skill is far above your listening skill, listening with Japanese subs is a great way to quickly catch it up.
Since the goal here is to not just listen to Japanese, but to actually understand what you’re hearing in Japanese, native language subtitles are strongly discouraged. Ideally you should be understanding 80%+ from your resources, but for tricky parts that you’re having trouble understanding, I recommend:
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Slowing the video down. Sometimes characters get excited or flustered and speed up their pace temporarily, which can be hard to keep up with if that speed is above your current level. Try slowing the video down to .75 speed.
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Pause the video to look up unknown words, then try to work out the sentence by reading it. After you’ve figured out the sentence, resume the video.
Repeat these steps throughout the whole scene, and by the end you should understand it enough to be able to move on.
Time frame: January 1 - February 28
The challenge will start on January 1st, and the “official” end is February 28th, but your challenge is personal to you, and you can start and stop at any time. You can stop at the end of October, or continue all the way into December, you can even start late if you need to.
Current active listening threads:
The podcast club is listening to 4989 American Life. They will be starting their next podcast in January.
The anime club is watching Delicious in Dungeon.
Will you be participating?
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Yes
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No
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I’m starting late
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Don’t know
Past challenge threads
🔉 🎙 Listen Every Day Challenge (Summer Edition) 🏖
🔊 🎙 Listen Every Day Challenge - Fall 2022 🍁
🔊 🎙 Listen Every Day Challenge - Winter 2023 ❄ 🧤
🔊 🎙 Listen Every Day Challenge - Spring 2023 🌼 🌱
🔊 🎙 Listen Every Day Challenge - Summer 2023 🏖 ☀
🔊 🎙 Listen Every Day Challenge - Fall 2023 🍁 🍂 - Volunteer needed to keep the challenge going!
🔊 Listen Every Day Challenge - Winter 2024 ⛄❄
🔊 Listen Every Day Challenge - Spring 2024 🌸 🌈
Threads worth checking out:
What do you listen to for Japanese practice?
Extensive Listening Challenge 2022
There’s also a list of resources here. Please check it out if you’re looking for advice, and add to it if you have something you think others would like!
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