🔉 🎙 Listen Every Day Challenge (Summer Edition) 🏖

I did 1 hour and 20 minutes of Bite Sized Japanese. I was getting bored (and as I am getting closer and closer to moving to Japan) I figured I should look up things less and less and try for something more fun and harder and so restarted yuyu podcast. Wow he speaks really fast doesn’t he?! I understood the GIST of the first 2 podcasts but then less than 5% of the third.

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July 26th

I listened to Episode 31 of Nihongo con Teppei for Beginners today, and also listened to a JapanesePod101 Core Words vocab building video while I was writing my diary.
I might watch a bit of anime before I head to bed too, but I’m not sure yet.

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July 26th
What did I listen to?: Part of a Stray Let’s Play
How much time did I spend listening?: 12 min

This was recommended to me by Youtube after I finished Super Bunny Man, so I thought, cats, why not? :joy: (Was someone in this thread talking about this game earlier? I literally can’t remember but I feel like someone somewhere was talking about this game on here) There’s a lot less screaming in this one, and the kitties are cute :pleading_face: I only watched part of the video because tbh my concentration is not here rn for reasons I will not burden the listening thread with. I might burden the complaining thread with them though

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Week 5

July 26
Yuusuke & Kaito, episode 1


I started YUYU’s podcast today. I’ve listened to bits here and there over time since I learnt about him but never gave the podcast a try since the beginning. I started it today but apparently he was also doing it with another guy called Kaito back then? I don’t even know how to call it so I’ll just call it Yuusuke & Kaito. Apparently it’s only 15 episodes and then it starts being YUYUの日本語ポッドキャスト. It seems nice, very similar to Teppei’s, they talk about random stuff. It’s very similar in difficulty, perhaps I’d say just a tiny tiny bit above but nothing too noticeable.

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Jul 27, Wed of Week 5 of Summer :beach_umbrella: 2022

Today’s story is 狼の恩返し (:studio_microphone:), from ひさこばあばのむかしむかし.

Story impression

Going through a dangerous path to get a doctor? – The doctor probably won’t come back with you.

Anyway, he can already do a 度胸な手術.

I read ()()(なか) wrong.


Then, I took a look more at NHK for School on ひょうたんからコトバ part (1 session = 15 minutes); and anime with Language Reactor. Also took a look at news posted above, and in YouTube. I felt like cheating, because I can read with visual cues by picking out vocabularies (and by other pictures). Half Kana’d vocabularies aren’t really problematic either, as long as those vocabularies are known.

Indeed, probably text matching with audio is necessary, but audio alone and audio unrelated to text should give another lesson.

I also played Yakuza 0 and DMC 5, but didn’t really have time, so just watched cinematics to the playable part. Cinematics can’t be paused or rewind, but it didn’t matter much this time, really.

I will probably try particle picking, when focusing more on listening, even if the listening doesn’t make much sense in total. (I might also be able to put Kodansha’s reference into use.)

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July 26 :blossom: Home Post

I watched part of a let’s play and an episode of Tiger & Bunny again today, guess that’s my new pattern :man_shrugging: It’s nice doing some things that are more pure listening when I can deal with not grasping all the details, but also doing some more complex things with Japanese subtitles. I think it’s a good balance for me :+1:

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Having a day where everything seems blah. Listened to a bit of various YouTube videos, dabbled in a few TV shows, didn’t really vibe with any of it. Ended up listening to maybe half an hour total. So it goes - some days are just like this, even in English content. :upside_down_face:

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I’m not sure what I’ll use as listening material just yet.

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Nothing too noticeable? You mean Teppei intermediate not beginners right because otherwise I might have to call myself a failure :smiling_face_with_tear: :rofl: :joy: :sweat_smile:

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Yes! Sorry I should have specified ^^ . Whenever I refer to Teppei’s podcast I always mean the intermediate one.

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July 27 :orange_square:

Watched the second of the Japan Foundation’s videos on manga. This was on how manga is made, and I’m sure it was very interesting, but I understood precious little. I’ll need to rewatch with subtitles at some point.

Then I clicked on a video YouTube recommended, where someone was painting a portrait of his cat in watercolours. I was so distracted by his punctuating every couple of words with ね, I didn’t understand all that much, but the cat was cute, and so was the painting.

I’m having so many such days, it’s practically the norm for me. I can’t even count the times I started browsing for something to watch, then realized I had spent more than the duration of a full movie sampling and rejecting stuff one after the other. :roll_eyes:

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Week 5

July 27
Yuusuke & Kaito, episodes 2 and 3.


I think this one is definitely just a step above Teppei’s podcast which is great for me because I was just looking for something like this. One thing I dislike a lot though is the constant interruptions to play a tune and say the name of the podcast like three or four times per episode, sigh. I hope that changes when I get to the ones where it’s just Yuusuke. But despite that, the conversation seems to be very natural and they use perhaps a wider range of vocabulary and expressions, feels more like an actual podcast. They referred to their advanced students at some point so I suppose they are (or were) teachers of an advanced Japanese course in Mexico, though I wouldn’t say it feels advanced personally. I’m definitely not an advanced learner yet.

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:sound: Listening Room: Date 20220727 :loud_sound:

Day XXXVI: ワンちゃん :dog2:

Watched an NHK school vid.

I solely clicked on this one because the cover picture was a cute shiba inu.

In it, ワンちゃん the crime busting police dog has to solve two heinous crimes, number one - what length hot dog does Mr. Police-Senpai want?? And how do you measure a hot dog with no measuring device?? with a policebrand eraser of course, but they come in two sizes, iddy-biddy, and BIG. such conundrum

Crime Case #2 - Crazy evil leotard number wizard has stolen all measuring devices so a girl can’t get her feet measured and get new shoes… ワンちゃん time!
ワンちゃん

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I’ve listened to a lot of YUYUの日本語 and don’t think I’ve ever come across this so think it must just be an early ‘I don’t know how to make podcasts!’ thing

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July 27th!

I watched episode 10 of Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens with subs during my lunchbreak, and then 2 episodes of Nihongo con Teppei after work.
I also listened to another JapaneseJod101 Core Words video while I was writing my diary this evening.

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I watched this after reading your description, and I have never seen anything so hilarious and campy. What a joy!

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I’ll probably do more listening today of random things, but I started a show called 教祖のムスメ and it is right up my alley. Weirdly dark, female main is kinda insane*, hinting at a larger, darker story. YES. I’m probably going to rewatch at least this first episode though because it has no JP subs available and I missed a line here or there. Normally not an issue but this show is already light on dialogue.

Seriously I love dark, unhinged female leads. Love Exposure, 賭ケグルイ, etc. All about it.

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Hello! I’m new to participating in the WaniKani community forums but I really want to improve my Japanese and stumbled upon this listening challenge! I apologize for participating in the challenge so late! I hope there can be a similar challenge for the next season :blush: Anyway, in hopes of keeping myself accountable here is my listening log! I’m still very much a beginner so many of my listening resources will be geared towards that level.

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07.27

I’ve decided to just listen to whatever native material I can each day. I listened to a Nihongo con Teppei podcast episode and am considering having anime on in the background, though I’m not sure if the latter would be effective listening practice. Maybe I’ll look into voice actor interviews as well.

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I love oat milk lattes! I’m also a beginner and the community has been very welcoming, so don’t be afraid to get involved.

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