News in Slow Japanese / The Podcast

Learn Japanese through interesting and entertaining news stories. News in Slow Japanese is produced with lower intermediate to advanced students of Japanese in mind. If you are studying for the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) N1, N2, or N3 this podcast should be very helpful. We bring you interesting and current topics several times a week. Our host is a native Japanese speaker and she reads the articles at a slow pace so you can pick up every word. More stories, transcripts, and popup translations with furigana are available at the home of our podcast: http://newsinslowjapanese.com/

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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.


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 December 19, 2023  1m
 
 

NISJ 388 – Fast Version


This is the native speed version of Episode 388:


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 November 24, 2023  2m
 
 
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 November 24, 2023  4m
 
 

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…


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 November 12, 2023  1m
 
 

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...


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 November 2, 2023  1m
 
 

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.


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 October 19, 2023  1m
 
 

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...


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 October 19, 2023  2m
 
 

SB017 – Instant Ramen


ima de wa, atte atarimae no insutanto rāmen. Jitsu wa Nihon hasshō da to iu koto wo…


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 September 27, 2023  1m
 
 

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.


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 September 26, 2023  1m
 
 

SB016 – Why is Chinese Zodiac in that order?


Do you know how the animals of the Chinese zodiac were chosen and put in that order? Listen to find out why it came to be so and why there is no cat.


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 September 20, 2023  1m