51 Minutes of Intermediate Japanese Listening Comprehension

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In this video, you’ll challenge your Japanese listening comprehension skills. You will listen to small dialogues for Intermediate Level by Japanese native speakers. This is THE place to start if you want to start learning Japanese, and improve both your listening and speaking skills.

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[demomann]

This is great listening practice for self-study japanese learners. I am grateful to JP101 for putting this on, but I wish the english translation were were more exact of what they actually said. It would help to understand the grammar and the vocab better. For example, in the first one - ようさそうね does not mean "it's got everything we need, doesn't it". It means "looks good, right?". Lots of examples like that. Again. I am grateful to JP101 for doing this, and please give us more, but just a suggestion.

[Xenphenik]

This video is perfect for my level! Very challenging but able to understand maybe 20% on the first go and 50%-60% after seeing the subtitles. Thanks for doing stuff like this for free!

[estherstudies]

I feel like for me the grammar is really really easy but i've noticed i just don't know some of the vocab, anyone else have the same problem?

[emilioinocentes]

Thank you JapanesePod101 for sharing these free tutorials .

[fuldeskid]

finally found something on my level hope I can improve now

[aroutley]

These are great exercises, but furigana would be helpful above the Japanese subtitles!

[samuelcoates]

This was great! 8 months of study and I got most right

[channelle]

Wow this was very useful!!! Thanks so much!

[Rtcmanga_YouTube_Channel]

The videos are good and helpful thank you for this free program. I have to add some critics too: The exercise at 39mins in my eyes is completely incomprehensible unless you hear the explanation first. I was totally lost what 1st, 2nd, 3rd means. The pictures are also quite confusing: The board with people could also be a "meeting", what does the red people mean? The cashier could be the cafe too! If you mean a lesson or class use a doctors hat, everybody knows it's school! If you want to show a part time job use a shovel or any tools crossed as a symbol for work. I think both symbols for school and work are internationally understandable compared to a cashier and people in front of a board. thanks!

[Geckomayhem]

Really good. Reading the text helps me a lot. It also puts things into perspective: I can barely understand anything despite having learned Japanese on and off for the last 15 years. But I'm sure that exercises like this can't be detrimental to my snail-pace learning progress, right?

[DiiAMNDx]

I Really like that you are putting those videos of a kind together in one! Good job!

[Edzward]

This video made me realize that my Japanese listening skills are not that bad!

[formershadow]

For all the people having trouble with the vocabulary, I suggest basic and intermediate kanji practice as most of these words are very common and by having a grasp on N3 level Kanji or higher you will have an easier time of it. I suggest using services like Wanikani or Bunpro.

[nitindikshitqa]

Please make more of such videos wherein we get to see kana and english

[wvter]

Is this the average speed of how quickly Japanese people speak? If it is, I'm glad I was able to understand most of it without a transcript. Listening to Japanese really helps improve listening skills.

[rachelm.]

AP test is tomorrow and I learned I am NOT ready hahaha

[Sen-ksvq]

3:22 shouldn't it be 二人ですinstead of ２名です

[ninomachadoelpropio]

Very hard this one, right? I'll try it again next year. I should get it right then.

[datthanh]

I have a question. Why you don't use "誰、何方，どの人"instead of ”どれ” when asking "whose", "who" instead of "which one" when prefering person in the question? By the way the video is so useful and I love the voice of woman, it belongs to Lisa, isn't it?

[gilbelino]

hi Lisa, I have been learn a lot with you, bacause you do it very easy thank you for everything!!!
i need some help to improve my channel because I'm english teacher volunteer. ;)))