Let's Talk in Japanese!

Tomo is a Japanese teacher who has found the sweet spot between too easy and too hard. With 381 episodes organized by JLPT proficiency level from N5 through N1, this podcast lets you select exactly the difficulty you need on any given day. Feeling confident? Jump into an N1 episode. Need something more relaxing? Scroll back to N4. That flexibility makes it an unusually versatile resource. As a trained teacher, Tomo has an instinct for calibrating her speech. She does not artificially slow down or over-enunciate, but she chooses her vocabulary and sentence structures with awareness of what each level can handle. The result feels like genuine conversation rather than a scripted lesson, even though the difficulty is carefully controlled. Topics range across daily life, culture, opinions, and seasonal themes, keeping the content varied enough to sustain long-term listening. The show also features a charming Kids' Edition series where Tomo has natural conversations with a Japanese child, providing a different register and vocabulary set that many learners rarely encounter. Scripts are available through Ko-fi for anyone who wants to read along, and the 4.9-star rating from 124 reviews reflects a passionate listener base. Updated weekly with fresh episodes, this is the kind of podcast you can build a daily habit around regardless of your current level.