Show guide
Nihongo con Teppei (for Beginners) is where a huge number of learners start listening to real Japanese — short, slow, all-Japanese episodes, and hundreds of them. Here’s what it is and how to turn it into real study.
About the show
Hosted by Teppei, the beginner series runs short — just a few minutes — speaks slowly, and stays entirely in Japanese while glossing key words. With hundreds of episodes on everyday topics you’ll never run out, which is why it’s the classic first podcast at N5–N4. When it starts to feel easy, the faster 波! (Ha) series is the natural next step.
How to use it in Wakatta
In Wakatta the show is ready to play, and every episode is a tappable transcript with furigana. Tap any word for its reading and meaning, save the ones worth keeping, and review them later with the exact sentence and audio — so you actually understand what you hear instead of listening past it. (Don’t see a show you love? Search for any podcast in the app.)
What a transcript looks like
今日はお茶を淹れます。
淹れます iremasu · to brew (tea)
Every episode becomes a transcript like this — tap any word for its reading and meaning.
Recent episodes
- #1545「ゲームについて！」 · 2026-07-07
- #1544「漫画（まんが）について！」 · 2026-07-05
- #1543「アニメについて！」 · 2026-07-04
- #1542「映画について！」 · 2026-06-30
- #1541「写真（しゃしん）について！」 · 2026-06-29
- #1540「バーベキューについて！」 · 2026-06-27
Tap an episode to open it in Wakatta and read along with the transcript.
Common questions
Is Nihongo con Teppei good for beginners?
Yes — the “for Beginners” series is one of the most recommended starting points: slow, all-Japanese, short episodes you can replay. In Wakatta it comes with a synced transcript and furigana, so you can read along and tap anything you don’t catch.
About the creator
Teppei is a Tokyo-based native-Japanese teacher on italki and one of the most prolific Japanese-learning podcasters, releasing near-daily episodes across beginner, intermediate, and advanced series.
Read along in Wakatta
Wakatta turns real Japanese podcasts into tappable transcripts — tap any word for its reading and meaning, and review what you save with the original audio.
