Japanese shadowing practice
Japanese shadowing (シャドーイング) material sorted by JLPT level and everyday scene, 26 pages and 328 lines: original sentences, furigana, English translations and AI-synthesized audio; play a whole set, loop a line, slow it down.
JLPT N5136 lines
Greetings and introductions
Practice the six greetings you'll use first each day, plus a self-introduction dialogue for meeting someone for the first time.
Convenience store
The shop you will walk into every day in Japan. Covers the questions staff always ask, plus one checkout from start to finish.
Ordering at a restaurant
The Japanese you will use during a meal at a restaurant: getting the server's attention, ordering, and paying the bill.
Asking for directions
Use this when your phone is dead, the signal is bad, or you just want to double-check which way to go.
Asking prices and shopping
The focus of this page is listening for numbers: asking how much things cost, saying how many you want, and catching the prices clerks call out.
Trains and subways
Practice the questions you'll actually need to ask on the platform when you've boarded a train going the wrong way or aren't sure whether this one stops at your station.
Time and appointments
Practice asking and telling the time, and learn how Japanese speakers tactfully say a time doesn't work.
Taking a taxi and arriving
Tell the driver where you're going, understand his follow-up questions, and say where to stop when you arrive — the whole ride in one go.
A day with the family
How family members talk to each other at home over the course of a day, beginning with いってきます at the door and ending at the dinner table.
From the airport to the city
After you get off the plane, you'll exchange money, find the bus, and check whether it goes downtown.
Transfers and wrong trains
Changing trains, finding your platform, and what to do when you've gone the wrong way.
JLPT N4129 lines
Department store shopping
Ask about sizes and colors, try things on, find out what to do when something is sold out, and finish with the tax-free procedure.
Dry cleaning and repairs
Drop off items for cleaning or repair and ask when they will be ready — the drop-off-and-pick-up routine that is still very much alive in Japan.
Hotel check-in
Practice checking in at a hotel, asking about breakfast and checkout times, and storing your luggage.
Doctor visits and buying meds
Describe your symptoms clearly, understand the doctor's instructions, and buy medicine at a drugstore.
Booking by phone
You call to make, reschedule, or cancel a reservation, all without seeing the other person's face.
Friends: inviting & declining
Making weekend plans with a friend — your first time using plain form (タメ口) instead of です・ます.
Part-time work: serving customers as staff
It's your first day at a convenience store part-time job, and this page covers the phrases you'll use behind the counter, paired with the customer's perspective on the Convenience store page.
Being a guest and hosting
You've been invited to someone's home, and the same set of manners comes in two versions: a polite-form visit and a casual hangout at a friend's place.
Payment and ATM
Practice the short phrases that come up before and after you pay: scanning a QR code, paying with a large bill, asking for a receipt, and finding an ATM.
Phone and internet
Practice the phrases you need to stay connected: asking for the Wi-Fi password, buying a SIM card, and borrowing a charger.
JLPT N339 lines
Ward office paperwork
Filing your move-in notification after a move. This is counter Japanese no resident can avoid.
Everyday office life
Practice the language of a typical office day: greetings, approaching your boss, delivering bad news, and asking for time off.
飲み会 (drinking party)
A company drinking party where 敬語 and タメ口 coexist at the same table.
JLPT N212 lines
JLPT N112 lines
Audio on this page is AI-synthesized speech (Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS), not a human recording; the sentences are original.
