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Lazy Fluency - Japanese Podcast | 英会話 — 214 episodes

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1

How Expensive is Japan Really? - LF #214 (Japanese Listening N3-N2)

2

Should You Learn Your Heritage Language & Culture? - LF #213 (Japanese Listening)

3

Japanese Gen Z Slang - LF #212 (Japanese Listening N3-N2)

4

Getting Japanese Citizenship Just Became A lot Harder - LF #211 (Japanese Listening N2-N3)

5

Breaking Down Japanese Generations from Boomer to Gen Alpha - LF #210 (Japanese Listening N2-N3)

6

What's Up With Japan's Genital Festivals? - LF #209 (Japanese Listening N3-N2)

7

Stickers are Taking Over Japan - LF #208 (Japanese Listening N3-N2)

8

Why Most Japanese Weddings Are Christian and More! - LF #207 (Japanese Listening N3-N2)

9

What Do Japanese People Want in A Relationship? - LF #206 (Japanese Listening + Subtitles N2-N3)

10

Why It Is So Hard To Have A Japanese Friend - LF #205 (Japanese Listening N3-N2)

11

Should Japan Give Up On Learning English? - LF #204 (Japanese Listening N3-N2)

12

Can I Learn Japanese As An Adult? - LF #203 (Japanese Listening N2-N3)

13

My Bike Was Stolen in Japan - LF #202 (Japanese Listening N2‐N3)

14

How Similar Are Japan and Taiwan? - LF #201 (Japanese Listening N2‐N3)

15

How Similar Are Japan and Korea? - LF #200 (Japanese Listening N2‐N3)

16

Australia Actually Banned Social Media - LF #199 (Japanese Listening N2‐N3)

17

The Top Trending Japanese Words of 2025! - LF #198 (Japanese Listening N2-N3)

18

What Makes An Annoying Tourist? - LF #197 (Japanese Listening N2‐N3)

19

Wait…Do Americans Like China Now? - LF #196 (Japanese / English Listening + Subtitles)

20

What Are Spartan Races in Japan Like? - LF #195 (Japanese Listening)

21

Japan Has A Bear Problem… Apparently - LF #194 (Japanese Listening)

22

Is Halloween in Japan Dead? - LF #193 (Japanese Listening)

23

Is Japan Like Anime? - LF #192 (Japanese Listening)

24

The Ethics of Advertising - LF #191 (Japanese Listening)

25

Are We All Becoming Dumber? - LF #190 (Japanese Listening)

26

Did Tokyo's Government Marriage App Work? - LF #189 (Japanese Listening)

27

Japan's Prime Minister Resigned... Who's Next? - LF #188 (Japanese Listening)

28

80% of Gen Z Thinks They Can Bond With a Chat Bot… Apparently - LF #187 (Japanese Listening)

29

What I Learned From a Ghibli Senior Executive - LF #186 (Japanese Listening)

30

Should Standard Japanese Exist? - LF #185 (Japanese Listening)

31

Japan's Most Common International Marriages! - LF #184 (Japanese Listening)

32

Why Does Japan Have So Many Useless Jobs? - LF #183 (Japanese Listening)

33

Does Going to Japan Actually Help Your Japanese? - LF #182 (Japanese Listening)

34

Are Digital Nomads Good For a Country? - LF #181 (Japanese Listening)

35

Sanseito: The Party That Broke Japan's 25-Year Majority Coalition - LF #180 (Japanese / English Listening + Subtitles)

36

Breaking Down The Japanese First Right Wing Movement - LF #179 (Japanese Listening)

37

Are Places Like Little Tokyo & China Town a Problem? - LF #178 (Japanese Listening)

38

Why In 500 Years Every Japanese Person Will Be Named Sato - LF #177 (Japanese Listening)

39

How is Mental Health Viewed in Japan? - LF #176 (Japanese Listening)

40

The Downsides of Peace in Japan - LF #175 (Japanese Listening)

41

Is Japan No Longer A Safe Country? - LF #174 (Japanese Listening)

42

Why it's So Hard To Get The Switch 2 in Japan - LF #173 (Japanese/English Listening)

43

How Important is Good Pronunciation in Japanese? - LF #172 (Japanese Listening)

44

Why Japan is Out of Rice - LF #171

45

Is Cash Still King in Japan? - LF #170 (Japanese Listening)

46

Why Okinawa is No Longer A Blue Zone - LF #169 (Japanese/English Listening + Subtitles)

47

Should You Move to Japan? - LF #168 (Japanese Listening)

48

Will AI Kill Language Learning? - LF #167 (Japanese Listening)

49

Japan Has A Bathroom Problem - LF #166 (Japanese Listening)

50

Should Mixed Children Be Bilingual? - LF #165 (Japanese Listening)

51

What is Going On With The Switch 2? - LF #164 (Japanese Listening)

52

Is It Hard to Bike in Japan? - LF #163 (Japanese Listening)

53

Things You Should Know Before Renting An Apartment in Japan - LF #162(Japanese Listening)

54

Blood Type Superstitions in Japan! - LF #161 (Japanese Listening)

55

What Makes Something Japanese? - LF #160 (Japanese Listening)

56

What Does a Japanese Person Think About Europe? - LF #159 (Japanese Listening)

57

Why Rural Japan is Underrated - LF #158 (Japanese Listening)

58

Short Sleepers: The Japanese Man Who Sleeps for 30 Minutes a Day- LF #157 (Japanese Listening + Subtitles)

59

What is Medical School Like in Japan - LF #156 (Japanese Listening)

60

Papa Katsu: The Sugar Daddy Industry of Japan - LF #155 (Japanese Listening)

61

The Problems With Living in Japan Without Knowing Japanese - LF #154 (Japanese Listening)

62

What is Pachinko Like in Japan? - LF #153 (Japanese Listening)

63

Should Children Be Banned From Using Social Media? - LF #152 (Japanese Listening)

64

Japan's Yearly Musical Super Bowl - LF #151 (Japanese Listening + Subtitles)

65

Breaking Down Japanese New Year's Food! - LF #150 (Japanese Listening)

66

The Top 10 Trending Japanese Words of 2024 - LF #149 (Japanese Listening)

67

Is All of Japan Getting a 4 Day Work Week? - LF #148 (Japanese Listening)

68

What Are Concerts Like in Japan? - LF #147 (Japanese Listening + Subtitles)

69

Why 80% of Japan Has Been To Disney- LF #146 (Japanese Listening + Subtitles)

70

The 4B Movement and Japan - LF #145 (Japanese Listening)

71

Christmas in Japan isn't Bad Actually - LF #144 (Japanese Listening)

72

How Japan Feels About The US Election - LF #143 (Japanese Listening)

73

What Does Bullying Look Like in Japan? - LF #142 (Japanese Listening)

74

Why Tiny Japanese Apartments Are Actually Great - LF #141 (Japanese Listening)

75

How Political Are Japanese People? - LF #140 (Japanese Listening)

76

Is Reading Dead? - LF #139 (Japanese Listening + English Translations)

77

Improvised Dubs and Other Weird Translation Stories! - LF #138 (Japanese Listening + Subtitles)

78

Does Japan Hate Children? - LF #137 (Japanese Listening)

79

Sexual Harassment & Japan - LF #136 (Japanese Listening)

80

The Dos & Don'ts of Japanese Bathhouses - LF #135 (Japanese Listening)

81

Is Japan Actually Socialist? - LF #134 (Japanese Listening)

82

How to Text Like a Japanese Person - LF #133 (Japanese Listening)

83

Why Japan Has Never Been Happier…Apparently - LF #132 (Japanese Listening)

84

Should Japanese People Learn English? - LF #131 (Japanese Listening)

85

Mega Earthquakes: How Japan Could Lose 70% of its Annual Budget - LF #130 (Japanese Listening)

86

The Strange Ways Japanese People Beat the Heat - LF #129 (Japanese Listening)

87

How Okinawa Differs from Mainland Japan - LF #128 (Japanese Listening)

88

Can Japanese People Understand Traditional Theater? - LF #127 (Japanese Listening)

89

Why Most Japanese Single Mothers Want to Shorten Summer Vacation - LF #126 (Japanese Listening)

90

Why Getting a Job in Japan is so Hard - LF #125 (Japanese Listening)

91

Social Etiquette in Japan 101 - LF #124 (Japanese Listening)

92

Japan's Weird Relationship with Nudity - LF #123 (Japanese Listening)

93

Tokyo's Upcoming AI Governor - LF #122 (Japanese Listening)

94

Why Tokyo's Government is Making a Dating App - LF #121 (Japanese Listening)

95

How to Avoid Tourists in Japan - LF #120 (Japanese Listening)

96

Are Black Samurai Woke? - LF #119 (Japanese Listening)

97

Do You Need a Language Teacher? - LF #118 (Japanese Listening)

98

What's The Best Time To Visit Japan? - LF #117 (Japanese Listening)

99

Should You Homestay in Japan? - LF #116 (Japanese Listening)

100

Why Foreigners Can't Put Out Fires in Japan - LF #115 (Japanese Listening)

101

The Problem With Japan's Cat Obsession - LF #114 (Japanese Listening)

102

Why Japanese Children Want to Be Police Officers? - LF #113 (Japanese Listening)

103

Why Japan is Allowing 800,000 Immigrants - LF #112 (Japanese Listening)

104

What is Healthcare Like in Japan? - LF #111 (Japanese Listening)

105

The 2024 World Happiness Report Breakdown - LF #110 (Japanese Listening)

106

Should You Take The JLPT (and other tests)? - LF #109 (Japanese Listening)

107

Why do Expats Leave Japan? - LF #108 (Japanese Listening)

108

Is Japan Poor? - LF #107 (Japanese Listening)

109

Why Japan's Education System has a Cult Problem - LF #106 (Japanese Listening)

110

How Do Japanese People Feel About Weebs? - LF #105 (Japanese Listening)

111

Are In Person Relationships Still Important? - LF #104 (Japanese Listening)

112

Are Kanji Hard for Japanese People? - LF #103 (Japanese Listening)

113

Miss Japan Identity Controversy: Reacting to Japanese Comments (Japanese Listening) - LF #102

114

5 Japanese Products You Need in Your Life (Japanese Listening) - LF #101

115

The Truth About Polyglots - LF #100

116

Can You Learn Japanese with Duolingo? - LF #99

117

Top 5 Japan & US New Year Resolutions - LF #98

118

Top Trending Japanese Words of 2023 - LF #97

119

Is Japan's School System Fair? - LF #96

120

The Worst Places to Visit In Japan - LF #95

121

Is Homeschooling Good for Society?- LF #94

122

What Are Marathons Like in Japan? - LF #93

123

Do Japanese People Like the Emperor? - LF #92

124

Do Japanese People Understand Sarcasm - LF #91

125

What Are Dying Towns Like in Japan? - LF #90

126

Why Tokyo Banned Halloween - LF #89

127

Are Japanese People Apathetic? - LF #88

128

Why are Japanese Learners So Elitist? - LF #87

129

Does Tourism Ruin Cool Places? - LF #86

130

Is Patriotism Good? - LF #85

131

Why is Everyone Depressed? - LF #84

132

Learning Japanese With Anime - LF #83

133

Will Japanese Traditional Culture Disappear - LF #82

134

Is Japan Actually Collectivist? - LF #81

135

How to Get a Job in Japan - LF #80

136

Why Tokyo is Underrated - LF #79

137

Why More Information Can Make You Dumb - LF #78

138

How Japanese People View New York? (america culture shock) - LF #77

139

Do Aliens Exist (and does it matter?) - LF #76

140

Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki's Final Film is Out (and why you haven't heard about it) - LF #75

141

The Mascots of Japan (and why they exist) - LF #74

142

Is Japanese Food Healthy? - LF #73

143

How to Overcome Language Learning Slumps - LF #72

144

How Japan Views American Culture Wars - LF #71

145

Should You Learn Japanese if You Move to Japan? - LF #70

146

Why is the "ick" Trending in Japan? (Frog Transformation Phenomenon) - LF #69

147

The Hidden Dangers of Multitasking - LF #68

148

How to Blend in in Japan (and the US)? - LF #67

149

Are Non-Native Speakers Better Teachers? - LF #66

150

How Independent Are Children in Japan? - LF #65

151

How to Get a Free House in Japan - LF #64

152

Is Japan Good for Introverts? (yes) - LF #63

153

Why You Feel Isolated (the importance of Third Places) - LF #62

154

Why is Anime Being Banned? - LF #61

155

Why Is Learning Languages So Hard? - LF #60

156

The Best Place To Visit In Japan (and why it's Book Off) - LF #59

157

Why is Japan so Clean? - LF #58

158

The One Thing That Will Prevent You From Learning Japanese - LF #57

159

Watch This Before You Go To Japan (paris syndrome: how expectations can ruin your dreams) - #56

160

Esports Made it to the Olympics! (and why it shouldn't have) - LF #55

161

The Stereotypes of Japan (how japanese people view each other) - LF #54

162

How Dating Works in Japan - LF #53

163

Does Japan Hate Foreigners, and What Does it Mean to be Japanese? - LF #52

164

Is Diversity Good, and Why Japan and Sweden Seem Problem Free - LF #51

165

Why Gen Z Doesn't Want to Work - LF #50

166

How Do You Make Friends in Japan? - LF #49

167

How Common is Cheating in Japan? - LF #48

168

Are Asian Men Masculine? - LF #47

169

How is New Year's Celebrated in Japan? - LF #46

170

Do Japanese People Believe in God? - LF #45

171

Are Japanese People Honest? - LF #44

172

How is World War II Taught in Japan? - LF #43

173

What Is It Like Being a Woman in Japan? - LF #42

174

What Should I Know Before Going To Japan? - LF #41

175

Are Parasocial Relationships Actually Unhealthy? - LF #40

176

Soft Power And Why You (may) Dislike China - LF #39

177

Top Trending Japanese Words of 2022 - LF #38

178

What Is Halloween Like in Japan? - LF #37

179

What Is Cram School Like In Japan? - LF #36

180

Will The Metaverse Fail? - LF #35

181

The Mario Movie is Actually Good? - LF #34

182

The Weird World Of Japanese Toilets - LF #33

183

JAPAN IS ACTUALLY REOPENING!!! - LF #32

184

Japan is Reopening? - LF #31

185

Will Japan's Population Reach Zero? - LF #30

186

Fujoshi, Gyaru, and the Women of Japan - LF #29

187

TikTok Has Ruined Humanity - LF #28

188

Why Japan Wants More Alcoholics - LF #27

189

Can Children Be Adults? - LF #26

190

How Japan Solved Homelessness - LF #25

191

Zoom Is Destroying Japanese Culture - LF #24

192

Why Japanese People Don't Drink Water - LF #23

193

Japanese Lunch Is the Best in the World - LF #22

194

Why The Metric System Sucks - LF #21

195

Dating in Japan 101 - LF #20

196

My Teacher Gave Me Condoms - LF #19

197

I Live in The Most Dangerous Developed Country in The World - LF #18

198

VTubers Are Ruining Society - LF #17

199

I Lost My Wallet In Tokyo - LF #16

200

My Parents Don't Hug Me - LF #15

201

Credit Cards Are Useless In Japan - LF #14

202

Japan Is Reopening!! - LF #13

203

Calling Out Yo Momma - LF #12

204

US Tipping Culture Is Crazy - LF #11

205

Japan's Holidays are Broken - LF #10

206

Customer Service Hates Me - LF #09

207

Senpai Won't Notice You - LF #08

208

Japanese YouTube Is All the Same! - LF #07

209

Ponytails are Brainwashing Your Children - LF #06

210

Binging Is Ruining Your Life - LF #05

211

Why You're Addicted to Your Phone - LF #04

212

I Hate Cars - LF #03

213

Stranded on an Island :( - LF #02

214

Banana, The Miracle Fruit - LF #01