Lazy Fluency - Japanese Podcast | 英会話
Two passionate yet lazy learners of English and Japanese have casual conversations about culture, language, life, and more. If you find listening to fellow learners rant about miscellaneous topics entertaining, then you're in the right place. Find us wherever you listen to podcasts, and check out the video version of the podcast on YouTube. やる気はあるけど、ちょっとLazyなアメリカ人と日本人がFluencyを目指す旅 日本語と英語を入れ替えながら繰り広げる雑談トークショー！ Podcastプラットフォームならどこでも視聴できます👂 YouTubeの動画版もお楽しみください support on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency
Are Places Like Little Tokyo & China Town a Problem? - LF #178 (Japanese Listening)
Cultural Enclaves, Movies & Politics, Kind Strangers, and more!
エスニックエンクレイブ、映画と政治、優しい他人など！
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Why In 500 Years Every Japanese Person Will Be Named Sato - LF #177 (Japanese Listening)
Japanese Surnames, Bike Accident, US Politics, and more!
夫婦別姓、自転車事故、アメリカの政治など！
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How is Mental Health Viewed in Japan? - LF #176 (Japanese Listening)
Mental Health, Marathon Training, Political Apathy, and more!
メンタルヘルス、マラソントレーニング、政治的無関心など！
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The Downsides of Peace in Japan - LF #175 (Japanese Listening)
Downsides of Peace, Okinawan Heat, safety, and more!
平和ボケの損得、暑い沖縄、治安など！
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Is Japan No Longer A Safe Country? - LF #174 (Japanese Listening)
Safety in Japan, Kyoto Trip, Fairness, and more!
日本の治安、京都旅行、平等とはなど！
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Why it’s So Hard To Get The Switch 2 in Japan - LF #173 (Japanese/English Listening)
Japan’s Lottery System, Extremism in Japan, Diminishing Returns of Pronunciation, and more!
日本の抽選システム、日本の過激化、発音の収穫逓減など！
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How Important is Good Pronunciation in Japanese? - LF #172 (Japanese Listening)
Pronunciation, Sumo Facts, Rice Hot Take, and more!
言語学習と発音、大相撲の豆知識、米のホットテイクなど！
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Why Japan is Out of Rice - LF #171
Rice Shortage, Japanese Burlesque, Okinawa Conspiracy, and more!
米騒動、日本のバーレスク、沖縄の陰謀論など！
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Is Cash Still King in Japan? - LF #170 (Japanese Listening)
Digitalization in Japan, Okinawan Japanese, Kanji Variants, and more!
日本のデジタル化、沖縄訛り、旧字体と新字体など！
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Why Okinawa is No Longer A Blue Zone - LF #169 (Japanese/English Listening + Subtitles)
Blue Zones, Taiwan Trip, Real Time Translators, and more!
ブルーゾーン、台湾旅行、リアルタイム翻訳機など！
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Should You Move to Japan? - LF #168 (Japanese Listening)
Moving to Japan, Golden Week, Switch 2 Update , and more!
日本移住、ゴールデンウィーク、Switch2アップデートなど！
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Will AI Kill Language Learning? - LF #167 (Japanese Listening)
AI & Language Learning, Customs in America, Rural Prefectures, and more!
AIと言語学習、アメリカの税関、田舎の県など！
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Japan Has A Bathroom Problem - LF #166 (Japanese Listening)
Bathroom Problem, A Very Busy Week, Bilingualism, and more!
トイレ行列問題、大変な一週間、バイリンガリズムなど！
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Should Mixed Children Be Bilingual? - LF #165 (Japanese Listening)
Bilingual Children, Sumo Advice, Switch 2 Resales, and more!
バイリンガルの子供たち、大相撲のアドバイス、Switch2転売など！
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What is Going On With The Switch 2? - LF #164 (Japanese Listening)
Switch 2, First Week of Doctoring, Tourism Tax , and more!
Switch 2、医者の最初の一週間、観光税の質問など！
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Is It Hard to Bike in Japan? - LF #163 (Japanese Listening)
Biking in Japan, Hanko, Onomatopoeia Question, and more!
日本でのサイクリング、判子の種類、オノマトペの質問など！
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Things You Should Know Before Renting An Apartment in Japan - LF #162（Japanese Listening）
Renting in Japan, Japanese Identity in Okinawa, Personality Types, and more!
日本でのアパート探し、沖縄での日本人とは？、パーソナリティ診断など！
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Blood Type Superstitions in Japan! - LF #161 (Japanese Listening)
Blood Types, Apartment Searching, Onomatopoeia , and more!
血液型、アパート探し、オノマトペなど！
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What Makes Something Japanese? - LF #160 (Japanese Listening)
Cultural Essentialism, Kimono vs Gown, Koreanify Japanese, and more!
文化的本質主義、着物対ガウン、日本語を韓国語化せよなど！
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What Does a Japanese Person Think About Europe? - LF #159 (Japanese Listening)
Europe Culture Shock, Outward Appearance & Identity, Language Learning With Friends, and more!
ヨーロッパのカルチャーショック、外見とアイデンティティ、友達との言語学習など！
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Why Rural Japan is Underrated - LF #158 (Japanese Listening)
Rural Japan, Panama Cultural Differences, Spanish & Japanese, and more!
日本の田舎、パナマの文化の違い、スペイン語と日本語など！
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Short Sleepers: The Japanese Man Who Sleeps for 30 Minutes a Day- LF #157 (Japanese Listening + Subtitles)
Short Sleepers, The National Exam is Over!, The need for Kanji, and more!
ショートスリーパー、国家試験終了！、漢字の重要性など！
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What is Medical School Like in Japan - LF #156 (Japanese Listening)
Medical Schools in Japan, Trip to Europe, Accents in English, and more!
日本の医学部、ヨーロッパ旅行、英語のアクセントなど！
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Papa Katsu: The Sugar Daddy Industry of Japan - LF #155 (Japanese Listening)
Papa Katsu, Panama Trip, Disability Accessibility and more!
パパ活、パナマ旅行、障害者アクセシビリティなど！
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The Problems With Living in Japan Without Knowing Japanese - LF #154 (Japanese Listening)
Living in Japan without Japanese, Losing my wallet (again), Dubs & Localization Hot take, and more!
日本語なしの日本生活、財布なくした（また）、吹き替えとローカライゼーションのホットテイクなど！
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What is Pachinko Like in Japan? - LF #153 (Japanese Listening)
Pachinko, Japanese Tea, The upsides of Japanese Cars, and more!
パチンコ、茶道、日本自動車の利点など！
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Should Children Be Banned From Using Social Media? - LF #152 (Japanese Listening)
Social Media Ban, Fainting, Your 2025 Resolutions, and more!
ＳＮＳ禁止、気絶事件、リスナーの２０２５年の感想など！
SNS Ban:
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Japan’s Yearly Musical Super Bowl - LF #151 (Japanese Listening + Subtitles)
Kouhaku Uta Gassen, New Year’s Food Reaction, 2025 Resolutions, and more!
紅白歌合戦、お節を食べてみた感想、２０２５年の抱負など！
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Breaking Down Japanese New Year's Food! - LF #150 (Japanese Listening)
Japanese New Year's Food, Driving School, Optimal Work Schedules, and more!
お節解説、ドライビングスクール、理想の労働時間など！
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The Top 10 Trending Japanese Words of 2024 - LF #149 (Japanese Listening)
Trending Words of 2024, Christmas in Japan, End of Year Reflection, and more!
2024年の流行語、日本のクリスマス、今年の振り返りなど！
Trending Words of 2024:
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Is All of Japan Getting a 4 Day Work Week? - LF #148 (Japanese Listening)
4 Day Work Week, Getting Back Into Soccer, Auto Transcriptions, and more!
週休3日制、サッカー復帰、自動トランスクリプトなど！
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What Are Concerts Like in Japan? - LF #147 (Japanese Listening + Subtitles)
Montreux Jazz Festival, Spotify Wrapped 2024, Loan Words, and more!
モントルー ジャズフェスティバル、Spotifyまとめ2024、借用語など！
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Why 80% of Japan Has Been To Disney- LF #146 (Japanese Listening + Subtitles)
Disney, Costco, Ayami’s Marathon, and more!
ディズニー、コストコ、あやみのマラソンなど！
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The 4B Movement and Japan - LF #145 (Japanese Listening)
4B Movement & Japan, Graduation Exam Passed!, Wooden and Plastic Cutting Boards, and more!
４Ｂ運動と日本、卒業試験合格、木製まな板とプラスチック製まな板の比較。など！
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Christmas in Japan isn’t Bad Actually - LF #144 (Japanese Listening)
Spending the Holidays in Japan, Japanese Traditional Dance, Tipping and more!
日本での冬休み過ごし、日本舞踊、チップなど！
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How Japan Feels About The US Election - LF #143 (Japanese Listening)
Election, Blisters, No Longer Human and more!
選挙、水ぶくれ、人間失格など！
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What Does Bullying Look Like in Japan? - LF #142 (Japanese Listening)
Bullying, Halloween, British Dubs and more!
苛め、ハロウィーン、イギリスの吹き替えなど！
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Why Tiny Japanese Apartments Are Actually Great - LF #141 (Japanese Listening)
Tiny Apartments, Graduation Exam, Japan Trip, and more!
小さなアパート、卒業試験、日本旅行など！
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How Political Are Japanese People? - LF #140 (Japanese Listening)
Political Advocacy in Japan, Liam Payne, Rude Questions, and more!
政治活動、リアム・ペイン、失礼な質問など！
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政治意識に関する調査:
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Is Reading Dead? - LF #139 (Japanese Listening + English Translations)
Reading, Roommates, Localization, and more!
読書、ルームメイト、ローカライゼーションなど！
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US Reading Survey:https://testprepinsight.com/resources/us-book-reading-statistics/
Japanese Reading Surveys:
https://www.nhk.or.jp/shutoken/articles/101/012/08/
https://www.cross-m.co.jp/report/life/20230913book/#:~:text=%E5%8D%8A%E5%B9%B4%E3%81%AB1%E5%86%8A%E4%BB%A5%E4%B8%8A%E8%AA%AD%E3%82%80%E3%81%A8%E5%9B%9E%E7%AD%94%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E4%BA%BA,%E3%81%8C20.9%EF%BC%85%E3%81%A8%E5%A4%9A%E3%81%84%E3%80%82
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