Story Time – Ohanashi no Jikan お話の時間
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I love the line by line feature in addition to the slow and normal speeds. Great for listening without having to refer to written comprehension notes.
Thank you! I hope to add more audio-only content soon. If this format is good, we’ll do more like this.
I love the folk tales and also think audio only with line by line explanation would be a good format for longer current affairs pieces, similar to the content of the shadowing sentences. I find being able to repeat back in Japanese very useful. And the audio only means I can listen and repeat while I’m doing other things. The slow and normal speed options are great too.