Wakatta: Japanese Podcasts

Real Japanese podcasts, made comprehensible. Tap any word for its reading and meaning, ask the AI why a sentence works — and never lose your place.

Wakatta turns the real Japanese podcasts you'd listen to anyway into something you can actually understand.

Press play and follow a live transcript that lights up word by word as it's spoken. Tap any word you don't know for its reading, meaning, and part of speech — without leaving the audio. When a whole sentence won't click, tap Explain and an AI sensei breaks down the grammar in plain language.

Lost the thread but don't want to stop? One tap marks the last ten seconds — eyes-free — and it's waiting for you afterward, already explained.

WHY WAKATTA • AI grammar explanations for any sentence, in your language • Instant word lookup: reading, meaning, and part of speech in one tap • Real, native audio — podcasts people actually listen to, not textbook dialogues • Live transcript with karaoke-style highlighting, furigana and romaji toggles • "I got lost" — mark a confusing moment hands-free and come back to it • Bring your own audio: import any Japanese clip and we'll transcribe it • Follow shows and build your own library • Save words for spaced-repetition review with the original audio • 170+ hand-picked Japanese YouTube channels

It's the immersion you'd do anyway, just made comprehensible. Start free.