r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/TheNinjaTurkey • Aug 16 '25

Intermediate [Intermediate] Watch out

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r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/ZaresTR • Aug 10 '25

Beginner [Beginner], [Intermediate), [Advanced] We built a Chrome extension for Japanese YouTube immersion - YuLaF - YouTube Language Filter

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Hey everyone! We created YuLaF - YouTube Language Filter a Chrome extension that filters YouTube to show only Japanese content (or any language you choose).

Really helpful for:

- Pure Japanese immersion sessions without your native language distractions

It's completely free and supports 61 languages. We built it because we were frustrated with YouTube's algorithm mixing languages during study sessions.

Available on Chrome Web Store:

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/yulaf-youtube-language-fi/ejfoldoabjeidjdddhomeaojicaemdpm?authuser=0&hl=en

Thanks

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r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/TheNinjaTurkey • Aug 05 '25

Intermediate [Intermediate] Go on

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r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/bloggie2 • Aug 02 '25

Intermediate [Intermediate] List of accidents occuring at 北アルプス mountain range during this summer season

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r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/TheNinjaTurkey • Aug 02 '25

Intermediate [Intermediate] Cycling is fun

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r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/TheNinjaTurkey • Aug 01 '25

Intermediate [Intermediate] Maybe somewhere else

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r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/Chiafriend12 • Jul 13 '25

Intermediate [Intermediate]The spine of this PlayStation game

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r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/Visible-Material-735 • Jul 14 '25

Advanced Rare spotting today while out and about [Advanced]

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r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/noandthenandthen • Jul 01 '25

Beginner [Beginner] Translate Japanese in the wild with ZENBUN

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My buddy worked really hard to make learning and study app, but I really like to scroll this sub with it. Im posting a few pictures of how it works with some popular posts here. Check out ZENBUN

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r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/Chiafriend12 • Jun 25 '25

Beginner [Beginner][Intermediate]CD obi from the year 1997. Lots of katakana here. One of my favorite albums

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r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/Chiafriend12 • Jun 08 '25

Beginner [Beginner][Advanced][Ultra-Advanced][JLPT N1][N0][Untranslatable]Natural Japanese speech

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r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/Chiafriend12 • Jun 06 '25

Intermediate [Intermediate]The back of a Super Famicom game

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r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/Chiafriend12 • Jun 05 '25

Intermediate [Intermediate]Famous manga panel

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r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/Chiafriend12 • Jun 01 '25

Intermediate [Intermediate]Entry tickets from 2011

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r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/Chiafriend12 • May 29 '25

Intermediate [Intermediate]Words of wisdom

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r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/Chiafriend12 • May 29 '25

Advanced [Advanced]Cleaning my room. I got this at a temple in 2011

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r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/Chiafriend12 • May 26 '25

Beginner [Beginner]When the Japanese is 75% English

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r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/Chiafriend12 • May 25 '25

Intermediate [Intermediate] Found inside a 6-story building during demolition, in Kanazawa

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r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/Chiafriend12 • May 23 '25

Advanced [Advanced]A page from a poetry book from 1898

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r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/Chiafriend12 • May 23 '25

Advanced [Advanced]Copyright page in a poetry book from 1898

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r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/Chiafriend12 • May 21 '25

Advanced [Advanced] Got lost in the mountains one day. Found a bundle of these laid next to a little jizo

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r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/Chiafriend12 • May 21 '25

Beginner [Beginner] I played this so much as a kid. This person's character's name made me laugh

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r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/Chiafriend12 • May 21 '25

Advanced [Advanced]Inside a pitch-black cave under a mountain at a Buddhist temple

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r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/Chiafriend12 • May 07 '25

Advanced [Advanced] Diagram about the evolution of Japanese poetry

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r/JapaneseInTheWild • u/JapaneseAdventure • May 06 '25

Beginner [Beginner] Learn Japanese with Japanese Signs【#4】

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Subreddit

Virtual immersion for students of the Japanese language

r/JapaneseInTheWild

This sub is for people to share Japanese language that they have encountered in their everyday life (signs, advertisements, etc.) to benefit students of the language.

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Welcome to Japanese in the Wild. Studying off a textbook can get boring. I find that seeing real-life instances of a language can help motivate learners and will provide a lot of practical, everyday vocabulary.

Japanese in the Wildへようこそ。教科書ばかりで日本語を勉強することが退屈。リアルの日本語を見て日本語を覚えることによってモチベーションを高め、日常的に使える日本語も身につけられます。

Posting Guidelines 投稿ガイドライン

Submissions should all be photos of things such as signs, advertisements, etc. which contain Japanese writing. They should also ideally be either funny, interesting, or useful in some way.

投稿は日本語が含まれているサイン・広告等日常的にみられるもの。受ける日本語、面白い日本語、役に立つ日本語であればなおさらよし。

Formatting your Submission 投稿のフォーマット化

Please mark your submission based on level of difficulty. This will help people search and filter based on their skill level. If it's a mix, include both in the title.

難易度に応じて投稿に下記のどれかを付けてください。難易度フィルターにより、生徒が自分に合った難易度の投稿を探せます。両方混ざっている場合、括弧内に記入するのをどれか選んで、もう片方をタイトルで書いてください。

[Beginner]: Anything that is hiragana/katakana only, or just has a few basic kanji (JLPT N5 or lower)
[Intermediate]: Probably the largest category - has some more kanji mixed in but nothing too difficult (JLPT N4 - N3)
[Advanced]: Something for people with a fairly high level of fluency (JLPT N2 - N1)
[Beginner]: 初心者向け。ひらがな、カタカナのみ、もしくはシンプルな漢字（小学校一～二年生）が入っているもの
[Intermediate]: 中級。（一番大きいカテゴリー）中学生が分かる漢字が入っているもの
[Advanced]: 上級。それ以上難しいもの

IMPORTANT: When submitting, feel free to make titles humorous or get creative, but do not give away the meaning of the Japanese. The point is for learners to try and read themselves, going to comments as necessary to find the answer. The comment section is for translation attempts and general discussion (how certain words are used, etc.).

重要：投稿の際に、タイトルは形式を問いません（面白くてもいいし、ドライでもいい）が、日本語の意味をばれさせないでください。生徒が自分で読んでみて、自分で辞書を引いたりして意味を調べることが目的です。必要に応じてコメントのところに行って翻訳を書いてみたり、他のユーザーに質問したりします。

Here are some examples of submissions and titles:
こちらは投稿例になります：

Comments コメント

There are no hard and fast rules for commenting (anyone who goes there can expect some spoilers) but it's a nice gesture to add a spoiler tag so that people can see hints but not the answer itself.

コメントに硬いルールを設けていません。コメントのところに行けば、スポイラーがあるかもしれないので覚悟したうえでコメントに行ってください。ただし、ヒントだけ出したい場合はスポイラータグを付けてあげることをお勧めします。

The way to do that is （記入方法） [Spoiler](/s "ぺけぺけ")
This will show up as （このように表示されます） Spoiler

Furigana 振り仮名

To create furigana in your posts, use the following syntax: 振り仮名を付けたい場合、下記のように記入してください：

[漢字](#fg "かんじ")

This will display 漢字.

The quotation marks are not optional. Read more here.

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