# Natural Japanese **URL:** https://community.nijapanese.com/c/comprehensible-japanese/5.md [Latest](https://community.nijapanese.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.nijapanese.com/categories.md) --- ## [About the Natural Japanese category](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/about-the-natural-japanese-category/12)
**Author:** [@cijapanese](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/cijapanese)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/about-the-natural-japanese-category/12 "2024-02-01T23:25:25Z")
For everything related to the Comprehensible Japanese company and its website --- ## [Feature Request - Sort by (personal) view count](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/feature-request-sort-by-personal-view-count/569)
**Author:** [@kawaiiusagi](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/kawaiiusagi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 4:36am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/feature-request-sort-by-personal-view-count/569 "2026-09-14T04:36:49Z")
This feature request only works if personal statistics are already saved. I often rewatch videos I’ve seen. Depending on the length of the video, I’ll watch 1 or 2 new videos and then watch ones I’ve already seen. Before… --- ## [Topic Requests: exercise videos, weather & news reports, work environments, weird JLPT prep help videos](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-requests-exercise-videos-weather-news-reports-work-environments-weird-jlpt-prep-help-videos/577)
**Author:** [@hanatoniji](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/hanatoniji)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-requests-exercise-videos-weather-news-reports-work-environments-weird-jlpt-prep-help-videos/577 "2026-09-06T18:10:10Z")
I’ve been a subscriber for a while and have a few different topic request/video ideas: (1) I’m really loving the origami class videos Seika先生, and would love more “follow along” type videos, where we have a chance to do… --- ## [Conversation videos](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/conversation-videos/574)
**Author:** [@jonnystack](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/jonnystack)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2026, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/conversation-videos/574 "2026-08-30T23:15:22Z")
Hey everyone! I’ve been using the Natural Japanese website for a while now, but just recently found out about this forum. Does anyone know a good recourse to find conversation videos in Japanese? Like, with two or more p… --- ## [Video topic request](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/video-topic-request/573)
**Author:** [@bossman182](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/bossman182)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/video-topic-request/573 "2026-08-21T17:03:39Z")
Just a general video topic request of mine. If anyone has any content creators who cover this at an N5, N4, or N3 level, please let me know! Personally, I would really like to see more cooking videos in the complete beg… --- ## [Question regarding the grading system use between levels](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/question-regarding-the-grading-system-use-between-levels/567)
**Author:** [@bossman182](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/bossman182)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/question-regarding-the-grading-system-use-between-levels/567 "2026-08-04T16:26:41Z")
I’m a little confused based on the level grading system of NIJ website. Specifically, what I am confused about is the number system. For the beginner videos, some are listed around the 30-60 range; there are also interme… --- ## [Chromecast Bug Still Not Fixed](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/chromecast-bug-still-not-fixed/568)
**Author:** [@wickedt](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/wickedt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 2:46am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/chromecast-bug-still-not-fixed/568 "2026-08-04T02:46:05Z")
I want to say before I complain that I love this website and appreciate it very much. With that being said there are some issues and bugs I’ve noticed. The major one that is so frustrating is my watch time not being trac… --- ## [Important update for CIJ](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/important-update-for-cij/559)
**Author:** [@ben](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/ben)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2026, 12:21am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/important-update-for-cij/559 "2026-07-06T00:21:24Z")
Hi everyone, I have an important update to share about the future of Comprehensible Japanese (CIJ). In case you don’t know me, hello :wave: I’m Ben Maerkle. I’ve been Yuki’s business partner helping grow CIJ since 202… --- ## [Verba in CIJ integration: contextual meanings, TTS and more to come](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/verba-in-cij-integration-contextual-meanings-tts-and-more-to-come/560)
**Author:** [@benwd](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/benwd)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/verba-in-cij-integration-contextual-meanings-tts-and-more-to-come/560 "2026-06-30T14:28:51Z")
Hey guys, I built an integration between CIJ and my transcript analysis product Verba and it injects Verba functionality directly into the CIJ website interface. Here’s a quick video demo and tutorial on how to install… --- ## [Feature request - Set a range of difficulty score during randomize](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/feature-request-set-a-range-of-difficulty-score-during-randomize/558)
**Author:** [@sylpha](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/sylpha)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2026, 5:29am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/feature-request-set-a-range-of-difficulty-score-during-randomize/558 "2026-06-01T05:29:39Z")
It would be nice if we can set a range of difficulty score when randomize so that I get randomized videos which not too far off from my current ability. --- ## [Comment notification on CIJ](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/comment-notification-on-cij/555)
**Author:** [@gardiac2002](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/gardiac2002)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2026, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/comment-notification-on-cij/555 "2026-05-18T12:04:15Z")
Hello, sometimes I receive a comment notification from some very old CIJ video, when somebody responds to me. Is it somehow possible to completely turn off any type of comment reply notifications on CIJ? I looked arou… --- ## [Feature request - Bulk export + more options](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/feature-request-bulk-export-more-options/545)
**Author:** [@dekinai](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/dekinai)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2026, 11:03am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/feature-request-bulk-export-more-options/545 "2026-03-27T11:03:51Z")
Just like there is a bulk option for mp3 files, i would like to see a bulk option for the transcripts. Just like there are filters in the reading mode (i set it so i only see the watched ones), I would like to see i… --- ## [Passive Viewing Mode](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/passive-viewing-mode/526)
**Author:** [@slane](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/slane)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/passive-viewing-mode/526 "2026-03-24T21:23:59Z")
Hello, Would it be possible to add a toggle to videos for “passive viewing.” Sometimes I want to throw on videos in the background while I’m working. Since I’m not actively watching, I don’t want it to add to my minutes… --- ## [Technical request](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/technical-request/543)
**Author:** [@aka85](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/aka85)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2026, 8:05am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/technical-request/543 "2026-03-11T08:05:52Z")
Thanks to the CI team for the great work. Would it be possible to add a „back button“ in the app so you can go back to the search results after starting a video? Otherwise you always have to restart your search from scr… --- ## [Topic Request: The Origin of Kanji](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-request-the-origin-of-kanji/326)
**Author:** [@aki](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/aki)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-request-the-origin-of-kanji/326 "2026-03-04T14:05:05Z")
Hi, After watching Yoshito-sensei’s video on the differences between Chinese and Japanese characters, I thought it would be interesting to learn about the origin of kanji. I remember learning in my history class that J… --- ## [Differences between Kansai-ben and standard Japanese](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/differences-between-kansai-ben-and-standard-japanese/541)
**Author:** [@afni](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/afni)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2026, 3:28am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/differences-between-kansai-ben-and-standard-japanese/541 "2026-02-22T03:28:53Z")
Recently, I have been trying out Kansai-ben content on YouTube. I have quite a lot of hours of input with standard Japanese, but transferring that to Kansai-ben has been harder than I expected. For example, I came across… --- ## [Japanese Youth Baseball Tournaments](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/japanese-youth-baseball-tournaments/540)
**Author:** [@gardiac2002](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/gardiac2002)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/japanese-youth-baseball-tournaments/540 "2026-02-21T21:17:28Z")
Hello, we heard already a couple of times from friends about the Koushien or the youth baseball tournaments in Japan. Some friend even called it the highlight of the Japanese sports year. Maybe it would be a cool topic … --- ## [Video player keyboard shortcuts?](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/video-player-keyboard-shortcuts/537)
**Author:** [@gregx999](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/gregx999)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/video-player-keyboard-shortcuts/537 "2026-02-05T17:54:10Z")
Is there a list of keyboard shortcuts available somewhere? Can they be edited? I ask because when I use Migaku, I use the number keys to mark if words in the subtitles are known, tracked, etc. But they also make the vid… --- ## [Chromecast not working very reliably](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/chromecast-not-working-very-reliably/536)
**Author:** [@jayesar](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/jayesar)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2026, 10:36am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/chromecast-not-working-very-reliably/536 "2026-02-03T10:36:55Z")
Hi Team, Unsure if many users use chrome cast. But I’ve noticed I can only cast a video to mine with about a 10% success rate, it then only once has neatly gone into the next video of the playlist and marked the video a… --- ## [Reading Mode - Pause After Sentence](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/reading-mode-pause-after-sentence/535)
**Author:** [@slane](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/slane)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/reading-mode-pause-after-sentence/535 "2025-12-28T18:55:06Z")
Hello, In reading mode, would it be possible to make the audio automatically pause after playing a sentence? I want to be able to read a sentence myself then play the audio to compare, which currently works great. The … --- ## [Video player double click](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/video-player-double-click/533)
**Author:** [@vitalii](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/vitalii)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/video-player-double-click/533 "2025-12-19T01:05:10Z")
Hi. It seems there has been a recent update that improves the logic of the video player to fast-forward a video by 10 seconds when double-clicking. While this probably makes life easier for those on touch devices, it’s … --- ## [Japanese Robots](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/japanese-robots/530)
**Author:** [@jpman](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/jpman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 6:52am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/japanese-robots/530 "2025-12-09T06:52:22Z")
I would love a video on Japanese robots like Sony’s Aibo and Honda’s Asimo, and on robot cafes that provide opportunities for people with disabilities. Thank you! --- ## [Topic Request: 1995 Tokyo Subway Sarin Attacks](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-request-1995-tokyo-subway-sarin-attacks/505)
**Author:** [@apotoxinsherry](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/apotoxinsherry)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-request-1995-tokyo-subway-sarin-attacks/505 "2025-12-04T18:06:52Z")
I think it’d be interesting to make a video on the 1995 Tokyo Subway attacks - its founder, the different factors that influenced people into joining the cult, the motivations for the attack and what happened out of it. … --- ## [Progress Level Tracking](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/progress-level-tracking/527)
**Author:** [@4rcher](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/4rcher)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/progress-level-tracking/527 "2025-12-02T15:42:56Z")
Hi everyone. This has probably been asked before, but are there any plans to implement a learning level for this site, which increases the more hours spent watching videos? It doesn’t necessary need to align with any par… --- ## [Specific Playlist Settings](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/specific-playlist-settings/528)
**Author:** [@musicanimelife](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/musicanimelife)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/specific-playlist-settings/528 "2025-11-28T22:03:54Z")
I was thinking it might be a good idea to make settings instead of just for all playlists, specific to each playlist. For example, maybe one playlist I want it to autoplay the next video or remove watched videos from the… --- ## [Random Video to Rewatch](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/random-video-to-rewatch/524)
**Author:** [@cpalmhede](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/cpalmhede)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 7:24am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/random-video-to-rewatch/524 "2025-11-22T07:24:44Z")
I’d like to be able to request a random video to rewatch from the videos I have already watched. It would be nice if I could create a playlist of such videos. One could expand this further to include selection parameters… --- ## [It's hard to catch up when you started in 2025](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/its-hard-to-catch-up-when-you-started-in-2025/522)
**Author:** [@paul\_wolf](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/paul_wolf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/its-hard-to-catch-up-when-you-started-in-2025/522 "2025-11-14T17:54:18Z")
Yeah, not gonna lie, there’s a lot of videos to catch up on. On top of speaking practice on VR Chat, WaniKani, Anime & J-Drama immersion. There’s a lot to do. Anyone else feel overwhelmed on their Japanese journey? B… --- ## [How to Effectively Use CI Japanese to Improve Listening & Reading Skills?](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/how-to-effectively-use-ci-japanese-to-improve-listening-reading-skills/471)
**Author:** [@thanhkaiba](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/thanhkaiba)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/how-to-effectively-use-ci-japanese-to-improve-listening-reading-skills/471 "2025-10-31T17:33:19Z")
Hi everyone, I’m currently learning Japanese on CI Japanese, but I’m not sure how to make the best use of the website’s features. What’s the most effective way to study on CI Japanese? How should I use it to impro… --- ## [Has anyone signed up for the lifetime plan?](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/has-anyone-signed-up-for-the-lifetime-plan/454)
**Author:** [@aki](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/aki)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2025, 7:44am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/has-anyone-signed-up-for-the-lifetime-plan/454 "2025-10-30T07:44:51Z")
Just wanted to ask if anyone has signed up for the lifetime plan and if they wouldn’t mind sharing their reasons for deciding to sign up for it? Personally, I’m very thankful to this website for being the main reason wh… --- ## [Videos for Beginners Talking About Manga](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/videos-for-beginners-talking-about-manga/518)
**Author:** [@fluffykitty](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/fluffykitty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 4:07am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/videos-for-beginners-talking-about-manga/518 "2025-10-27T04:07:51Z")
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