# Latest **URL:** https://community.nijapanese.com/latest.md [Latest](https://community.nijapanese.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.nijapanese.com/categories.md) --- ## [18 months and 1600 hours progress update (1320hrs on the NIJ platform)](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/18-months-and-1600-hours-progress-update-1320hrs-on-the-nij-platform/579)
**Author:** [@robozilina](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/robozilina)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 9:53am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/18-months-and-1600-hours-progress-update-1320hrs-on-the-nij-platform/579 "2026-09-18T09:53:23Z")
I recently hit this milestone and wanted to share a realistic update about my progress. 18 months/1600 hours Previous updates: my-6-months-with-comprehensible-japanese one-year-anniversary-update History: None, I ha… --- ## [Small Win At Around 1500h](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/small-win-at-around-1500h/578)
**Author:** [@japaneseguy67](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/japaneseguy67)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/small-win-at-around-1500h/578 "2026-09-15T22:14:22Z")
For the past few days I’ve been just consistently binging Terrace House on Netflix, and it just now hit me that I’m comfortably watching an unscripted show, where natives talk over each other, use slang and speak in a… --- ## [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… --- ## [First time doing Cross-Talk at 1400h](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/first-time-doing-cross-talk-at-1400h/576)
**Author:** [@japaneseguy67](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/japaneseguy67)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/first-time-doing-cross-talk-at-1400h/576 "2026-09-05T13:46:46Z")
Just had my first cross talk session in Japanese and I wanted to write out an update of how it felt at 1400h of input. Background: Native Serbian speaker, C2 English (learned through immersion), B2 Spanish (learned thro… --- ## [New goals, aiming for 1,000 hours next year](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/new-goals-aiming-for-1-000-hours-next-year/571)
**Author:** [@linguisthopeful](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/linguisthopeful)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 3:23am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/new-goals-aiming-for-1-000-hours-next-year/571 "2026-09-02T03:23:15Z")
I have been putting 4 hours of input in during weekdays and 2 hours on Saturdays and Sundays. My goal is to do a minimum of 20 hours a week. I started with just 2 hours everyday at the start of July. I’ve been mainly l… --- ## [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… --- ## [3500 hours, but no bigger update, just impressions](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/3500-hours-but-no-bigger-update-just-impressions/566)
**Author:** [@gardiac2002](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/gardiac2002)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 7:36am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/3500-hours-but-no-bigger-update-just-impressions/566 "2026-08-25T07:36:01Z")
Hello everyone, You can read other milestone reports here 1500 hours: 1500 hours of Comprehensible Input 2000 hours: 2000 hours of Comprehensible Input 3000 hours: 3000 hours of Comprehensible Input in 19 months I j… --- ## [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… --- ## [Input hours update, Achivement/Milestone](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/input-hours-update-achivement-milestone/570)
**Author:** [@an-t-xn](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/an-t-xn)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 7:06am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/input-hours-update-achivement-milestone/570 "2026-08-13T07:06:33Z")
I just wanted to share a “small” victory/achivement/milestone as motivation, since i do not have any other people to share this with, im studying alone and have been at it for around 1 year now. Finally this last sunday… --- ## [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… --- ## [Learning milestone expectations](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/learning-milestone-expectations/565)
**Author:** [@linguisthopeful](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/linguisthopeful)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2026, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/learning-milestone-expectations/565 "2026-07-29T12:12:54Z")
I asked an ai bot about learning expectations based on listening times adjusted to the fact that Japanese is much harder to learn for a native English speaker than Spanish would be. Do these milestones sound right? \[spo… --- ## [1200h Update, It's Finaly FUN!](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/1200h-update-its-finaly-fun/564)
**Author:** [@japaneseguy67](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/japaneseguy67)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/1200h-update-its-finaly-fun/564 "2026-07-19T17:13:41Z")
I don’t know why I write updates every 600h or so, but here is another one!! Background: Serbian native speaker, but I’ve acquired both English and Spanish along the years just by consuming a bunch of fun content!! Cha… --- ## [6 Months Testimonial](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/6-months-testimonial/561)
**Author:** [@wjones2223](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/wjones2223)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/6-months-testimonial/561 "2026-07-14T18:58:04Z")
Always interested in people’s progress and testimonials. Acquiring Japanese is a “grind” for lack of a better word and hearing others share their experience helped me. My current status is 241 hrs tracked on the site. I… --- ## [My 6 months with Comprehensible Japanese](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/my-6-months-with-comprehensible-japanese/488)
**Author:** [@robozilina](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/robozilina)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/my-6-months-with-comprehensible-japanese/488 "2026-07-14T17:16:41Z")
Hi guys, I’ve prepared an update on my six-month Japanese learning journey. It’s the kind of update I really needed when I was starting out—and honestly, I still wish I had something like this from someone more experienc… --- ## [Feeling Demotivated](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/feeling-demotivated/563)
**Author:** [@linguisthopeful](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/linguisthopeful)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 8:39am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/feeling-demotivated/563 "2026-07-14T08:39:05Z")
I recently started using comprehensible input more as a primary learning method. There are times where I feel everything is easy and other days where I feel like my brain just isn’t working and everything is nonsense. I … --- ## [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… --- ## [Need help formatting a CI "study" plan](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/need-help-formatting-a-ci-study-plan/556)
**Author:** [@frostwisperer](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/frostwisperer)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/need-help-formatting-a-ci-study-plan/556 "2026-06-05T23:24:26Z")
Hello! I have been studying Japanese for a few months now, but only recently have I begun to incorporate CI into my studies. At present, most of my vocab and grammar are learned. The amount of Japanese I’ve actually acq… --- ## [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. --- ## [200 Hours Update: My Routine, Wins, and Next Steps](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/200-hours-update-my-routine-wins-and-next-steps/557)
**Author:** [@mathew](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/mathew)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/200-hours-update-my-routine-wins-and-next-steps/557 "2026-05-25T17:01:51Z")
Hey everyone! Matthew here. I just hit my 200-hour mark and wanted to share my progress, routine, and a few thoughts on how the journey is going so far. To give you some context, I am not using a pure, Comprehensible In… --- ## [My CI Japanese Experiment](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/my-ci-japanese-experiment/237)
**Author:** [@sese](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/sese)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/my-ci-japanese-experiment/237 "2026-05-23T16:00:40Z")
Hi there, I’ve just started my CI Japanese sessions and I’m only at 10 hours of input. I started with Spanish CI a few months ago and have 150 hours of input. I’m amazed at how quickly I’ve made progress without any pr… --- ## [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… --- ## [650h of Comprehensible Input Update!](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/650h-of-comprehensible-input-update/551)
**Author:** [@japaneseguy67](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/japaneseguy67)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/650h-of-comprehensible-input-update/551 "2026-05-14T12:22:08Z")
Quick update at 650h on my overall level of Japanese!! Background: Serbian native speaker, but I’ve acquired both English and Spanish along the years just by consuming a bunch of fun content!! I don’t use Anki (althoug… --- ## [Can I find a beginner like me to study with?](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/can-i-find-a-beginner-like-me-to-study-with/552)
**Author:** [@roaa97](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/roaa97)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2026, 11:15am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/can-i-find-a-beginner-like-me-to-study-with/552 "2026-05-12T11:15:09Z")
Hello my friends, I would like to find a girl like me so we can encourage each other to keep going. My native language is Arabic. --- ## [Sos My level is beginner](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/sos-my-level-is-beginner/549)
**Author:** [@roaa97](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/roaa97)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2026, 4:33am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/sos-my-level-is-beginner/549 "2026-05-12T04:33:13Z")
Hello everyone, I don’t really understand the idea of this website. I subscribed, but I noticed that it only listening and watching without any translation. Is there a specific way I should start using it? My level is … --- ## [Hello, community](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/hello-community/548)
**Author:** [@bookworm](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/bookworm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/hello-community/548 "2026-05-05T13:33:50Z")
I stopped to say hello to this community. Even though I’m still studying English on my own I’ve decided to set to the journey to learn a little Japanese. I’ve decided to take a pure CI approach. On one hand, I’m curiou… --- ## [3000 hours of Comprehensible Input in 19 months](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/3000-hours-of-comprehensible-input-in-19-months/547)
**Author:** [@gardiac2002](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/gardiac2002)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/3000-hours-of-comprehensible-input-in-19-months/547 "2026-05-05T13:32:01Z")
You can read other milestone reports here 1500 hours: 1500 hours of Comprehensible Input 2000 hours: 2000 hours of Comprehensible Input 3500 hours: 3500 hours, but no bigger update, just impressions This milestone go… --- ## [500+ hours update](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/500-hours-update/546)
**Author:** [@mr.fox](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/mr.fox)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/500-hours-update/546 "2026-04-17T22:17:31Z")
Hello everyone, to give you a perspective, I learned about CI one year ago and then I started my Dreaming Spanish journey. At the moment I have a little over 400 hours of Spanish and I am able to comfortably watch Interm… [Next page](https://community.nijapanese.com/latest.md?page=1)