{"podcast":{"title":"Ohazassu Podcast","slug":"ohazassu-podcast-6464575","podcast_index_feed_id":6464575,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5905520/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://ohazassu.com/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/b7cf215594fe01b17d60ae97631fa24c.jpg","author":"John","episode_count":141,"summary":"A Japan-based podcast hosted by an Aussie living in Japan for 10+ years, sharing insights on life, work, travel, language, and culture. New episodes every couple of days. Sometimes more, sometimes less. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ohazassu-podcast--5905520/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T02:18:53.112709+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ohazassu-podcast-6464575"},"episode":{"title":"How Much Japanese Do You Really Need? My thoughts...","slug":"how-much-japanese-do-you-really-need-my-thoughts","published_at":"2026-01-29T05:20:56+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ohazassu-podcast-6464575/how-much-japanese-do-you-really-need-my-thoughts","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ohazassu-podcast-6464575","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-much-japanese-do-you-really-need-my-thoughts--69658304","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69658304/20260128_how_much_japanese.mp3","summary":"How much Japanese do you actually need to live in Japan? After 13 years here, I’ve realized the answer is very different from what textbooks and online debates claim. If you’re learning Japanese, or thinking about moving to Japan, I hope this episode takes some pressure off and gives you a clearer path forward. ============== Ohazassu Links ============== Website: https://www.ohazassu.com X: https://x.com/ohazassu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ohazassu/ ============= External Links ============= • Zipf’s Law (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipf%27s_law Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ohazassu-podcast--5905520/support .","meta_description":"How much Japanese do you actually need to live in Japan? After 13 years here, I’ve realized the answer is very different from what textbooks and online de…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1070,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ohazassu-podcast-6464575/episodes/how-much-japanese-do-you-really-need-my-thoughts/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ohazassu-podcast-6464575/how-much-japanese-do-you-really-need-my-thoughts.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}