Learn Japanese with Alice in Borderland
Yes, Alice in Borderland is a B1-level pick for Japanese learners. A high-stakes survival thriller gripping enough to pull you through many episodes. The pace is fast, but the register is modern and casual and the survival vocabulary repeats constantly, so it works as a B1 watch with graded subtitles once you have the basics.
Key takeaways
- Alice in Borderland is a B1-level pick for Japanese, best suited to intermediate learners.
- The gripping option for intermediate learners who want modern, casual Japanese.
- It runs 3 seasons, 22 episodes, so its vocabulary recurs enough that finishing it builds real Japanese listening.
- Against the 8 other Japanese titles in our difficulty index, it is easier than 4 of them.
- Expect everyday Japanese such as ゲーム and 危ない.
- Watch it with Japanese subtitles rather than your own language, which the research links to the biggest listening gain.
- Difficulty
- B1 (moderate)
- Best for
- intermediate learners
- Format
- TV series
- Length
- 3 seasons, 22 episodes
- Original audio
- Japanese
- Genre
- sci-fi, thriller
- Platform
- Netflix
- Relative difficulty
- Easier than 4 of 8 other Japanese titles we rate
- In our index
- 1 of 9 Japanese titles
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Japanese words you'll hear in Alice in Borderland
- ゲーム
- game (geemu)
- 危ない
- dangerous (abunai)
- 生きる
- to live (ikiru)
- 仲間
- comrade, ally (nakama)
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Frequently asked questions
- What Japanese level is Alice in Borderland?
- Around B1. It is modern and casual but fast and tense, so graded subtitles help. Save the recurring survival and everyday words for review.