Learn Japanese with First Love
Updated June 28, 2026
Yes, First Love is a B1-level pick for Japanese learners. This contemplative romance uses slow, clearly enunciated everyday modern Japanese with long emotional pauses. That clarity makes it a comfortable live-action entry point for B1 learners with graded subtitles.
- Difficulty
- B1
- Genre
- romance, drama
- Platform
- Netflix
Japanese words you'll hear in First Love
- 初恋
- first love (hatsukoi)
- 気持ち
- feeling, feelings (kimochi)
- 思い出
- memory (omoide)
- 好き
- to like, fond of (suki)
- 仕事
- work, job (shigoto)
How to learn Japanese with First Love
Install LingoBinge, set your language to Japanese, and play First Love on Netflix. LingoBinge swaps a few subtitle words into Japanese at your level, and you tap any word to translate, hear, and save it for spaced review.
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Frequently asked questions
- Is First Love good for learning Japanese?
- Yes, at B1. The live-action romance is slow and clearly enunciated with everyday modern speech, which makes it an approachable watch with graded subtitles.