Learn Japanese with Great Pretender
Yes, Great Pretender is a B2-level pick for Japanese learners. This stylish con-artist series has fast, witty, slang-laced banter and frequent switching between elaborate schemes. The normal-to-fast modern adult dialogue makes it a rewarding B2 watch with graded subtitles.
Key takeaways
- Great Pretender is a B2-level pick for Japanese, best suited to upper-intermediate learners.
- A stylish con-artist caper with fast, witty, modern adult dialogue.
- It runs 1 season, 23 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 1 of them.
- Expect everyday Japanese such as 詐欺 and 嘘.
- Watch it with Japanese subtitles rather than your own language, which the research links to the biggest listening gain.
- Difficulty
- B2 (challenging)
- Best for
- upper-intermediate learners
- Format
- TV series
- Length
- 1 season, 23 episodes
- Original audio
- Japanese
- Genre
- anime, crime, comedy, drama
- Platform
- Netflix
- Relative difficulty
- Easier than 1 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 Great Pretender
- 詐欺
- fraud, scam (sagi)
- 嘘
- lie (uso)
- お金
- money (okane)
- 計画
- plan (keikaku)
- 天才
- genius (tensai)
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Frequently asked questions
- Is Great Pretender good for learning Japanese?
- Yes, at B2. The con-artist banter is fast and witty with modern slang, which is great practice, and graded subtitles keep the quick scheming dialogue understandable.