Learn Japanese with Crayon Shin-chan

Anime by Japanese level › N4

How hard is the Japanese in Crayon Shin-chan?

Ikkimi rates Crayon Shin-chan at N4 (simple everyday talk). What sets its level: a five-year-old’s cheeky speech, family talk. Of the 192 anime Ikkimi rates by hand, 7 are easier and 176 are harder.

Levels follow the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, from N5 (easiest) to N1 (hardest). They are Ikkimi’s estimate of how hard a show’s Japanese is to follow, from how fast people talk, how many unusual words there are and how clear the voices are. They are not official JLPT ratings.

Format, episodes, year and genres are from AniList’s entry, which may cover only the first season.

How to learn Japanese with Crayon Shin-chan

Ikkimi lists Crayon Shin-chan on Netflix. What each service carries varies by country. Ikkimi does not stream anything: you watch on your own account, in Chrome on a computer, and Ikkimi adds a Japanese line you can click on top of the player.

On Netflix

On Netflix, turn on Japanese subtitles in the player, where your country’s Netflix has them for this title, and Ikkimi makes the line clickable. If there are none, open the Ikkimi popup, choose Find Japanese subtitles, and search Jimaku’s catalogue or load a file from your computer.

1. Add Ikkimi to Chrome

   Get the extension from the Chrome Web Store and sign in.

2. Play an episode

   Open Crayon Shin-chan on Netflix. The Japanese line appears on top of the video.

3. Click the words you keep hearing

   The video pauses and the word opens: kana, romaji, meaning, JLPT level and a recording by a native speaker where one exists (never a computer voice; otherwise the line from the show plays again). Keep three to five words an episode, the ones that come up again.

4. Review them later

   Kept words come back as flashcards on the Ikkimi website, with the scene and the line they came from, just before you would forget them.

Easier and harder shows

Shows within a level of Crayon Shin-chan, with the most genres in common first.

Easier

• N5 to N4Teasing Master Takagi-sanからかい上手の高木さんtwo speakers, short linesNetflixCrunchyroll
• N5 to N4Rilakkuma and Kaoruリラックマとカオルさんshort episodes, one calm speaker, everyday lifeNetflix
• N5Polar Bear Caféしろくまカフェslow, polite everyday talkCrunchyroll

Also N4

• N4K-On!けいおん!school club chatter, everyday wordsNetflix
• N4Sweetness & Lightning甘々と稲妻a father and a small child, cooking wordsCrunchyroll
• N4Kiki’s Delivery Service魔女の宅急便a film, 1 h 43Netflix

Harder

• N3My Dress-Up Darlingその着せ替え人形は恋をするcasual slang, sewing and cosplay wordsCrunchyroll
• N3Ranma ½らんま1/2slapstick, martial arts wordsNetflix
• N4 to N3Horimiyaホリミヤcasual school talk, short scenesCrunchyrollNetflix

See every N4 anime or all 192 anime by Japanese level, and read how to learn Japanese by watching anime from zero.

Questions

Is Crayon Shin-chan good for learning Japanese?

Yes. Ikkimi rates it N4 (simple everyday talk). What sets its level: a five-year-old’s cheeky speech, family talk. It is one of the easier shows, good for your first weeks.

What Japanese level is Crayon Shin-chan?

N4, on Ikkimi’s scale from N5 (easiest) to N1 (hardest). Of the 192 anime Ikkimi rates by hand, 7 are easier and 176 are harder. The level is Ikkimi’s estimate, not an official JLPT rating.

Where can I watch Crayon Shin-chan with Japanese subtitles?

Ikkimi lists Crayon Shin-chan on Netflix. What each service carries varies by country. On Netflix, turn on Japanese subtitles in the player where they are offered, and Ikkimi makes every word clickable.

What should I watch after Crayon Shin-chan?

Shows a little harder, with genres in common: My Dress-Up Darling (N3), Ranma ½ (N3) and Horimiya (N4 to N3).

Sources: show details from AniList; meanings from JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0); readings and word splits from kuromoji.js with IPADIC; JLPT word levels from Jonathan Waller’s unofficial lists. See Credits. Spotted a mistake? Tell us at hello@ikkimi.app.