# Learn Japanese with THE FIRST SLAM DUNK

> How hard its Japanese is, where to watch it, and what to watch before and after.

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**The short answer:** Ikkimi rates **THE FIRST SLAM DUNK** N3 for learning Japanese: a film, basketball words, short shouted lines. **Good for a beginner? With some help.** It sits in the middle of Ikkimi’s levels. A beginner can follow it with kana and romaji on every word, but it is easier after one or two simpler shows.

Ikkimi lists THE FIRST SLAM DUNK on Netflix. What each service carries varies by country. On Netflix, turn on Japanese subtitles and every word becomes clickable.

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## How hard is the Japanese in THE FIRST SLAM DUNK?

Ikkimi rates THE FIRST SLAM DUNK at **N3** (everyday Japanese at full speed). What sets its level: a film, basketball words, short shouted lines. Of the 192 anime Ikkimi rates by hand, 44 are easier and 80 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.

| Fact | THE FIRST SLAM DUNK |
| --- | --- |
| Ikkimi’s level | N3 (everyday Japanese at full speed) |
| Why | a film, basketball words, short shouted lines |
| Japanese title | THE FIRST SLAM DUNK |
| Format | Film |
| Running time | 2 h 04 |
| Released | 2022 |
| Genres | Sports |
| Where to watch | [Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/search?q=THE%20FIRST%20SLAM%20DUNK) |

Format, episodes, year and genres are from [AniList’s entry](https://anilist.co/anime/128207).

## How to learn Japanese with THE FIRST SLAM DUNK

Ikkimi lists THE FIRST SLAM DUNK 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](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ikkimi-%E2%80%94-learn-japanese/kknpmodmojiodjhbgapdgpabdehpnfcb) and sign in.
2. Play the film: Open THE FIRST SLAM DUNK 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.

The film runs about 2 h 04, so you can split it over a few evenings and rewatch the scenes you liked.

## Easier and harder shows

Shows within a level of THE FIRST SLAM DUNK, with the most genres in common first.

### Easier

| Show | Level | Why | Where |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **[Horimiya](https://ikkimi.app/anime/horimiya/)** ホリミヤ | N4 to N3 | casual school talk, short scenes | Crunchyroll, Netflix |
| **[Spirited Away](https://ikkimi.app/anime/spirited-away/)** 千と千尋の神隠し | N4 to N3 | a film, some old-fashioned speech | Netflix |
| **[Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid](https://ikkimi.app/anime/miss-kobayashis-dragon-maid/)** 小林さんちのメイドラゴン | N4 to N3 | home and office talk, one very polite speaker | Crunchyroll |

### Also N3

| Show | Level | Why | Where |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **[Haikyu!!](https://ikkimi.app/anime/haikyu/)** ハイキュー!! | N3 | sports talk that repeats itself | Crunchyroll, Netflix |
| **[Blue Lock](https://ikkimi.app/anime/blue-lock/)** ブルーロック | N3 | football words, shouting | Crunchyroll, Netflix |
| **[Kuroko’s Basketball](https://ikkimi.app/anime/kurokos-basketball/)** 黒子のバスケ | N3 | basketball words that repeat | Crunchyroll, Netflix |

### Harder

| Show | Level | Why | Where |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **[Chihayafuru](https://ikkimi.app/anime/chihayafuru/)** ちはやふる | N3 to N2 | club talk, classical poems read aloud | Crunchyroll |
| **[Ping Pong the Animation](https://ikkimi.app/anime/ping-pong-the-animation/)** ピンポン THE ANIMATION | N2 | table tennis words, clipped slangy speech | Crunchyroll |
| **[HUNTER×HUNTER](https://ikkimi.app/anime/hunter-x-hunter/)** | N3 to N2 | long explanations of invented rules | Crunchyroll, Netflix |

See [every N3 anime](https://ikkimi.app/anime-by-japanese-level/#n3) or all 192 [anime by Japanese level](https://ikkimi.app/anime-by-japanese-level/), and read [how to learn Japanese by watching anime](https://ikkimi.app/learn-japanese-with-anime/) from zero.

## Questions

### Is THE FIRST SLAM DUNK good for learning Japanese?

With some help. Ikkimi rates it N3 (everyday Japanese at full speed). What sets its level: a film, basketball words, short shouted lines. It sits in the middle of Ikkimi’s levels. A beginner can follow it with kana and romaji on every word, but it is easier after one or two simpler shows.

### What Japanese level is THE FIRST SLAM DUNK?

N3, on Ikkimi’s scale from N5 (easiest) to N1 (hardest). Of the 192 anime Ikkimi rates by hand, 44 are easier and 80 are harder. The level is Ikkimi’s estimate, not an official JLPT rating.

### Where can I watch THE FIRST SLAM DUNK with Japanese subtitles?

Ikkimi lists THE FIRST SLAM DUNK 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.

### How long is THE FIRST SLAM DUNK?

AniList lists THE FIRST SLAM DUNK as a film of about 2 h 04, released in 2022.

### What should I watch before THE FIRST SLAM DUNK?

Shows a little easier than THE FIRST SLAM DUNK: Horimiya (N4 to N3), Spirited Away (N4 to N3) and Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid (N4 to N3).

Sources: show details from [AniList](https://anilist.co); 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](https://ikkimi.app/credits/). Spotted a mistake? Tell us at [hello@ikkimi.app](mailto:hello@ikkimi.app).

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