Please check out my master guide on how to learn Japanese from anime first to get the most out of this listening exercise and to really learn Japanese by watching Pokemon anime episodes.
The episodes can be found on the official Pokemon Youtube channel. However, please note that they might only be viewable in Japan and that they might only be available for a limited time.
Learn Japanese With Pokemon Anime Episodes
ポケットモンスター 第1話 (Pokemon Episode 1)
Currently finished 1:50 / 23:01.
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0. Youtube Title & Thumbnail
Youtube Video Title
| 公式 | こうしき | official official account, … | koushiki |
| アニメ | あにめ | anime animated film animated cartoon, … | anime |
| ポケットモンスター | ぽけっと もんすたあ | Pokemon (Pocket Monsters) (name of anime) | poketto monsutaa |
| 第1話 | だい いち わ | Episode 1 Episode No. 1 | dai ichi wa |
| ポケモン | ぽけもん | Pokemon (common word in Pokemon) | pokemon |
| きみ | 君 | you (usually used to refer to females) (used toward beings of lower status) | kimi |
| に | particle に decided on you (marks target of action) | ni | |
| きめた | 決めた | 決める + 〜た decided chose (past tense form of 決める) | kimeta |
| アニポケ | あにぽけ | AniPoke (official abbreviation of anime title) | anipoke |
| セレクション | せれくしょん | selection | serekushon |
Youtube Thumbnail – Upper Part
| ポケットモンスター | ぽけっと もんすたあ | Pokemon (Pocket Monsters) (name of anime) | poketto monsutaa |
| アニポケ | あにぽけ | AniPoke (official abbreviation of anime title) | anipoke |
| の | particle の AniPoke’s beginning the beginning of AniPoke (indicates possession/link: A’s B, B of A) | no | |
| 原点 | げんてん | starting point beginning, origin, … | genten |
| サトシ | さとし | Satoshi (name of character) (“Ash” in the English version) | Satoshi |
| と | particle と Satoshi and Pikachu (links nouns: A and B) | to | |
| ピカチュウ | ぴかちゅう | Pikachu (name of Pokemon) | Pikachuu |
| の | particle の Satoshi and Pikachu’s unexpected… …meeting of Satoshi and Pikachu (indicates possession/link: A’s B, B of A) | no | |
| 意外 | いがい | unexpected surprising | igai |
| な | connective form of copula 〜だ unexpected meeting (needed after nouns and na-adjectives) | na | |
| 出会い | であい | meeting encounter, rendezvous, … | deai |
Youtube Thumbnail – Bottom Part
| 第1話 | だい いち わ | Episode 1 Episode No. 1 | dai ichi wa |
| 第 だい | prefix for ordinal numbers | dai | |
| 一 いち | one first, foremost, … | ichi | |
| 話 わ | counter for episodes counter for stories, chapters, … | wa | |
| ポケモン | ぽけもん | Pokemon (common word in Pokemon) | pokemon |
| きみ | 君 | you (usually used to refer to females) (used toward beings of lower status) | kimi |
| に | particle に decided on you (marks target of action) | ni | |
| きめた | 決めた | 決める + 〜た decided chose (past tense form of 決める) | kimeta |
| 決める きめる | to decide to choose to set one’s heart on, … | kimeru |
1. Anime Opening Theme (from 0:00)
Pokemon OP 1 – Mezase Pokemon Masutaa
| オープニング・テーマ | おおぷにんぐ てえま | opening song opening theme (anime opening) | oopuningu teema |
| めざせ | 目指せ | aim (at) aim (to be) | mezame |
| ポケモン | ぽけもん | pokemon | pokemon |
| マスター | ますたあ | master | masutaa |
1. Start – Game Boy (from 1:28)
| テレビ東京 | てれび とうきょう | TV Tokyo (name of TV station) | Terebi Tokyo |
| テレビ てれび | TV television TV program, … | terebi | |
| 東京 とうきょう | Tokyo (name of city) | Tokyo | |
| 系 | けい | group system, lineage, … | kei |
| にて | に + て by TV Tokyo by the TV Tokyo group (double particle にて) | ni te | |
| 毎週 | まいしゅう | every week | mai-shuu |
| 金曜 | きんよう | Friday(s) | kin-you |
| よる | 夜 | night p.m. evening | yoru |
| 6時55分 | ろく じ ごじゅう ご ふん | 6:55 six fifty-five | roku ji gojyuu go fun |
| 六 ろく | six | roku | |
| 時 じ | o’clock time, hour, … | ji | |
| 五 ご | five | go | |
| 五十 ごじゅう | fifty | go-jyuu | |
| 五十五 ごじゅうご | fifty-five | go-jyuu-go | |
| 分 ふん | minute(s) | fun | |
| から | particle から from 6:55 from 6:55 on (marks start time: from) | kara |
| ※ | indicates a footnote | ||
| 一部 | いちぶ | one part one portion, some, … | ichibu |
| 地域 | ちいき | area region | chiiki |
| では | で + は in some areas in some regions (double particle deha) | de ha (wa) | |
| で | particle de (marks the context of an action) | de | |
| は | particle は (marks topic of sentence) | ha (wa) | |
| 放送 | ほうそう | broadcast broadcasting | housou |
| 日時 | にちじ | date and time | nichiji |
| が | particle が subject: broacasting time (marks subject of sentence) | ga | |
| 異なります | ことなります | 異なる + 〜ます vary (polite) varies (polite) (polite form of 異なる) | kotonarimasu |
| 異なる ことなる | to vary to differ to disagree | kotonaru |
2. 少々お待ちください(｡-人-｡)♡ (from 1:50)
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