How Much Japanese Do You Understand Without Subtitles?
Listen to lines heard across school, slice-of-life, mystery, and action anime, then choose what each one means without subtitles.
What your anime listening score means
Correct answers build your total score and place you in one of these ranges. You'll also see your score by topic and every answer with its explanation.
- Scores 0–3 of 12
Subtitle Recruit
A few scene clues came through.
- Scores 4–6 of 12
Anime Phrase Catcher
Several repeat-player expressions are already familiar, and the scene helps fill in what the audio alone does not.
- Scores 7–9 of 12
Scene-Savvy Listener
Most of the casual dialogue stayed within reach, including the moments when the grammar became more dramatic.
- Scores 10–12 of 12
Subtitle-Free Challenger
Nearly all of this sample came through, including contractions, school dialogue, and familiar action-anime turns.
These cards show score ranges. The question answers stay hidden until the quiz is finished.
Read the scoring standards.
Dialogue in this quiz Three kinds of dialogue
- Can you catch quick reactions and common casual contractions?
- Can you follow ordinary school and slice-of-life conversations?
- Can you keep up when an action scene suddenly drops an important plot detail?
How the result is calculated Open the full method
This 12-point listening quiz moves from quick reactions to school, slice-of-life, and dramatic story dialogue.
- Each correct answer adds one point, for a maximum of 12. Your total places you in a result range.
- The quiz also shows separate scores for its three sections, but only the total chooses your result range.
- After the quiz, every question shows the correct answer and an explanation.