App/website to listen/practice natural dialogues

Japanese
#1

Hello,

I study grammar, vocabulary and kanji. Recently I realized I don’t have much knowledge about simple things you can say in Japanese. For example (I know most of these, just writing for example):

“I agree”
“Do you think so?”
“Let’s do that”
“I am not sure”

As you can tell, these are very common sentences you use daily. I can use my Japanese knowledge to translate them but there are probably better and more common ways to say these. Ways that natives use.

So I am looking for an app/website to learn these kind of natural dialogues. Of course I can listen more Japanese material but I don’t have much time to do that. I would prefer listening instead of reading. Anyone know something I can use?

Thanks

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#2

Watching unscripted TV (variety shows, reality shows, etc), listening to podcasts or watching youtube videos is the easiest way to improve at these things. I know Satori Reader has some dialogues and Pimsleur aims to teach this kind of thing, if you really really need to use an app/website instead of native materials. I think this kind of thing is far far better learnt from real contexts though, if you can make the time for that. Having conversations with people also improves this as you can see real reactions to what you are saying - I understand this one is logistically a lot more difficult for some people.

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#3

Thank you for the answer. I listen podcasts but I listen ones with single person, maybe that’s not a good idea. Also I am not big fan of drama, maybe I can try some shows.

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