I've taken a new job up in the mountains and my commute has become ridiculous. One hour each way, and if you've ever lived in Japan, you'll understand that almost all of this is spent at red lights or stuck behind some 95 year old dude in a little pickup.

By the time I get home Friday night I will have spent over 10 hours of my week behind the wheel. I'd like to use this time if I could.

The thing is, though, is that I honestly feel I don't need any more listening practice. In a normal day I do not speak or hear English. My wife doesn't speak a word of English, nor do any of my coworkers. I have never taken the JLPT but am fully conversational ("fluent", I guess..) and based on practice tests I'd put myself between JLPT 1 and 2.

Are there any learning resources out there that are more focused than casual listening? Ideally I'd just be smashing Anki reviews but driving in Japan isn't very forgiving of taking ones eyes from the road. It seems to me that all of the more active listening-recall Pimsleur-style study resources are aimed at beginner to intermediate levels. Podcasts are pure listening. Same with audio books.

Am I missing anything?

What about Shadowing? That's a little more involved.

Do you have any Japanese podcasts or radio programs or anything you enjoy? Even better it it's something so enjoyable you forget you're even listening to Japanese. If you don't need listening practice, you'll pick up vocab/expressions/natural phrasings from it (without realising, possibly). You're already apparently at an advanced level, I'm not sure what learning resources (esp. audio based ones) there could be that would be better for you than fun native content :/

爆笑問題カーボーイ is cool btw

afterglowefx Wrote:...almost all of this is spent at red lights or stuck behind some 95 year old dude in a little pickup.

.....Ideally I'd just be smashing Anki reviews but driving in Japan isn't very forgiving of taking ones eyes from the road.

Am I missing anything?

Hey afterglowefx, I remember you from when I first joined here. I'm glad to hear you are relatively fluent now.

I have one of those smartphone holders on my dashboard. When I had a longer commute, I would do a few anki reviews at each red light, or when traffic was in gridlock. I could get maybe 10 reviews at every red light, but if I hit 10 red lights on the way to work, that's 100 reviews.

Another option that I played with a little bit was audio only flashcards. Anki mobile allows you to set up tap zones on the right and left of the screen so you can grade reviews without looking. I was doing recognition cards, but you'd need the kind of question & answer material you are asking for so I can't be too much help there.

Like Ash_S says, maybe there is some native material that you could adapt to your purposes. I'm just thinking off the top of my head here, but maybe you could listen to a short podcast or something and then summarize it to yourself afterwards to get some production practice.

Does your car not have an indash TV?

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I have never taken the JLPT but am fully conversational ("fluent", I guess..) and based on practice tests I'd put myself between JLPT 1 and 2.

Are there any learning resources out there that are more focused than casual listening? Ideally I'd just be smashing Anki reviews but driving in Japan isn't very forgiving of taking ones eyes from the road. It seems to me that all of the more active listening-recall Pimsleur-style study resources are aimed at beginner to intermediate levels. Podcasts are pure listening. Same with audio books.

Am I missing anything?

How about listening to Rakugo （落語）? 
It is much more entertaining and may even make you laugh out loud.