Japanese Language Lesson: "Sei no!"

[kazesamurai1000]

Japan: where counting to five can give kids courage

[seiryuukun]

It would be great if you could provide the kanji to this expression if it is written in kanji.

[ZbangzbangNoMi]

yoo i need help are ya good with jap coz i need a translation and google trans sucks at it...i figured better ask someone who actually knows japanese...plzzz send me message or smthing someone :D!!

arigatou gozaimasu :-?

dewa,ja na

[roxxypikachu365]

I-I thought four in Japanese was "yon"...

[youmaycallmequeen]

@roxxypikachu365

Shi and yon are used for four, and to say seven you can use shichi and nana.

You are correct in thinking that yon is used preferentially - the same with nana.

The Japanese word "shi" also means death (but uses a different Kanji. Four: 四 and Death: 死). Usually that's fine, and you can use shi to count things, but sometimes this similarity can be a big problem! Like when counting people! So in that case you would use yon. (The same applies with seven because the SHIchi).

[surferdudette19]

Ayumi Hamasaki said that on her "para para Trauma" too :] x]

[lilylessons]

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[comercial1976]

japanese capture and torture ordinary fishermen near senkaku islands, since the petroleum was discovered in the nearby islands. Japanese politicians always want to occupy the islands which is China's territory since 500 years ago.

Japanese kills whales and do not protect the near bio-diversity. This caused thousands of whales dies and become Japaneses' food to make sushi, causing the whale population in the pacifics has decreased significantly.

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[WaffleBanisher]

kewl kewl kewl.

[mimipancho11604]

You will learn to speak Japanese naturally by understanding the culture and how the language works, lessons on our videos - youtube.com/watch?v=wfseANZtMN­g

[andretoyo]

oh beatles suki no? ore mo daisuki na! tanoshikatta anata no bideo.

[roseinpink123]

ARIGATO! THIS HAS HELPED SO MUCH!

[allgoo19]

Google, "Marty Friedman Guitar Lesson　With Leah Dizon"

Marty Friedman goes, "Seh no." at 2:07

[allgoo19]

0:31

Is that Shida Mirai?

[ryuzakilawlight]

lol tanx for the info i love u all gyes who give more and more info on japanese language

[KeepTheLiesUp37]

but i already knew how to count to 10 in japanese!!

D=

xD

and i can write some of them.

[ie9rws]

Are you ready? We gonna do! -seeno!!

[UtahShotokan]

Sweet.

[kryptonianninja]

Say no is used in many anti drug campaigns as well....  :)

[LtDevilsX]

SEI NO TSU DURAGUSU!

[rytis2005]

Its so fun! :D

[GroovH]

DUDE.. Thats the thing from animal crossing.. monthly drawing... cool... ... ...

[manezzzyo]

can anyone helpme please???

someone wrote that to me:

shindeita asa ni, tomorai no, yuki ga furu. hagure inu no touboe geta no otokishimu iin na naomosa mtsumete aruku

i have no idea of what means

please help help help

awsome vid

very educated

and thank you for uploading it!!!

you rock!!!

= D

[thijsseghers]

those are the first words of the song called "Urami bushi" by Kaji Meiko; it's part of the Kill Bill vol. 1 soundtrack

look it up

[manezzzyo]

thank`s! but i´ve seen the translation and it doesn´t seem to make any sense to my situation xD

thank´s anyway!!

=D

[Yukipama]

it means something to do with snow. Yuki means snow.

[leonalawliet]

sei no!! ittadakimasu~ lol

[darkangelsheka]

what does sei no means?

[drummermylo]

ready go.

[erickgpt]

yame toke! nanimo naranai!

[lulichan13]

me encanyo!! porfin aprendi a contar hasta el diez en japones!!XDD

[subasafreak]

me encanto

i love this video

dai suki desu

[forbiddenhill]

i thought this video was gonna be about students or something..cuz "Sei" is a preffix meaning Student.. ex. Koukou San Nen-Sei =

3rd Year Highschool Student.....i was wrong :/

[alluna]

Sound like you've already got a pretty good handle on the words for students, anyway.

[Chibchub123]

@forbiddenhill sei can mean sex(gender), to say, and 静(sei) kanji means quiet. There are MANY words that mean multiple things. Only way to know for sure is to listen to the content of the sentence

[ChunSungYoun]

@forbiddenhill You hear it also before running a race.

[cephyz]

@forbiddenhill i think u meant suffix? kinda confusing when i saw ur example

[winnerdude4ever]

so in a japanesse mortal kombat the hing would be ''sei no! FIGHT''

[robynoo]

I wondered about this the other day. I didn't expect to find a video about it! Thank you!

[moshimoshi333]

Japan has great unity as a country! I love this new saying I've learnt. Arigataki shiawase de Gozaru na^^x

[LAMAHdesu]

haha i love this video ! ~

so creative =]

[Lubee06]

omoshiroii desu yo..

[mdadnan]

sei no = getting ready to do something

[ichirodrisscoll]

Queens class room wa omosirokatta desu

[randomjunglist]

hey, i really enjoy your vids. thanks alot

[joyonishi]

u jerk!

sei no is not say no!

as in don't say no!

is that like that!

its just an expression!

like 1,2,3!

u got that!!!

[alluna]

"say no" is included in this video to let English speakers know how to pronounce 'sei'. Thank you.

[carolynkkh]

I think this gal means that the pronounciation of sei no is similar to 'say no' in english. of course we know sei no means ready, go! in english

[lordtains]

you're really stupid you know that? lol

[shippyssdgfhh]

@joyonishi Wow, rude much. Jeez..

[NashiMilk1992]

@joyonishi　おいおい聞こえたばかり馬鹿馬鹿しい！

[aoema]

lol i WANT TO GO TO JAPAN SO BADLY but i feel scared since im over wieght it sounds wierd but its true but does rosetta stone work? u know those langauge books

[chunicone]

yes it works

[kserbu]

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for all altaic speaker...

[TruthSeek]

Thanks for the tip, yo. I had previously thought it was just like "Ready, go!", in general. I didn't know it could be used before a countdown. :D

[tinyke3]

Same Story =D

[cantonesedude]

we brazilians we learn japanese more easier than the speakers of english because japanese and brazilian portuguese have the same entonation..therefore, a brazilian speak japanese better than an american

[animefairy1]

I beg to differ, I'M AMERICAN and i can speak Japanese pretty damn good, thanks to my awesome Japanese teacher.

[AkaStevie]

and asians speak it better then anyone. Lol jks... except for when the asian was born and raised in japan... or... in fact, anyone who was born and raised in japan :P

[angel18d]

hajime~~! atashi wa diana to mou shimasu. yoropiku ne ^.^

[akai1sora]

excellent video! I will always remember sei no !

[aikokiss123]

LOOOL

nante kawaii desu!!

domo arigatou gozaimas ^____^

[jcfynx]

金玉をたべて

[blackfirehanyou]

nice video. i need to find a tutor on teaching me japanese, i knew some of the language when i was in middle school along with german but i never used it so i dont even remember much. oh well.

[Bekll]

Sugee! (slang for sugoi)

I already know how to count to ten in Japanese, but at least I learned sei no - arigato~!

[WarthogL2]

Cool!

[PokeLuv]

i would say it translates to "here we go" in english

[randomathelon]

Konbanwa! Watashi no namae wa Kim desu:P hehe

Onamae wa nan desu ka?

[greentfox]

kimi wa hentai da yo!! =P

[alluna]

atashi no namae wa Rain desu. douzo yoroshiku. Nihongo no benkyou wa nanji kara desu ka? Arigatou de video wa mimasahita.

[ferretboy787]

Douzo Yorosiku is not a very natural sounding phrase. Also if you want to thank someone in that way, bideo wo mite kurete arigatou.

"Nihongo no benkyou ha nanji kara desu ka?"

This doesn't make much sense

dono kurai nihongo wo benkyou site imasu ka?

[narutobeast90]

...you mean: Dono gurai nihongo wo benkyoushite imasu ka? right :P

[ferretboy787]

No I don't.

Gurai and Kurai are interchangeable, like goro and koro.

Nice try though

[narutobeast90]

Even if they are "site" is still an unknown word for me, XD *trying a comeback* xD

[ferretboy787]

A..sorry for my mean response. Today's not so great. So I apologize.

site=shite, it's a popular way to roman-ize things by young Japanese teens.

[narutobeast90]

nah, no problem , i didnt view it as mean anyway :P, and even if it was mean, Thats how its supposed to be!=D thank you for broadening my knowledge in japanese ;)

[ferretboy787]

No problem

Happy studying =)

[PaladinAlexander]

whops, im just stupid. Great video! these videos are very learn some :D

[PaladinAlexander]

actually, its just up to nine, and not to ten..?

[KayeMaz]

joo out of joo!!

[kaaagome]

sugoi!!!!

[Raymasaki]

it would have made more sence & easyer to listen if that beatles song wasn,t playing!!

[claytonian]

much more positive examples that the film suicide club. I always think of that movie when I hear sei no.

[recepbg]

dorama no namae wa nan desu ka?

[stm111tkmksk]

probably, Jo'oh no Kyoshitsu (Queen's Classroom) and Ai no Uta (Love Song)

[DelicateMorning]

Thank you so much <3 I cant fine Long song though...

[tukatukape]

good job

[vegeta1234]

I saw that japanese drama is great

[Tanoshinde]

Sei no! Sugoi! hehe

That was really cute...and you used a Beatles song too! I love you more and more each day!