How long have you been studying Japanese for? You speak so fluently that there weren't really any discernable differences between your speech & the Japanese natives...(from what little I could understand!)
まぁ。。ちょっと待ってよ！広島弁はがちで男っぽいですよ。I mean let's face it, across Japan I think most would agree that Hiroshimajin speak the most slang and the men have the most deeply rooted strong voices and tones...Boku does sound a little gay, mostly because it's only used by boys in school. Ore you only obviously say to your buddies. But if you want to sort of just be in the middle, being polite and still slang.I think わし is reasonable. Only usable with family and close friends. Interesting video though.
@psychopomp88 I think that was just his opinion. I don't think it sounds gay, and most Japanese people would probably agree. Ore shouldn't be used in situations where you wanna be polite.
Yeah after I typed that I realized that I can't take a small sampling of guys' opinions too seriously.
Anyway did you say that you work in Japanese in the service industry? How did you get into that? I'm looking to get to Japan (to become better at Japanese...we'll see how that goes) but so far I've mainly been aiming for teaching positions because I thought those were the only jobs gaijin could get there.
@psychopomp88 Unless you work for an overseas company with offices in Japan, teaching positions are pretty much the only jobs that will get you a visa, which you need to make it into the country as anything more than a tourist. Once you're here and have a visa though, foreigners can get any jobs that they're qualified for. If your Japanese is good enough for customer service, many restaurants and stores would be happy to have a foreigner on staff.
Oh yes and no disrespect to anybody but here in canada I've seen many japanese teenage guys that are actually very girly.. they wear scarves and stuff that only girls would wear here in America. I guess it's according to culture... but Bobby you look very manly and once again please keep up your good work and keep cooking! =) LOVE your cooking videos!
I hope you see my post and you can read that I am quite impressed about you being able to speak japanese so freely and not be shy.I've heard Japanese is mostly about phonetics therefore a little hard to learn... Same as arabic or mandarin.I have recently found your videos and they are awesome... I LOVE japanese cooking.. as a matter of fact i cook it alot but it's kinda hard finding some things here in Ottawa Ontario canada... maybe it would be easier if I lived in vancouver. Love your vids!
Interesting! It's best to fit in with your gender, age and region, while maintaining your "standard" speech - cause you'll still need it!
Like Bobby I've also gotten heavily influenced by my Japanese partner... but he is the guy and I'm an English-native girl, and idk who has it worse - the femme foreign guys, or me! It's hard to hide my manliness and Kansai accent in casual company, so I had to become "the funny one" but it alienates Japanese women whom I wanna befriend :/ Be careful girls!
NOTHING to be worried about your Japanese. You don't need to get so-called manly Japanese, I think. To be polite is manly in Japan, I would rather say.
Lol...so Japanese guys aren't really shy, they're just putting on a cool front....? Maybe?
This was really entertaining. I know a Japanese guy who always uses "僕" and other feminine speech. Have always been pretty sure he's gay. Also had little 1-3 year olds in my baby class who used 俺. Fun stuff. XD
Bobby さん、全然女っぽくないですよ！！きちんと標準語でしゃべれないとだめだし、しゃべっていればなにか表現のしかたが変だったらまわりの人が色々おしえてくれるとおもいますよ。標準語できちんと話すことは大事です。でも普通に友達と話すときは普通は男のひとが「わたし」というと、なんかぎこちない（Awkward)とはおもいます。頑張って！
My biggest advice is just to keep using it with your friends who can tell you honestly when you say things that are weird/awkward. Thats how I learned English too! I came to the states 9 years ago and learned so much from making mistakes and still do. If I can be of any help, let me know!
interestinggg. LOL I'm half Japanese but I remember I would always have a weird accent when I went to school and talk to my classmates... like... I didn't know their slangs and such and I stayed in Shizuoka so a lot of my friends had that Shizuoka-ben. after awhile though... the language starts to grow on you more and you start talking like the people around you.
I wish I could go back to Japan so I can get my Japanese back. I hardly ever speak it anymore :/
I think the "boku makes you sound homosexual" part was a joke, because while i was living in Japan (Saga, actually!) a friend was really trying to sell that to me, too. In the end he actually admitted it was a lie (: Though I can't say the same about using your name- it sounds girly and childish even when girls use it (my friend, 19-years old uses it all the time and people tend to always ask her to finally give that way of calling herself up) and guys.. I don't even want to imagine, haha!
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
I'm glad you didn't say anime. Your problem is that like so many gaijin men in Japan you've probably don't have very few if any local guy friends - see how you have to talk to strange men to teach you how a guy talks. This is due to hidden racism from both sides - you probably adopted the inferior Asian men stereotype American mass media forced on you, and the Japanese men is displaying typical fear and xenophobia against you. You want to talk like a real Kyushu men? Try hanging out them.
Woah! I didn't know using 僕 made you come off a homosexual (although I have nothing against homosexuals). They don't teach this stuff in most books or classes. They just say that 僕 is used my young males (which I am) and 俺 made you sound cocky or something like that. Thanks for putting the Japanese text on the video because my 'Japanese ears' haven't come in all the way and I can't catch most things on the first listen.
This is exactly the kind of stuff about Japanese that I've been wanting to learn! It's too bad it's not taught in college classes and textbooks. I'm moving to Japan in September and I'm so afraid of talking like a transvestite. lol. Thanks so much for talking to these people for us soon-to-be gaijin.
Good video. I thought this would be stupid, but this has better info than most books. Whenever I try to use japanese I learn out of books, I always get the same responeses, "That's too polite" or "that's an old way of speaking." Make more videos about how common people talk.
I'm very impressed with how deep you went into the particulars, and that you got actual responses from people. Great work.
I sometimes find that when I ask things too specifically, it seems like unnecessary knowledge to my fellow researchers here. In fact, we now have an inside joke -- "have to じゃない" -- that means, "It's really not that important to know."
You are not necessarily try to speak like masculine men. Indeed your way of speaking sounds polite and beautiful, and I like it. Also points which make your way of speaking sound like a man or a woman are not just determined by some sorts of phases or sentences, but also your body action, tone of voice, pronunciation. I don't think your Japanese sounds like a girl.
It's been raining here, so we've had to put off our Kagamiyama trip. I can't wait for the rainy season to be over! Don't give up on English! Which state are you in?
Your Japanese seems really rich & the video is interesting! I think it's more like they are used to such words instead of they are exclusively for men. That's why we see that some of the men in the clip are not quite sure about the explanations.
Hi Mr.Judo, I recently started learning Japanese, and your videos have been a huge inspiration to me. I'm currently fluent in English and Spanish—thank you hispanic parents—and I would love to become fluent in at least 10 languages before I croak. Do you have any memorization tips that have helped you in memorizing grammatical rules and vocabulary? Also, do you know of any reliable websites/forums to ask some basic Japanese-grammar questions on?
Really enjoyed your video. I've sever been to Saga, but I spent a summer in Kumamoto and I found most of the guys to be completely unintelligible. I guess the local dialect in Saga isn't so strong?
Ha ha. Good video Bobby. I've studied a little japanese so I can understand some of what you are saying in the video, and definitely I can understand the point of your questions. For me, my japanese is really "textbook", probably because I have nobody to practice with on a regular basis.
Hey can you give me some tips on Japanese language speaking... practice... I've been learning the language for almost a year now, but I can barely speak more than 5 sentences... I scored well in most of my entry exams, but I just can't seems to get to speak well... sigh...
Thanks for posting such a great video. I think every guy who's ever lived in Japan and spent a lot of time with a girlfriend has been pondering this exact topic. I wonder if there's a similar report out there specific to 東北...
It must be difficult to learn manly Japanese outside of Japan, what with the really polite language we're taught in schools. XD I heard a similar story from a Canadian guy at the Japanese embassy here in Canberra - he picked up most of his speech habits from his wife.
In contrast, though, my Japanese teacher says she sounds like a man when she speaks Japanese, LOL.
男だったら公式の場では「私」で、会社や組織なら「自分」という言い方で大丈夫でしょう。
私は「俺」は使いません。プライベートでも「自分」で通しています。「僕」は子どもが使う言葉です。
後輩に対してそれほど乱暴な言葉づかいはしません。社会人になるとそれがタブー（よくない）とみなされることもあります。
仕事が終わって後輩を飲みに誘うとか彼女を誘うなら「飲みにいかん？」でいいと思います。
私は福岡在住なので投稿主さんがサービス業を続けていらっしゃるならおじゃましたいですね。
ちなみに女性にささやく愛の言葉は「お前のこと好いとう」でOK！
kusenbu2012 2 weeks ago
@kusenbu2012
＞「僕」は子どもが使う言葉です。
子供と言い切るのは、ちょっと微妙じゃないかな…。
kiana0216 2 weeks ago
日本語って男らしい、女らしいというベクトルではなく、丁寧、乱暴、柔らか、硬いという方向性があると思います。
女言葉は「～なのよ」「～だわ」「あたし（×わたし）」と、語尾延ばし「～でー」「～よねー」など使わなければ、普通に男性らしいと思います。逆に男言葉は「～ぜ」「俺」「僕」ですかね。
過分に男性らしいと感じられる言葉は、乱暴なだけです。女性は乱暴なのを好まない人が多いから使わないだけで、女性でも乱暴な人は使います。それは男っぽい、女っぽいではなく、乱暴かそうでないかの違いだと思います。
yuinariel 2 weeks ago
「ご飯食べに行こう（野太い声）」と「ご飯たべにいこ～」
この文の声色や語尾ののばしかたによって変わる印象の違いが
理解できるのなら男らしさ女らしさなんて自由自在でしょう
38shu 2 weeks ago
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38shu 2 weeks ago
敬語ひとつ使えればどんな場でも対応できるし
それが一番いいと思うよ
外国の人が日本の方言を使ってるとよりネイティブに聞こえるよね
リズムがあってそっちの方があってるのかな？
あと日本人でもよく京都弁の男性はカマっぽくみえるって言われます
4151767 2 weeks ago
ばってんってことは熊本弁だね！
momom17171 2 weeks ago
何で佐賀なんだ？日本でも一番思い浮かばない県だよｗ（ジョークだから怒らないでね）
男らしい日本語なんてあるのか？気にしなくていいよ、全く問題ない
gootouch88fans 2 weeks ago
「男らしい」ということは同時に「乱暴」「粗野」ということでもありますから、あまり使われると思わぬところで反感を買ってしまうかもしれませんよ。逆に、丁寧な口調で悪く思われることはありません。
もし女性にアピールするのであれば、口調より、セクシーな声色や発音を意識するほうが良いかもしれません。ドラマや映画が参考になるでしょう。
T96able 2 weeks ago
How long have you been studying Japanese for? You speak so fluently that there weren't really any discernable differences between your speech & the Japanese natives...(from what little I could understand!)
mrbobo978 2 weeks ago
やっぱり男友達と遊ぶことがいいと思う。
自然に身につくよ。
自分も子供のころそうだった。
makoto41889 1 month ago
面白いですね。興味深く拝見しました！確かに、男性が自分のことを「私は」と言うと、女っぽく聞こえます。でも、目上の人やお客さん相手に「俺は」と言ってしまうと、失礼になるし、難しいですね。
日本に来て3年でこれだけ日本語が話せるって素晴らしいです。
Collonn2525 1 month ago
勤勉ですね！ あなたの日本語の上達を祈ってます。
shiden74 1 month ago
めんどくさい外国人笑
sofarsogood66 2 months ago
九州男児は本当関白やな。同じ日本でも結構違いがあるね
自分のことボビーって言うのは外国の人なら別に変じゃないし子供っぽく聞こえないと思う。いい具合にかわいらしい
シャレが通じなかったのも、｢お腹いっぺ〜｣とか｢計算おねげ〜｣とか言う人いるからね。俺もちょっとふざけて｢腹いっぺ〜｣って言っちゃうもん
zengeng1991 2 months ago
It really depends on people. I don't find any problems with your Japanese.
I AM JAPANESE though...
Indeed, people have a certain words to use, so
we don't really care about the language we use when we talk except the
formal situation. Your Japanese is very polite, but very natural and favorable.
What the people said in this video was just their opinion.
とても丁寧で何処でしゃべられても恥ずかしくないきれいな日本語だと思います。
僕なんかよりもとても上手です。
Words aren't necessarily aplied to your feeling.
Manly comes from your personality.
mylife0513 3 months ago
ボビーさんはサービス業に向いてるしゃべり方ですよね。人から好感を持たれるしゃべり方だから今のままでいいと思います。日本人でも職業によって話し方は変わってきます。
nyanko190 3 months ago
しぐさ、きもちで、おとこらしさってにじむ。
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まぁ。。ちょっと待ってよ！広島弁はがちで男っぽいですよ。I mean let's face it, across Japan I think most would agree that Hiroshimajin speak the most slang and the men have the most deeply rooted strong voices and tones...Boku does sound a little gay, mostly because it's only used by boys in school. Ore you only obviously say to your buddies. But if you want to sort of just be in the middle, being polite and still slang.I think わし is reasonable. Only usable with family and close friends. Interesting video though.
yammymyhammy 4 months ago
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yammymyhammy 4 months ago
彼女（女性）が嫌うような友達をいっぱいつくればいいと思います
nanijinninjin 5 months ago
Haha I just love the 'boku sounds a bit gay' and then the clips of 'boku... boku...' <3
Mangafairy 5 months ago 2
面白かったです。
「三歩後ろを歩け」なんてあの人言ってないだろうなぁ～と思ったり、
でもそんな控えめなところもある（たとえ一面だとしても）人が好きなんだろうなぁとか、
写ってた人が一生懸命考えてたりとか・・・・。
丁寧に話すことと男らしくないということは相反しないですよね。
やっぱり心意気ですよ。
心意気って英語でなんて言うんでしょうね。
心意気を日本語で説明しろっていってもうまく言えませんけど・・・。
kerokerorii 6 months ago
Does "boku" really sound gay? I'm a straight guy, but for me to use "ore" seems weird to me because...well I'm admittedly not much of a manly man.
psychopomp88 6 months ago
@psychopomp88 I think that was just his opinion. I don't think it sounds gay, and most Japanese people would probably agree. Ore shouldn't be used in situations where you wanna be polite.
bobbyjudo 6 months ago
@bobbyjudo
Yeah after I typed that I realized that I can't take a small sampling of guys' opinions too seriously.
Anyway did you say that you work in Japanese in the service industry? How did you get into that? I'm looking to get to Japan (to become better at Japanese...we'll see how that goes) but so far I've mainly been aiming for teaching positions because I thought those were the only jobs gaijin could get there.
psychopomp88 6 months ago
@psychopomp88 Unless you work for an overseas company with offices in Japan, teaching positions are pretty much the only jobs that will get you a visa, which you need to make it into the country as anything more than a tourist. Once you're here and have a visa though, foreigners can get any jobs that they're qualified for. If your Japanese is good enough for customer service, many restaurants and stores would be happy to have a foreigner on staff.
bobbyjudo 6 months ago
九州男児の男らしさね・・・参考書に博多っ子純情て長谷川法世が書いたマンガの本読んでみたら勉強になるかもね。70年~80年位の博多の町が舞台になったマンガで福岡県福岡市博多区の古くからの町人街を舞台とし、主人公の郷六平とそのガールフレンド小柳類子の、中学生から大学生になるまでの青春群像を縦軸に、博多祇園山笠などに代表される人情味あふれる古き良き時代の博多の風物を横軸にした作品である。六平の父は博多人形師で、福岡県出身のバンド、チューリップも登場する。連載開始当初は、西鉄福岡市内線（1979年廃止）の路面電車も作品内に度々登場した。セリフは博多で使用される方言の博多弁であり、「博多」を全国に広めた劇画である。サブタイトルにも、毎回博多弁が用いられた。
1978年には松竹配給で映画化された。
このマンガ見るには、マンガ喫茶かマンガの置いてあるネットカフェに行かなきゃ見れんと思う30年ぐらい前の漫画やけん
kurohiradono1jk 6 months ago
自分は東北出身の東北女だけど、九州って随分と東北と毛色が違うんだなとびっくりしました。「自分の後ろについて来い」ってこっちでは絶対に言われないなあ。
0012008101689 7 months ago
3:30からのとこでワロタ
でも確かに自分の名前はゲイっぽい
mochi2205 7 months ago
i am officially a fan of your channel! its cool seeing you speak the language. let the adventures begin.
dannysimion 8 months ago
yes, I'm agree with kyuushu-man things!! talk less do more, that's the manly things I think^^ and nice video~
hyuki4ever 8 months ago
九州だから、ちょっと方言で違うんだよなー。エ行に変えてるって法則は、目からうろこでした。関西では、だよね。っていったら女々しい男って言う風に思われるが、東京に行ってみんな平気で使っているのに鳥肌が立ちました、なれるまでは。
MJunya127 8 months ago
Oh yes and no disrespect to anybody but here in canada I've seen many japanese teenage guys that are actually very girly.. they wear scarves and stuff that only girls would wear here in America. I guess it's according to culture... but Bobby you look very manly and once again please keep up your good work and keep cooking! =) LOVE your cooking videos!
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I hope you see my post and you can read that I am quite impressed about you being able to speak japanese so freely and not be shy.I've heard Japanese is mostly about phonetics therefore a little hard to learn... Same as arabic or mandarin.I have recently found your videos and they are awesome... I LOVE japanese cooking.. as a matter of fact i cook it alot but it's kinda hard finding some things here in Ottawa Ontario canada... maybe it would be easier if I lived in vancouver. Love your vids!
Kagicali 8 months ago
kinyazulutsuruyama 9 months ago
ending a question with " なの？” is generally feminine
akiraw86 9 months ago
これはどこの国でも同じだけれど…「男らしさ」ってのは「虚栄」を態度にしてる場合があるから…、今のボビーさんは、十分、男らしいですよ。日本語は難しいですが←日本人でも、そう思う！：友達や恋人や仕事仲間…大事な人がボビーさんの周りに何人もいるなら、気にすることはありませんよ。
xhen08 9 months ago
九州男児が全て威張ってるわけではないと思うけど。
どこの地方にも威張ってる人はいます。
男友達といっぱい遊ぶと自然に身につきますよ。 教科書での勉強はお勧めしません。
mint090 9 months ago 6
2:45 の「僕は違いますよ。「俺」。」って、ムジュンしてない?
zozoca9 9 months ago
それ失礼やろうもん <-- adding the もん sounds girly to me, but maybe in Kyushuu.
’違うっちゃない” ＜－－ その’ちゃない’ 面白い九州の言い方やね。
’皆自分の個性をもっているけん’ －－ その けん！ 面白いわ！
：）
kokujin 9 months ago
それ失礼やろうもん <-- adding the もん sounds girly to me, but maybe in Kyushuu.
’違うっちゃない” ＜－－ その’ちゃない’ 面白い九州の言い方やね。
kokujin 9 months ago
日本語上手ですね～！びっくりしました。
確かに男らしい喋り方ってあるけど、ボビーさんの日本語は今のままがいいと思います。こんなに綺麗な日本語喋れるんですから！
私は東北出身ですが、九州や関西の言葉はどうしても威圧的に感じてしまいます・・・
方言は地方によって感じ方もだいぶ違ってくるので難しいですよね。
楽しいビデオありがとう！
TokyoWave88 9 months ago
Interesting! It's best to fit in with your gender, age and region, while maintaining your "standard" speech - cause you'll still need it!
Like Bobby I've also gotten heavily influenced by my Japanese partner... but he is the guy and I'm an English-native girl, and idk who has it worse - the femme foreign guys, or me! It's hard to hide my manliness and Kansai accent in casual company, so I had to become "the funny one" but it alienates Japanese women whom I wanna befriend :/ Be careful girls!
robotically 9 months ago
言葉遣いで男らしいなんてくだらないよ。
男は態度と包容力で勝負♪
tukka421 9 months ago
@tukka421 「なんてくだらないよ」などのような発言を知らない人に言う方の態度は男らしいですか？それとも包容力的？ :) （アメリカ人らしく、からかっているだけです。すみません。）
でも、tukka421さんがおしゃっている事、良くわかります。でも確かに、日本語で男っぽい喋り方と女っぽい喋り方は有りますよね。外国人として、自分の性別に当てはまる方を喋られるようになった方がいいかなと思って、このビデオを作りました。
bobbyjudo 9 months ago
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Kagicali 8 months ago
I laughed out loud at the bit where your attempt at a joke failed. HAHAHA im sorry but it was really funny :))
kylle26 10 months ago
すごく普通の日本語だと思うけど。。。むしろ綺麗な日本語でいいと思うけど。
j80 10 months ago
これ面白かった・・俺もさ、日本人の友達に「お前ちょっと女らしい言葉よく言うんじゃない」と言われたんだけど、自分が普通にしゃべてたんだと思います。。フィンランド語には同じような男女の違う話し方はないので、よく間違います。 ；＿；
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ボビーの話し方素敵！！そこらへんの若い日本人よりも男らしいと思います！！だけど、くだけた日本語と今の日本語を混ぜないように気をつけなければなりません。そうでないと凄くださいです。(笑)
私も日本語を勉強し、いろんな話し方とか学びましたが未だに完璧な日本語が話せません。ボビーさん、尊敬します。これからもがんばって下さい！！！
micuca0520 10 months ago
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ボビーの話し方素敵！！そこらへんの若い日本人よりも男らしいと思います！！だけど、くだけた日本語と今の日本語を混ぜないように気をつけなければなりません。そうでないと凄くださいです。(笑)
私も日本語を勉強し、いろんな話し方とか学びましたが未だに完璧な日本語が話せません。ボビーさん、尊敬します。これからもがんばって下さい！！！
micuca0520 10 months ago
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ボビーの話し方素敵！！そこらへんの若い日本人よりも男らしいと思います！！だけど、くだけた日本語と今の日本語を混ぜないように気をつけなければなりません。そうでないと凄くださいです。(笑)
私も日本語を勉強し、いろんな話し方とか学びましたが未だに完璧な日本語が話せません。ボビーさん、尊敬します。これからもがんばって下さい！！！
micuca0520 10 months ago
ボビーの話し方素敵！！そこらへんの若い日本人よりも男らしいと思います！！だけど、くだけた日本語と今の日本語を混ぜないように気をつけなければなりません。そうでないと凄くださいです。(笑)
私も日本語を勉強し、いろんな話し方とか学びましたが未だに完璧な日本語が話せません。ボビーさん、尊敬します。これからもがんばって下さい。
micuca0520 10 months ago
すげー。。。（−＿−；）きみは，僕の日本語先輩ですよね！もう！頑張るね。。。
godsson2516 10 months ago
Awesome video dude! Please make more!
vnano 11 months ago
Super interesting. You should do more videos.
tacojohn69 11 months ago
男らしいは、広島弁とかどうでしょう。佐賀にいたら習得は難しいでしょうけど。
F10TSM490 11 months ago
私は宮崎に住んでいる日本人（女）ですが、いわゆる九州男児のような威張っている男は嫌いです。だから、ボビーさんは話し方を変える必要はないと思いますよ。
kanematsukoudou20004 1 year ago
@kanematsukoudou20004 コメントをありがとうございます！正直言ったら、自分の喋り方はそんなに気にならない。いいネタになるかなと思いながら動画を作りました。やはり、映ってくれた方がおっしゃったように、人の喋り方で人の個性が出ますよね。自分らしい話し方がベスト！：）
bobbyjudo 1 year ago 5
NOTHING to be worried about your Japanese. You don't need to get so-called manly Japanese, I think. To be polite is manly in Japan, I would rather say.
itobun 1 year ago
日本語上手やね〜
言語を深く追求することはとても良いことだと思う！頑張って!
真剣なその姿勢に★*100ｗｗｗ
910220309 1 year ago
This is my 3rd comment on your vids today & I was gonna stop it b4 I watched this. This is fascinating stuff. Great video.
Your Saga accent & dialect is very gd. I got Midland accent, by the way.
As I'm a feminist & couldn't cope with the way some "Kyushu" guys (not all of them, I must stress) treat women, I left Saga & lived in Tokyo.
I don't think your Japanese is feminine.
When I started dating my English hubby 11 years ago, I did speak like him but I don't do that any more. U'll b fine
jolietjakeelwood 1 year ago
喋り方なんてあまり気にしない方がいいと思います。九州で使う言葉は、他の地方では解らない言葉も多いので、そのままでいいと思いますよ！ちなみに東京ではボビーさんのように話す外国人の方が多いですよ。
ed19690818 1 year ago
get life
hfreaks 1 year ago
Lol...so Japanese guys aren't really shy, they're just putting on a cool front....? Maybe?
This was really entertaining. I know a Japanese guy who always uses "僕" and other feminine speech. Have always been pretty sure he's gay. Also had little 1-3 year olds in my baby class who used 俺. Fun stuff. XD
pezonna 1 year ago
男らしくというならこんな小さい事気にすんなｗｗｗｗ
ten20060520 1 year ago 2
俺と僕と私の使い分けは前の人が書いてる通りだな。
どれを使ったからと言ってホモっぽく聞こえるわけじゃない。
「私」という一人称はビジネスじゃ必須だし、
「僕」っていうのはちょっと改まった場所で使うのに無難だし、
「俺」は友達等の親しい人とのプライベートな会話では無難だし。
相手をおめーと呼んだり、かったるい言葉遣いはちょっと品がなく感じるな。
品がない＝男らしいではないんだよね。
男らしいかどうかは仕草の方が重要じゃないかなあ。
natuxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1 year ago
Bobby さん、全然女っぽくないですよ！！きちんと標準語でしゃべれないとだめだし、しゃべっていればなにか表現のしかたが変だったらまわりの人が色々おしえてくれるとおもいますよ。標準語できちんと話すことは大事です。でも普通に友達と話すときは普通は男のひとが「わたし」というと、なんかぎこちない（Awkward)とはおもいます。頑張って！
My biggest advice is just to keep using it with your friends who can tell you honestly when you say things that are weird/awkward. Thats how I learned English too! I came to the states 9 years ago and learned so much from making mistakes and still do. If I can be of any help, let me know!
しゅうへい
bakhandr41702 1 year ago
you got a good accent, I mean your intonation すごいですよ
GodDamnIceQueen 1 year ago
標準語で話すのが女っぽいということはないと思います。
しかし、とりあえず誰が聞いても男性的な野性的な言葉を使いたければ「広島弁」を勉強するのが早いかも。
広島弁は普通に会話しているだけでも怖いですw ヤクザ映画で使われているのが広島弁です。
ShowaCoolJapan 1 year ago
ジェンダーフリーが進んだので男も女も無くなって来ているからアル意味男らしい言い方、女らしい言い方がなくなってきているのは確かです。さらに男に「腰抜け」が増えたと感じる。逆に男性化した女性の方が男らしくなってきている。ジェンダーフリーを推進した国は男が腰抜けになり、国力が弱まり、少子化が進むようです。
そして実はジェンダーフリーやウーマンリブ運動はCIAが支援した政策であったとニックロックフェラーの友人であった故アーロンルッソ監督が暴露してましたね。
ThePierreChannel 1 year ago
3:35笑ったｗｗ
礼儀正しさ的に
俺<僕<<私 かな?
こういう動画は面白いですねｗ
zibunrule 1 year ago 2
@zibunrule 「ぼくはぼくはぼくは違いますね」で吹いたわｗ
ten20060520 1 year ago
どうしても九州の人からすると、標準語は女言葉っぽく聞こえてしまいます。
自分が東京に引越した時も、周りの人が喋る言葉が非常に女っぽく聞こえました…まぁ、慣れるんですけどね。
方言は言葉も発音も男らしく聞こえる事が多いので、普段から使うといいかもしれないです。
rtsac25 1 year ago
interestinggg. LOL I'm half Japanese but I remember I would always have a weird accent when I went to school and talk to my classmates... like... I didn't know their slangs and such and I stayed in Shizuoka so a lot of my friends had that Shizuoka-ben. after awhile though... the language starts to grow on you more and you start talking like the people around you.
I wish I could go back to Japan so I can get my Japanese back. I hardly ever speak it anymore :/
koisuruotome 1 year ago
I probably shouldn't go to Kyushuu I guess... I walk faster than my boyfriend and HE is the one behind me!
RealDream112 1 year ago
I think the "boku makes you sound homosexual" part was a joke, because while i was living in Japan (Saga, actually!) a friend was really trying to sell that to me, too. In the end he actually admitted it was a lie (: Though I can't say the same about using your name- it sounds girly and childish even when girls use it (my friend, 19-years old uses it all the time and people tend to always ask her to finally give that way of calling herself up) and guys.. I don't even want to imagine, haha!
nikushokujoshi 1 year ago 2
面白いね。普段気にせずに使っている表現を改めて考えさせてくれました。
「I」と「You」の使い分け方極意（笑）
「俺」に対して「お前」 （凄く身近でなかの良い友達、後輩などに対して）
「僕」に対して「君」 （知り合い程度の友達、後輩などに対して）
「私」に対して「貴方」 （知らない相手や尊敬する人、目上の人などに対して）
だと思うな。「私」のほうがより丁寧だし、使っていて一番無難。社会人になったら「私」が大人としてのマナー。かな？
男らしさでいえば、「俺」だと思うけど、「俺」を使ったからと言って、聡明な女性には男として認めてもらえるわけじゃないよな。貴方自身の内面から出てくる男らしさが一番大切だと思うぞ＾＾やさしさとか。
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dTea45 1 year ago
I'm glad you didn't say anime. Your problem is that like so many gaijin men in Japan you've probably don't have very few if any local guy friends - see how you have to talk to strange men to teach you how a guy talks. This is due to hidden racism from both sides - you probably adopted the inferior Asian men stereotype American mass media forced on you, and the Japanese men is displaying typical fear and xenophobia against you. You want to talk like a real Kyushu men? Try hanging out them.
ibitoshi 1 year ago
草食系男子って言葉が流行る程、今の若い子って男らしくないからなぁ
ゲイじゃないのにゲイみたいな子が凄く多い
kko0524 1 year ago
Nice video!
あるとすれば、語尾を延ばしたり、強調したりするところが女臭いか。なになにでー、だからー、みたいに。あとそれ先々物を考えられんアホの喋り方とも言われる。せんほうがええ。ア行をエ行にするのは若者言葉というより関東以北の方言が元で、それが広まったモノ。そこは最近広まりを見せている地域のようやし、若者言葉に思えるねんな～。まぁ関西以南ではあんましそれをするのはよくは思う人少ない見たいやが。それも使う必要ないと思う。男女関係なし。まだまだ思いつくことは仰山あるので、聞きたかったら聞いてください。
marunikenhanabishi 1 year ago
たしか、オカマ見たいな喋り方な〜。でも気持ちわかる。
chickenbento 1 year ago
Woah! I didn't know using 僕 made you come off a homosexual (although I have nothing against homosexuals). They don't teach this stuff in most books or classes. They just say that 僕 is used my young males (which I am) and 俺 made you sound cocky or something like that. Thanks for putting the Japanese text on the video because my 'Japanese ears' haven't come in all the way and I can't catch most things on the first listen.
artboy598 1 year ago
this was great man, subbed!
mowgli123456789 1 year ago
This is exactly the kind of stuff about Japanese that I've been wanting to learn! It's too bad it's not taught in college classes and textbooks. I'm moving to Japan in September and I'm so afraid of talking like a transvestite. lol. Thanks so much for talking to these people for us soon-to-be gaijin.
sweeneagle16 1 year ago
うわあぁぁぁぁぁぁぁ～↓↓↓ぜんぜんゲイみたいじゃないから！！彼女から教わった日本語使ったらいいと思う（＞＜）！！私の彼氏も外国人（フランス人）でかなり日本語が上手いですが、私は彼のやわらかい言葉使いが好きですから☆！！方言はかっこいいけど、男らしさにこだわらず気軽に♪彼女と話し合ったらいいと思います、彼女はやわらかい言葉使いが好きかも！？
japonaisecoquine 1 year ago
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marcoalfi 1 year ago
Good video. I thought this would be stupid, but this has better info than most books. Whenever I try to use japanese I learn out of books, I always get the same responeses, "That's too polite" or "that's an old way of speaking." Make more videos about how common people talk.
marcoalfi 1 year ago
Excellent video. Maybe all the gaijin guys won't sound so female if they followed your advice
brentwithani 1 year ago
Interesting...
nofreedomofspeech 1 year ago
why are japanese obssesed with caucasians?
UncleHobbysHobbys 1 year ago
@UncleHobbysHobbys
They are not.
HoseiTutor 1 year ago
@HoseiTutor
they are
UncleHobbysHobbys 1 year ago
i use when i talking with my good friends ore, at work zibun and boku. but sometimes diffrent! from tochigi pref! do ur best!
Yu04201985 1 year ago
rate and subscribe!!
pertava 1 year ago
あなたの話し方が女性っぽいとは全く感じませんよ。
楽しい動画をありがとう！
uihk1 1 year ago
うーん、惚れた男にだったら黙って3歩後ろを歩いていくけどね。
ちなみに「あーざす」じゃなくて「あざーす」ですよー！
タイプミスだったらごめんね！
theShoubu 1 year ago
@theShoubu いや、タイプミスじゃなくて、知らんやった！勉強になった。あざーす！
bobbyjudo 1 year ago
日本語お上手ですね＾＾
個人的には広島弁が一番男らしいと思います！（笑
gorakuTV 1 year ago
たまたま初めて見に来たらいきなり彼女との写真が出てきてるし・・・。
外人っていうだけでモテていいですね。
hilocazz 1 year ago
おもしろい！頑張って！
orengepengin 1 year ago
面白い動画ありがとう
私も佐賀出身ですから、面白く拝見させてもらいました。
今は都内にすんでますが、日本語って表現がいろいろあって難しいですよね
結局は女々しいと感じられたり、男らしいといった表現も話す人次第でどうとでもうけとれたりしますしね
それもまた個性であったりもするので、あまり深く考えずに自分らしい表現であればいいのでないでしょうか
azuki2 1 year ago
Kyushu Ben is Awesome! Nan ba Sho to ?
japangets 1 year ago
面白い動画をありがとうございます^_^
私は丁寧な話し方の男性のほうが、優しげで話しやすいと思います。
仲良くなれば多少乱暴に聞こえる話し方でもまぁ大丈夫ですが、基本は柔らかい口調の男性の方が素敵だと思います。
minny1116 1 year ago
面白い動画をありがとうございます(^_^)
私は柔らかい口調の男性の方が話しやすいし、優しげで素敵だと思いますよー。
すごく親しくなれば少々荒っぽい話し方でも大丈夫ですが。。
僕って一人称は別にgayっぽくないと思いますｗ
minny1116 1 year ago
実は、さっき名古屋大学院生とそのことについて話しました！
I'm very impressed with how deep you went into the particulars, and that you got actual responses from people. Great work.
I sometimes find that when I ask things too specifically, it seems like unnecessary knowledge to my fellow researchers here. In fact, we now have an inside joke -- "have to じゃない" -- that means, "It's really not that important to know."
~ Jethro.
IJethrobot 1 year ago
Excellent video. I hope you make some more like this in the future.
ryokosdesire 1 year ago
Wow, an insight look at the Japanese language from a local level. Good vid, man. I've learned a few new things :)
redsohc 1 year ago
いや本当に面白かったです！日本ごお上手で ：）
fobmastafob 1 year ago
日本人とアメリカ人の思う”男らしさ”って違うと思います。
特に、九州男児のイメージは特に亭主関白ってゆうか、頑固ってゆうか。『女は男について来い』みたいなイメージです。それが日本人らしさかもしれませんが、あたしはあんまり好きじゃないです。昔の人は偉そうにしてた分だけ家族を守ってきたかもしれませんが、今はそんなに頼りにならないのに、亭主関白な部分だけ残ってる人もけっこういる気がしますよ。そんなに日本人や九州男児になりきらなくても、ボビーさんらしくいてもらいたいと、、勝手に思いました。(^^;
日本文化を知るには良いと思いますが☆
puertorico107 1 year ago
自分のブログに乗せてもよかですか？
FK1308 1 year ago
@FK1308 もちろん！
bobbyjudo 1 year ago
@bobbyjudo
ありがとーｗ自分の周りに日本に来れないまま日本語の勉強している方が２人居るので紹介させていただきますｗ
FK1308 1 year ago
lol, this was hilarious. You got a new fan.
Hapafull 1 year ago
見た感じきつい女
sashimiteisyoku 1 year ago
｢あざーす｣は男っぽくていい思うよ！
jkearnray 1 year ago
aha
you re just doing ( again) your speech contest ..in public now?
RENEDU2 1 year ago
@RENEDU2 What?
bobbyjudo 1 year ago 2
All I have to say it...I'm so happy to be a girl, lol. =D (Kantan desu yo!)
Ninensei18 1 year ago
料理だけじゃない。
ユーモアも、アッパレです。
参りました、ボビー。
日本語だって、私より上手だと思います。
尊敬します。
いっぱいヴィデオ出して下さい。
楽しみにしています。
chihokokawada 1 year ago
"僕"がゲイっぽいっていうのはおかしいね。
普段自分は、自分のことを"俺"って言うけど、先輩とかには"僕"って言うしね
asazuke2236 1 year ago
*sniff* I wait for several days for my bobbyjudo video *cry* and you give me this !
I might as well unsubscribe and find some other cool Japanese cooking american guy who tries to give me the best videos he can... *sniff*
As if that's possible, I hope we are still brothers in heart, soul, mind and...uhh... awesomeness
Arize0Rocklee 1 year ago
You are not necessarily try to speak like masculine men. Indeed your way of speaking sounds polite and beautiful, and I like it. Also points which make your way of speaking sound like a man or a woman are not just determined by some sorts of phases or sentences, but also your body action, tone of voice, pronunciation. I don't think your Japanese sounds like a girl.
tdt221 1 year ago
いままでのボビージュードーさんの話し方が僕は好きです。
やさしそうな日本語で素敵だと思いますよ :D
EFHIKLMNTVWXYZ 1 year ago
You are so blessed for having the ability to learn new language so quickly!!!!
I wish I could speak English half as good as you speak Japanese. I've been living here in
one of the southern states for a long time but I've never been able to achieve my goal.
ボビーさんの日本語は格好いいとおもっています。九州の男性が時々使う日本語よりも標準的で、わかりやすく表現がしっかりしてて、よほど勉強をしてあるんだなとおもって感心したり、うらやましがったりです。
tmichiko 1 year ago 2
@tmichiko Thank you!
It's been raining here, so we've had to put off our Kagamiyama trip. I can't wait for the rainy season to be over! Don't give up on English! Which state are you in?
bobbyjudo 1 year ago
Your Japanese seems really rich & the video is interesting! I think it's more like they are used to such words instead of they are exclusively for men. That's why we see that some of the men in the clip are not quite sure about the explanations.
ZozoOChan 1 year ago
難しい話題ですねぇ・・・まず、ガチガチの九州男児はしゃべりベタというか、あまり話をしない感じがするので。恥ずかしがり屋ってのもあるのでしょうが、不器用だから言葉が少ないってのもあると思います。だから、男らしい話し方と言うと、「なるべくしゃべらない」と言う不思議な状況に陥るでしょう。
あと、もう少し年齢が上の方々に聞いてみたら面白いと思いますよ。60代以上で、言葉は浮かんでも口にすぐできないタイプ。いわゆる朴訥な人。
あと、無難なのは「俺」より、「自分」でしょう。目上に対しても問題無しだし。「僕」はどうしても「僕ちゃん」のイメージがあるので。
また、ぜひ漫画のクッキングパパの荒岩さんの話し方を参考にしてみてください。シャイな九州男児の典型と思います。
omatsu123 1 year ago
@omatsu123 良いアドバイスたくさん、ありがとうございます。クッキングパパをチェックします。
bobbyjudo 1 year ago
すごく面白い動画ですね！
僕は東京に住んでいますが、bobbyjudoさんの日本語は丁寧で十分男らしいと思います。
日本語には、古代から敬語の男性的魅力というものもあります。古代の世界で、高貴な身分の男性でも、女性に対して敬語を使うのです。この場合、敬語を使うほど、男らしく魅力的です。粗野な言い方をするとか、男が決めるとか、そういうことではありません。
九州の文化は日本の文化の一部ですが、全てではないと思います。明治時代に薩長出身の人物が多く政府を構成したことから、九州男児的な文化があたかも標準的な日本文化として日本中に広まったとも言われています。
「男の三歩後ろを・・・」というのは、少なくとも東京では時代遅れと考える人が九州よりも多いと思います。しかし最近は、逆にそういった明治時代的な価値観に憧れを持つ層もいるかもしれません。
とりあえず、bobbyjudoさんの日本語（方言）はすごくかっこいいです。
sswaveblue 1 year ago
@sswaveblue 勉強になりました！コメントを興味深く読みました。そういう文化や歴史の話にかなり興味がありますから、非常に面白かった。ありがとうございます！
bobbyjudo 1 year ago
ahh cool stuff but the subs are a bit off. not that I could ever complain, i'm eternally gratefull that you put them there in the first place!
blueberryshrub 1 year ago
おもしろい、おもしろい。
今日友達が納豆キャロットケーキを作ってきてくれて食べましたよ。
おもしろいし美味しいからレシピを聞いたらBobbyさんのリンクを教えてくれました。おもしろい方ですね。言語にしても手先にしても色々器用なんですね。まだ日本にいらっしゃるんですか？
rimamole 1 year ago
@rimamole ええ！作ってくれたんだ！嬉か！
まだまだ佐賀ですよ。またアップしますので、また是非、ご覧下さい！
bobbyjudo 1 year ago
@bobbyjudo got it! ;)
rimamole 1 year ago
to speak like a man just elongate ur R's like how hispanics elongate the R, like in those anime
bombthings 1 year ago
@bombthings
Wouldn´t you rather sound like a Yakuza or Yankee if you did that ?
HoseiTutor 1 year ago
@HoseiTutor you would if it was in a really obvious way, but im saying make it be heard but not like whoa too much there lol
bombthings 1 year ago
P.S. What inspired you to move to Japan? What fuels you?
ReyFortea 1 year ago
@ReyFortea Check out some of my other vids, you should be able to find the answers.
bobbyjudo 1 year ago
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ReyFortea 1 year ago
Hi Mr.Judo, I recently started learning Japanese, and your videos have been a huge inspiration to me. I'm currently fluent in English and Spanish—thank you hispanic parents—and I would love to become fluent in at least 10 languages before I croak. Do you have any memorization tips that have helped you in memorizing grammatical rules and vocabulary? Also, do you know of any reliable websites/forums to ask some basic Japanese-grammar questions on?
Thanks for doing what you do.
-Reymon
ReyFortea 1 year ago
Any books you can tell me/us where to study? The one you used :) thanks and great vid!
Valdris1987 1 year ago
短期間のうちに、これだけ上手な日本語を話されていらっしゃるのですから、男らしい日本語を体得するのも、時間をかければ容易かと思われますよ。その時間もさほどかからないでしょう。
ただ、お話を聞いた限りですと、他の方と同様に女性語を話されているようには感じませんでした。
どちらかと言えば、丁寧な言葉遣いで好感を持つ人の方が多いかもしれません。
cubex614 1 year ago
You're never going to get a decent answer. Just don't sound like a chick.
ASSEMblerEX 1 year ago
I know the feeling, speaking mainly with girls has really neutered my japanese
enterdapanda 1 year ago
Really enjoyed your video. I've sever been to Saga, but I spent a summer in Kumamoto and I found most of the guys to be completely unintelligible. I guess the local dialect in Saga isn't so strong?
BungleFeet 1 year ago
is it true 僕 is ゲイっぽい? I say it all the time
wolfieliu 1 year ago
あなたの日本語は美しいので、そのままでOKです。
biofer3 1 year ago 2
Ha ha. Good video Bobby. I've studied a little japanese so I can understand some of what you are saying in the video, and definitely I can understand the point of your questions. For me, my japanese is really "textbook", probably because I have nobody to practice with on a regular basis.
juandenz2008 1 year ago
おもしろいｗｗ真っ当な意見もあるけどネタっぽいのもいくつかあるねｗ
全て真に受けないほうがいいよｗ
sugi51 1 year ago
訛りがーーーー！！！
hyou 1 year ago
Hey can you give me some tips on Japanese language speaking... practice... I've been learning the language for almost a year now, but I can barely speak more than 5 sentences... I scored well in most of my entry exams, but I just can't seems to get to speak well... sigh...
Juggernaughty824 1 year ago
Thanks for posting such a great video. I think every guy who's ever lived in Japan and spent a lot of time with a girlfriend has been pondering this exact topic. I wonder if there's a similar report out there specific to 東北...
drifty914 1 year ago
Very interesting..even though I'm a girl.
STAFFinfextion 1 year ago
This reminds me: I once got sort of in trouble for saying 「あんた、さ」 to somebody who I didn't know too well.
Japanese is peculiar^^
Razorblade62 1 year ago
holy shit saga city!
effik3 1 year ago
bobbyjudo さん、とても佐賀弁上手ですね。
標準語より方言の方がより親しみやすく感じます。
女子が男子の話し言葉を使っているのを聞いたりすると、その女子の男子環境を考えたりします。その逆もあります。
良いアプローチですね、もっと他のレポートも見たいです。
kiyosey 1 year ago
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kiyosey 1 year ago
This is incredible interesting
niteddy1 1 year ago
このビデオめっちゃ面白かった〜！
ちょっとその気持ちが分かる…彼氏の日本語を真似してしまって、男っぽい言い方をすることがありますから。問題ですよね、それは…；私の場合にはもっと女の人と遊ばないと！という感じやな…
tragiceyes 1 year ago
It must be difficult to learn manly Japanese outside of Japan, what with the really polite language we're taught in schools. XD I heard a similar story from a Canadian guy at the Japanese embassy here in Canberra - he picked up most of his speech habits from his wife.
In contrast, though, my Japanese teacher says she sounds like a man when she speaks Japanese, LOL.