Learn Japanese - Video Vocabulary

[Clearie552]

wow, that was fun! only didn't know stay-at-home-dad, but stay-at-home mom right after that was kind of a give away.

[Spikeyskillpower]

this is quite easy and a fun way to learn

[HajisSaya]

too fast

[HajisSaya]

Arigatou Gozaimasu!

Everyone should try watching Black Butler! Especially the English Dub! One of the best animes ever! I'm sure you'll enjoy it too!

[pixiehollow360]

O_O I only know stay at home mom

[CHRIST520]

awesome video.. where can i download the background music??

[xSRGDarknessx]

That akward moment, when bot hof the top comments are by the uploader.

[JacobDesselles]

I'm too hardcore to be a quitter. D:<.

[SarahSKullOfficial]

Oh I wanna give up its so hard :'(

[mrcav]

You need to turn down- or turn off the background music please.

[GlitterShitter69]

this is hard D: makes me wanna say AWWW SHIIIIT lol

[japanesepod101]

@GlitterShitter69 Don't give up! We have lots of other videos for beginners - I recommend watching our Basic Japanese video series. You'll find it much easier!

[SupaisuToOokami]

@japanesepod101 are you someone from the japanesepod101 site or just some youtuber rippen them off and postin vids of there stuff? >.> im just curious... i dont much see anyone doing stuff like that or replying to people on their vids especially X.X

[japanesepod101]

@SupaisuToOokami This is our official Youtube channel!

[MoonGodess157]

@RapidPandazs

I think the difference is dad is SHUfu and mom is SHIfu. that's just what I caught. It really helps if you can read hiragana. :)

[ButaNoTsubasa]

@MoonGodess157 The hiragana on both words says "SHUfu" though..

[Music1uv3r279]

Jeez, no wonder why japanese people are great at drawing! this fucking kanji!!!

[SilverYoshi111]

how do you add flashcards to pre-existing decks

[Nickolsshady12345]

helped much! やった～！ウッチー1号、3号にも報告しておきます

[RapidPandazs]

stay at home dad and mom sounds the same to me so whats the difference?

[japanesepod101]

@RapidPandazs The difference is actually in the kanji (way they are written). They are pronounced the same, though :)

[lucariopr]

How did i did? 0 of ju

[naimihero]

like if u thought that was "king fu fighting" in the first few secs

i did :D

[TheMainOtaku]

ありがとう！でも私は日本の既に知っているけど。



[Othonl96]

you need to learn all so that you can read ... its important .. right now I'm learning my kanji ...

[Itachifanmad]

@japanesepop101 I'm kinda slow and I am not very good at translating any tips for me?

[lifethelifetoday]

私はリクあなたの表情の裏に進められている不動産業者リククレイ­ジーについてビショップ滑らかな小さ

な産私はリクあなたの表ついてビシ情の裏に業る表人

[GaijinKnibb]

To all that reads: Im planning on starting up this channel to teach Japanese going through pretty much all aspects of the "Genki" textbooks. If you are thinking about learning but dont have any teaching methods i suggest you subscribe and stay tuned for upcoming information on my Channel.

[shimokita2]

The Japanese Pod 101 lesson content on their website looks interesting and useful. However, I've found that in the earlier years audio material that they talked too much. I have thought about using Japanese Pod 101 again but I hope they don't talk so much during the lessons and get straight to the point faster.

[japanesepod101]

@shimokita2 You'll be happy to hear that our recent lessons are much more concise with less chit-chat ;)

[bejuliaed]

Can you translate Chocolate cournett?

[123goofyking]

@MoniPandi they're called furigana, small hiragana Japanese sometimes write next to kanji (big characters)

[raith2006]

how are these videos supposed to help anyone? if I didn't know the word already then there isn't much chance I'll be able to translate it is there?

[Larazoma]

@raith2006 It's more for practice, but listening is an important part of learning - even when you don't yet understand the word. It helps your brain better know how to say the word when your finally able to.

Besides, if you watched the video a few times you would then know them, as it translates them both ways, right? :P

[MoniPandi]

what are those little signs on top of the big ones?

[purpunish360]

WHY IS IT SO HARD!!!!!! :'d

[strikeryuz]

great!

[starrymushroom]

yay! i knew at least half of them! :D now i want to study some more..

[Av80r13]

Not to get side tracked or anything, but does anyone know the song played on the intro?

[SpringFruits]

We pronouce 一所懸命 as "いっしょけんめい(isshokenmei)" not "いっしょうけんめい(isshoukenmei)"　as pronounced in this video.

一所懸命(いっしょけんめい) has the same meaning as 一生懸命(いっしょうけんめい) but they are different words, and each of them has its own different meaning.

But you can forget such details now, and you only need to learn how to write and pronounce 一生懸命(isshoukenmei) with the utmost effort!! (It sure is pretty useful phrase!)

Luckily, people use only 一生懸命 nowadays! =)

[zonday1]

when i try to spark a Japanese conversation I ask "Ni hongo gah wah karimas ka?" If they can, and reply back in more Japanese, I ask "ego gah wah karimas ka?" lol (sorry for any spelling mistake) =P

[petunia0809]

What kind of language or symbol are Anime movies use? ^^

[Toshi999M]

@petunia0809

what do you mean?

japanese Anime does not have subtitle.

at least I can say we usually use Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji, sometimes few english included Anime's world.

[bekannt777]

whta's the difference between ''otoosan'' and ''chichi''..!!!..please answer I'm a beginer...

[MrDar3k]

@bekannt777 im a begginer too but I think I know the difference , chichi is when talking to others about your own father, otoosan is if you are speaking to your own father or you are speaking to others about other fathers, I am not 100% sure but I think you get the basic point

[bekannt777]

@MrDar3k arigatou godzaimashita..!!..Kuroi san..(jejejeje)..

[Trixiaoyu]

@bekannt777 - The difference lies in the way you write the Kanji for father. '父'. 父 on it's own is chichi whereas お父さん is o'tou'-san. Yes, I too hated learning all 5 BILLION ways to say your parents... arrrrrrrghhghggh!!! Do you know how many ways there are just to 'address one's self' in Japanese...?!!?! Washi Watashi Watakushi Atashi Boku Ware Waga Wagami Uchi Kocchi Kono Please tell me that there are no more! >:-(

[bekannt777]

@Trixiaoyu jajajaja..that's what makes japanese language difficult and special..!!..but I'm really so sorry..!! there are more..!!!..pronouns for ''I'...:but most of them aren't almost used..

oira

jiko

ore

sessha

uchi

oidon...

jibun

jishin...I also hate that.. but what can we do..with hundreds years of evolution..jejejejje..kedo..ga­mbate kudasai..!!

[DjDBKADerick]

But to you have to learn kanji? i know a friend who lives in japan and he gets by he only knows hiragana and katakana?

[Dparrey]

@DjDBKADerick You can SURVIVE, but anyone who is serious about Kanji ,will need to learn it. Its a pain but theres no other way. Almost anything written, even childrens material will ruin you if you don't know Kanji.

[Dparrey]

@DjDBKADerick You can SURVIVE, but anyone who is serious about Kanji ,will need to learn it. Its a pain but theres no other way. Almost anything written, even childrens material will ruin you if you don't know Kanji. If you are serious enough about Japanese, just do it, otherwise you won't get far at all.

[DjDBKADerick]

@Dparrey i know bro im learning kanji for like 3 weeks but thing is it's really difficult but im going to master it in no time =]

[ecodna2000]

English : Katakana : Hiragana : Romaji : Kanji

America : アメリカ : あめりか : amerika : 亜米利加 or 米国(bei-koku)

American(people) : アメリカジン : あめりかじん : amerika-jin : アメリカ人 or 米国人(bei-koku-jin)

The United States of America : アメリカガッシュウコク : あめりかがっしゅうこく : amerika-gassyuu-koku : アメリカ合衆国

Ireland : アイルランド : あいるらんど : airurando :

France : フランス : ふらんす : furansu : 仏蘭西 or 仏国(futsu-koku)

Germany : ドイツ : どいつ : doitsu : 独逸 or 独国(doku-koku)

Italy : イタリア : いたりあ : itaria : 伊太利 or 伊国(i-koku)

[ecodna2000]

English : Katakana : Hiragana : Romaji : Kanji

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland : グレートブリテンオヨビホクブアイルランドレンゴウオウコク : ぐれーとぶりてんおよびほくぶあいるらんどれんごうおうこく : gureito buriten oyobi hokubu airurando rengo oukoku : グレートブリテンおよび北部アイルランド連合王国

British Commonwealth : ダイエイレンポウ : だいえいれんぽう : dai-ei-renpou : 大英連邦

Canada : カナダ : かなだ : kanada : 加奈陀 or 加国(ka-koku)

Australia : オーストラリア : おーすとらりあ : ōsutoraria : 濠太刺利 or 豪州(gou-syuu)

New Zealand : ニュージーランド : にゅーじーらんど : nyūjīrando :

[ecodna2000]

English : Katakana : Hiragana : romaji : kanji

U.K. : イギリス : いぎりす : igirisu : 英国(ei-koku)

British(people) : イギリスジン : いぎりすじん : igirisu-jin : イギリス人 or 英国人

English(language) : エイゴ : えいご : ei-go : 英語

England : イングランド : いんぐらんど : ingurando :

Scotland : スコットランド : すこっとらんど : sukottorando :

Wales : ウェールズ : うぇーるず : wēruzu :(nothing)

Northern Ireland : キタアイルランド : きたあいるらんど : kita-airurando : 北アイルランド

the Isle of Man : マントウ : まんとう : man-tou : マン島

[LuwBren]

I lost my motivation too but got it back as I'm heading to Japan in a month. :) I loved it when I noticed that I was able to read hiraganas faster than furiganas. Never thought that would happen. Kanji's are pretty fun to learn... well, until you get so far that they start looking something like this: 鬱

Anyway thanks for the video!

[TheJumpyPopcorn]

Why do I have to know kanji as well to understand some words? Do you japanese also learn Kanji besides Hiragana and Katakana? I´m confused, sorry for my ignorance =S

[japanesepod101]

@TheJumpyPopcorn Japanese is written using all 3: hiragana, katakana, and kanji, so you need to know all of them to be able to read :)

We recommend starting with hiragana and katakana, so check out our Kantan Kana videos!

[TheJumpyPopcorn]

@japanesepod101 Arigatou. I´m going to learn them all right now, i want to learn this beautiful language so badly XD

[saddamdon]

@japanesepod101 I didnt find any katakana videos on ur site please help me to get that

[japanesepod101]

@saddamdon They are not up yet - in a couple of weeks, they will start! (with lesson #14)

[sanedo0]

@japanesepod101

do u mind explaining what are those?

i mean,,,i know that one of them is based on chinese characters, and the other is based on the english pronunciation? or something like that....which is katakana and which is hiragana, kanji?

[bratzkidzrulz]

@japanesepod101 don't the japanese kids learn Hiragana when they are very little and then move up to Katakana and then Kanji?

[Trixiaoyu]

@TheJumpyPopcorn - "Why do I have to know kanji" ZOMG, when you're stranded in Japan looking for a job and you read your local Japanese newspaper which uses approximately 2000 kanji.. yes over TWO THOUSAND!!!! Haha, we'll see how well you get on ;-)

[TheJumpyPopcorn]

@Trixiaoyu alright

[rheasun18]

It was really interesting to learn japanese...i've learned the hiragana and katakana characters, but i am having a hard time learning kanji..... i can understand a bit japanese language and some vocabularies but its kinda hard for me to answer in japanese because i'm afraid that i may not be able to deliver it correctly because of wrong grammar..thats why i'm kinda frustrated about it..:-(

[jamalbsb]

I was really really excited to learn japanese, I love the country, the people and the freakin awesome anime. but I lost my motivation lately :(

[japanesepod101]

@jamalbsb Don't give up! You can do it :) Ganbatte kudasai!

[ARX7ARBALESTZ7]

@jamalbsb I lost mine last year because i got lazy...and this year i'm going into a accelerated Japanese class, I will either die in there or make it somehow :'D

[doo78]

@jamalbsb Don't think of it as being hard, maybe learn with a friend ...

u have to find a funny way to learn it

gambatteeeeeee

[nekochibi135]

@jamalbsb hai, ganbate kudasai! do your best :D

[roudydoberry]

why does the japanese language put the hiragana and the kanji alphabets together when they are different in symbols, shape and alphabet name? and why do you have 2 alphabets?

Just curious.

thank you

[ShadowSword32]

@roudydoberry Think about it. You have 2 alphabets also. English have lower-case and upper case. You've been learning 2 your whole life. Katakana is to pronounce foreign words, you need these for GaiJin to redmenus in cafe. It is necesarry to learn All the alphabets, okay. Kanji is Chinese, Hiragana is standard, and Katakana is to pronounce foreign words.

[Funajitas]

at 0:32 what is the second symbol? and why not just use the symbol for "to"? I am learning hiragana and this dosn't seem familiar to me

[japanesepod101]

@Funajitas The second symbol is a kanji character. :) If you don't know kanji yet, you can start learning with our kanji videos!

[TetoKasaneFan]

Arigato!

[WaffleBanisher]

I just started to learn romanji a several weeks ago and I got stay-at-home mum! Yay.

[edwinzanpaku]

it would be helpful if you put the romanji text ^_^ ty ~~and ty im learning alot xDDD

[crazyli789]

stay-at-home dad n stay-at-home mom sounds the same 2 me :O

[MsMousegirl]

ooh. I only got Father... oops. So hard!

[qicko100]

oh this really hard

es relmente dificil

[PussyCatDoll14]

okay is it just me or is stay-at-home dad the same pronunciation as stay-at-home mom...so how can anyone know if it's mom or dad -_-

[helimania]

@PussyCatDoll14

I am Japanese.

That's right.

The pronunciation is the same.

Japanese has a lot of words of the same pronunciation.

[ulisses3d]

@helimania Hmm but the lasts Kanjis means Husband and Wife, so what translate like Dad and Mom??

[xXKissMeWithPassionX]

@PussyCatDoll14 em stay at home parent? idk xD

[YuiMewMew]

Uah. I just had "father" right. XD

[Mandravedere]

Of course one can learn something for free too.

But expect to pay always for quality service, since that requires effort, time, resources.

It makes sense.

On their site you have an amazing structure for learning, not just random bits and pieces of info.

In the end, depends what you're after.

[peterscoop]

@Mandravedere lol... you dont know how to use resources i see....

[tm0041]

dame~ it's just not working for me.

watshi no nihongo ga wakarimasen.... TASUKETE!!!

[Ryogakun666]

this is good.

But I'm bad at it.

Is Japanesepod101 really that good?

Or is it only good if you pay?

[MetalHeart8787]

kind of.

NO don't pay anything

they have most of their stuff on here for FREE.

But always ask people to join & Pay money

$85 Dollars to $200

[japanesepod101]

By not paying, you're just limiting our ability to make better things in the future....

But we're happy to have you watching anyway. Hope the videos are helpful for you.

[MetalHeart8787]

"better in the future" theres other ways But...

J-pod you seem to have a "special promotion" every week like car dealerships. reminds me of the word 乞食

[japanesepod101]

It's really good now. If you pay, then we'll have more resources to make it even better. ^^

[SilverGunZoO]

You guys should say this after each video "please consider donating to support this channel, link in the sidebar" xD

[KiramekiAishiteru]

Can someone post the kanji for stay-at-home mom and dad on the comments.

I can't find it anywhere else.

Thank you!!!

[japanesepod101]

専業主婦 (せんぎょうしゅふ) = stay-at-home mom

専業主夫 (せんぎょうしゅふ) = stay-at-home dad

[KiramekiAishiteru]

This helps me a lot!

ありがとう!!

[SilverGunZoO]

thank you

[japanesepod101]

Glad we could help~

[FreakoChu]

I got Father and stay-at-home mom right

[Marshmellow2Cute]

the letters r like drawing a map ....

[TheKillander]

lol I still missed that one lol

[sasorishadow]

i only got 1 right lol the stay at home mom

lol

[JackBond1234]

Heh, I got stay-at-home mom right...

[5kizzle]

thank you a lot for your free learning videos... but I also have another question... where is the music from? I really like it

[nitsujj2007]

is mostly just the same words in chinese but japanese pronounce it differently

[JapanBot]

Completely different words but the symbols (kanji) for the words are of course usually the same seeing as they all came from China originally. (Probably what you mean anyway but I felt I had to say).

[kiedog250]

nanday?

[nitsujj2007]

well the reason for me at least to learn japanese is not to show off..but it has somewhat similar resemblance to my native chinese language ..thats what make it interesting for me

[roboticrei]

At first romaji may seem helpful, but (from previous experience) in the long run it is not helpful at all. I suggest learning hirigana or katakana and using those. :)

[Korakira]

I meant using romanji 4 the begginers so they can get a betrer feel of how a word is pronounced a i e o u.

so yes romanji does help but once u kno good proununciation romanji is neccesary.

Beeides I already kno hirajana & katakana. Kanji is wat phases me.

[japanesepod101]

These lessons are meant to be partnered with a lesson on our website. On the website there is both romaji and furigana for everything, so beginners should check there.

But as roboticrei said, romaji is a crutch that can slow a lot of people down in understanding correct pronunciation of Japanese. It's a good idea to move past it as quickly as possible.

[aprilurmom]

@roboticrei

i already know full hirigana and i am on katakana around the "k" area but i was wondering, is it really nessicary to memorize katkana too? thx(:

[165894]

有難う ございます!!!! ^-~

[japanesepod101]

どういたしまして〜

[nessx007]

I did pretty well, except for the stay-at-home dad and mom thing. I'm guessing the reason they have it in there is because it's a commonly used term in Japan, so regardless if we don't use it, they do, which is why we should too! (if we ever go over there, I mean)

Great video though. Only one so far? もっとおねがいします!

[japanesepod101]

もっとアップしました！

If you're still around, check out our "Video Vocab" playlist for many more videos like this one~

[Kakashi324]

I knew all of them...except for stay-at-home mom/dad. Why would that be useful? You might want to note the kanji differences, though. It confused me also...

Peace & Smile!

~Kai

[japanesepod101]

In fact, this video is made to accompany an audio podcast put out on our main site. I'd post the link to the specific lesson that it matches with, but unfortunately YouTube doesn't allow links in comments.

If you listen to the audio podcast, everything is explained in great detail. ;)

[bleachfan44]

0/10. Lol I don't know any Japanese...

[japanesepod101]

You could start with our channel's main video:

"Introduce yourself in Japanese!"

It's so simple - anyone could do it!

[doglover160]

SNAP i only got dad right. lol. i'm such a baka

[EmoCupcakesForDinner]

baka is the only word i can actually remember it came out alot in anime

[japanesepod101]

I know a 2 year old Japanese baby whose only words are "mama" and "baka".

You're on your way to speaking like a Japanese person!

[rainbowpencil27]

@emocupcakesfordinner

i hate the way people think they can speak amazing japanese just because they watch too much anime :|

[ismailmustafa]

Haha. So true. Then they'll be talking about it and they'll mention a Japanese word. Then they'll wait for you to say you don't understand and that when they become cocky.

[rainbowpencil27]

LMAO.

It's funny because they're actually lots of people out there who do that. Many of the people I know do it and they sit there for hours amused at each other going: konnichiwa! kawaiiii~! arigatou mr roboto! Bakaaaa!

Etc...

pronounced so badly and in a high pitched tone as if it makes them Japanese!

Pathetic people.

[fairydust28]

lol

[meuto525252]

i know at least 5 or 6 little kids like that but i know as much or probly more than they do and they get real mad when i guess right

[bloodfreak57]

@rainbowpencil27 i agree but it does help you with some of the pronunciation 

[TheAbridgedGamer]

@rainbowpencil27

Well, it is good inspiration.

But i see your point.

I try use hints and tips from Japanesepod101 in order to improve,

I played video games and watched English TV.

Thats what got me better in English.

Best way to learn Japanese in my opinion is to mix learning and experience it :D

Watashiwa Nihongoga Schoshi Wakerimasu, demo mada yodudearimasen.

Hope i said the words correctly :)

[sommerfitz]

@rainbowpencil27 I know how you feel people come up to me in school and there like KAWAIII and im like stfu XD

[TheAbridgedGamer]

@rainbowpencil27 I know japanese. I just yell Chidori, there XD however, the site seems very useful. I've tried it, and it works great :) So far i've learned that Ushi means cow. Or something like this: U Shi う し Cow or A ku あ く Evil Much more fun writing it self though :P

[animequeen2143]

@rainbowpencil27 Well, watching anime has been my starting point. Of course, I will never be able to fully understand the language just by watching anime, but that is why I am doing a bunch of courses on it. But watching anime definatly helps train your ears to the natural speaking language, cause listening is very important when learning a language. Plus, it helps you learn vocab and how to prounounce things. But maybe thats just me.

[fuckyougeorge]

perfect score. but not sure of my english thoxD

[japanesepod101]

Keep it up!

[CAshmall]

Yeah dad! stay at home! dont go out XD

[DeathStrawberry15]

8/10

And maybe you should note that "sengyoushufu" is the pronunciation for both stay-at-home dad and mom, but the difference is the Kanji used for "fu".

[japanesepod101]

Good note DeathStrawberry~

[para111111]

i didnt know stay-at-home-dad/mom :(

[japanesepod101]

Glad you learned!

[outlaWeasel]

*sniffle sniffle* I did so terrible!

[EmoCupcakesForDinner]

me 2 xD i need more practice

[japanesepod101]

Keep it up!

Try checking out our Video Vocab playlist for a bunch more videos just like this one.