Humility. (J4M122-with guest Sensei BobbyJudo)

[edtomorrow]

WTF was up with the magpie at the end? You could loose an eye!!!

[TheLlcooljose]

victor you are crazy ass

[mountaincritter]

I didn't know the saying "Sore hodo demo nai," but I'll keep it in mind.

And I wouldn't have guessed that "nice guy" means something like "playboy". Here in the states, nice guys are (too) often relegated to the friend zone.

[TheRagingBeaverCo]

Interesting stuff Bobby, though I doubt I'll ever be in Japan to use any of it. Having a crow give you shit like that is definately not good, Victor. Must be some kind of japanese legend in regards to that:P

[MikeRyu]

Great video. I've been looking for an expression for just this purpose for a while. Thanks. I'll be checking out your channel for sure.

[ilovebraziljapan]

Loved the end! :)

[HarriHaffi]

sore -that

hodo?

demo- but? (or can it mean something else?

Nai- not

desu-is

Good lesson!

MVHH

[bobbyjudo]

If you wanted to break it down like that, "hodo" is "to that extent" and "demo" here can be thought of like "even," like in the following phrase:

"Nihonjin demo wakaranai nihongo :

Japanese that even Japanese people don't understand."

[itigopanty]

何言ってるか分からないけど、

聞き取りやすい英語を話す兄さんですね。

[markshmily]

Dude... great lesson... I knew about the glass thing... :D

But sore hodo demo nai desu will come in handy.

Konoshikatta desu (I enjoyed it)

Mark

[usaverageguy]

I don't have a problem being humble. It comes with having a low self esteme. And no one will ever need to say mote mote yarou to me. But your advise is extremely valuable. I will subscribe immediatly.

[BISHAMONT3N]

Some interesting and useful info here, thanks Bobby.

[kittycatjump]

this was really helpful :)

[kaapiovuohi]

Fantastic video, thanks!

[barrettsalive]

great advice

[6663000]

I am not very good at being humble. haha

[xuzumakixrasenganx]

Ahaha, the ending was halarious.

[thekingofthegeeks]

Your "money maker" wasn't in these videos. That's why there's very few comments.

[KaxyzKoi]

LOL the ending XD

[alecjahn]

Fine, Vic. A+ to BobbyJudo.

[xxjacobxx3]

I thought this was really good advice.

[Gimmeaflakeman]

I agree!

[myjunno]

wow i love the first part

[alecjahn]

What the hell was with the crows (or...?) at the end!? Damn!

[atkinsonja]

what about　そんなことないです。 ??

[bobbyjudo]

Also good. そんなことないです is "That's not true."

それほどでもないです　is like "Yeah, but don't make it out to be this big thing. It's nothing special."

Choose what you want to go with in the situation. I'm more likely to use そのことない for the "playboy" sich, and "それほどでもない　for Japanese compliments... because... I've worked pretty hard at getting to where I am, and I don't want to decline the WHOLE compliment ;)

[crimsonigloo]

*chuckle* pa-pa-pap-pop-pop-pop up! ^_^ [x]

[crimsonigloo]

Great advice, thank you! ^_^ [x]

[BahamutDKing]

you have earnd my repsect. and respect is earned and not given very good lesson there can't learn being humble from victor no no no.

[iFukuyama]

why do you have a ladder leading from the floor to the ceiling in the background?

[bobbyjudo]

How do you get to your ceiling?

[bobbyjudo]

Just kidding... there's a loft up there.

[iFukuyama]

oh, then it makes sense=P

[iFukuyama]

catapult? stairs?

[trumasamune]

This vids were great, thanks Bobby/Vic!

[BlkUnk]

dude was sweets....  put i say fuck humility if its fake.....

[rphinks]

it's very real.

[Degenskonto]

I like him. subscribed instantly!

Is Humility really a word? Sounds weird to my foreign ear.

[yumyumsesame]

Hahaha wtf were you doing to that bird Victor?!

ジェフ先生！That was really interesting, I had no idea about the kampai etiquette or what ナイスガイ really meant! ジェフ先生のビデオから習うのを楽しみにしていますよ。^＿^

By the way, you come across as a real "thinker" and I think that's a very admirable thing. :)

[Cruzinaround9]

thank you very much for teaching in these vids bobbyjudo!

lol the end.... birds don't like being touched there Sir Victor! How do I know....? Never mind.... XD

[LEV1ATHYN]

Oh, BTW, I had no idea about the low kanpai thingy. Thanks for that

[00kenchin]

luckily for me, im pretty lazy ~~ so my glass is like hugging the bottom of the lowest persons glass lol.

[LEV1ATHYN]

I find arrogant Westerners in Japan to be particularly obnoxious, but I think you have to strike the right balance between sincerity and becoming just another social robot. No amount of keigo, tatemae or formalized humility will ever gain you full societal acceptance as a foreigner, so why bother? Be polite because it's the right thing to do, not because it's gonna impress the easily impressed Japanese masses.

[00kenchin]

This is true, internationally - not just in japan. Good advise, but sadly some people have really bad attitudes.

[bobbyjudo]

Agreed. I like to think of using humble phrases and behaviors as a good practice in keeping my ego in check. If you have a foreign face, and can say "Watashi no namae ha..." you'll be flooded with so many compliments that it's really easy to start thinking too much of yourself.

[Ido013]

Oh that's awesome, I knew it wasn't good to be showing you're so good might even be better than the rest them, but didn't think about being humble like that (although that's currently how I act whenever someone says I "Speak" Japanese lol). Thank for the tips~

[esaberia]

nice nice

I have a sore throat too D:

[cloudstrife543]

useful phrase, i shall throw it in anki

[SentinelProductions]

Feel better BobbyJudo!

[Draquoir]

Jeff Sensei is one of my favorite senseis so far ^_^

[Ciaela]

I've often been called a "cool guy!"... not sure what that goes hand in hand with...

great video, bobbyjudo!

[Gimmeaflakeman]

You are a playgirl?

[Ciaela]

And all this time I thought they were still confused about my gender..