I know this video is nearly 2 years old but I've just discovered your YT channel and I'm really interested in Japanese culture and language. My question is: why when you're asking for drinks is it ok to omit the possessive 'o' sound (ie. mizu (no 'o') onegaishimasu?). Also, when asking for things like this, is it necessary to inflect your voice at the end? It's something that we gaijins do without meaning to when we're asking questions xD
@AquilaLiberum I think the best way to answer your questions is "because it just is." I wish I can give you a better answer but that's how it just is.
@PushMyCarr The term is "Osomatsu sama des". I don't know what it means but I'm sure it's an old phrase that people use once in a while. I don't hear it from younger people though, only people in my parents' age.
初めまして、ユーイチ様。アメリカ人の友人が最近日本語の授業を取り始めたようで、早速このシリーズ？を薦めました。どれも大変素晴らしい動画で、時々爆笑しております（笑）さて、最近その友人の日本語練習に付き合っているのですが、彼女はどうも「つ」の発音が上手くできないようで、いつも「す」とか「とぅ」と言ってしまいます。もしよろしければ、どうやって教えたらいいのか、アドバイスをいただけないか…と思います。また、こういったNative English speaker には難しい発音を解説するような？動画を作っていただけると嬉しいです。
@yuichituba Dear, yuichiro-sama I looked through your videos and couldnt find one on grammer. I'm a beginner so i need all the help i can get! ^^ If its not to much trouble could you make a few videos on grammer and verb conjugations please! :D
@emikoakuma Hey Emiko, I had one video where I attempted to teach grammar, but the specific topic of grammar was very difficult to teach that I had a lot of flaws in my video. Since I'm technically not a Japanese teacher I figure I should let the actual teachers like Gimmeaflakeman (Gimmeabreakman?) and others teach it. Plus I've been so busy haven't had time to come up with Japanese lessons in a looong time! lol
@yuichituba I see oh well...It looks like i'll have to go snooping on the internet then. X3 Also i read some comments below and notice ones about how Japanese treat gaijin diffrently. Well for starters i'm as white as a sheetX3 I've heard Japanese are really friendly, but do they not like gaijin or do they just pay no mind to them. :O I hate to be bothering you with my questions!
@emikoakuma No, it's cool. Japanese are polite to most foreigners. They are always weary of black people though for some odd reason. I think most people in Japan don't mind gaijins, but even if they don't like them for some reason, you will never be able to tell because they tend to be very respectful.
@yuichituba well... thats better...being secretly hatted for no reasonXP I guess as long as your respectful and friendly back they'd grow to like you? :o People say i'm really really nice and sweet for some reason X3
I know this might seem kind of insensitive, but I'm curious: what would Japanese people think of an Indian person? I know Indian people can be kind of racist to East Asian-looking people. Since I have dark skin, should I expect some degree of racism?
@headphonic8 That's a good question. Japanese people will treat anyone that doesn't look Japanese differently. I don't have darker skin so I wouldn't know how that would be, but I know that black people probably get it the worst (sadly) because they look "scary" to the Japanese.
I didn't know that Indian people can be racist to Far East asians. There's this one Pakistani guy at this Indian restaurant and he's never friendly with me. But with any girl he's super friendly, lol.
@yuichituba Ha, well I mean mainly in India, since there are few Nepalese people in Delhi, and I've heard that because they look different, they're kind of treated badly, or the women are jeered for looking like prostitutes, or whatever other nonsense people use to excuse their racism. :P
@KMB098 Not really actually. That's more of an animated thing. Maybe kids do that sometimes in Japan, but as adults, no you don't. You just say "itadakimas".
More of a cultural question but I hope that is ok.
Been in Japan twice, mostly spent in Akiba, yes I know Akiba-kei.. But please dont think less of me for that.
Anyhow the thing is that I noticed that the general public wasnt as polite to waiters or other shop clerks as I thought. When I treated them with polite forms of japanese nothing fancy but none the less they seemed very surprised or even humiliated as well that I noticed that none of the Japanese custumers were being polite towards.
Ya, I think the reason for not treating waiters or clerks as nice is because they are there to serve people. So you let them serve you and treat you as (almost) royalty, basically with much respect.
THUMBS UP for "Eat a duck or mouse.". ｗ ｗ ｗ I was givin’ a serious thought to thumbing it down simply for that outrageously NIH〇〇J〇N・B〇N〇RE-noyouna-hairstyle ｗ ｗ ｗ (^〇^), but changed my mind for that “eat-a-duck” phrase, LOL! 。。。 ♪♪
By the way, I don't understand why some of you think my hairstyle is nihonjin banare. There are plenty of hairstyles similar to this and even more "outrageous" ones in Tokyo. Are you in your 40's?
@yuichituba Thanks for your response. Anyway, (to any third party reading this) my comment was all tongue-in-cheek. First of all, you hairdo here was just fine. Somehow, it simply looked too pragmatic (nothing’s wrong with that) and excessively 3-mins-convenient (relatively typically American men, etc.) to me rather than metrosexual (a la young Japanese people). We just saw it from the different sides of the same coin (I mean your q could have been, “Am I 16 or something?”) ♪
Sorry, I have another important question...I'm really confused about the three writing systems in Japanese. So, I want to verify this: The ON readings in kanji are from the chinese language and so since the pronounciation comes from another language, the kanji can be seen written in katakana sometimes, right? How do you know whether to write the kanji by the kanji or by its katakana reading? Does it matter?
@PussyCatDoll14 There are 3 different forms of writing in Japanese: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji (Chinese characters). Kanji has 2 way of reading it: On-yomi (On-reading) and Kun-yomi. On-yomi is sooort of like the Chinese way of reading it, but we modified it. Kun-yomi is the type of reading we made up for the Kanji so we can read it our way.
So to answer your question, yes, you have to learn all of it :) Technically you don't have to learn Katakana, but it is very useful to learn it.
So, my question for kanji (I had to type in another comment because I was running out of characters...so annoying -_-) is that, couldn't you get by in the Japanese language by JUST knowing the 1 945 different kanji? Is it expected for you to know more than that. Isn't 1 945 kanji already a huge burden to place on someone? >=(
@PussyCatDoll14 It's a lot, but once you get the hang of it, it's not bad. There's a good chance I don't know that much kanji, but I get by just fine. Even when I go back to Japan now.
im not sure on this but, i think u dun use wo and onegaishimasu together. its like a double o rule. least thats wut my teacher said. i think xD lol hmmmmmmmmmmm tho its common to remove particles in informal situations anyways huh.. since i hear a lot of informal Japanese i don't always remember the particle use. but rly << if yu say. Hon wo onegaishimasu it sounds like (lol) Honoo onegaishimasu xD and unless u wanna burn xD lol
@pinklips107 Just pronounce it like how I'm pronouncing it. Listen to how I say it. Japanese don't have rolled R's. It's close how you would say "LA".
@yuichituba So, are you fluent in Japanese? Also, I have a question about kanji. You have to know around 2 000 of them to be fluent in Japanese right? So, I learned that the Japanese Ministry of Education announced a long time ago that the average Japanese student is expected to know all the 1 945 joyo kanji by the time they graduate from highschool. However, I was completely shocked that apparently, that's supposed to be the bare minimum. Magazines and newspapers can use up to 3 000 kanji.
@yuichituba I just wanted to continue what I was saying before about the on readings in kanji being written in katakana. Okay...so you see it everywhere, a word in Japanese being written in kanji, and then in hiragana. It's so confusing. Do you have to know how to write it both ways?
@pinklips107 We don't have "R". I just type "L" so people will pronounce it better in America. English speakers can't do the rolled "R" like you have in Latin languages.
thank you for the video it help me because I don't have am ideea about that
please make a video about haw you say or ask help in japan ex if you are strange and you wont to visit or find hotel or to et in one place or to go to the station buss to recive this information, and haw you thank them if you understand me. And Arigato gozaimasta for this lesson sayonara
I have a request if I may: some help navigating the line between male speech and politeness. Not so much the ねー・な or the わとよ endings used by women. But when does excessive politeness by a guy start to sound feminine? でしょう・だろう - especially with 御.
お願いでございます。
I suppose this is veering into 謙譲語・尊敬語 and that would be well received too! 頂けませんか （笑）。
@acromel Someone else was asking me about that. I think that will be my next lesson. I will have to really plan it out so i will cover everything and be precise in what I am teaching. Thanks for the request!
Excellent, much appreciated. I know it's a bit off the mainstream but it's such a swine to have to unlearn bad habits - worse if people are kind enough to politely ignore them!
So Osake sensei( sorry if this is an insult) I know Ohashi have a weak spot and thats when that little bit of food is left in the corner of the bowl..so how do you overcome this? I heard you couldn't scrape food in your mouth with hashi.
@MangaKami21 haha, that's ok. I am osake sensei. It is possible to get every grain, but if you can't it's no biggy. I would scrape it up, should be fine.
@yuichituba Well haha check this, first of all they blatantly said DO NOT SLURP NOODLES hehe and said ONLY SLURP SOBA NOT OTHER NOODLES..also stuff like don't hold hashi to where they are pointing at someone else, don't drink while you have the bowl or hashi in your hands at the same time...yeah I think that's about it lol
@MangaKami21 That's one thing I totally left out are the fo-pa's of using chopsticks. They are right about point at someone with hashi and also stabbing the food with the hashi. But everything else they are wrong :.)
@itsfortytwo No, you can say どうも, which is equivalent to "thanks". I will be doing a "thank you" lesson pretty soon so I will mention it there as well.
Haha.. during lunch today I was acutally thinking about what "pepper" was in japanese. Couldn't really believe I had never thought about it before lol. thanks for this very useful lesson.
it is my understanding that slurping is somewhat considered to be good etiquette in japan, is that wrong? here in america when you make loud slurping noises it is rude. lol.
How about etiquette for having dinner at someone else's house? Like, I know there's "お邪魔します," but is there anything else you should when when you're about to eat/while eating at someone else's house?
I know this video is nearly 2 years old but I've just discovered your YT channel and I'm really interested in Japanese culture and language. My question is: why when you're asking for drinks is it ok to omit the possessive 'o' sound (ie. mizu (no 'o') onegaishimasu?). Also, when asking for things like this, is it necessary to inflect your voice at the end? It's something that we gaijins do without meaning to when we're asking questions xD
AquilaLiberum 1 month ago
@AquilaLiberum I think the best way to answer your questions is "because it just is." I wish I can give you a better answer but that's how it just is.
yuichituba 1 month ago
@yuichituba Yeah, I thought it might be one of those "because it is" rules. Thanks for the reply! :)
AquilaLiberum 1 month ago
A question if I may.
Apparently there is an answer to you saying "Gochisosama".
How do I (never been to Japan) know you ask? I watched an anime of course, how else. xD (anime is One Piece if you're wondering, Ep.133).
I can't seem to find it in Denshi Jisho 'cause I'm not spelling it correctly. And wikipedia page doesn't mention it either. Osamaju sama maybe? :S
I'd like to learn it because I'm in a process of learning Japanese, so it would be awesome if someone helped me with this. :)
Thanks.
PushMyCarr 3 months ago
@PushMyCarr The term is "Osomatsu sama des". I don't know what it means but I'm sure it's an old phrase that people use once in a while. I don't hear it from younger people though, only people in my parents' age.
yuichituba 3 months ago
初めまして、ユーイチ様。アメリカ人の友人が最近日本語の授業を取り始めたようで、早速このシリーズ？を薦めました。どれも大変素晴らしい動画で、時々爆笑しております（笑）さて、最近その友人の日本語練習に付き合っているのですが、彼女はどうも「つ」の発音が上手くできないようで、いつも「す」とか「とぅ」と言ってしまいます。もしよろしければ、どうやって教えたらいいのか、アドバイスをいただけないか…と思います。また、こういったNative English speaker には難しい発音を解説するような？動画を作っていただけると嬉しいです。
fjsnj803 5 months ago
@fjsnj803 ビデオが楽しめて嬉しいです。「つ」の発音はローマ字だと "tsu" ですよね。英語で同じ音を見つけてそれを利用すればできるようになると思います。"Ts" の音がある言葉は "pets," "lets," or "Fitzpatrick." その後日本語の言葉を言わせる、「てつ」、「つばめ」、「つめ」の他。ちゃんと "ts" の音の後に「う」の音 (vowel) をだすように (tsU)。
yuichituba 5 months ago
@yuichituba なるほど～!! 早速この説明をしたら、上手く言えるようになりました。ありがとうございます。ですが、「た」だけだと言えるのですが、「失礼します」のように、「し」の後に「つ」と言おうとすると「とぅ」になってしまいますね。あとは練習あるのみだと思います。今後も動画楽しみにしております。頑張って下さいね !!
fjsnj803 5 months ago
@fjsnj803 ヤッター！ ^_^
「失礼」は少しむずかしいですね。実は自分も時々言いにくくなるんですよね。「失礼」はゆっくりと、できるだけ flat (intonation なし) に言えばだんだんうまくなうと思います。
yuichituba 5 months ago
ありがとうございます ゆいちろ-さま！ ^_~
emikoakuma 5 months ago
@emikoakuma 見てくれてありがとう！ \ ^o^ /
yuichituba 5 months ago
@yuichituba Dear, yuichiro-sama I looked through your videos and couldnt find one on grammer. I'm a beginner so i need all the help i can get! ^^ If its not to much trouble could you make a few videos on grammer and verb conjugations please! :D
ありがとうございます!
emikoakuma 5 months ago
@emikoakuma Hey Emiko, I had one video where I attempted to teach grammar, but the specific topic of grammar was very difficult to teach that I had a lot of flaws in my video. Since I'm technically not a Japanese teacher I figure I should let the actual teachers like Gimmeaflakeman (Gimmeabreakman?) and others teach it. Plus I've been so busy haven't had time to come up with Japanese lessons in a looong time! lol
yuichituba 5 months ago
@yuichituba I see oh well...It looks like i'll have to go snooping on the internet then. X3 Also i read some comments below and notice ones about how Japanese treat gaijin diffrently. Well for starters i'm as white as a sheetX3 I've heard Japanese are really friendly, but do they not like gaijin or do they just pay no mind to them. :O I hate to be bothering you with my questions!
emikoakuma 5 months ago
@emikoakuma No, it's cool. Japanese are polite to most foreigners. They are always weary of black people though for some odd reason. I think most people in Japan don't mind gaijins, but even if they don't like them for some reason, you will never be able to tell because they tend to be very respectful.
yuichituba 5 months ago
@yuichituba well... thats better...being secretly hatted for no reasonXP I guess as long as your respectful and friendly back they'd grow to like you? :o People say i'm really really nice and sweet for some reason X3
emikoakuma 5 months ago
subbed for your skills and EPIC SWEATER!!!
ThePaxkivimae 7 months ago
@ThePaxkivimae Haha, awesome. Thanks!!!
yuichituba 7 months ago
SUBBED! You have been the easiest to learn from in Japanese. Thank you!
xNikkaX3 8 months ago
@xNikkaX3 Thank you very much. That is very nice of you to say.
yuichituba 8 months ago
@xNikkaX3 Thank you very much. That is very nice of you to say.
yuichituba 8 months ago
@yuichituba : Your welcome. I hope you continue to make more. :]
xNikkaX3 8 months ago
I know this might seem kind of insensitive, but I'm curious: what would Japanese people think of an Indian person? I know Indian people can be kind of racist to East Asian-looking people. Since I have dark skin, should I expect some degree of racism?
headphonic8 9 months ago
@headphonic8 That's a good question. Japanese people will treat anyone that doesn't look Japanese differently. I don't have darker skin so I wouldn't know how that would be, but I know that black people probably get it the worst (sadly) because they look "scary" to the Japanese.
I didn't know that Indian people can be racist to Far East asians. There's this one Pakistani guy at this Indian restaurant and he's never friendly with me. But with any girl he's super friendly, lol.
yuichituba 9 months ago
@yuichituba Ha, well I mean mainly in India, since there are few Nepalese people in Delhi, and I've heard that because they look different, they're kind of treated badly, or the women are jeered for looking like prostitutes, or whatever other nonsense people use to excuse their racism. :P
headphonic8 9 months ago
@yuichituba How are Japanese people towards white people?
linkinpark4life08 8 months ago
@linkinpark4life08 For the most part, they are very welcoming and respectful towards "guests" in their country.
yuichituba 8 months ago
You usually raise/clap your both hands while/before saying "itadakimasu", right? Because I usually hear this on Anime.
KMB098 1 year ago
@KMB098 Not really actually. That's more of an animated thing. Maybe kids do that sometimes in Japan, but as adults, no you don't. You just say "itadakimas".
yuichituba 1 year ago
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thevocaloidfan297 1 year ago
We were in a sushi place once, and my dad said "it's a tacky mess".
darthgiggler 1 year ago
@darthgiggler
hahahaha that's funny too X'D
SaraaE00 1 year ago
@darthgiggler Hahaha
yuichituba 1 year ago
Is it considered rude or unappreciative to not slurp ramen and such?
Kyoiscute13 1 year ago
@Kyoiscute13 No it's not. You can not slurp as well as slurp. I actually don't slurp noodles usually.
yuichituba 1 year ago
Better than 20 of the other videos I've seen, rolled into 1.
Bloody brilliant.
Fork you. He he. How do I say, 'naughty'?
MrTerryKay 1 year ago
@MrTerryKay Thank you very much! In what context would you like to translate "naughty"?
yuichituba 1 year ago
@yuichituba
You are naughty for eating a duck and mouse before your meal. ;)
Also for offering to fork me across the table. ;)
You're very naughty.
Just joking. You're lightheartedness lifts an otherwise drab subject and keeps the viewer interested.
Great work fella!
MrTerryKay 1 year ago
@MrTerryKay You can use the word "ikenai" for that. THanks!
yuichituba 1 year ago
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How do you slurp noodles?
Ladyofdeath777 1 year ago
More of a cultural question but I hope that is ok.
Been in Japan twice, mostly spent in Akiba, yes I know Akiba-kei.. But please dont think less of me for that.
Anyhow the thing is that I noticed that the general public wasnt as polite to waiters or other shop clerks as I thought. When I treated them with polite forms of japanese nothing fancy but none the less they seemed very surprised or even humiliated as well that I noticed that none of the Japanese custumers were being polite towards.
Armandthevampire 1 year ago
@Armandthevampire Nothing wrong with Akiba-kei.
Ya, I think the reason for not treating waiters or clerks as nice is because they are there to serve people. So you let them serve you and treat you as (almost) royalty, basically with much respect.
yuichituba 1 year ago
@yuichituba So one shouldnt be "polite" in return to waiters or clerks. FYI I of course werent talking about the Maid Cafes.
Armandthevampire 1 year ago
THUMBS UP for "Eat a duck or mouse.". ｗ ｗ ｗ I was givin’ a serious thought to thumbing it down simply for that outrageously NIH〇〇J〇N・B〇N〇RE-noyouna-hairstyle ｗ ｗ ｗ (^〇^), but changed my mind for that “eat-a-duck” phrase, LOL! 。。。 ♪♪
MoteYAMATOSHI 1 year ago
@MoteYAMATOSHI Haha, ya, thanks.
By the way, I don't understand why some of you think my hairstyle is nihonjin banare. There are plenty of hairstyles similar to this and even more "outrageous" ones in Tokyo. Are you in your 40's?
yuichituba 1 year ago
@yuichituba Thanks for your response. Anyway, (to any third party reading this) my comment was all tongue-in-cheek. First of all, you hairdo here was just fine. Somehow, it simply looked too pragmatic (nothing’s wrong with that) and excessively 3-mins-convenient (relatively typically American men, etc.) to me rather than metrosexual (a la young Japanese people). We just saw it from the different sides of the same coin (I mean your q could have been, “Am I 16 or something?”) ♪
MoteYAMATOSHI 1 year ago 2
Sorry, I have another important question...I'm really confused about the three writing systems in Japanese. So, I want to verify this: The ON readings in kanji are from the chinese language and so since the pronounciation comes from another language, the kanji can be seen written in katakana sometimes, right? How do you know whether to write the kanji by the kanji or by its katakana reading? Does it matter?
PussyCatDoll14 1 year ago
@PussyCatDoll14 There are 3 different forms of writing in Japanese: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji (Chinese characters). Kanji has 2 way of reading it: On-yomi (On-reading) and Kun-yomi. On-yomi is sooort of like the Chinese way of reading it, but we modified it. Kun-yomi is the type of reading we made up for the Kanji so we can read it our way.
So to answer your question, yes, you have to learn all of it :) Technically you don't have to learn Katakana, but it is very useful to learn it.
yuichituba 1 year ago
@yuichituba Oh okay, I understand. Thank you.
PussyCatDoll14 1 year ago
So, my question for kanji (I had to type in another comment because I was running out of characters...so annoying -_-) is that, couldn't you get by in the Japanese language by JUST knowing the 1 945 different kanji? Is it expected for you to know more than that. Isn't 1 945 kanji already a huge burden to place on someone? >=(
PussyCatDoll14 1 year ago
@PussyCatDoll14 It's a lot, but once you get the hang of it, it's not bad. There's a good chance I don't know that much kanji, but I get by just fine. Even when I go back to Japan now.
yuichituba 1 year ago
@yuichituba okay, so is knowing 1 945 kanji okay then? do you have to know more than that in order to understand the language well?
PussyCatDoll14 1 year ago
im not sure on this but, i think u dun use wo and onegaishimasu together. its like a double o rule. least thats wut my teacher said. i think xD lol hmmmmmmmmmmm tho its common to remove particles in informal situations anyways huh.. since i hear a lot of informal Japanese i don't always remember the particle use. but rly << if yu say. Hon wo onegaishimasu it sounds like (lol) Honoo onegaishimasu xD and unless u wanna burn xD lol
pretymisty14 1 year ago
@pinklips107 Just pronounce it like how I'm pronouncing it. Listen to how I say it. Japanese don't have rolled R's. It's close how you would say "LA".
yuichituba 1 year ago
@yuichituba So, are you fluent in Japanese? Also, I have a question about kanji. You have to know around 2 000 of them to be fluent in Japanese right? So, I learned that the Japanese Ministry of Education announced a long time ago that the average Japanese student is expected to know all the 1 945 joyo kanji by the time they graduate from highschool. However, I was completely shocked that apparently, that's supposed to be the bare minimum. Magazines and newspapers can use up to 3 000 kanji.
PussyCatDoll14 1 year ago
@PussyCatDoll14 Ya I am fluent. I've been in the states for 10 years now so not as most people my age should be :P
yuichituba 1 year ago
@yuichituba I just wanted to continue what I was saying before about the on readings in kanji being written in katakana. Okay...so you see it everywhere, a word in Japanese being written in kanji, and then in hiragana. It's so confusing. Do you have to know how to write it both ways?
PussyCatDoll14 1 year ago
@pinklips107 We don't have "R". I just type "L" so people will pronounce it better in America. English speakers can't do the rolled "R" like you have in Latin languages.
yuichituba 1 year ago
OHMIGOD, I understood "the foreigners rice bowl"!
Thats is a huge accomplishment on its own for me...it's a little sad ^^
genie195 1 year ago
gajin xD My Japanese teacher told us that if we dont remember how to "douitshimashite" just say "dont touch my mustache" really fast. =]
sasukeichigo12 1 year ago
Awesome video! Wish I could have watched these before my trip to japan last fall!
erikataniguchi 1 year ago
lol foh-ku u!
noliecanlive4ever 2 years ago
thank you for the video it help me because I don't have am ideea about that
please make a video about haw you say or ask help in japan ex if you are strange and you wont to visit or find hotel or to et in one place or to go to the station buss to recive this information, and haw you thank them if you understand me. And Arigato gozaimasta for this lesson sayonara
AnisDorof 2 years ago
Slurping with noodles is appropriate but be sure not to slurp with Italian spaghetti! mamami-a~~!
iishisis 2 years ago
@iishisis ははは、なにが mamami-a~ だよ。
yuichituba 2 years ago
Beer videos are fine for me! Hahaha.
thatjapanesegirl 2 years ago
Ah haha funny vid, either that or it could be the beer.
sweaty3377 2 years ago
I have a request if I may: some help navigating the line between male speech and politeness. Not so much the ねー・な or the わとよ endings used by women. But when does excessive politeness by a guy start to sound feminine? でしょう・だろう - especially with 御.
お願いでございます。
I suppose this is veering into 謙譲語・尊敬語 and that would be well received too! 頂けませんか （笑）。
元気でね
acromel 2 years ago
@acromel Someone else was asking me about that. I think that will be my next lesson. I will have to really plan it out so i will cover everything and be precise in what I am teaching. Thanks for the request!
yuichituba 2 years ago
Excellent, much appreciated. I know it's a bit off the mainstream but it's such a swine to have to unlearn bad habits - worse if people are kind enough to politely ignore them!
Cheers!
acromel 2 years ago
Hey man, thanks for the lesson. It's pretty interesting to learn about other cultures and the combination with the language lesson is awesome!
Hey, if Japanese people eat with fork and knife, did they do that precutting-thing.
Lol, in the same moment I wanted to send this message to you, they asked for the Japanese word for "comic" on the TV-show behind me. Answer: Manga :D
AndreR241 2 years ago
very nice lesson man! i always forget what to say after the meal is finished... Thanks! haha owned by the tea!!
tonygaijin 2 years ago
So Osake sensei( sorry if this is an insult) I know Ohashi have a weak spot and thats when that little bit of food is left in the corner of the bowl..so how do you overcome this? I heard you couldn't scrape food in your mouth with hashi.
C'mon...you know don't you? well? *wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge* *retarded grin* lol
MangaKami21 2 years ago
@MangaKami21 haha, that's ok. I am osake sensei. It is possible to get every grain, but if you can't it's no biggy. I would scrape it up, should be fine.
yuichituba 2 years ago
@yuichituba Wao everything i heard about Japanese dining etiquette seems to be all lies....owned by the internet.
MangaKami21 2 years ago
@MangaKami21 What kind of things did they say? It may be valid as well.
yuichituba 2 years ago
@yuichituba Well haha check this, first of all they blatantly said DO NOT SLURP NOODLES hehe and said ONLY SLURP SOBA NOT OTHER NOODLES..also stuff like don't hold hashi to where they are pointing at someone else, don't drink while you have the bowl or hashi in your hands at the same time...yeah I think that's about it lol
MangaKami21 2 years ago
@MangaKami21 That's one thing I totally left out are the fo-pa's of using chopsticks. They are right about point at someone with hashi and also stabbing the food with the hashi. But everything else they are wrong :.)
yuichituba 2 years ago
@yuichituba Dining Etiquette part 2 maybe?
MangaKami21 2 years ago
Thanks for another informative vlog on japanese customs and vocabulary!
Quick question: What do you say as 'thanks' when you pick something up "to go", e.g. at a sushi place. Would ごちそうさま also apply there?
itsfortytwo 2 years ago
@itsfortytwo No, you can say どうも, which is equivalent to "thanks". I will be doing a "thank you" lesson pretty soon so I will mention it there as well.
yuichituba 2 years ago
oh so that is how you do it with the bowl lol,,,i always have trouble eating the soup heheh
alexleyva22 2 years ago
I got another great gaijin Nihongo expression: douitashimashite = don't touch my moustache.
MrJingjong 2 years ago
@MrJingjong haha, ya that's another one.
yuichituba 2 years ago
Haha.. during lunch today I was acutally thinking about what "pepper" was in japanese. Couldn't really believe I had never thought about it before lol. thanks for this very useful lesson.
koshoooo ~ fosho!
5661Cho 2 years ago
@5661Cho shio foshizzle!
yuichituba 2 years ago
"Fork you" is funny, but your dad's nihongo is soooo funny! LOL Mom wondered why was I laughing so loud here. hahaha!
This video reminds me a kaiwa me and my classmates had to do... which I won't show you because I'm laughing all the time. -___-
nanaichihachihachi 2 years ago
@nanaichihachihachi hahaha, that's great :.D
yuichituba 2 years ago
it's funny how the Japanese can turn a one syllable word into multiple, LOL
Request for next Japanese lesson: dating etiquette!
Chad9976 2 years ago
@Chad9976 lol (writes on the "to do" list)
yuichituba 2 years ago
thx
artiomartas 2 years ago
First time i watch your Japanese Lessons, they are pretty cool man!
TheMasterOfHoppets 2 years ago
@TheMasterOfHoppets Cool! Thanks for watching it :)
yuichituba 2 years ago
Im wondering how to say "is there wheat flour in this" ?
Tyrontes 2 years ago
@Tyrontes "Mugi HAItte MAsKA?" (I capitalized where the accents are, and raise the pitch at the end as you would at the end of a question)
yuichituba 2 years ago
Thank you :D
Great videoes by the way ^-^
Tyrontes 2 years ago
You choking/coughing was the best part. lol
Thanks for the entertainment.
shiro182 2 years ago
@shiro182 i know, that part makes me laugh too.
yuichituba 2 years ago
it is my understanding that slurping is somewhat considered to be good etiquette in japan, is that wrong? here in america when you make loud slurping noises it is rude. lol.
kripazznigga211 2 years ago
@kripazznigga211 It's not necessarily "good" per se, it's just accepted.
yuichituba 2 years ago
Is there any etiquette one must obey in a public bathroom in Japan? haha.
That's a serious question. . . D;
keibichan 2 years ago
@keibichan lol, no there isn't any. Just don't stare at the other guy's pee pee unless you want him to notice :.D
yuichituba 2 years ago
Oh hahaha. Okay, never mind then.
How about etiquette for having dinner at someone else's house? Like, I know there's "お邪魔します," but is there anything else you should when when you're about to eat/while eating at someone else's house?
keibichan 2 years ago
@keibichan No, you got it. Everything else is still the same.
yuichituba 2 years ago
koo koo. thanx for the information update.
kripazznigga211 2 years ago