I've seen some of your other videos and I'm really impressed with your Japanese! I'm so jealous... my Japanese has gotten so bad since I hardly see my grandparents anymore :\ It's definitely getting worse because I hardly speak Japanese.
And thank you! I hate it when girls speak Japanese like anime characters: it's so obnoxious!
I speak Japanese, Korean, English and Spanish. I live in Japan and all my Japanese was learnt while going places and during hangouts and stuff. Therefore, I'm the shit with casual Japanese but I can't speak formally for shit. lol
Only knowing words in Japanese that relate to Karate I can't be certain this helps for Japanese, but it's helped with all the other languages I do know. OVER-emphasizing the (human) accent for the first while when you are trying to speak (around friends and family who know you, or when you are practicing by yourself) actually helps you to get correct pronounciations and intonations. It worked for me when I learned German and Spanish.
Mikeala, good on ya' for going abroad, from another Canadian.
My first language wasnt English in an English speaking country (Australia), simply, I spoke my native language (Greek) until it was time that I actually needed to learn English(School started) and then I kinda just spoke what little I knew, got laughed at a ton, and gradually I was 'the crazy Greek kid who cant speek English but is funny to talk to'. I speak and write better English than all of them now. I turned them tables. (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
Oh another thing I wanted to add. Still going back to learning through Anime, Shows and Movies if you don't live in Japan. Japanese speech is a very fast with a sorta continued flow. They even write it all together without any separation of words. They seem to talk the same way, one word flows into another especially when you add in post-positional particles it could be difficult to learn how to discern individual words. Thats why the more you are exposed to free flowing speech the better.
Human Japanese teaches you lots of vocabulary and helps you understand how to build sentences and correctly use particles and such. Ja Sensei is great for learning Hiragana and Katakana and also Kanji. Recently the developer added lots of new features such as numbers modules, vocabulary modules, phrases, counters, etc. Both Apps have excellent Quiz modes. People who really serious about learning Japanese should definitely try them out, they have free versions on the Android Market and iStore.
What I usually do, I hear I word spoken in a movie or anime and I use my Android''s Japanese Translator. I speak the word and try to mimic it as close as possible to what I heard and it gets translated. Sometimes it comes out as gibberish. If that happens I just brake up sentence into separate units and try to make a better sense of it. Also there are AMAZING Japanese learning APPS on the Market. I mainly use "Human Japanese" and ''JA Sensei''. Both very good apps for beginners.
Hrmm, well I still think watching Anime or any show with native Japanese speech, you gonna pick up some words and sayings atleast. But ya the translation is roughly approximate. Japanese doesn't translate the same as English or Russian for example. I watch a lot of anime not because I use it to study but because I just like it and I think they are funny. Obviously its understandable that real people don't act or talk as Anime characters.
conversely, i've been learning English by cartoon show since i came to U.S.
i think English animation is good for me to learn english. so i think you can learn to use japanese cartoon show cuz u can learn any vocabulary. and pronounce. However, u should never act like japanese cartoon video and show.but nobody talking in such a high tone voice. i guess the best japanese learn way is talk with japanese person or talk on skype. maybe almost japanese people will teach you kindly. i think.
Just out of curiosity, how many years did it take you submerged in the language to become proficient? Also, has anyone used the Rosetta Stone program for Japanese as a start off before going to Japan?
One thing I have heard about Japanese people is that their social norms include a lot of social repression of outward emotional display. In other words, they are very emotionally repressed compared to Americans.
Understanding this, it makes a lot more sense why anime are like they are. The characters are so wild and crazy and the complete opposite of everything that is considered normal for a Japanese person that it allows some level of vicarious release. That is the reason they like anime.
The best way to learn pronounciation [sic] is to never say "pronounciate"!
(&, aw, shucks: People shouldn't be *that* afraid of 'embarrassing themselves', y'know? I mean, when I get to thinking OMG Y I NO NOT EMBARISS MY SELF, then... then I just don't want to talk or practice at-all!)
i used those tips when i learned english. the best thing is immersion. i lived in ontario for a year and my english improved immensely. i use to describe things ALL THE TIME when i didn't know a word! people were really patient with me! i know my english writing is not the best but i now consider myself as fluent in english. next stop: 日本語！
@sugarangelcookies it may be chinese but it is the way japanese people write it too. i studied japanese for 2 years. i know 日本語 is japanese written with kanji. do not correct me if you are gonna be wrong about it.
Yes, people dont speak like they do in animes... but that dosent mean you cant learn from them! They're Japanese voice actors speaking Japanese.... so... whats the problem?
AHH! I love minute maid!! I literally lived off that stuff when I went to Hong Kong!! I dr4ank so much I had withdrawals when I came back to Australia! D: Hopefully I'll find some when I go to Japan in April! :D
This may be weird but, im not fluent in japanese but my mom is. Then like a few weeks ago, i said a full sentence to her like i was natrual and i didn't even realized i used some particles i didn't learn yet. o_O
This may be weird but, im not fluent in japanese but my mom is. Then like a few weeks ago, i said a full sentence to her like i was natrual and i didn't even realized i used some particles i didn't learn yet. o_O
I don't get why people complain about sounding like anime, it's very different from western cartoons with a lot of a characters talking in a serious casual tone of voice much like a normal person, do Japanese complain about people sounding like that?
@silkroadonline123123 Are you kidding me? There are animes for children as well as older people. I'm sure a twenty year old man would not watch Hamtaro. And there are cartoons not meant for children such as South Park, Family Guy and so on. Don't be a weeaboo. >:U
The only way to learn Japanese is through hard work, just like learning any language. Learn a lot of vocabulary first (maybe 1000 words is good enough for casual conversation), then study grammar so that you can begin to make sentences, then find someone who can help you with speak naturally since Japanese is really only grammatically similar to Korean. If you don't speak Korean, learning Japanese might be completely alien b/c the way Japanese speak is not so translatable.
Anyway is there any programs that you might recommend, because I live in state that isn't very cultured in any way! I swear! It sucks! So as you would know not a lot of thoughs kind of people. And my brother took resetistone and I can't study as hard as I use to. So if you know cheat,GOOD program please let me know. ^_^
Oh my gosh thanks you for the tips! My brother is learning Japanese Nd he goes to college and he is surrounded with Japanese people because there's a club there...lucky
The reason why I don't like anime is because it's so misleading. I know some people who went with my home stay group expecting the people/language in Japan to be like an anime, and they were disappointed. No one talks in a high pitched anime voice, and a lot of anime speak is rude unless you're really close to the person you're talking to. >,< Also, Japanese girls don't act like that. My lord people, there's a reason that Japanese people like it so much. Cuz it's not real! xD
@JourneyInJapan I like anime, but I totally agree with you xD. I absolutely despise weeaboos too. Seriously, to all you weeaboos out there, what if someone from Asia moved to America because of Star Wars? Wouldn't you think that's pathetic? Well, that's pretty much EXACTLY what your doing...
@GinpachiSenseii They're not even necessarily weaboos. They may not want to be Asian, they might just be anime obsessed, which is different. But, it's pretty lame when it's the only reason they want to go to Japan. It's nice when Anime leads people to learn about real Japanese culture, but when they don't go beyond that...well, it's pretty sad.
@GinpachiSenseii why do you care people can like whatever they want. Do you seriously think everyone in the world has to have the same motivations as you and MUST appreciate everything you like?
@cero2515 dafuq you talkin about, WIllis? xD! I'm talking about how weeaboos are annoying. Not once did I say liking Anime is bad(I myself am a fan of anime, look at my goddamn username) or to the matter did I say liking anything was bad. I just said that moving to Japan because of your love for anime/manga is bad. That's it.
I'd love to move in Japanese and it's probably thanks to anime. Kinda bad example.
star wars is just a series of movies. Anime is much much bigger and it's also more important part of their culture. The thing with anime is, it inspired me to learn learn their culture. I didn't care at all about japanese untill i started watching anime, and then i was just learning about it, now i want to study japanese and someday move there.
@Dihyyy Alright, cool story bro. Just don't base it solely on anime. Also look at it realistically. How are you going to compete with the Japanese for jobs(your going to need to be hella smart)? Who's going to help you? How are you going to get the education to live there? And I didn't just mean Star Wars, I meant a bunch of other movies like that which have huge fanbases with many conventions(LOTR, Star Trek, Harry Potter). It's good to have a dream but facing reality is more important.
@naakato True, but most of it portrays Japanese people in an unrealistic way. Which is fine, it's just a cartoon so they can do whatever they like. That's why people like watching it. But personally, I have no interest in it.
@JourneyInJapan misleading in what way?... high pitched voices arent that often, and i think that for the "learning through hearing" part anime voices are much clearer to understand than real ppl in TV- shows or smth, esp. if you watch some with dialect like gaki no tsukai... sorry for the reply but im feelin better now xD
@koroshiya564 It's just way over-dramatized. I mean, it's fine for people to watch and all but there are some people out there that get the impression that all Japanese people act like anime characters....that's the ridiculous part. xD And what I meant by language is, most of it is pretty casual and it might be considered rude, and also subs can be misleading. :P
@duaragonrune lol lol I know. :P The point is that people shouldn't think it's all really realistic, cuz it's not. xD Not all Japanese girls run around in short little schoolgirl skirts and speak in high pitched voices, not all Japanese guys are big pervs, so on and so forth. It'd be like stereotyping Americans off the Simpsons. xD
youre such a lucky girl. i would like to go to japan but its so expensive. more than the u.s. or thailand or whatever.... thank you for your videos i ever wanted something like that where i learn something about japan.
it seem that lots of the comments are about pronounciation skills gaining from animes...
well lets face it: in animes they use voice actresses who like "overdo" the pronounciation.
BUT..: learning japanese and the pronounciation of it from animes is still the best and most easy way to do it. i state that cos im pretty sure that most people who want to learn japanese are anime fans/otakus (like myself) and have no japanese friend, relative or whatever to talk with in japanese..!
@6lue5kies Check out the website called English Friendly Japan. They've got a lot of links to schools in Japan that teach Japanese...and also lots of other places (hotels, stores, etc) that have english speaking staff. Good luck!
Try to learn pronounciation from anime. Especially from Franky from One Piece :D Well most beginners sound like him anyways until they learn the Japanese r :P
@KidTurds Hiragana is a syllabary for traditional Japanese words, Katakana is a syllabary for foreign words like names, and Romaji is Japanese words written in the letters of the english alphabet. :)
I totally agree with you when it comes to learning Japanese.. It doesn't happen over night and demands a lot from you,.. By actually living in Japan, you get a lot for free, and copying is one of the best lessons one can use in order to become more fluent. Of course your own language and pronunciations might flavor your Japanese a bit, but that's only natural I think. The best place to learn Japanese is most definitely in Japan, so GO TO JAPAN!
I actually like watching Japanese anime as well as Japanese dramas and stuff, because I do pick up words and phrases and stuff. I think an example of picking up a phrase for me would be "Yokatta" because of how many times it's said in both anime and dramas. I also go on online dictonaries (because I have yet to buy a physical one) and Google Translate (not proud of it, but I just search nouns and turn words into katakana) and then I've also installed Rikai-chan as a firefox add-on. ^_^ 頑張ります～。
you can also learn to speak Japanese you could also look at the alphabet like to say hi is to say こんにちは: holy shit right? well to start off think of 私 as a [i] and a グラム as a [g] and you'r right anima wont help you speak Japanese and cartoons will あなたを助けることは
Useful tips for learning any language in fact. It always takes a huge effort to become a fluent speaker and wake up one day saying to oneself that wow I can speak and think in this language! 僕の場合は来日からもう三年経ってけど、まだまだですね。。。- -"
At my college we have Japanese Table on Fridays where the Japanese Exchange student(s), the teacher (who is Japanese), and several people from Japan come and meet with second year and up students. It helps a lot but it's really confusing sometimes! Especially when we can only pick out a couple words... and we do make a lot of mistakes. ^^; But I think you learn more easily if you mess up-- you'll know not to do that again!
@Ciaela can you translate some japanese for me? I would do it myself, but my books have romaji and this is full japanese. It's the Vocaloid Len and Rin box. The instructons and everything have no english. Could u help? I would greatly appreciate it. Arigatō!
@Ciaela you can also learn how to speak the dialect by learning some of their music, i have been singing songs from anime and Japanese drama and singers and bands, enough to make the language sound the way its suppose to sound.
what would be a good book to buy in order to learn japanese grammar? Im already learning to write and read hiragana/katakana.Internet only helps but so much :P
@LRK1990 well i learned all the sentence, grammar and everything on the internet for absolutely free. so no recommendation coming from me on books. but you can google "tae kim guide" and thats a great guide right there. (however requires you to know hiragana, katakana and kanji)
theres also firefox add-on mouse-over dictionary call RikaiChan tho, make sure you install its dictionary file for it to work! and yes you need to know hira, kata and some kanji to use it :D
I am trying to learn Japanese the best I can on my own and with computer software right now (for the basics), and I have a question, which style of writing is more common in Japan, I see a lot of both Hiragana and Kanji, I was just wondering if anyone that knew could help me with that. Also, do you think it's a good idea to watch Japanese Dramas to help learn? I had the idea to watch Great Teacher Onizuka the other day because I was thinking about the Manga version I read.
@lumpy195 Katakana is only for onomatopoeia and Japanized English words, normal writings only have hiragana and kanjis. you can start using anime and dramas as a learning tool If you have the basics down, or at least a small mental list of vocabularies that you know.
Being in a Japanese Martial art helps learning especially when you go to Japan to improve your skills in the art and language..oh yes going out partying with japanese helps very very much:))..anata wa kawaii desu ..mata:)
@Illium75 I have to disagree there. I have a perfect example of this. At my husbands Doujou 2 guys from Australia (who practice the same art under and know my husbands teacher) came in last night and they will be here for 2 weeks. All they know is counting from 1-10, how to say left, right, stop, turn, kick, and punch etc. They can not carry on a conversation or even know what someone is saying to them. We had to act as their interpreters the entire night and have to again next week.
@GenerationDarkness Thanks but I meant this as more of a survey question than a personal inquiry. I studied Japanese in Uni and we used Yookoso by Tosaku so I would recommend that book. I would like to know what she used and what she would recommend. The internet is a good tool but there are mainly scattered bits of information. A text book is more organized and concise so I would recommend a book as a foundation for a student who intends to gain fluency for practical use.
@GenerationDarkness Then again if you are only looking to study so that you can watch anime with out subs, or play online games with Japanese middle schoolers then yes the internet will suffice.
@IbarakiStyle you know, asking questions don't always comes a answer that you can always a agree on. henceforth, i disagree with what you said. i think your opinions just biased towards book and never gave good internet guides a try.
@IbarakiStyle for one, i know a very good guide thats on guidetojapanese . org / learn / grammar
that is, if you know how to read Hiraganas and kanjis. secondly, theres a mouse-over dictionary that is call RikaiChan for firefox (need to install its dictioanry file too to work) which also uses the same database for the eng/jpn dictionary at tangorin . com
Here's some things you can do to help learn Japanese
1. Try to use as little romanji as possible. If you always handicap yourself with romanji you will never be able to efficiently read Japanese script
2.Keep yourself familiar with the kanji that you learn. When I learn kanji I write them on index cards and put them on my wall so that I see them every time I'm in my room and never forget them.
3.. The more you speak in Japanese, the more you will remember. speak in Japanese as much as possible
@animefreak1398 Does that actually work for you? :S from watching Japanese all I learnt was "ne" and "daijyobu dess ka" (I know it isn't spelt like that but that is literally what I learnt)
You learn a lot of words, but I doubt that you can build up a normal sentence and speak 'normal'. 'Anime language' is soo much different then in real life. Guys also tend to use a lot of girly ways to say things, so people will think you're a fag... just sayin.
@JBNekoChanJB okay thats whats u think.... but if your not dumb enough,, then animefreaks would understand that japanese people dont talk like that in real life..
@animefreak1398 Wrong. "Anime" is not always correct as opposed to people who speak actual Japanese in real life. Besides, learning from anime will teach you only one hundredth of the language. And that hundred is only the basics of the language.
but learning the basics is enough, and if you already know the basics, the rest will come, if you learn japanese in schools, or learn it by yourself in books ;)
@animefreak1398 Don't reply on anime, I'm learning Japanese and have already learned a lot. When I watch anime, I know a lot of words. Then I look at the English subtitles and I say "What? That's not right, it means something else." No one shouldn't learn any language from a show.
@TaggedToons I'm not sure if you meant "No one should learn any language from a show" but if so, I have to say although not the best way, it's quite possible. It may take a lot of time tho.
I agree people shouldn't learn Japanese from an anime using the English subs. The reason is that the sentenced will be changed when translated so it makes more sense in the English, but of course this does not provide an accurate translation and some words are changed.
Japanese would be so much easier if it werent for their complex writing system. If it was just romaji, it would be a whole lot easier, but then again... if it weren't for their writting system, Japanese just wouldn't be Japanese. I know all the Katakana and Hirogana, it's just the darn kanji that is so hard to get, but ill try to get it right :D
i hate japan
KitKatSociety 2 hours ago
No need to be a cunt.
SnooblerRubbleBoots 9 hours ago
oh shit... I need to quit learning japanese from anime...
kisara88888 1 day ago
I find you insulting.
1983Moseley 1 day ago
I've seen some of your other videos and I'm really impressed with your Japanese! I'm so jealous... my Japanese has gotten so bad since I hardly see my grandparents anymore :\ It's definitely getting worse because I hardly speak Japanese.
And thank you! I hate it when girls speak Japanese like anime characters: it's so obnoxious!
bobapopp 2 days ago
Jdramas teach me Japanese AHAAHA. Not a lot though... xD
InnocentOnPaper 3 days ago
I speak Farsi, German, Spanish, English, French and Italian... it is also easy to learn if you know someone from that culture or go there...
MrSpemat 5 days ago
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I came here for your japanese speaks.. anyway u look really cute!
TheKoreaneyes 5 days ago
I speak Japanese, Korean, English and Spanish. I live in Japan and all my Japanese was learnt while going places and during hangouts and stuff. Therefore, I'm the shit with casual Japanese but I can't speak formally for shit. lol
15leedav 1 week ago 11
I know Spanish and it´s like to talk with the same language :3 ...BUT DAMM KANJIS!!!!!!!!!
TheNecromancer077 1 week ago 5
Do you have any advice on how to learn how to read/write kanji?
Goku7256 1 week ago
u say surround urself with ppl higher skill than you but what if they are douches? no point in hanging around with em right?
deicide666slayer 1 week ago
whats canada?
wozzey333 1 week ago
@wozzey333 Hetalia reference! :D
oOFudgePrincessOo 1 week ago
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wozzey333 1 week ago
私は、まったく日本語を知らないが、私はそれを入力することができます。私は非常に奇妙な知っている！:google translate: i really want to learn though
cranberrywb100 1 week ago
I'm honest your my idol :D I try to copie u . XD
MarisMemories 2 weeks ago
Sorry if asked before, Whats the name of the music?
Azard3 2 weeks ago
Only knowing words in Japanese that relate to Karate I can't be certain this helps for Japanese, but it's helped with all the other languages I do know. OVER-emphasizing the (human) accent for the first while when you are trying to speak (around friends and family who know you, or when you are practicing by yourself) actually helps you to get correct pronounciations and intonations. It worked for me when I learned German and Spanish.
Mikeala, good on ya' for going abroad, from another Canadian.
RainBirdLori 2 weeks ago
My first language wasnt English in an English speaking country (Australia), simply, I spoke my native language (Greek) until it was time that I actually needed to learn English(School started) and then I kinda just spoke what little I knew, got laughed at a ton, and gradually I was 'the crazy Greek kid who cant speek English but is funny to talk to'. I speak and write better English than all of them now. I turned them tables. (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
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HEY Naruto is an anime and bleach and i learn from them -.- SLOWLY
lolz123210 3 weeks ago
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HEY Naruto is an anime and bleach and i learn from them -.- SLOWLY
lolz123210 3 weeks ago
HEY Naruto is an anime anmd bleach and i learn from them -.- SLOWLY
lolz123210 3 weeks ago
@lolz123210
I am sorry to hear that you are aspiring from such kitsch material.
BeBoBli 2 weeks ago
thats so interesting talking !!!!
akihiro700 3 weeks ago in playlist Ciaela さんのその他の動画
Oh another thing I wanted to add. Still going back to learning through Anime, Shows and Movies if you don't live in Japan. Japanese speech is a very fast with a sorta continued flow. They even write it all together without any separation of words. They seem to talk the same way, one word flows into another especially when you add in post-positional particles it could be difficult to learn how to discern individual words. Thats why the more you are exposed to free flowing speech the better.
Chudakov77 3 weeks ago
Human Japanese teaches you lots of vocabulary and helps you understand how to build sentences and correctly use particles and such. Ja Sensei is great for learning Hiragana and Katakana and also Kanji. Recently the developer added lots of new features such as numbers modules, vocabulary modules, phrases, counters, etc. Both Apps have excellent Quiz modes. People who really serious about learning Japanese should definitely try them out, they have free versions on the Android Market and iStore.
Chudakov77 3 weeks ago
What I usually do, I hear I word spoken in a movie or anime and I use my Android''s Japanese Translator. I speak the word and try to mimic it as close as possible to what I heard and it gets translated. Sometimes it comes out as gibberish. If that happens I just brake up sentence into separate units and try to make a better sense of it. Also there are AMAZING Japanese learning APPS on the Market. I mainly use "Human Japanese" and ''JA Sensei''. Both very good apps for beginners.
Chudakov77 3 weeks ago
Hrmm, well I still think watching Anime or any show with native Japanese speech, you gonna pick up some words and sayings atleast. But ya the translation is roughly approximate. Japanese doesn't translate the same as English or Russian for example. I watch a lot of anime not because I use it to study but because I just like it and I think they are funny. Obviously its understandable that real people don't act or talk as Anime characters.
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conversely, i've been learning English by cartoon show since i came to U.S.
i think English animation is good for me to learn english. so i think you can learn to use japanese cartoon show cuz u can learn any vocabulary. and pronounce. However, u should never act like japanese cartoon video and show.but nobody talking in such a high tone voice. i guess the best japanese learn way is talk with japanese person or talk on skype. maybe almost japanese people will teach you kindly. i think.
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gianelle1579 4 weeks ago
Back in my day we had applemilk1988
winDragon79 4 weeks ago
lol fail in the title it's CHINESE! lol i'm chinese ya....
sugarangelcookies 4 weeks ago
@sugarangelcookies /facepalm. Well, it just so happens that the Mandarin name for English and the Japanese name for English are one and the same.
belleberstinge 4 weeks ago
Just out of curiosity, how many years did it take you submerged in the language to become proficient? Also, has anyone used the Rosetta Stone program for Japanese as a start off before going to Japan?
mrcoltra 4 weeks ago
One thing I have heard about Japanese people is that their social norms include a lot of social repression of outward emotional display. In other words, they are very emotionally repressed compared to Americans.
Understanding this, it makes a lot more sense why anime are like they are. The characters are so wild and crazy and the complete opposite of everything that is considered normal for a Japanese person that it allows some level of vicarious release. That is the reason they like anime.
42jemini 4 weeks ago
Most of all--and remember it well--kiddos:
The best way to learn pronounciation [sic] is to never say "pronounciate"!
(&, aw, shucks: People shouldn't be *that* afraid of 'embarrassing themselves', y'know? I mean, when I get to thinking OMG Y I NO NOT EMBARISS MY SELF, then... then I just don't want to talk or practice at-all!)
(-sob!-),
:)<3.
LitLBirdLitLBird 4 weeks ago
You're a cutie. lol
JRCrowley 4 weeks ago
@Ciaela how you managed to learn as many kanji, you can understand them easily?
lemme37830 1 month ago
OJ straight outta the carton, like a boss
DJVexillum 1 month ago
I wanna marry you. xD
IchMagQuellcode 1 month ago
i used those tips when i learned english. the best thing is immersion. i lived in ontario for a year and my english improved immensely. i use to describe things ALL THE TIME when i didn't know a word! people were really patient with me! i know my english writing is not the best but i now consider myself as fluent in english. next stop: 日本語！
jodelle6 1 month ago
@jodelle6 日本語 is in chinese.
sugarangelcookies 4 weeks ago
@sugarangelcookies it may be chinese but it is the way japanese people write it too. i studied japanese for 2 years. i know 日本語 is japanese written with kanji. do not correct me if you are gonna be wrong about it.
jodelle6 4 weeks ago
Sorry, I prefer Tropicana Orange juice!
sethredxiii 1 month ago
Also, if you're just über stumped, just ask if the person you're talking to speaks English.
NerdyChick007 1 month ago
Yes, people dont speak like they do in animes... but that dosent mean you cant learn from them! They're Japanese voice actors speaking Japanese.... so... whats the problem?
XxFearlessFreakzXx 1 month ago
The Japanese used in old anime such as Gatchaman, Hokuto no Ken, Rurou ni Kenshin, and Uchuu Senkan Yamato is normal Japanese.
HollyNihon 1 month ago
i love u =) videos are great thanks :)
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llamabrat07 1 month ago
AHH! I love minute maid!! I literally lived off that stuff when I went to Hong Kong!! I dr4ank so much I had withdrawals when I came back to Australia! D: Hopefully I'll find some when I go to Japan in April! :D
KirstieXoXo 1 month ago
Happy music! :)
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This may be weird but, im not fluent in japanese but my mom is. Then like a few weeks ago, i said a full sentence to her like i was natrual and i didn't even realized i used some particles i didn't learn yet. o_O
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This may be weird but, im not fluent in japanese but my mom is. Then like a few weeks ago, i said a full sentence to her like i was natrual and i didn't even realized i used some particles i didn't learn yet. o_O
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I don't get why people complain about sounding like anime, it's very different from western cartoons with a lot of a characters talking in a serious casual tone of voice much like a normal person, do Japanese complain about people sounding like that?
cero2515 1 month ago
She really likes to gesticulate a lot doesn't she?
GrayAu 1 month ago
it's anime not cartoon >.<
silkroadonline123123 1 month ago
@silkroadonline123123 Anime are cartoons. :v Just Japanese cartoons.
SheerEpic 1 month ago
@SheerEpic noooo anime is not cartoon cartoon is for babys :D anime is for everyone so it's not the same
silkroadonline123123 1 month ago
@silkroadonline123123 Are you kidding me? There are animes for children as well as older people. I'm sure a twenty year old man would not watch Hamtaro. And there are cartoons not meant for children such as South Park, Family Guy and so on. Don't be a weeaboo. >:U
SheerEpic 1 month ago 10
@SheerEpic xD u rly can't take a joke lol u made my day :D
silkroadonline123123 1 month ago
hello. why is your video mirrored?
dangaioh64 1 month ago
Ur cute:-)lol
jhonylatino504 1 month ago
another way to learn japanese: watch japanese videos, that way i learned english :DD
Maikerunihon 1 month ago
The only way to learn Japanese is through hard work, just like learning any language. Learn a lot of vocabulary first (maybe 1000 words is good enough for casual conversation), then study grammar so that you can begin to make sentences, then find someone who can help you with speak naturally since Japanese is really only grammatically similar to Korean. If you don't speak Korean, learning Japanese might be completely alien b/c the way Japanese speak is not so translatable.
nuorangejapan 1 month ago
Anyway is there any programs that you might recommend, because I live in state that isn't very cultured in any way! I swear! It sucks! So as you would know not a lot of thoughs kind of people. And my brother took resetistone and I can't study as hard as I use to. So if you know cheat,GOOD program please let me know. ^_^
JaciJoID 1 month ago
Oh my gosh thanks you for the tips! My brother is learning Japanese Nd he goes to college and he is surrounded with Japanese people because there's a club there...lucky
JaciJoID 1 month ago
im sure youve already answered this , but how did you learn..? and how did you get to move to japan!!!!? XD
mirrorseye 1 month ago
ANIME! but you only learn to speak, not to write. but still helpful.
lordtidus12 1 month ago
I learn japanese from animes little by little and now when I play around with my friend I can't stop the ~desu at the end of my words. Sugoidesu. :D
MSRICCO88 1 month ago
The reason why I don't like anime is because it's so misleading. I know some people who went with my home stay group expecting the people/language in Japan to be like an anime, and they were disappointed. No one talks in a high pitched anime voice, and a lot of anime speak is rude unless you're really close to the person you're talking to. >,< Also, Japanese girls don't act like that. My lord people, there's a reason that Japanese people like it so much. Cuz it's not real! xD
JourneyInJapan 1 month ago 48
@JourneyInJapan I like anime, but I totally agree with you xD. I absolutely despise weeaboos too. Seriously, to all you weeaboos out there, what if someone from Asia moved to America because of Star Wars? Wouldn't you think that's pathetic? Well, that's pretty much EXACTLY what your doing...
GinpachiSenseii 1 month ago 4
@GinpachiSenseii They're not even necessarily weaboos. They may not want to be Asian, they might just be anime obsessed, which is different. But, it's pretty lame when it's the only reason they want to go to Japan. It's nice when Anime leads people to learn about real Japanese culture, but when they don't go beyond that...well, it's pretty sad.
JourneyInJapan 1 month ago
@GinpachiSenseii why do you care people can like whatever they want. Do you seriously think everyone in the world has to have the same motivations as you and MUST appreciate everything you like?
cero2515 1 month ago
@cero2515 dafuq you talkin about, WIllis? xD! I'm talking about how weeaboos are annoying. Not once did I say liking Anime is bad(I myself am a fan of anime, look at my goddamn username) or to the matter did I say liking anything was bad. I just said that moving to Japan because of your love for anime/manga is bad. That's it.
GinpachiSenseii 1 month ago
@GinpachiSenseii
I'd love to move in Japanese and it's probably thanks to anime. Kinda bad example.
star wars is just a series of movies. Anime is much much bigger and it's also more important part of their culture. The thing with anime is, it inspired me to learn learn their culture. I didn't care at all about japanese untill i started watching anime, and then i was just learning about it, now i want to study japanese and someday move there.
Dihyyy 1 week ago
@Dihyyy Alright, cool story bro. Just don't base it solely on anime. Also look at it realistically. How are you going to compete with the Japanese for jobs(your going to need to be hella smart)? Who's going to help you? How are you going to get the education to live there? And I didn't just mean Star Wars, I meant a bunch of other movies like that which have huge fanbases with many conventions(LOTR, Star Trek, Harry Potter). It's good to have a dream but facing reality is more important.
GinpachiSenseii 1 week ago
@GinpachiSenseii
Did i say i base it on some TV shows? i say it inspired me to learn it* it's not like i'm gonna watch 100 animes and move to japan.
Dihyyy 1 week ago
@Dihyyy Okay. You do that.
GinpachiSenseii 1 week ago
@GinpachiSenseii Way to be Optimistic. i know its facing reality but...if u dont have anything good to say...just dont say it at all.
MrTashigawa 6 days ago
@MrTashigawa I don't follow my life by a cliche, sorry. Freedom of speech for life bro :)
GinpachiSenseii 6 days ago
@JourneyInJapan anime is perfectly fine, its stupid people who reach stupid conclusions not anime that is misleading
naakato 3 weeks ago
@naakato True, but most of it portrays Japanese people in an unrealistic way. Which is fine, it's just a cartoon so they can do whatever they like. That's why people like watching it. But personally, I have no interest in it.
JourneyInJapan 3 weeks ago
@JourneyInJapan misleading in what way?... high pitched voices arent that often, and i think that for the "learning through hearing" part anime voices are much clearer to understand than real ppl in TV- shows or smth, esp. if you watch some with dialect like gaki no tsukai... sorry for the reply but im feelin better now xD
koroshiya564 2 weeks ago
@koroshiya564 It's just way over-dramatized. I mean, it's fine for people to watch and all but there are some people out there that get the impression that all Japanese people act like anime characters....that's the ridiculous part. xD And what I meant by language is, most of it is pretty casual and it might be considered rude, and also subs can be misleading. :P
JourneyInJapan 2 weeks ago
@JourneyInJapan doh?
fantasy is 2D :/
well you could keep on dreaming if the 2D animes were like in real life XD
duaragonrune 2 weeks ago
@duaragonrune lol lol I know. :P The point is that people shouldn't think it's all really realistic, cuz it's not. xD Not all Japanese girls run around in short little schoolgirl skirts and speak in high pitched voices, not all Japanese guys are big pervs, so on and so forth. It'd be like stereotyping Americans off the Simpsons. xD
JourneyInJapan 2 weeks ago
@JourneyInJapan haha simpsons :P
duaragonrune 2 weeks ago
@JourneyInJapan it would be worse if they stereotyped us of of Family guy or American Dad =^0^=
ookamass 2 weeks ago
@ookamass lol yeah. xD I mean it's definitely more terrible than anime. But you get my point, they're both unrealistic in different ways. ^^
JourneyInJapan 2 weeks ago
@JourneyInJapan Agreed! It's all over the place here on YT...xD
iLOVEJapan10 2 weeks ago
@JourneyInJapan うそだああああああああああああああああああああああああああああああ *insert dramatic anime scene*
e1it3z0r 1 week ago
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MICAELA CAN YOU SHOW ME YOUR BOOBS BY THE WEBCAM??? JAJA
jprulesDX1 1 month ago
i want to learn Japanese be for i go on my holiday in 2013 but i got a dry voice and it hard to speak it
katiewishart 1 month ago
Her introduction is too long and boring . Just get on with it !
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MrAntropomorfo 1 month ago
i kept switching 性交 and 専攻 oops....
tsutsu1 1 month ago
youre such a lucky girl. i would like to go to japan but its so expensive. more than the u.s. or thailand or whatever.... thank you for your videos i ever wanted something like that where i learn something about japan.
crazyivan1 1 month ago
it seem that lots of the comments are about pronounciation skills gaining from animes...
well lets face it: in animes they use voice actresses who like "overdo" the pronounciation.
BUT..: learning japanese and the pronounciation of it from animes is still the best and most easy way to do it. i state that cos im pretty sure that most people who want to learn japanese are anime fans/otakus (like myself) and have no japanese friend, relative or whatever to talk with in japanese..!
just my two pence
AmyS3uk 1 month ago 2
@6lue5kies Check out the website called English Friendly Japan. They've got a lot of links to schools in Japan that teach Japanese...and also lots of other places (hotels, stores, etc) that have english speaking staff. Good luck!
laura121684 1 month ago
Why are so many gaijin canadian??!?
ringosan8035 1 month ago
Try to learn pronounciation from anime. Especially from Franky from One Piece :D Well most beginners sound like him anyways until they learn the Japanese r :P
Nikotiini69 1 month ago
no need to be a jerk about it......
seakeyokay 1 month ago
LMAO ending so badass :O
KaitoDoraemon 1 month ago
YOu LOOK LIKE A BITCH
heymanlookatmyname 1 month ago
Whats the difference with hiragana, katakana , and romanji?
KidTurds 1 month ago
@KidTurds Hiragana is a syllabary for traditional Japanese words, Katakana is a syllabary for foreign words like names, and Romaji is Japanese words written in the letters of the english alphabet. :)
Arxaiht 1 month ago
@Arxaiht Thank you :D
KidTurds 1 month ago
I totally agree with you when it comes to learning Japanese.. It doesn't happen over night and demands a lot from you,.. By actually living in Japan, you get a lot for free, and copying is one of the best lessons one can use in order to become more fluent. Of course your own language and pronunciations might flavor your Japanese a bit, but that's only natural I think. The best place to learn Japanese is most definitely in Japan, so GO TO JAPAN!
Kawaiicherryberry 1 month ago
I actually like watching Japanese anime as well as Japanese dramas and stuff, because I do pick up words and phrases and stuff. I think an example of picking up a phrase for me would be "Yokatta" because of how many times it's said in both anime and dramas. I also go on online dictonaries (because I have yet to buy a physical one) and Google Translate (not proud of it, but I just search nouns and turn words into katakana) and then I've also installed Rikai-chan as a firefox add-on. ^_^ 頑張ります～。
eigonootaku 1 month ago
"Cartoons"? What kind of cartoons do you mean? Anime are not fucken cartoons...
Krzysztex 1 month ago
how you're pretty? =) a lot
LoqueMan 1 month ago
you can also learn to speak Japanese you could also look at the alphabet like to say hi is to say こんにちは: holy shit right? well to start off think of 私 as a [i] and a グラム as a [g] and you'r right anima wont help you speak Japanese and cartoons will あなたを助けることは
joshrobinsonful 1 month ago
I really don't appreciate how the last three seconds of the video made it sound like I was listening to porn really loudly....hahaha....you single?
phoenix1202 1 month ago 2
pronunciation...sorry
relyanddefy 1 month ago
Useful tips for learning any language in fact. It always takes a huge effort to become a fluent speaker and wake up one day saying to oneself that wow I can speak and think in this language! 僕の場合は来日からもう三年経ってけど、まだまだですね。。。- -"
tigro1973 1 month ago
"And that's all I have to say aboot that"
TroubadourPariahTV 1 month ago
At my college we have Japanese Table on Fridays where the Japanese Exchange student(s), the teacher (who is Japanese), and several people from Japan come and meet with second year and up students. It helps a lot but it's really confusing sometimes! Especially when we can only pick out a couple words... and we do make a lot of mistakes. ^^; But I think you learn more easily if you mess up-- you'll know not to do that again!
TheKankeinaiFactor 1 month ago
as long as u dont try to lern japanese from a cartoon....... nooooooooooo watching anime for like 5 years is worthless dattebayo? XD
laslayer130688 1 month ago
^^ you forgot to say that if all else fails you should mime your idea
It works remarkably well in Japan
AYoungdude 1 month ago
@Ciaela can you translate some Vocaloid stuff for me? I can't because my books don't translate from kanji, only romaji and English.
TheMewPunkStation 2 months ago
@Ciaela can you translate some japanese for me? I would do it myself, but my books have romaji and this is full japanese. It's the Vocaloid Len and Rin box. The instructons and everything have no english. Could u help? I would greatly appreciate it. Arigatō!
TheMewPunkStation 2 months ago
How old are you Ciaela? I thought the subject out throughly, but i just can't seem to come up with an answer lol. It's THAT hard to tell.
WaterCrystalline 2 months ago
you are gorgeously crazy. damn.
progressiphiLe 2 months ago
we all have alot to learn
esara6 2 months ago
You may wanna try Korean next. Exact same grammar. =]
delsol7878 2 months ago
@Ciaela you can also learn how to speak the dialect by learning some of their music, i have been singing songs from anime and Japanese drama and singers and bands, enough to make the language sound the way its suppose to sound.
Kazesai 2 months ago
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GenerationDarkness 2 months ago
what would be a good book to buy in order to learn japanese grammar? Im already learning to write and read hiragana/katakana.Internet only helps but so much :P
LRK1990 2 months ago
@LRK1990 well i learned all the sentence, grammar and everything on the internet for absolutely free. so no recommendation coming from me on books. but you can google "tae kim guide" and thats a great guide right there. (however requires you to know hiragana, katakana and kanji)
theres also firefox add-on mouse-over dictionary call RikaiChan tho, make sure you install its dictionary file for it to work! and yes you need to know hira, kata and some kanji to use it :D
GenerationDarkness 2 months ago
I am trying to learn Japanese the best I can on my own and with computer software right now (for the basics), and I have a question, which style of writing is more common in Japan, I see a lot of both Hiragana and Kanji, I was just wondering if anyone that knew could help me with that. Also, do you think it's a good idea to watch Japanese Dramas to help learn? I had the idea to watch Great Teacher Onizuka the other day because I was thinking about the Manga version I read.
lumpy195 2 months ago
@lumpy195 Katakana is only for onomatopoeia and Japanized English words, normal writings only have hiragana and kanjis. you can start using anime and dramas as a learning tool If you have the basics down, or at least a small mental list of vocabularies that you know.
GenerationDarkness 2 months ago
Being in a Japanese Martial art helps learning especially when you go to Japan to improve your skills in the art and language..oh yes going out partying with japanese helps very very much:))..anata wa kawaii desu ..mata:)
Illium75 2 months ago
@Illium75 I have to disagree there. I have a perfect example of this. At my husbands Doujou 2 guys from Australia (who practice the same art under and know my husbands teacher) came in last night and they will be here for 2 weeks. All they know is counting from 1-10, how to say left, right, stop, turn, kick, and punch etc. They can not carry on a conversation or even know what someone is saying to them. We had to act as their interpreters the entire night and have to again next week.
IbarakiStyle 2 months ago
What Japanese text books do you recommend?
IbarakiStyle 2 months ago
@IbarakiStyle The internet. i used it to learned all my basics and am still learning.
GenerationDarkness 2 months ago
@GenerationDarkness Thanks but I meant this as more of a survey question than a personal inquiry. I studied Japanese in Uni and we used Yookoso by Tosaku so I would recommend that book. I would like to know what she used and what she would recommend. The internet is a good tool but there are mainly scattered bits of information. A text book is more organized and concise so I would recommend a book as a foundation for a student who intends to gain fluency for practical use.
IbarakiStyle 2 months ago
@GenerationDarkness Then again if you are only looking to study so that you can watch anime with out subs, or play online games with Japanese middle schoolers then yes the internet will suffice.
IbarakiStyle 2 months ago
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GenerationDarkness 2 months ago
@IbarakiStyle you know, asking questions don't always comes a answer that you can always a agree on. henceforth, i disagree with what you said. i think your opinions just biased towards book and never gave good internet guides a try.
GenerationDarkness 2 months ago
@IbarakiStyle for one, i know a very good guide thats on guidetojapanese . org / learn / grammar
that is, if you know how to read Hiraganas and kanjis. secondly, theres a mouse-over dictionary that is call RikaiChan for firefox (need to install its dictioanry file too to work) which also uses the same database for the eng/jpn dictionary at tangorin . com
GenerationDarkness 2 months ago
You know Ciaela has atleast seven corpses in her basement
holyknight2113 2 months ago
You have beautiful eyes.I apologize if I sounded creepy in any way.
christina8000 2 months ago
Is Google translate a good way to begin learning new languages?
Skatergirl859 2 months ago
@Skatergirl859 google is the worst ways to learn a new language, because its very unreliable and unaccurate at times.
GenerationDarkness 2 months ago
Here's some things you can do to help learn Japanese
1. Try to use as little romanji as possible. If you always handicap yourself with romanji you will never be able to efficiently read Japanese script
2.Keep yourself familiar with the kanji that you learn. When I learn kanji I write them on index cards and put them on my wall so that I see them every time I'm in my room and never forget them.
3.. The more you speak in Japanese, the more you will remember. speak in Japanese as much as possible
TheJstaShow 2 months ago
cool! where did you get the background music? its good!
futfut007 2 months ago
I totally agree with you in every aspect that you mentioned,but i would like to add two things that i think can help you improve your skills.
1. start speaking asap.no matter how little your vocabulary is.
2.think and if possible speak to yourself in the language you have chosen to learn. this will accelerate your proccess by so much it is ridiculous. :)
MakaLipz 2 months ago
you fucking weeaboo
katsuo504 2 months ago
ive learned a lot of japanese because im watching anime :D. hahaha
animefreak1398 2 months ago 68
i agree i not only learned half of my japanese from anime but its what got me in interested in it
vampireknigthfreak54 1 month ago
@animefreak1398 Does that actually work for you? :S from watching Japanese all I learnt was "ne" and "daijyobu dess ka" (I know it isn't spelt like that but that is literally what I learnt)
MyCowDied 1 month ago
@MyCowDied not only for me, but for every animefreak out there ;)
animefreak1398 1 month ago
@animefreak1398
You learn a lot of words, but I doubt that you can build up a normal sentence and speak 'normal'. 'Anime language' is soo much different then in real life. Guys also tend to use a lot of girly ways to say things, so people will think you're a fag... just sayin.
JBNekoChanJB 1 month ago
@JBNekoChanJB okay thats whats u think.... but if your not dumb enough,, then animefreaks would understand that japanese people dont talk like that in real life..
just sayin ;)
animefreak1398 1 month ago
@animefreak1398 Wrong. "Anime" is not always correct as opposed to people who speak actual Japanese in real life. Besides, learning from anime will teach you only one hundredth of the language. And that hundred is only the basics of the language.
lgirisu 1 month ago
@lgirisu okay....
but learning the basics is enough, and if you already know the basics, the rest will come, if you learn japanese in schools, or learn it by yourself in books ;)
animefreak1398 1 month ago
@animefreak1398 Lol I know the basics is enough. I was just pointing out that theres a lot more of the language out there.
lgirisu 1 month ago
@lgirisu yeah :)
animefreak1398 1 month ago
@animefreak1398 Don't reply on anime, I'm learning Japanese and have already learned a lot. When I watch anime, I know a lot of words. Then I look at the English subtitles and I say "What? That's not right, it means something else." No one shouldn't learn any language from a show.
TaggedToons 1 month ago 18
@TaggedToons I'm not sure if you meant "No one should learn any language from a show" but if so, I have to say although not the best way, it's quite possible. It may take a lot of time tho.
japmsn 1 month ago
@TaggedToons
I agree people shouldn't learn Japanese from an anime using the English subs. The reason is that the sentenced will be changed when translated so it makes more sense in the English, but of course this does not provide an accurate translation and some words are changed.
bubby963 4 weeks ago
@animefreak1398 :truestory:
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MATTvsJapan 3 months ago
Marry me.. I think i´m in love.
EdwinDelaGhetto 3 months ago
Japanese would be so much easier if it werent for their complex writing system. If it was just romaji, it would be a whole lot easier, but then again... if it weren't for their writting system, Japanese just wouldn't be Japanese. I know all the Katakana and Hirogana, it's just the darn kanji that is so hard to get, but ill try to get it right :D
Sakurablossoms3 3 months ago