Survival Japanese That is Actually Useful/Dead Simple

[lzcwby]

heeeey bro!

i was in japan this past summer (my roommate from university was japanese, finally got to visit her), and i am in luhhh with that country. i wanna move there, but speak very, very little japanese. did you know japanese before moving there? did you learn it on the fly, or in classes, etc?

ALSO, HEY. i was told to say 'suimasen', rather than the 'sumimasen' the old japanese-travel-language book told me to say. is there a reason for the difference? different meaning?

[Degenskonto]

I wonder what they would say about me behind my back... Hmmhmmm Bastards!

[MomokoBishounenLuvxO]

LOL I love how people always say what the first english a japanese person learns is "this is a pen". When my mom first told me I was laughing. XD I mean, out of all things a pen.

Book off　最高！でも、安く買っちゃたらまともに買えなくなるかも。。。ｗ­ｗ

[anwahi]

This is a good lesson and true. Don't let your lack of Japanese language skills hold you back from going to Japan. Just go.

Did anyone ever tell you if you "Book-Off" too much you may just go blind?

[yoake2010]

Your english is Help me learn.ありがとう＾＾

でも、通じてるかな～ｗ

[ARMOR15]

I'm so glad I learned a lot of conversational Japanese in my high school class ^^ Level 4 (Senior Year)!

[NinkaPanda]

OMG HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

[Gimmeaflakeman]

What!? VANAWESOME AND TESSA! WOOT!

[Gimmeaflakeman]

They opened up a new used bookstore where the old one was? Pretty amazing. I want that XMEN! I'll give you $2 or I'll agree to an ewar.

[claytonian]

@Gimmeaflakeman An ewar? It can probably only drive up my subscribers mwa ha ha! More must experience my oddness! Eccentrism and insanity to all!

1, 2, 3, 4! Let's have an ewar!

[Gimmeaflakeman]

@claytonian

(Sung to I wanna take you to a gay bar!)

[Ido013]

Oh yeah,

"Chotto ukagaitaikoto ga arun desukedo" is really useful if you want to ask questions.

They should know to say Arigatou gozaimasu after everytimes someone helps them.

[claytonian]

@Ido013 あの、ちょっとうかがいことがあるんですけれども、よしいでござ­いましょうか。

[Ido013]

Suimasen works too lol.

[IamSicilia]

Wow! So basically...I am spending my time learning to speak Japanese when I Don't really need to know that much? :0

[OriginalTessaMessa]

FANTASTIC! Thanks to you!

Man - I can't wait. Don't know when we're going to make it there, but it's going to be within the next year.

I'm going to memorize this and post a video response of my idiocy. Whee!

[TheRedDash]

Love your vids awesome

[Turtle2090]

That was swanky dude. Thank you.

Hope you catch up with the Vanawesomes.

[Dragon22873]

Hey, when i'm 18 i'll be going to Japan for 2 years for a language course. Gotta work to pay for the apartment, food etc. Any pointers for arrival and up to a week in?

[claytonian]

@Dragon22873 Try to look up your train route in English ahead of time?

[t3ch4]

Nice, I would love to go there one day.

[ElevenColors]

Vanawesome and Tessa coming to Japan, they MUST go to multiple neko cafes. Cat lovers. They'd be in heaven.

And... this reminds me of the beginning of an old video o' mine.... back when I used to over-edit stuff...

[claytonian]

@ElevenColors This is a totally over-edited video I have made here.

[bakagajin]

Dude, you're addicted to books! get some help. :)

BTW, pink watch FTW.

[claytonian]

@bakagajin good eyes. My boss hates me wearing that watch

[BahamutDKing]

Lovecraftion stuff is awsome weird and wonderful desent into maddess afder reading his works i converted to Chulu isum.

[Deadkandy]

You should have mentioned: Toiret wa doko desu ka is pretty important I think ^_^

[claytonian]

@Deadkandy Forget the distal (teinego) form for survival Japanese.There is usually no t on the end of the Japanese word for toilet. So you could simply say "toire?" to get one.

But anyways, there is always a sign for a toilet.

[Deadkandy]

@claytonian You are totally right about the T...it's a reflex.

[LaurenW24]

My japanese is horrid, and i doubt i'll learn much more before i go to Japan next summer, so this is very helpful lol! ^^

[ozzy78]

awesome ending! =)

[Degenskonto]

I think my anime-english would suffice for just being a tourist... But what if a zombie apocalypse were to happen when I was in Tokyo? How would I ask for a safe heaven or maybe something like... Shottogun wa doko desuka?

Your videos are so simple but yet so awesome lol

[claytonian]

@Degenskonto now there's a vid idea!