Learn Japanese: Left, Right, Forward, Back GenkiJapan.net

[DrownedBeliefs]

I'm returning to this video after about a year of study. This was actually one of the first things I learned and it caught in my head today, so I thought I'd contribute something I'd come up with.

This tune can be used to remember directions on a compass. It follow EXACTLY the same tune for West, East, North, and South (i.e. left, right, forward and back here, so the association is easily made).

Nishi, Higashi, Kita, Minami. 西,東,北,南.

Hope this helped someone!

[adam5metcalfe]

Can you use Hatsune Miku in one please!!!

[adam5metcalfe]

KAGAMINE RIN!!!

[fabo929]

rin kagamine ? XD

[Zeldafankid555]

RIN KAGAMINE OMG!!! NOW I WANNA LEARN JAPANESE x5,000 MORE THAN BEFORE!!!!! X3

[Gyuunyuu101]

They used Kagamine Rin!!  :D im happy now!! X3

[Fantasyvid]

Ahahah! That's Rin, right? ^_^)

Anyway, thank you so much!

[Hanakochan10]

RIN-CHAN!? O.O I'm embarrassed to watch and sing this.. It seems so kiddy.. >///< BUT IT'S AWESOME!! *it's stuck in my head* HIDARI MIGI! MAE USHIRO! TT///TT

[XxCloudfrostxX]

This sounds like Rin Kagamine XD

[NakatamiHigurashi]

@XxCloudfrostxX It does!

[RozalaR]

@XxCloudfrostxX i think it is her XD

[papayabadger]

O_O IS THAT MIKU?!

[LenFangirl01]

It's stuck in my head xD Going on hour 4 of humming this ouo

[Sweetfragrance97]

It's Rin Kagamine ! Yay this is very helpful!

[Circusvoid]

I squealed when I heard Rin singing.

[KellsBells98]

Thank you so much! I learned most of my Japanese from books, and its AWESOME to here if im pronucing it right...and in song!

[TheMomoiya]

yey rin in singing to!

[MsRaichuD]

She sounds like Miku, but as a human.

[iso53145314]

Whats the differance between MAE and UE  and USHIRO and SHITA

[arudesuyo]

@iso53145314 The words, in spite of all being prepositions, have different meanings.

'Mae' (前) means 'before' or 'in front of', while 'ue' (上) means 'up' or 'above'.

'Ushiro' (後ろ) is 'back', and 'shita' (下) is 'under'.

[SSE200110]

THIS IS SO ANNOYING! I SHOULD HAVE READ THE WARNING THING BEFORE I WATCHED THIS :P

[linda123101]

omg i learned how to say this in 10min

[BlackRockShooter111]

am i the only 1 that notices that Rin Kagamine is singing at 0:07 - 0:22 and at 0:36 - 0:60 !

[YonakoKitti]

Isn't this sung by Rin Kagamine? uhh.. Sounds Vocaloid-like.

[SoundlyAwakeTonight]

Vocaloid!!!!!

[dreamcore95]

Rin Kagamine?

[sonoeyuzu]

I love that you used Vocaloid RIN in this! :D Makes it a bit more interesting!

[Mitizaki]

its kagamine rin singing o.O

[RubyStarPower]

When I say the icon picture I was reminded of the song "i wave my head back and forth" *sweatdrop*

[no1kevlin]

lol.

Love this.

[samiarts]

thanks for makeing these!

they really helped > u <

[TheMegaJadeishere]

These videos are soooooooooooo helpful :) XD

[takahashiwongwong]

she sounds like miku hatsune when she sings 

[winxup98]

lol its so wierd, when she says left i can only hear with the left headphone, when she says right i can only hear with my right headphone! :D!

[XxtsunamidevilxX]

ZOMYGOD YOU USED RIN THE VOCALOID! HAW DYOOH DEW DAT O.e

[nethanbabes]

Sounds like vocaloids XDDD Very helpful!!

[girrulez77]

Yay!! Vocaloid!! And thanks bunches for your videos :D:D I learned so much Japanese *and I am only 13 :D*

[PerkySyd]

Vocaloid much! Yayyyyyyyyyy! <3 This makes me want to learn 10x more than before!!! ^^

[GiveMeMoarDesu]

I must say, you truly are a wonderful teacher, Richard. From your videos alone, I've been able to commit to memory countless useful words and phrases within minutes of hearing them.

For the love of God, never stop making videos.

[Thexundertakerxx]

Hatsune Miku O.O That's what it sounds like

[picoXchico001]

@Thexundertakerxx more like Rin i think =O

[xxEmoStarMCRxx]

@Thexundertakerxx I think it's Rin singing XD Vocaloid ftw!

[karlijnwhatever]

Like the effects in my headphone.. that really helps

[1Dunky]

in scotland tatte is potato i will remember its stand up in japanese just remember its different spelling lol good work richard you are a master and hope you have more e-books soon arigato gozaimasu mata ne

[1Dunky]

best song well done you are a master all your song are expertly done but this is the best one ithink lol

[MurtazaKhan0000]

i am infected with this song its so kawaii

[DaLilShorty8999]

@.@

thanks for hypnotizing me!

[QuickAtTheKeys]

omg you dont even realize..but this helps you so freakin much

[XerxusExanju]

OOOOH MYYY GOOOD!!!! I'VE BEEN INFECTED! IT'S THE ZOMPOCOLYPE ALL OVER AGAIN!

[Oyasumi1415]

I love this x) its so catchy.....and in the beginning i think the voice sounds like Vocaloid Rin Kagamine

[draalchemist]

@Oyasumi1415 I'm thinking the same. It sounds like Rin or Miku (I'm learning how to use vocaloids for spanish songs)

I love this song, it's very funny. I want the mp3...

[60123maria]

love this song a lot thanks

[spacechannelnoob]

"Mou Ikkai!!" XD

[thecatlover5]

dude the outfits are scarring

[killzone1231000]

richard, your e-book really helped me with my japanese. I can now speak full sentences maybe not with perfect pronounciation but close enough. I can also understand the other person who is speaking japanese too! Thanks man!

[GenkiJapanNet]

@killzone1231000 Cool! Glad to hear it!

[ConfusedxInsane]

I think i know my left and right better in Japanese than I do in English XD

[misskukumalu]

Love this song! It stucks in my head about 3 hour! XD

[cutegirl427]

That song Reminds me of Rin Kagamine From VOCALOID

[cutegirl427]

MUST CLICK REPLAYYYYYYYYYY!

[xxBakachamaxx]

I'VE BEEN INFECTEEEDD!!!!

[jegerdust]

next time im going to ask someone to go left in the driving lessons... im gonna break into this song T.T

[ninnypiggy]

u guys are so catchy, u make learning a language fun

[SilentSheikah]

Rin Kagamine?

[fraisejuteuz]

@SilentSheikah Yeah it sounds like Rin for me too :O

Nice song ^^

My japanese is becoming better and better everyday =D

[AmuletLoveAngel]

it's LOL with headphones. when they say Hidari, the sound will be the left of the headphone and Migi right of the headphones!! first i thought my headphones were broke or somethion

[SilentSheikah]

@AmuletLoveAngel unless you put the on wrong. Then your head will explode!

[flip9876543]

your songs are the best to learn japanese! more please :)

arigatou

[xxxNiaouli]

if you do this standing and hop to the left en right with the music you're actually burning calories ánd learning japanese! two in one shot :')

[Rikairiify]

I love the stereo. Hidari is in the left speaker and Migi is in the right speaker.

[123kawaiigirl123]

they are so funny when they dance backwards!!!

[123kawaiigirl123]

it is so cool.

you mske them so it is stuck in your head and you walk around sing this song and then after an hour i can all of thiiiiis

^_^

[IS91Videos]

Can't resist singing this song....it's in my head!!! aaah! ありがとうございます GenkiJapan, now I can't go through my day without visiting this song and singing it XD

すごい！

[lorken22]

I am SO going to teach this to my Japanese class!

We already know tatte and suwatte (I think they where the first two words outside of introducing yourself that all 10 of us really learned) but we're still having trouble with the left and right so this should be perfect!

[bleach1804]

WOW. Infectious!!

[wsssixteen]

GenkiJapan da best!! XD

[Serkant75]

i dance to this too -

[danglang11]

thank you for all your vids, you are the number 1 teacher.

[sonic4life007]

Awsum :D

Lol this song really is catching =).

Lol I subscribed for ur awesome stuff :D!

[x3nemuriyuki]

lol this is awsome its gonna be stuck in my head all day but i guess thats a good thing so i can memorize it .. x.x

すごい！！ ≧▽≦

[edgarandellenfan94]

This song infected me. Now that it has, i am now able to watch this video thousands of times over! :D

[shanirideshorsesss]

is that written in katakana? I can't read it I only know hiragana! :(

Still a good video though :)

Watashi wa ai kono !

I think? Lol

[edgarandellenfan94]

It looks like Kanji and Hiragana to me, yeah i'm bad at reading katakana and hiragana too XD

[animecandayyy]

Its written in kanji, some of it is hiragana. :3

[TTOFan]

Nope, they are mostly Kanjis.

For example: 左　is pronounced　ひだり = hidari

右　is pronounced　みぎ = migi

[Miickey1436]

ありがと　ごじます！

Thanks for the vid! :)

[Shukanu1]

Wow! This song rocks! I've singing it ever since I heard it. Well along with your other song too :D

[YourJapaneseSergent]

-does the dance-  -.-

[ALANROCKS100]

ありがとうございます

[GuamKomudo]

These kinds of things are great for begginers, they make the basics easy to learn =D

[pipikebo]

cute~~

[NickieBean]

Why the hell cant America have awsome learning programs like this!?! if we did have this, i think there would be a lot more people interested in learning.

[pvc6366]

i luv this song thx it makes learning japanese fun

[NationPigeon]

Sugoi! Sugoi! Sugoi!

Arigato

[Miraviel]

So sweet, I loved it :)

[Kunoichigirl15k]

lol these videos will soo help me in japanese!!! hahahhahah ^O^

[robertsrashad]

This is so helpful!

[animeobssesent101]

YAY i can FINALY tell my left from right. I have to do it in Japanese, but it's better than before!!!

[DRAGUNOV911]

Great ^^ this way I can learn Japanese easily . Arigato ^^ .

[cedcoc01]

Sugoi! Loved it

[S4sukeKun]

左　右　前　後ろ　座って　立って!~

[xxxschwarzxengelxxx]

that was awesome!! so easy ^^ gosh thank you richard ^^ love it!! i learnt it all by the first time *_*

the song is so catchy!!! cant stop singing it now.... ^^'

[elyshyahxo]

i love this song!!

my friends ask me what song i'm singing and i'm like um.. em.. eh...! xxx

[donturnbak09]

even that was hard for me. ! :(

[mmaja1]

how? just repeat =D

P.S. its even more fun when u sing it all day long =P

[magdahoffmann]

Super schön!  Ich mag das! Bravo!

[xMyaxMassacrex]

I love his song!

[rachealovee]

your videos are so helpful!

[1matth3w1]

i love it the little characters in the back round. im obsessed..

[PrincessYumil]

*dances; left, right, forward, back*

kawaii <3

[bennyboy775]

it says ONE more time twice lol

[sarsora00]

thanX you soo much stuck in my head =D

AND MY JAPANESE IS GOEN GOOD.

[py60147]

That's very fun.

It has more benefits to me.

[animestar78]

argh!!!i cant stand iiit!!!the song is cute but when youve heard it 100000 times ya get sick of it-_-'thanks anyway!now my japanese is better!!!genki de!(take care)

[mikifall1329]

my sister love the song ....ang we enjoy it...

it's cute

[tonyboyangie3]

I'm learning Japanese and Korean, but I want to do russian, too. Can you help with Russian

[monicabluu]

this song is in mii head,ive been singing it for 20 minutes now (noooooooo!)but its cute

[swordmaster373]

I like how when it says left, the sound turns to the left speaker, and vice versa for right. :)

[SeaOfWaves]

sugoi sugoi kawaii

domo arigato GenkiJapanNet-san for this! I REALLY WANNA LEARN JAPANESE!

[Reiki101]

MOU IKKAI!!

[Remeechan]

this is cool

thanx

[hairbandchick1976]

Thanks so much. I've been trying to get back into Japanese but I need to brush up on my old class. I ha a hard time with these four but not anymore!!! (dancing)

[UltimaMan1]

this song is in my freaken head!!!!!!

[redbutterflygroup]

that song is stuck in my head and i actually like singing it......NOO!!!

but it's cute!

[kumichan90]

Hey, you are a amazing guy, your videos are so good!!! Thanks for upload and 5 stars for this video.

[UltimaMan1]

dang this song does infect me

[KatieBunny13]

YAY YAY another amazing video!! SUGOI!! love the music!

[KMAKMS333]

thanks for all the vids, they help alot!!!

[usenetposts]

You're a genius.

[sabakurobban]

Gonna make one more comment asking if you maybe can think of doing a video clip with a conversation with real japanese people. To see if we can understand them :D

[GenkiJapanNet]

Thanks for the suggestion. I have a few clips to come, but there's actually a ton of stuff like this on Youtube already.

Just put your Youtube language setting to be Japanese, then hit the Youtube homepage. TV programmes are especially good as they are often subtitled (to give Japanese people kanji practice!)

[zatulryosuke]

i love the music..

kakkoi!

thank you!

[dragonballzgtgohan]

AWSOMENESS! thank you so much :D

[GameShowGuy]

Catchy as always.

[skeleanimal94]

ur videos help me alot thanx bunches

[AvatarxHannah]

YAY, it's in my head now./

[sabakurobban]

ok now this song is stuck in my head :D

[GenkiJapanNet]

Sorry, I forgot to put a warning on this one!

[spritemoney]

i like the song.

[DaddyRossPreschool]

THis video is so much fun! And I love you add a Japanese sense of anime characters!! Great idea!

[coushcrew]

I just was thinking of how to say this today! Thankzzzz!

Another way to say "One More Time":

Mou Ichido

[Mardolin]

sweet song ;P

[SunkistSweetieade]

I'm learning Japanese and I'm hoping to travel to Japan someday soon. You're videos are a big help, thanks so much!

[salemyou]

wooow ... thank you very much ... I like the song

[xXLuchiaChanXx]

Thankyou so much!! ^^

[linniec1981]

Awesome song, thanks for another great vid <3

My 4yr old song is now singing this and dancing ^__^