Easy Japanese 1 – Typical Japanese
Easy Japanese 1 – Typical Japanese
Learn Japanese with Easy Japanese: In our first episode of Easy Japanese Mona takes us around Sendai, asking people what’s typical Japanese to them!
***NEW: GLOSSARY***
PRONUNCIATIONS
“wo” becomes “o.”
“wa” is grammatically “ha” , but it pronounces as “wa.”
“iu” usually pronounces as “yu.”
GLOSSARY
Omoiyari: being considerate and thoughtful of the situation and the state of mind of someone other than yourself. The state of having compassion and sympathy toward others.
Omotenashi: Ways in which one welcomes, hosts, and provides service to customers in a heartfelt manner.
Pretty Cure : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Cure
Haikyuu!!: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiky%C5%AB!!
Kurobasu: “Kuroko no Basuke” or “Kuroko’s Basketball” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuroko’s_Basketball
Yabai: an expression that indicates possible danger or inconvenience, but it’s also used to describe something that’s great, good, and cool.
Sasame-yuki: very small snowflakes but bigger than powdery snow.
Awa-yuki: snow that is soft as if it’s a bubble. It lies on the ground thin and melts away quickly
Wabi-sabi: the virtue of beauty in Japan. It usually indicates simplicity and tranquility.
Irezumi: tattoo, especially kinds of tattoo worn by Yakuza.
Otaku: Usually an otaku person has nothing better to do with their life so they pass the time by watching anime, playing video games, surfing the internet – otaku is also used to refer to a nerd/hacker/programmer – “urban dictionary”
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Host of this episode: Mona Kumagai
Camera and Edit: Lisa Waagd
Transcription and Subtitle Producation: Hideo Adachi
Co-Producer: Hideo Adachi
Special thanks to: Daitetsu Ono & Minori Nakamura
Produced by: Ari-Tv (http://www.ari-tv.jp)
0:30
20 years ago, when I got my first English class at school, I said one day I will understand and speak this language so easily that even I will be surprised. I got 8 on ielts academic lately. Now , here I am ,33 years old mother. One day I will speak and read Japanese naturally. I hope it won’t take 20 years this time 🤭
That’s supposed to be an easy one?? Ooops
Save Myanmar
Distinguished kings,I would like to express my sincere condonlences to the people of Burma
for their unjustified actions against the Burmese
Military.We will only accept a government led by
Aung San Suu Kyi, the wining party in the 2020
election ,as one of our government bodies.We,
the people of Burma,strongly condemn this act
by the Burmese Military,Which is now a vicious
act of seizing the power of our elected people’s
Government by force of arms.The military must
Protect the country and its people.As a result of
this actions by the Burmese military,hatred
between the people and the military is growing
day by day.This is a bad omen for the country and
neither the people nor the military dictator will need it.The Burmese military continues to do whatever it wants.regardless of the interests of the people.Ignorance of the will of the people is an insult to the people by eating public money.It is well
Known internationally that the people of Burmese have been protesting vigorously with the #Civil disobedience movement since the day the Burmese military took power on Monday,01.02.2021 to this day.#Civil Disobedience,
Initiated by government institutions such as doctors and nurses, will also have an impact.
Th success has the effect of shutting down Facebook social media.Unity is a force and as long as there is injustice,our people will speak out against it.Burmese people especially in the international arena,are eagerly protesting in every
country because of the unjust actions of the
Burmese military .We the people are expressing our
will because the unjust coup d’etat of the Burmese
Military is wrong.I want young people to understand that they are protesting against these
evils , looking to the future of their future rather
than their own .As Myanmar is a new country on the path to Democracy.it is up to our people to face all the obstacles that are embarrassing.The Burmese military coup was an act that kicked the
People on the path to Democracy.Currently,Burma
Is suffering from covid-19.it condemns the action
of the Burmese military as a coup d’etat and an
In humane act.For more than 30 years ,the people of Burma have suffered because of the unjust coup
d’etat of the Burmese military,So our people no
Longer want a military dictatorship.We call for the
Immediate release of all Aung San Suu Kyi and all
members of the government ,as well as for the freedom of expression of the people of Burma , and
for the end of the government’s rule in2020.
Dear international scholars and leader,I would like
to express my sincere condolences to the people
of Burma for their support to the cause of Democracy I’m Burma.
#Credit Thant
We want you to help each other by sharing.
Thank you so much.
#Civil disobedience
#we want Democracy
#Stay at home movement
#Reject military.
https://youtu.be/4VnNCxS0s5g
I am a Filipino and teaching English to Japanese professionals. This channel is very helpful to my job. I am a very big fan of Japan that’s why I started collecting some Japanese staffs. And i decided to create my channel(beginner) to show how much i appreciate their food nature and stories.
For a first encounter with Japanese, this is completely over the top. Please looks at "Easy Russian". There a beginner can follow. Your inter view style and the speed is appropriate for a more advanced student. Great idea but poorly executed. Maybe you need a Easy Japanese 0 series.
i recently started learning Japanese lol
仙台の人ってこんなに標準語なんだ
インタビュー受けてるからかもしれないけど
Wow so fast
I understand nothing but i loved watching this 😍😘 love from india
Yang sayang aku like yang cinta allah coment
アメリカから日本ありがとう！素晴らしい言語。
International space border need our future for security of Earth 🌎
https://youtu.be/4VnNCxS0s5g
I am happy I can understand 80% of this after four months of learning!
いつも優しくて笑っている人々だ。
Years ago i was chinese. Now im a naturalized japanese
What’s so great about Japan? Fish.
正在努力学习日语，希望我可以坚持🥺
リポーターさんちょっと下手w
赤い服のおばさん好きやわ！w
Awesome 👏 _ liked 👍 _ & subscribed ✅
プリキュアアアアア
The girl who mentioned "Haikyuu" ….the best
Holy shit they actually look like anime characters
More like Advanced Japanese… But anyway, great channel and videos. Helped me a lot though i still can’t even fully get it.
全然簡単じゃなくて草
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYwxRvwWRtQ
わびさびのようなことをどうやって言うことができますか
oniçiva oniçiva
If i had to describe this language id say it was crisp and beautiful. The way every word has distinct pronunciation and a nice flow to it. Sounds so cool, I’m starting to learn and look forward to being able to one day speak it fluently!
i don’t know why it’s called "easy japanese" 😵 i had a really difficult time catching up
Started learning japanese today. Day1. What better motivation than watching this video..😀😀
Imagined if we had subtitles that displayed over our chest so people could understand you.
it says easy japanese, but native speakers talk really fast it’s so hard to follow hahaha
Old people: manners
Young people: Anime 😔
0:38 魚だったらやっぱりねwww
1:24 lol the guy’s wearing a mask, thought it was shot recently, but saw "6 years ago" below the video
someone pls teach me😔✊🏻
Normal Japanese すねえ
This helped
をwてぃしっそへlpふぃのwぇあrねdじゃぱねせ！
ベトナムごがあったらよくなるですけと。
Y’all I totally forgot about this channel. I think I watched this even before I started my otaku journey skfjks
Omg that reporter is so waifu.
Omae Wa Mou Shindeiru
Very good. Thank you very much
I’m Japanese.this is no easy Japanese.it’s very difficult.
I’m always surprised, when asking about Anime, nobody ever talks about 攻殻機動隊 (Ghost in the Shell). I think is the best Anime ever made. More than 20 years later… its still so cool, yet accurate to this day.
In many a YouTube video in the Japanese language, I hear the term sounding like ess-keh-doh. What does it mean?