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Yuta Aoki

4 years

Want to learn Japanese with me? Sign up for my FREE Japanese lessons and learn "real-life" Japanese that textbooks don't teach you

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

10 months

にげろ (nigero) is the imperative form of にげる (nigeru) to escape We don't use the imperative very often in daily conversations because it can sound too aggressive. When you see this form in a news program like this, you can sense the urgency. Tsunami can kill people easily

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Yuta Aoki

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4 years

Some countries: we are concerned about foreigners because they might take our jobs Japan: we are concerned about foreigners because they might not sort out rubbish correctly

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1 year

Don't forget my new book YAMETE: The Subtle Japanese Art of Telling to Stop and Telling not to Stop

Deep in Japan

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1 year

I’m proud to announce that my new book GENKI: The Ancient Art or Connecting with Your Original Spirit is out! Soon to be followed by GAMAN: The Ancient Japanese Art of Shutting the Fuck Up and Taking It, Bitch

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These Japanese companies who want me to print out a PDF file, fill it out, scan it, and send it back by email 🤦‍♂️

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1 year

In Japan (and probably in other higher-income countries) Uniqlo is a very basic brand. I was a bit surprised the first time when someone in a lower-income country told me it's a fancy brand. To be fair, their quality is amazing and often better than much more expensive brands.

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5 years

How Japanese politicians deal with a crisis: Hold a press conference and say they will ganbaru.

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4 years

A lot of Japanese people who say something like, "I teach Japanese as a volunteer" don't consciously know how Japanese grammar works and end up saying incorrect things. Speaking a language as your first language doesn't necessarily mean you know how to teach that language.

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2 years

My life is complete. Last night, I was talking to this girl and I said, "You are a girl who knows everything." Then she said, "I don't know everything, I only know what I know." Where have you been all my life?

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10 months

Talking to a lot of Japanese people makes me realise that most (not all) Japanese people aren't that interested in foreign countries and cultures, let alone foreign languages. People like me are pretty rare, and it makes me happy to meet Japanese people who are like me.

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Yuta Aoki

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1 year

Finally found it! The entire book is dedicated to は and が lol

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Yuta Aoki

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3 years

Today is the day This Japanese girl said to me, "Wow, you know everything." I didn't miss my chance My life has existed for this very moment I looked at her and said, "I don't know everything. I only know what I know."

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

4 years

Just got eigo jouzu-ed

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

2 months

Another non-native speaker of Japanese telling a native Japanese speaker that the way 125 million Japanese people speak Japanese is wrong

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

4 years

I have something important to say to you:

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

4 years

Got this comment on my channel: "Your Japanese is super good. I thought you were Japanese for a second." Should I be having an identity crisis or something? 😂

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

6 years

Many people idolise Japan and think it's perfect. And they get angry and disappointed when they learn that Japan has its own problems--sometimes pretty serious ones. Unfortunately, there's no perfect country on earth. However, you might like some countries more than others.

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1 year

Wow, some people seem to get really upset when they are told that their grammar in Japanese textbooks doesn't quite reflect real-life grammar

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@ThatYuta

5 years

Just because you are a native speaker of your language, it doesn't mean you understand the language well. A lot of Japanese people fail at simple reading comprehension tests in Japanese even though it's their first language. This applies to any native speaker of any language.

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Yuta Aoki

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1 year

日本語上手 from Japanese people is not sarcasm most of the time as there's no sarcastic intentions behind it. You can only be sarcastic intentionally (but you can be unintentionally ironic). It's interesting English speakers hear sarcasm when there's none.

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Yuta Aoki

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5 years

The more you learn about a country, the more you find things to criticise. It's normal. No country is perfect.

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Yuta Aoki

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1 year

Some people say Tokyo is not drivable. I disagree. I enjoy driving in Tokyo.

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Yuta Aoki

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4 years

Pretty sure most English speakers don't agree with this

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

1 year

People in Hiroshima and other places in Western Japan tend to be much friendlier than people in Tokyo. Highly recommended for your 2nd trip to Japan after doing the typical stuff in Tokyo.

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

6 years

@takinamiyukari 私はこのように思います。あなたが日本語の文章を書くときに、常に主語を欠かさず挿入すると、機械が容易に翻訳できる文章を書くことができます。

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

1 year

People who insist English is an easy language have no idea how hard it is for Japanese people

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

1 year

How to give Japanese people a headache: Use romaji (the Latin alphabet) to write Japanese When people start learning Japanese, many of them use romaji (the Latin alphabet) to read and write Japanese. This is understandable in the very beginning because it takes some time to

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1 year

One of the most important skills to learn Japanese is being comfortable with not understanding everything you hear, and still able to enjoy what you can understand

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Yuta Aoki

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9 months

I've always been bad at drawing. I was so bad at it that I didn't bother making an effort. I couldn't even copy the most simple characters. Drawing is just not for me, I'd always thought. But a few weeks ago, I had an idea: what if I actually try? There are so many tutorials on

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

4 years

So I got a comment from a Japanese guy on my video complimenting my Japanese pronunciation ...ultimate nihongo jouzu (your Japanese is good)

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

5 years

People pre-corona: Why do Japanese people wear masks? That's weird. People post-corona: Why isn't everybody in Japan wearing a mask??? That's weird!

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

4 years

Japan's "politeness" is a double-edged sword. They are "polite" because they don't always tell you what they think directly. Many people say, "I like how Japan is polite, but I don't like how they are indirect." But it doesn't work that way. Any opinion?

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

2 years

I know a lot of people like this lol

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

3 years

Japanese films: save Japan Hollywood films: save the world Japanese anime: save the universe

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

1 year

People who are learning Japanese often try to tell me what "correct" Japanese is, so let me get this straight: There's no single "correct" Japanese and how we speak Japanese in real life is no less "correct" than how we write Japanese formally. What's "correct" changes

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1 year

Learning Japanese is like riding a bike. Once you get the hang of it, you can do it automatically. Until you do, all the explanations about how to ride a bike can sound confusing. That's why it's hard to explain how to learn Japanese effectively to someone who hasn't gotten it.

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1 year

If you have a chance to try a Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki, please do try. It's delicious. This is THE okonomiyaki I grew up with.

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

5 years

The Japanese government finally came up with a groundbreaking measure to combat COVID-19 after spending two months of intense meetings with top specialists: Give every household two masks

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

4 years

Japanese high school anime: takes 22 episodes to kiss American high school drama: takes 2 episodes to get pregnant These cultural differences are so interesting 😀

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

5 years

People in Osaka can be quite direct Watch the video here

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

1 year

This is probably the best reply to 日本語上手 I've ever come across so far. It's humorous and not ill-intentioned, but at the same time, it's slightly rebellious. It communicates that you are not playing that game.

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1 year

@ThatYuta Just say あざっす, that usually surprises people

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

2 years

Western-centrism in action

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

7 years

Logan Paul (Don't be That Guy in Japan): via @YouTube

Logan Paul (Don't be That Guy in Japan... or Anywhere Else)

Learn Japanese with Yuta: https://bit.ly/35Z9ODtReina's video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuJ09HN4JO4Logan's videos in Japanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch...

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

3 years

I find it interesting that the Japanese word emoji became more popular than the English version "emoticon" 🙂

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

2 years

OMG Shinzo Abe is dead...

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

1 month

Stop saying "anata" in Japanese. Say this instead... #learnjapanese

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

3 years

Comment: I didn't know you could speak Japanese Me: Hi, I'm That JAPANESE Man Yuta

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

4 years

Took them long enough to add Plastic Love to Spotify

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

4 years

Many English speakers pronounce "the" in "the end" like "thuh" instead "thee" and it drives me crazy as I was thought differently Did I just not notice this before, or is this becoming more common lately? (It's normally "thuh" but before a vowel sound it's "thee")

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

3 years

In my opinion, if someone is bullied or steal because of an eraser that stands out, the problem isn't the eraser. The problem is the culture in the classroom.

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Yuta Aoki

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6 years

As a Japanese citizen, I feel deeply embarrassed and indignant that this kind of blatant sexism has been consciously practiced in Japan on an institutional level. This is simply not acceptable and there's no excuse

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

3 years

I'm not liking not being able to see the dislike count on YouTube. It was quite helpful to judge if a video is potentially a waste of time.

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

1 year

If you are learning Japanese for three years and still using romaji, I'd strongly urge you to evaluate how you are learning Japanese and why you are learning Japanese. At that stage, you should be getting a lot of input from real-life resources, such as Netflix shows/anime with

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

10 months

When Japanese people say, "I want to learn English," what most of them mean is like, "I want to be able to speak English without making any serious effort."

❤️🤯 Zack+Everything👾🐙

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10 months

@ThatYuta I thought everyone in Japan wanted to study English because I hear “I want to study English” so often and because most students seem very normal, but I realized the people who actually study English seriously are rare and quite unique in Japan

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

9 months

People always circulate this myth that JLPT N1 is hard for native Japanese speakers. It is NOT. Most native speakers should have no problem passing N1 easily. Can everybody get the perfect score? No. Can you find Japanese people who struggle with some questions, yes you can.

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@ThatYuta

1 year

Do you know what some Japanese people do when they forget how to write kanji? Let's say they are at a meeting and they are writing something on a whiteboard: お気に入り機能のじっ、、、 Wait... they forgot how to write 実装 (implementation)... What would they do? They might

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

4 years

This Japanese person has lived abroad for 20 years and says she speaks English "at a native level". This is what she wrote: "Everytime I watch funny YouTube, I'm addicted watching another episodes as well." Oh, and she's a translator.

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

5 years

I wonder why more people aren't using chopsticks in the world. They are such convenient utensils.

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@ThatYuta

1 year

This reminds me of how some people claim that JLPT N1 is difficult for native Japanese speakers... It is not, even though many might fail to get the absolute perfect score. But passing should be a piece of cake for most native speakers. I feel like N1 is WAY below the

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1 year

Do people who claim that "most native speakers aren't even C2" actually hear themselves?

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1 year

Eigo-jouzued 😂

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

5 years

Japan should call this "a state of hikikomori"

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

8 years

There are a lot of people you would never meet if you didn't speak their language. That's what makes learning new languages really worth it.

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Yuta Aoki

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4 years

People complain about how シ and ツ are confusing That's how I feel when I see ด and ค

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

4 years

Chris ( @AbroadInJapan ): the British part of me wanted Japanese Youtubers to roast me like a fucking chicken Me:

Japanese Roasts Chris Broad Like a ﾌｧｯｷﾝ Chicken

Learn Japanese with Yuta: https://bit.ly/36qxbWIMy (failed) attempt to roast Chris Broad aka Abroad in Japan.I reacted to "What I REALLY Think About Japanese...

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Yuta Aoki

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1 year

It's interesting some non-native speakers of Japanese come up with imaginary rules such as you can't use は multiple times in a sentence. There's no such rule. You can use は as many times as you want. Here's an example of a professionally edited book.

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

4 years

Videogame in real life. Hilarious lol

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@ThatYuta

9 months

I don't know a single Japanese person who uses kana input

Matt vs Japan

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Turns out the default kana input keyboard layout (known as "JISかな配列") is extremely inefficient and totally sucks Your fingers have to travel an excessive amount while typing because the layout spans across 4 entire rows, and the placement of keys is not optimal at all

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@ThatYuta

4 years

There are people who take pride in watching a lot of anime, and there are people who take pride in not watching any anime.

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@ThatYuta

3 years

New Year's Eve family dinner

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

11 months

Learn Japanese Wihe These 2023 Anime Characters 1. Oshi no Ko Not only is this anime interesting, but most characters also speak Japanese pretty naturally (except for a few characters like Kana, who speaks overly feminine Japanese.) But characters like Akane speak very

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

21 days

"Japanese people don't talk like anime..." or do we? #learnjapanese

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

6 years

This is how Japan's Self-Defence Force (apparently the fourth most powerful military in the world) recruits new members. This is probably only in Japan lol

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

6 years

It's so easy to paint an entire country, nationality, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or any category of human being in a negative light based on your negative personal experience or prejudice. I like people who are capable of resisting to that kind of bias.

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

3 years

A Japanese kid used a trasparente eraser and the school banned it because it's not white. (They need to use a white eraser.)

insomnia 🌏 Revolution4Change Riot in TOKYO

@psyche2nakano

3 years

！うちの娘ちゃんが、きちんとした文具屋で買った消しゴムが、「白くない」と言う理由で、学校で禁止された。これって、理屈が無いんですよね。透明な消しゴムがダメってロジックはどこにある？、これ学校に持ってちゃダメなんだぜ🤔

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5 years

Question of the day at the Tokyo governor conference "You are telling us not to go out at night. But if you keep holding conferences at night, we will have to go out..."

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Yuta Aoki

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6 years

In Japanese school, you pretty much only learn Japanese, Chinese, US, and European history and the rest of the world is ignored. Travelling made me realise that there is so, so much more to the world.

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

6 years

Do you want to learn Japanese? Sign up for my FREE Japanese lessons and learn "real," non-textbook Japanese that we actually speak

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@ThatYuta

4 years

Listening to anime songs while driving... I think anime is affecting my soul lol

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

10 years

My book is finally on sale! I really need some reviews, so your review would be hugely appreciated. http://t.co/TkRZbzIKv2

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@ThatYuta

5 years

Who else enjoys spotting random details in an anime?😆

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Yuta Aoki

@ThatYuta

2 years

It's sad that all those Reddit posts and internet forums created misguided men who don’t understand real dating dynamics with real-life human beings and think dating is like a video game where you need to have a certain persona and say the right things.

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7 years

You know you are in Japan when the train apologies for being 4 minutes late.

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3 years

Western-centrism in action

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@ThatYuta

3 years

You are now about to witness the strength of Japanese knowledge

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@ThatYuta

4 years

A lot of people say that Japanese people should express their feelings and emotions more openly and directly. But a lot of Japanese people think it's not necessarily a good thing to be direct and expressive in many situations. Some people may even find beauty in subtleties.

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@ThatYuta

5 years

...and tell people to kiotsukeru.

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4 years

Japanese people: foreign countries are dangerous! Americans: foreign countries have no freedom!

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4 years

This, of course, also applies to English speakers who teach English.

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5 years

I have to admit. Anime is pretty good at making you forget reality.

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4 years

It's frustrating to use dictation software that doesn't recognise swear words. Can you just transcribe exactly what I say? Your job is transcribing, not deciding what I can and why can't say.

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4 years

Am I the only person who loves seeing realistic food in anime? (Wotakoi)

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1 year

I've always found ですから and ますから in sentences like this unnatural: 朝ごはんを食べませんでした。忙しかったですから。 I didn't eat breakfast because I was busy. (Genki) But it's not easy to explain why it sounds unnatural. It's highly context-dependent. There's nothing

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4 years

Completely disagree. Not only is constructive criticism healthy, it's also necessary for us to grow. It helps me understand things more deeply by listening to different opinions.

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@ThatYuta

4 years

"Your Japanese is good" doesn't mean a lot "Your Japanese is better than 99% of non-native speakers" or "How come your Japanese sounds so natural?" definitely means something But "You speak Japanese better than Japanese people" is probably just flattery

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7 years

Japanese isn't necessarily a difficult language in itself. I find the structure pretty simple. But the way Japanese people speak it often makes it difficult to understand because many of them are very indirect and roundabout.

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1 year

In English textbooks, you sometimes see the word "seldom" and a lot of non-native speakers end up using "seldom" very often when they speak English. But most native speakers (perhaps with some exceptions because I've met someone who said they use it) SELDOM use the word "seldom"

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@ThatYuta

6 years

Who is having long-distance FRIENDSHIPS?

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1 year

Talking to Japanese people in Japanese in real life isn't a test. It's OK to forget some specific words and expressions. You can always use different words. You can also look them up or ask people if you really want to find these words. It's OK to make mistakes. They might

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@ThatYuta

7 years

It's really annoying when people assume that I have certain values and opinions just because I'm Japanese. I'm an individual who has my own personality and perspectives.

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1 year

Most people don't need to be able to handwrite kanji off the top of their heads. Just learn how to read them so that you can type them if you have to. If you want to handwrite them, you can look them up on your phone or computer. Sure, it will impress Japanese people if you

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What about skipping writing all together ? My Japanese would have improved more if I ignored writing completely. I actually forgot everything I learned in school and picked it up naturally from just reading things in everyday life. No need to write. Just need to type.

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