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The only way to know that you've truly escaped the Nihongo Jouzu is when you get the Eigo Jouzu.

*"In short, become Nihongo jouzu, to escape Nihongo jouzu"* Sasuga Dogen! Genius advice 😂😂

Thanks for the shoutout!! Input squad → 'nihon nagai desu ka' squad all the way! 💪

最近、同僚とか初めて会って会話できた日本人が「日本何年ですか。」聞かれたことが多くなって、ドーゲンさんの動画を観てから「日本語上手」というセリフを超えたことを知りました。 わーい

listening to the unscripted japanese honestly helps because i can see you thinking as you speak, and atm it's *super* hard for me to create my own sentences in japanese so i needed this

Love how this essentially is just you gushing over Monster. Understandably so.

"The ability to generate a lot of money" Best advice

最近観たアニメだとODD TAXI は色んな日常会話が出てくるからオススメ

For beginner intermediate manga I'll suggest "Yotsuba to!". Basically the (episodic) story of a 5 years (green haired) girl who is implied being non native or non used to japanese culture who go around with his father making the neighbours laugh. It's a little nice slice-of-life, good because the language is simple, the girl talk like a girl (and says something uninteded, sometimes), the adult talks like adults but still in a simple ways. The tone is light hearted and generally fun. So a lot of common words around that manga.

I ask this question to my sensei.. 2 years ago when I arrived and everytime I talk to japanese person they always compliment me "日本語が上手ですね" even though I only started studying for more than 3 months. and I ask my sensei why now that I try to talk to japanese person he/she never compliment to me anymore. My sensei told me once a Japanese person notice that you are a beginner in their language they will compliment at you to boost your confidence and study more.. but once they notice that you could make a proper conversation to them.. they will think that complimenting is not necessary anymore.

I loved this. There was a lot of thinking while speaking, being confused about what language you were speaking and the whole thing was generally less polished than usual. This feels real. How a real person with amazing skills would still speak in their second language. It helped me to forgive my own mistakes and flaws when I speak Japanese. Thank you for an amazing video.

I think the reason why you're forgetting english is because it's your 1st language, so you don't really think about it. It's kind of always been there, and you're not constantly analyzing it nor studying it. For example, I will fail to recognize an english word, and not really concern myself. With Japanese, I am almost obsessive about looking up words and studying the meanings behind phrases. I cannot be bothered in english, it's not important for me to get much better.

i just wanna say that even tho this is unscripted its still so entertaining, youve either gotten a lot better or dont give yourself enough credit for your unscripted stuff and i always laugh when you switch from japanese to english accent mid sentence, its so jarring every time

"How to talk like Yakuza" "one option could be to listen to a lot of Shiina Ringo" Hahaha! Is it because of the way she pronounces those "R" sounds?

How to escape the "nihongo jozu" squad: have massive visible tattoos, even as a foreigner. Side effects may include*: people saying nothing at all or as little as possible to you in literally every situation, tissue advert girls ignoring your very existence, Japenese girls taking pictures with your tattoo in the club like YOU'RE the tourist attraction, local Osaka Kushiage vendors making you show their son your Tebori to inspire them, and randomly making friends with future Japanese rock stars. *Results may vary. Valid in anecodtal experience only. See reverse side for details.

Finding media to be passionate about is always my go-to advice on learning specific vocab in languages. Found it so hard to find anything in Japanese that is a political thriller or satire when I worked for a brief stint at 霞が関 though. There's so much of it in English (West Wing, House of Cards, satire from Australia or the UK, etc.) but it's just an absent setting in Japanese media. Shin Godzilla or cop/law shows are the closest I could get! [Edit: Of course for manga as Dogen notes, there's Urasawa Naoki's stuff too though]

Watashi wa speedo desu

“You’ll never be able to use ‘omni-directional mobility gear’ unless your talking about Attack on Titan” Not yet

I think reading shounen jump could help for those learning to read Japanese even if it's not realistic. Manga geared towards younger audiences will often have the pronunciation next to all the Kanji, so it's easier to read and look up the meanings (though some are made up).

まじで普通に道元さんの作る動画は面白くて観ちゃう。

Exposing yourself to Japanese every day really helps. I've been studying Japanese for 5 years at school, but I found that I improved the most this year when I took at least 3 hours a day just listening to native Japanese - usually through live streams or game streams, anything that I'm interested in. There's only so much you can learn from textbooks and rigid language structures, but once you start becoming familiar with the pace and flow of native speakers, you'll be able to pick up more useful phrases that don't appear in books and even some current slang. Social media is also a good way to connect and expose yourself to the language. (My 方言 is quite mixed up though, I've been picking up words from all random areas XD 飛騨弁勉強してるのにハカハカとかよく使っちゃうｗ)

日本語の学習に対するモチベーションがすごい！尊敬します

I don't know if I'll ever get around to actually learning Japanese in my life, but I've really enjoyed your KZfaq channel the past year, Dogen. Excellent as always!

Thanks for this video :) there aren't many videos like this one (short, in Japanese but with good subtitles) available, so I really wanted to thank you. I've been using your videos to practice listening and they've very helpful!

You know, I might just leave Lain on repeat. I love that series!

my anime that i go to have a good time and learn japanese is Shirokuma cafe. It´s good vibes and every lithe world pun(witch is used a lot) has visual representation, so it enlarges your vocabulary a bit

Oh y'know, a good anime to learn Japanese to would be Crayon Shin-chan. I remember suddenly getting a clip of it on my KZfaq Recommendations and decide to watch it to find it has no subs but I understood like 60-85% of what they're saying, with note that I actually have learned Japanese enough to know the sentence structures and stuff but severely lacking in vocabulary knowledge.

I'm currently re-watching "My husband won't fit" since the two main characters are teachers, to try get some School related vocab. The second advice seems solid

I got super into the Yakuza series before 6 came out, and all the time I spent playing those games actually helped me with my pronunciation before I even started studying. But then I was told I should be careful with what I learn from it because I wouldn't want to talk like a yakuza. Reminds me of an old Kojima Productions podcast where Christine learned Japanese from manga and anime and talked like a boy.

Dogen, I’ve seen from other videos how much work you put into your scripted comedic videos (which I also love and think are very funny) but also want to chime in that I enjoy your unscripted videos so much! I find them very funny and entertaining, just in a slightly different way. Hope to see more of this content in the future~

Thank you so much for your videos! I am still learning japanese and all your answers to these questions were very helpful to me! I will take all the advice and apply it to my study! ^~^

Thank you for mentioning the input method!

For foreigner, I think the best way to study Japanese is make a Japanese friend who wants to study English. It's a win-win relationship. (Maybe Japanese expressions...?)

I basically listened to Japanese media nonstop for my first year and a half while studying basic grammar, vocab, kanji, etc. Then all of a sudden everything really clicked and now, learning Japanese in Japanese, I believe is the most important first big step beginners should strive for. w

Holy crap! I haven't watched Serial Experiments Lain in ages, and then it was in English. Time to dust off the DVD and revisit.

Thanks for the video :)

Oh Dogen, いつも笑わせてくれてありがとう。特にその最後の冗談は笑い声が必ず出ちゃう。

I was wondering why there's a weird black circle only to realised it's your microphone

last line is gold

Ooh, I love Nakata Atsuhiko as well! The Kojiki series was really interesting and funny!

So funny to see a question from TheNo1Alex. I've been watching him on twitch since before I even started learning Japanese.

Yeah, that sixth sense thing is how I learned English. I wasn't even able to understand it, but I loved watching cartoons on Cartoon Network, and I was watching them for years like that. To this day I get compliments for my pronounciation from native speakers.

Brilliant! 👏👏👏

I just finished reading all of Urasawa’s Monster a few days ago and loved it! I haven’t seen the anime but I’ve heard it’s pretty much the same quality.

“the ability to generate a lot of money” 同感 lmao

IMO, Battle Programmer Shirase is better for IT terminology than Serial Experiments Lain.

I really like how you replied to arex's dumb question so seriously

日本語上手

1:13, I literally said ayyyy out loud when you said it. Great taste dude. edit: 7:02, that's my favourite animanga too. Man you have amazing taste.

I love how wisely Dogen is choosing his words. Very relatable to me who is also very picking about my own choice of words, especially in Japanese. Also I'm very proud to tell that most Japanese people I spoke with in Japan were assuming that I was already living many years in Japan. That makes me too jôzu the get jôzu'd 😎

私の質問を答えてがありがとうございます！

Dogen! I loved monster too. And I relate to all the reasons you stated too.

「 You might not want to watch (serial experiment lain) on repat 」 Dougen you dont seem to understand , a shame you seemed an honest man

あっちゃんの話すスピード速いからね 良い勉強になりそう

Am I the only one generally surprised to her Dogen talk about how he studies Japanese? Like, what's left?

Your English is good!

日本人がお勉強になる動画😊面白い！

the switches to english are amazing lmao

「"Then"と"thin"の区別つかなかった」 あ、簡単だね。「Then」とは「細い」を意味して、「Thin」とは「その時」を意味してる

ドーゲンさんありがとうございます！絶対にそのチャンエルを見ます！

6:33 "oh it must've been summer when he made this"

椎名林檎のくだり…もー大好きです。😂

I really liked watching Africa no Salaryman for some common dialogue.

I really prefer your unscripted Japanese! Much more natural sounding to listen to.

Thank you for mentioning how studying Japanese can harm your native language. I am seeing in real time the way i conceptualize things is being restructured and it is an everyday struggle to make sure information isn't sorted in the wrong location in the brain.

On KZfaq I can recommend Onomappu! He talks about different topics in Japanese in a beginner friendly way. He also has subtitles in different languages including Japanese which is super helpful!

Hi dogen :) really appreciate that you made a video like this, remonds me that noone speaks flawlessly 🌸 on that note,,,i need to catch up with your patreon posts kxjdnd

Serial Experiments Lain is a gem!

I noticed that "Koku" you inserted for politeness. Dogen.

I've picked Japanese up on and off for 15 years, never really committing because I talk myself out of it -- be a defeatist, if you will -- and I've lived in Japan for the last 5 years! It's absolutely frustrating. All I do now is learn more or less passively with textbook study 5x a year. I do my best with the teeny tiny steps I make and try to feel proud of the eagerness to speak even if I make mistakes.

the last advice is great cuz I don't see myself going to Japan in at least the next 5 years, so seeing that I've been learning for at least a year I'm safe to say that by that point my Nihonjo Jouzo to Japanese people meet ratio will be as low as 1 in every 3 (as we all know that's low... lmao)

Hey, Dogen. Have you ever taken the Kanken kanji test?

えぐえぐ

中田敦彦氏のは内容があれなので・・・

If you haven't watched them already, Psycho Pass, Kino no Tabi, and Haibane Renmei might be up your alley

さすがどげん

When you're awake at 3 AM so you're early on half of videos:

For beginner students, I'd actually recommend Detective Conan/Case Closed as a manga/anime. If you ignore the police jargon, there's a lot of everyday language, and because it's technically aimed at kids, there are a lot of explanations plus hiragana pronunciations next to kanji.

personally from my langauge learning experiences, learning the vocab first makes learning grammar and writing sooooo much easier later on also if i'm not wrong (correct me if i'm) the japanese just normally use the english computer commands too lol so you can just say "enter," the only exception are the F keys but thats also really simple instead of F1, they just say F ichi, so its like F + japanese word for x number

バイリンガルにとっては語彙力が薄まるのは大きな課題です。 似たような言語であれば共通する単語もあるので大きな問題にはなりませんが、日本語と英語のように大きく異なる言語では両方の語学力を維持するのはとても大変なことです。

As a Japanese, I guess the most useful skill in Japan is speaking English.

Along the lines of what you said about monster, I thought the way of the househusband and kobayashi's dragon maid to be compelling and relatively grounded in the real world.

Anything from Naoki Urasawa is a good recommendation, if not to learn japanese, just to enjoy it... xD Monster is a favorite one for me too, along with 20th Century Boys... but Pluto, Master Keaton and Billy Bat are also great, if a bit less independent narratives, as in they reference other works.

設定 means "setting" both in the sense of "setting of a movie" and in the sense of "configuration settings"? (And also "setting a puzzle" if my dictionary is to be believed) You know, it is the same word in English, but... I would have expected those to be different. TIL

面白い！

not related to the vid but your hair looks real good like that

日本語は文法が全く違うから難しいよね。英語の勉強をしているからわかるよ。

I feel you!! My brain can only handle one language 🥲 omg serial experiments lain was really....

I would recommend watching Takagi (Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san). It is a slice of life anime, but all the characters use casual everyday Japanese in a very natural manner. I had many eureka moments watching it.

3:13 Personnaly i played Yakuza 0 in japanese, 気に入ったぜ !

確かに、最後のが外国人同士のみんなにも大切な骨だね🙏🏻

動画中の「日本語」を「英語」に置き換えるとそのまま英語学習に使えますね！面白い！

Monster is a great anime. I believe it was situated in Prague, Czech Republic and in Germany.

i haven't been nihongo jouzu'd but when i went there for the first time i was asked "how many times have you been to japan". i'm getting there i guess

Your voice literally changes when hewing Japanese 😂

The step after "How long have you lived in Japan" is "How long have you been married here". Apparently my normal clothing style is too close to "casual Japanese housewife". 😂

Unscripted Dogen is basically he is actually nervous in front of me trying to explain things while not messing up his Japanese grammar when here I am totally think that he slows down his speech just enough for me to understand properly XD

Nakata Atsuhiko speaks way too fast for my below beginner level knowledge, but I'm going to challenge myself anyway and watch his videos until I start understanding them. Thanks for the recommendation!

At 6:10 you actually read the question wrong, they said "nosy" not "noisy".