If you’ve never tried Rosetta Stone I highly recommend giving it a shot, especially since everyone is trying to occupy their time wisely during the lockdowns: rosettastone.com/reinascullyyt GANBARE 🥳 or good luck!!!

The reason I wanna learn Japanese is because I love the culture and want to visit Japan one day

me: a german, trying to learn japanese in english.

I listen to TOO much japanese music and really want to understand the lyrics

I don't even know why I want to learn Japanese, I just woke up one day and thought "I want to learn Japanese" and here I am

I wanted to learn Japanese because I was fascinated by the culture and history of Japan. When I first watched anime it was in Japanese and without subtitles which made me want to learn it.

Awesome advice! My suggestions are: 1. Start with hiragana, don't get into kanji or katakana too quickly. The best way to learn hiragana in my experience is honestly just writing out all the characters yourself, don't just look at a character and write out the romaji (standard alphabet) version of the character. As you alluded to, writing out or seeing the romaji is just going to make your head first go to the romaji instead of actually just reading the character. It might be boring to do this, as some want to jump straight into words, but this way you're actually learning the language instead of learning by word association. 2. My reason for not suggesting you learn katakana (the character set for English/foreign words) too quickly is in part that you will sometimes assume that you can just speak out as if all English words can be spoken in katakana instead of taking the time to learn the Japanese words. Not only that but it can also be slightly overwhelming and you may mix your katakana and your hiragana together, and in general the hiragana is much more of the foundation. 3. Once you start to feel more comfortable with the characters is when you can really start building up your basic vocabulary. And integrating the kanji of those words as well. And do it like you showed, completely remove the English words from the equation. And if you are watching anime try to watch an episode without subtitles at all once and just see how much you can understand. Then you can go back and watch it with subtitles and see how much you actually understood. 4. When you have a grasp of your hiragana and want to get really into learning more kanji, set a weekly goal of how many you want to learn per week, and stick to them. There's thousands of Kanji, and it is not something you just learn in a month. And if you look at a Japanese manga you may actually see certain kanji with their hiragana version on the side for more uncommon characters. The Japanese don't know every single kanji either, so they even need a slight nudge to help them figure out certain characters. Hope that helps :)

Based on my experience i can recommend: Learning hiragana Learning katakana Complete learning the "writing systems" by using the book "remembering the kanji" Then using a text book as "genki" or "minna no nihongo" And immersing yourself in any way possible.

Studying Japanese on my own so I don’t have to read the sub titles in anime💀

Reina: And let me know what made you want to start learning Japanese in the first place 98% of comments: ANIME

I want to learn Japanese because I’m half Japanese and didn’t grow up with that side of my family until we reconnected recently. Some of my family doesn’t speak English and I have so many questions and catching up to do in these twenty some odd years of not knowing them.

The reason why I’m going to learn Japanese is because I’m going to run away to Japan one day Edit - one day

Anime is literally why i wanna learn Japanese •ᴗ•

Congrats on 400k, Reina. I'm happy to see your channel come so far, stay safe and keep up the content

It's funny how it was Calligraphy that got me interested in Japanese, and now after 15 years I'm using Calligraphy to help others learn Japanese! :D

I want to learn Japanese because I really love the culture, food, and much more. It's always been my dream to live and work there.

"The intro" *Speaks japanese* *Then speaks English* Me: *This is about to go down like for real z's*

I want to learn Japanese for better job opportunities! Also for fun

I want to learn Japanese because of what sparked my interest when I was a kid when watching anime was hearing the amazing music produced and being able to understand what is being said for lyrics would be awesome. As time went on other things started grabbing my interest from Japan like the culture and the people. I'm very thankful for the video you have made today and wish you and your family safe tidings through these current challenging times that were experiencing. Thank you again for the video!

everybody gangsta until kanji shows up.

Her code switch is AMAZING! When speaking American English she pronounces Japanese words like an American would, but when she speaks Japanese, it's Native AF. I can see why a lot of people think she's American or Half-Japanese and Half-American even though she's Japanese.

Watching from Japan! I used to go to school in Mishima, so nice to see a fellow Shizuoka person :)

I went to Japan 3 years ago and everyone was so polite and kind and just wish I could verbally show gratitude when I can next travel there 😊 Thanks Reina

This video came out at the perfect time!! I'm trying to learn Japanese to communicate more with my friend in Tokyo- I help her with English, she helps me with Japanese- but I've struggled still so I appreciate your video a lot!!

My brother studied languages at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in California. The pace of study was intense. Students had to master the language course in 36-64 weeks. Psychologically it was very difficult, but fortunately he was helped by Yuriy Ivantsiv's book "Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign languages”. The book " Polyglot Notes" became a desk book for my brother, because it has answers to all the problems that any student of a foreign language has to face. Thanks to the author of the channel for this interesting video! Good luck to everyone who studies a foreign language and wants to realize their full potential

I wanted to learn japanese because I wanted to communicate with my aunt fluently and I know some simple words but I cant make a single sentence 😅

"And let me know what made you want to start learning Japanese in the first place" People are mostly saying anime.I love anime but, that isn't why i want to learn it's because I think the Japanese language is so peacfull and beautiful :)

What made me interested in learning Japanese is I like the culture, the food and I hope to visit Japan one day.

My original interest was anime and manga but now its culture and history. I hope to improve my Japanese speaking and reading abilities so that one day I might live and work in Japan.

Using Duolingo is the only thing I can do right now (people who are unable to pay to learn Japanese where you at???), I'm gonna wish myself luck and start actually doing daily lessons through it. Immersion is gonna be easy because there are Japanese youtubers I watch (and have to read subs to understand ; u ;) and anime, etc. Thanks Reina!! Becoming a seiyuu when I grow up is what made me wanna learn Japanese in the first place, although I know you've said the industry in Japan is really competitive I wanna be positive and keep my head up no matter what! Thank you once again, Reina!

I want to learn Japanese because I want to work at a huge AAA video game company like Nintendo. I grew playing their games and I been fascinated with the country ever since I was a kid. It’s been my dream since day 1!

Been to Japan omw to south Korea. My brother just survived a cancer and I promised him I'd take him to keep him uplifted. Now we'll be going next year

Wanted to learn Japanese for the anime, videogames and hopefully one day I can travel to Japan and immerse myself in the country to experience the whole place. Salutations

Never been this early but I hope you and your family are doing well!

I wanted to start learning Japanese because I moved to Okinawa when I was a few months old and lived there for 4 years. I now live in America and miss my fond memories of Japanese and Okinawan culture. So I decided to start learning Japanese!

I want to learn Japanese, because when I'm older I'm wanting to live in Japan when I'm older, because the history and culture, amaze me. And because of anime-, but mostly because I'm planing to live in Japan when I'm older

I wish I saw videos like this when I first took Japanese.

Just found out it’s the 3rd most hardest language I’m fucked I can’t even do homework

I wanna visit Japan one day which is why I’m learning the language. It’s a dream of mine. Hopefully by spring next year there aren’t any covid restrictions.

I have always been fascinated with Japan and its culture and I hope to visit one day.

I'm currently using Genki textbook and Duolingo! We'll see how it goes ...

Thank you for this! I'm trying to learn Japanese for my boyfriends mom! I want to talk to her in Japanese and impress her ha!

My grandfather lived in Japan for 10+ years before he moved back to the states. He said it’s a wonderful country and I’ve always thought about going to visit

I am wanting to learn Japanese when I am still young so I won't struggle too much when i get older! I am interested to the culture and language of Japan! I hope this all will help!

Perfect timing! Been contemplating to go back and practice my japanese since there's plenty of time to get it done! Thank you Reina! 🖤🖤

Immersion is the best way to learn a language however it is usually the most costly as well

I just became friends with two wonderful Japanese people and want to understand their native tongue. I also agreed to visit Japan with them one day.

I've been so confused on where to start for so long, thank you for this!!! Much love!!!💖💕💖💕💖

im learning japanese right now at my university! i wanted to learn ever since i first started watching anime and i was drawn to the culture and grew to love it! im hoping to continue learning japanese throughout college since i want to become a foreign service specialist and work at a us embassy in japan! :) your videos are always helpful to someone who is still learning like me! to keep myself immersed i usually watch 1) anime 2) anime radios w/ seiyuu guests (they're very funny too lol) and 3) listening to and singing along to japanese music! some of my favorite artists are one ok rock and aimer! i usually also search up the lyrics in japanese to read along :) レイナさんのチャネルは楽しくて面白いです！夫に英語を教えることがありますか？日本語の中で、何がいちばんむずかしですか？漢字はとても難しと思います。

I started learning Japanese so I can watch anime without subtitles and so that when I visit Japan next year, I won't need a translation app to be able to communicate with the locals. I plan on visiting Tokyo of course where there is a bit of English but I plan on spending most of my vacation in the rural areas where people don't speak English. I personally use human Japanese and lingodeer :-) those are two really good apps.

I decided to learn Japanese, because I love anime and japanese music, and I did karate when I was younger and had to speak bits and pieces, so I fell in love with it's culture and language

I my husband and I are getting stationed in Japan this coming summer and I want to get a head start on learning to make the transition easier

I've had a fascination with anime from a very early age (digimon and pokemon were my first two anime) and as I grew that interest grew into interest in Japan and Japanese culture as a whole. When I was in highschool one of my best friends had one of the group of Japanese exchange students staying with her. So we hung out a lot while they were with us. And some of my favorite memories of that time was going out bowling with them and they taught us a few Japanese phrases. Since then I wanted to learn the language especially since I want to visit Japan eventually and I was raised with the premise that if you go to a country even if its just for a short while you should at least try to learn a bit of the language.

My grandmother is from Kyuushuu, so I grew up surrounded around Japanese food, traditions, mannerisms, etc., despite being born and raised in the United States. I never really learned any language other than English, though, so I'd often hear Japanese or whatever other language and just be confused. Some of my family is also pretty shaky at English, so there can be communication barriers at times, too. I got interested in my heritage and their respective cultures, admittedly the largest being Japanese culture. Food, history, video games, anime, whatever. I guess I decided that learning the languages of my heritage and interests would be fun, so recently I started learning Spanish and Japanese. My plan is to study the two Genki textbooks and watch anime for now, and, if I'm feeling up to it, study for the JLPT N3! 家にいて一生けんめい勉強！

4:15 I've been studying Japanese for a month now and I was surprised that I actually understood this sentence. That makes me quite happy

Lived in Japan for 4 years, never learned the language because their English is so good. My girlfriend is Japanese with great English. Now I'm back in America and realized the opportunity I missed so I want to make up for it and learn as much as possible so when I go back I'll have a head start!

FIRST Edit: I love your videos reina, I've been waiting for a vid like this for forever. Hope you're safe! 😘

I’ll be singing that all day now.

I am half Japanese, born and raised in America. Japanese was never spoken in my home as my mother is the only one who speaks. She was trying to learn English so I was never exposed to it. I would like to get in touch with my Japanese roots and would like to surprise my mother by having a conversation with her entirely in Japanese!

I love, love, love Japanese stationery.

I was born half Japanase and i really agree that Japanase is very hard,It is not something you can learn then and there,You really have to try,I found it hard because of the pronounciation,I am also half Filipino,So accent is very hard for me,I have been trying to learn for about 3-4 years now since i was in 1st grade,But every year i juat end up saying ‘Oh its to hard,I’ll try next time’,This year since i do have alot of free time,I will be paying more attention in trying to learn Japanase,I also got into anime just because of how it really helps you learn easy words like ‘nani?’ Or like ‘Watashiwa’ or ‘Ohayo Gozaimazu’,This channel and Akidearest’s channel has really helped me learning what is right to say and what is not,I want to know that you are a big inspiration and i love you so much ❤️

I’m having a hard time deciding if I want to learn japanese or korean first, because I watch anime and read mangas + I really love kpop so I see korean practically everywhere on social medias every day. I’ve decided to learn japanese because I already know some phrases and words from watching anime with subtitles

biggest tip for Japanese beginners If someone asks you, "why are you learning Japanese?" answer, "so i can watch anime without subtitles" with the most serious face you can muster.

the anime Monogatari made me wanna learn japanese due to its use of idioms, and phonics to enhance storytelling. they even would visualize and animate hiragana

I've been practicing 20 minutes I now know niku means meat mizu means water and sushi means...... Sushi 😎😎

My friend: Why do you want to learn Japanese? You will never go to Japan. . . . Me: Because, one day i want to watch anime without subtitles. >

I’m helping with the set up of a new Toyota factory. The language barrier between my trainers and I makes my job tough. Thank you for the help! I’d at least like to show my peers that I took the effort to speak their language since they’re doing their best to speak mine.

one thing that got me through that first hurtle of understand is that mentally pretend that english doesnt exist. its because we are so used to linear patterns in english so we try to convert the language.

This was really eye opening! I wanted to start learning Japanese so when I eventually visit Japan, I can try to speak to locals ☺️

What made me want to learn japanese is anime and there is a japanese language we can learn in high school and i would like to be ahead of others

Reina San, your channel is an inspiration. Thank you for creating value in this often 残酷な世界. I hope my channel grows one day like yours so others can be motivated to learn Japanese.

I think I got a better grasp of the pronunciation of the language by these six short minutes than I have from my current self learning method I've spent about 1 and a half, almost 2 months.. ありがとうございました、先生！😄

I really love anime and my aim is to try learn Japanese and managing to understand anime without subtitles 😂😅 thank you for the tips!

My first exposure to Japanese was from around the age of 5 when I saw my first ever Anime in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing which I saw the first 4 or so episodes in Japanese, I loved it even though I struggled to follow it at the time, and as I got older I got into Japanese history and looked into the country as a whole and my love of Anime and Manga got bigger too. Because of that I'd love to learn it so u can watch Anime without relying on Subs and when I eventually go to Japan it will make the experience that much better. Also I love Nintendo. 😁

Hello I’m an English speaker learning Japanese and I also recommend duo lingo helped me with the basic a lot thanks for the tips

Reasons I want to learn: 1: anime UWU 2: the language sounds so satisfying and majestic 3: want to be able to go to Japan for a trip and can speak to people

I always wanted to learn Japanese and watch anime without subtitles. But I never got time to start. Now I have too much time. So I started reading Genki Textbook because i can't afford Rosseta stone.

Japanese is such a fun language to learn :) arigatou Reina-san

I've always liked anime, and I would practice basic hiragana and katakana with Duolingo every once in a while, but what really got me to want to invest time and energy into learning Japanese is music. J-pop and Vocaloid are two of my favorite genres of music, and a while back I discovered a Japanese artist named Eve whose music made me feel so... full. I know that's a weird way to describe it, but when I listen to his stuff I always feel so much emotion filling up my chest and head. It's truly a powerful experience that I haven't really had with any other music. So, I made up my mind that I wanted to learn Japanese so that I could start listening to his music without subtitles and still be able to understand and appreciate his art! (and some of it may be anime as well)

I am learning Japanese because I love the culture and want to visit Japan one day then hopefully live there.

Why I started learning Japanese: so I can watch JoJo without subtitles :P

would love to know how you "relearned" Japanese. English was also a second language for me, but i grew up in Los Angeles and it faded away slowly.

I work for a Japanese company, and we regularly rotate in Japanese engineers, and not all of them speak English very well. Also, several of our customers are Japanese, and most of our documentation is written in Japanese. Understanding the language would be beneficial for many reasons, especially if I get to converse with people I might not otherwise be able to.

I want to learn Japanese because I’ve been a big fan of anime for years now and I became super interested in the culture and lifestyle in Japan . It’s also because I believe that the language can help me in the future with jobs in the field I’m studying right now.

I wanna learn Japanese so I can truly rock tf out with Otoboke Beaver

I wanna learn Japanese so I don't have to search the dub version for animes.

Japan is my number 1 favorite place to go because, I love anime, Japanese woman, food, movies, the landscape, language, and everything else about your lovely country. It's a wonderful place to be at because its like a fantasy land from what I have seen in picture and read.

I deployed to Okinawa for 6 months and had a great time. I learned a little bit but I've always thought Japanese was a cool language so I'd like to learn it now! Maybe I'll go back some day and be able to speak it

I always wanted to learn Japanese but never I had time to get myself into it so now I feel like it's the perfect opportunity to start plus I'm working from home so much free time to learn ^^ I'm watching a lot sub anime and listening to a lot of Japanese melody music and play anime games sub so iam planning to continue on this vibe and with your help I'm sure I will get even better ^^ thank you for sharing this video Reina ^_^

I tried Rosetta Stone when I first started learning Japanese, and it was great for vocabulary, but I found it lacking in the grammar side. Because of the no translation method, there's no explanations for grammar rules, so you are left to deduct the rules, not the most efficient way to learn grammar.

I'm mexican, learning japanese in an english platform! I decided to learn it because of my grandpa (who's mexican that loved japanese while working at a japanese buisness when young)

I read this novel called Young Samurai about a British boy named Jack Fletcher who washed up on feudal japan after his entire merchant ship was killed by wako and is then is adopted by a Samurai called Masamoto Takeshi(based of on the real life Miyamoto Musashi) and he has to navigate his way through the traditions of the japanese people, the strains of training to be a Samurai as the adopted son of one and protecting a precious navigational tool which not only is his last keepsake of his father but also his only chance to sail back to england, back to to his now alone little sister Jesse. It is the book that really sparked my interest in japanese culture and traditions. Oh and also anime.

I’m watch anime 2/47 I didn’t know I could learn from there lol

Me: a polish, german, Kenyan and British person wanting to learn Japanese: >:) yes I’m ditching all the languages I COULD learn for my family to learn Japanese 😂

I just got Rosetta Stone and it’s great I want to learn Japanese because I love the culture and would one day like to live there

Minoring in Spanish, learned a little Arabic to speak with a coworker, trying to get back into Latin, and now one of the most adorable and fun KZfaqrs reignites my interest in Japanese (started a few years ago with Judo and my slight addiction to Japanese food), yeah I are pretty lucky I done can talks English good still correctically.

I just really wanna watch my anime’s without being distracted by having to read and miss the show

I currently use Duolingo, I can't use Rosetta stone because I don't have the money for it

The singing helps alot. I lived in Sasebo for about 3 years. I learn a bit to get around. Japanese is my 3rd language that I will master. I am more or less continuing to learn Japanese so that I can watch seasonal anime and multi-task.

I want to learn it because I want to test my brain. And I'm 13 so I think that this is a prime time for me to learn languages, bc once I get older I might not have that much time.