Learn Japanese with Yuta: bit.ly/3mKCRWu

In an alternate universe we have "That Japanese Yankee Yuta" teaching us "How to Speak Japanese Like a good Boy"

im a woman but i want to be a Japanese bad boy today so im here.

An element of "rough" speech that I notice a lot is the trilled/rolled R's, e.g. 2:54 ("ikuzo korrra~!"). Sheena Ringo does that a lot in her older songs (e.g. "Tsumi to Batsu", "Marunouchi Sadistic", "Honnou"), some of which are about the difficulties of life.

Randomly watching Yuta over the years has given me more Japanese comprehension than 3 semesters at uni, lol

8:25 reminds me of that great video you did about that song Usseewa, which btw I showed my middle-aged native Japanese tutor and she actually really loved the song because of its honesty, then again she left Japan like 20 years ago partially because of the work culture talked about in that song so maybe her perspective is different. In any case, it's a good example how as with everything in Japanese, context is everything. What's suitable for an artistic statement or an anime may not be suitable for real life, or maybe only once or twice in your life.

Now I know why my Japanese friend looked at me with a panic look when I used those ways of talking. The guy just keep telling me to stop watching anime :v He told me it sounds rough, but I never knew it was THAT rough :v

If I ever get serious about learning Japanese, it will be useful to know the nuances like this.

It's great watching his English improve over the years

Great! I treasure the videos giving a broader perspective over the language with just enough details. Super useful not only to be able to understand what's being said, but also sense the mood and have an idea of who's the person talking. Would love to hear something about outdated Japanese older generations still use, some archaic expression that are still in use while the grammar behind them not anymore, as well as some situational Japanese: talking with classmates (which you mentioned in this video), family, coworkers, parents in law, neighbors, close friends, acquaintances, and so on. I guess I have a difficulty judging the expected level of politeness and formality and selecting appropriate expressions. How to sound friendly in some situations and not too friendly in other? It's easy to grasp the meaning behind words and grammar points, but difficult to get how they "feel" (without massive amounts of exposure). Happened to me more than once that I sounded too rough/impolite without my intention which got me into trouble and served as a huge discouragement in my studies.

13:43 kimi ni todoke, how nostalgic :')

This is a Certified Bad Boy Classic.

1:01 and 13:59 this is how a real Japanese bad boy speak

I remember in one of your old videos one of the guys you interviewed called you "usotsuki konoyaro" but it didn't sound rude but friendly.

Ty for the romaji, it is really helpful

gangsta yuta😂 pass da joint yo!

In Detective Conan, I think I hear Conan likes to address close friends like Ran or enemies like Kaito Kid by something sound like "Omae" as well, or at least when he talks in his teenager manner.

i loved this subject, i wondering if you will get into more in this topic.

"I say, young fellow, verily you seem to have put your seeding implement in your most honorable mother's loins. De gozaru." Is that the kind of thing a Japanese bad boy might say ?

Interesting video Yuta.

I can never get enough of the music

great video

in regards of honorifics as in 9:49 i _encourage_ japanese speakers to not refer me with honorifics (perhaps you rarely hear ‘yobisute kudasai/呼び捨てください’ but i’ll make sure of that being well-heard) except if they refer me as a third person. just like i don’t want people to refer me as ‘sir’, ‘mister’, or if you’re familiar with southeast asia, ‘pak’, or ‘pak cik’. just call me by name _or_ use ‘mas’, a title used by my people to refer to young men (javanese here btw)

7:30 カレーは辛え！！！😅

the kunjugation in japanese is fairly easy but the nuances are very deep . e.g for the muzukashikunai you can just think of naruto with his kunai...the worst think of learning Japanese is that Japanese people rarely correct you. I was lucky the last day where one of my sempais corrected me which I truly appreciated. I used dattara instead of sou suru to

this is very helpful thankyou もっと動画を作るれ！お願いします～

Yankii. xD That's the word you are looking for. This video has way less Takeshi Kitano and Crows than I expected, but perhaps it's just that my references are getting too old at this point... xD But school delinquents will always, always make me remember Cromartie. xD

The best example is Sakigake!! Otokojuku

Although, I'm watching your videos without trying to learn Japanese, I find them interesting even though I plan to only learn Japanese a decade down the line in life.

Very informative. I really like how some yakuza-like people in the media talk in a weird rhythm. Can anyone tell more about that?

this is actually super informataive. i always wondered if putting か at the end of sentences sounded right or not, now i realize i might have come across as too aggressive to my Japanese friends 😅

My name could also be spelled the same way as a japanese slang for cold Good to know :)

Watching educational videos on stuff you already know because the videos are often lowkey hilarious.

Hiiiiiij first hehehehehe ❤❤❤❤love your videos I learn alot about japanese from you , I think after this video I gonaa sound like a bad boi 😎

yuta smokin that loud

Hi Yuta, When I was taking Japanese in high school, I and my classmates would often say farewell by saying "死んではないで", rather than saying something like "じゃあ" or " まったね". I don't recall the teacher ever correcting us on this. How would you rate it?

This is the funnest Japanese channel Yuta. Having a Japanese wife and getting little refinements like this to what I hear, then described by you, together around her, is omoshiroi to say the least.

Dear Yuta : what is the difference between ZO et and ZE at the end of the phrase ? Example : ( iku zo ) or ( iku ze ) ?

Just discovered that I talk like a ヤンキー everytime. It's shorter, easier to pronounce and connect sentences so I think I get the reason why ヤンキー talks that way. And sometimes I mix it with 関西弁 because it feels easier to speak that way. More lax equals more use for me

Isn't the correct term for changes like あい and おい to ええ and うい to ええ monophthongization and not contraction since it's still the same lentght?

use yagaru after everything! for example うせやがれ means ”stfu”

Yuta can you make a video about the words like わざわざ、ぎりぎり、もともと etc whether they are used or not, because of the anime since they say they can't be learned, idk these kinds of words that sound rare are really used in real life jsjw

I couldn't even handle Japanese as a good boy :(

あざます！

This was a funny lesson.

Kimi ni Todoke is my favorite manga

can you do a video on gyaru??

I have got to see the full version of the guys asking about paying money back. Where on KZfaq can I find that??

Interesting, I've often noticed this - most notably the change to -ee - in the Yakuza games as well as some anime, and I could just tell from the intonation that it was meant to come across as rougher. But I didn't know how or where it's actually formed from.

Its easy to understand ssince learn japanese strong interest

"if you use "コノヤロー" in every sentence you will sound very low class" ビートたけし would like to have a word with you, yuuta

Imagine sounding like Tony Montana from Scarface when speaking Japanese.

I am disappointed that ryuji from persona 5 is not in this video

2nd comment: Yuta, you have a great series of how anime characters speak Japanese. Please do Itsuki Nakano from the quintessential quintuplets or any or all the 7 main characters in TQQ. How they speak Japanese I believe is very important to understanding the plot eg the honorifics, the lost in translation stuff (eg when they say things like tsurui, hatsukoi, uso, tachi, fukuzatsu Vs taihen, mote etc that are removed from the dub). I compiled a lot of the lost in translation stuff in r/gotoubun Something to consider about Itsuki: The Quintessential Quintuplets' character types are: Ichika - Onee-san / ara ara, Nino - tsundere, miku - kuudere / dandere, Yotsuba - genki Itsuki - ?? - Tsundere like Nino? - Eat-suki? - Imouto? - Someone who speaks keigo to their siblings, to Fuutarou and to Raiha and to everyone basically? Actually, the main thing I learned from Yuta's videos that keigo is basically just desu, masu & their variations. I swear when I learned elementary Japanese in bachelor's (foreign language classes are required in universities in the Philippines) we were never even taught the word keigo. All this time I had no idea Itsuki was the only quint and actually only main character who was talking keigo to EVERYONE. Anyway, I have a theory as to what Itsuki's type is, but you're not gonna like it...

The thumbnail sent me

I love how little purpose this lessons has. :D Let me teach you how to say things in japanese, that you will most likely never use, unless your ambitions include becoming a yakuza in japan.

I'm sure that my impression of a Japanese bad boy will get me out of trouble next time I get jumped by thugs in Kabukicho

Oh, you mean, like a Cool boy? 😎

what about high class?

Doesn't the あい → ええ contraction happen in Kansai dialect too??

Never clicked on a video so fast lol

A friend of mine used to say Sugee instead of sugoi. Know I understand why.

いいビデオできやがったなコラ！

oh shoot. i used ka as a ? unknowingly...no wonder i didnt get further replies from japanese in one of those language apps.

おい喜多川、持ち上げんねぇよこのやろう！🤣

Wait, I thought that's what you had been doing since you started the channel?

10:40 does anyone have context or a link to the video?

I want to speak like a Japanese bad boy

What about Mikudayo? 😮

I'm curious as to why some of these forms are considered rude. Do they literally translate to something specific? Is there an etymological story behind some of them? Here in Brazil there are forms of speech associated with “underclass”, “slums” and “drug dealers”. Sometimes they are just a sign of belonging to these groups, other times the expressions actually mean something in a rude way and there are less rude synonyms.

does anyone knows what the original video of minute 9:22

I knew csm and tokyo revengers would be in this 😭

Me: WRITE THAT DOWN ×2!

Like a bad boy lmao

You have to be Jotaro Koujo 😅

Having learned Japanese by myself, my way of speaking is apparently a rather eclectic mix of 丁寧語、タメ口、関西便、and some archaic words that used to be common some 40-70 years ago. 😂 Gotta keep people guessing, but it at least seems to make me more approachable.

Had a japanese 'bad boy' friend growing up so I learned certain expressions in that fashion, I realized when I'm fluent I too will probably sound a little...bad boyish lol

Aki speaks not like a sweat good boy😮 Oh

Yo yo yo! Omaera!

6:40 I'll subscribe, I'll subscribe, please don't hit me anymore bro!

I've been doing the "ai" to "ee" sounds unconsciously then. Oml. I can't pronounce certain things so I just do that out of convenience.

ありがとうござったぞなー！俺様愛したぞ

This is good for me in case I want to have a smart mouth in a second language lol

why there is a "tsu" to make the letter longer?

Yuta is my favorite not bad boy bad boy good boy guy😂

Why did you repost the video?

Would it be funny if someones name was Teme or Omaj 😂

Can you Explain what Uke and seme mean to the uncultured viewers

Or just play the Yakuza series.

XD

Thanks to this video, I'm now ready to get my a*s kicked out of Japan.

Sugee

Bro is so lucky, he can watch anime without you subtitles 💀✨

i am infatuated to japanese guys 😭😭😭 can anyone date me. im a femboy asian

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0:13 hey cool there's anime in this video! Usually I won't watch if there isn't anime. Why don't you mention in the thumbnail or description that there's anime? I think it would entice people to watch your videos. Like someone could look up chainsaw man and then decide to check out your video even if they weren't (yet) interested in learning Japanese. Anyhoo ... Got back into anime late 2021 / early 2022 and started watching yuta late 2022. gained a lot of insights in just a few months but of course i had learned japanese over a decade ago when i was in university. now i watch yuta as regularly as i watch agadmator videos. (agadmator is a popular youtuber in 9LX. agadmator makes chess videos too, but chess suuuuucks and 9LX ruuuules.) P.S. Who is the biggest sore loser? Light Yagami (in death note) Magnus Carlsen (in chess) Garrett Adelstein (in poker) Magnus Carlsen (in 9LX)

im an old white man with tattoos and a beard, im aleady unwelcome in japan for my appearance alone why would you recommend i learn something that would make the distrust and dislike even worse? dropped

Oh, I know another meaning to "iku"

A section of this is a guide on how to speak like a chinpira

This video's thumbnail is great. xD