This dude single-handedly dropped some of the absolute best contents for japanese learners and then fucking disappeared cause he was tired of being a god, fucking legend

Please return Benjiro-San ! You are so unique on KZfaq, we need you !

I know you are no longer posting, but I just wanted to appreciate you for these videos. May you be blessed in abundance for making and sharing these! Thank you Benjiro-san

She speaks so clearly and slowly. Great video class.

The chosen one has returned 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀 I missed you benjiro. You have no idea how. Much I. Love your videos

OMG benjiro is back!! you have no idea how much you have helped me with my Japanese i cannot express this with words..you are a Genius, your content is the most effective tool ive ever used to learn a language! its so fun to just listen to real conversations in well spoken Japanese, with the vocab on the side its just perfect, plus your handle the conversations in such a great manner, you continue the flow and always end up talking about interesting and funny subjects, please keep it up! its a blessing for us Japanese learners!!! :D blessings from Israel!

if someone would be this patient with me I'd talk to them all day long in Japanese :D

I hope you are safe and living a wonderful life right now. Thank you so much for this amazing resource for me and my fellow Japanese learners. Your content is amazing and truly one of a kind. Thank you so much for all this hard work you put in, hopefully you are doing alright. We love you Benjiro

I would love to see more videos... but in all honesty, you have enough quality content to last me a few years as a beginner. Your channel is probably the most valued learning resource for me so thanks for that! I've been studying for about 2 years and I'm now able to have some fairly decent conversations in Japanese thanks to you. :)

This might not be considered a great idea to MIA purists, but it served me well and I wanted to share it. I find these videos super encouraging as a beginner. But even more so, the audio portion of these conversations can be a good way to start immersing with some simple editing. If you're not too advanced, but want to feel like you're listening to something closer to native - and still understand it! I took every video from this channel, converted them to MP3's and removed the silences between lines (about 23.5hrs turned into 13.5). This makes the audio more demanding, and much more time efficient. It feels more like the missing level between beginner and native. This was a somewhat unnatural edit to perform, but overall they actually sound really great. You probably would've never known. And It can be applied to a lot of sources. If you want to do it yourself, look into "Audacity" and it's "truncate silence" tool. My settings used were "Threshold: -35db, silence detection: .3 seconds, truncated to: .15 seconds. " I hope this suggestion doesn't bother Benjiro, I really appreciate your work...Good luck everyone!

Cor, as a beginner even these are hard to understand. I get tired listening and trying to make sense of it, but they are *really really* useful! Thanks for taking the time to make these videos.

Excellent! I was hoping you’d make more content! Thanks

So glad that you’re uploading again

Woww! The legend is back! Please keep making content, it's amazing!

I don’t know how I found u but I’m glad I did. This is the best thing on the internet to get started in exposure to Japanese. I’ve picked up over 10 languages just by exposure. I can speak 4 of them fluently. This is really the most wonderful video out there for people like me who pick up languages from exposure. Can’t thank you enough.

やった! 久しぶり the best KZfaq Japanese lessons return

You guys are speaking slowly, and clear. Thank you. You should make more videos.

Thanks I love your videos

as a teacher, i recommend these videos for people learning japanese. A very effective method to learn.

Benjiro is the chosen one, no one else has videos like him. I am so happy he came back!!!!!!!

I can understand most of what both of you are saying. I was doubting myself at first because I wasn't able to converse with others, because of the fear of people pretending to be someone. But I'm like so proud of myself for being able to understand your convo. Words that I haven't heard or seen before, I write them down. Thank you for the side notes.

Hooooraaaaay I never though I’d get a new video lol!! Just thought I’d be stuck watching the same playlist over and over again!!! Really hope to see more stuff soon and can’t wait to watch this!

He's back! So good to see you, after going through all your videos twice I'm happy to see a new one 🙏

I hope u’re still doing fine, Benjiro-san

Ive watched all of your videos multiple times now. I hope you make more vids in the future. They're a real great help!

This is so amazing. Very helpful while I work on my Japanese listening and conversational skills. Can't thank you enough!

These videos really helps me to improve my Japanese - thank you so much for uploading new video - I have been watching and listening to previous videos over and over again and learned so much from them already

These videos are still the one of the best videos out there to study beginner/intermediate daily conversations. You don't see that much daily talk in most of the animes, movies etc. Bonus part is that you get the get a glimpse of the guests life, witch is really fun. I don't know if you will come back or not but still, thank you for all these videos. Helped and still helps me a lot.

Benjiro-San, finally I have found you! this channel is pure gold!!!

Hey Benjiro, thanks so much for your previous videos. They helped so much when I went to Japan last year and I could understand people and conversate back to them. Happy to see new content on your channel again 😁 ありがとうございました

unexpected seeing this on my feed. Thanks bro!

This is an absolute gold mine for japanese learners, thank you so much Benjiro-san

...some of the best resources on youtube! the enigma of benjiro - some say he is on the same island skywalker as a recluse hung out on, others say he is walking shikoku henro pilramage - very slowly, some speculate that he runs a modest izakaya on the fuji's 23rd station. i think he is actually sharla in japan as i have never seen them in the same video. in any case, this one-off video after a 2 year absence is a very welcomed surprise. thank you sharla for all your great vids!

this channel helped me alot. Recently, I just passed my jlpt n4 :) more power to this channel.

ベンジロさん: ルイさんは幸せですか？ ルイさん：　そうですね。幸せですね。私は幸せな方だと思います。 ベンジロさん：　辛いことがありません？ ルイさん：　特にありません。 ベンジロさん：　よかったし。今年は2019年ですよね。 ルイさん：　そうですね。 ベンジロさん：　今年になって泣いたことがありますか。 ルイさん：　今年になって泣いたことはまだないですけど泣きそうになったことがあります。 ベンジロさん：　きそうになりますした。映画見てて。 ルイさん：　そうですね。ヒックとドラゴン知っていますか？ ベンジロさん：　知りません。 ルイさん：　多分英語だとHow to train your dragon　の３一番最近のHow to train your dragon.ヒックとドラゴンを泣きそうになりますした。 ベンジロさん：　いい話ですか。 ルイさん：　いい話です。すごい話です。 ベンジロさん：　英語で見てるんですか。 ルイさん：　そうですね。オーストラリアの映画館は英語しかないので英語で見てます。 ベンジロさん：　オーストラリアのどこですか ルイさん：　オーストラリアの今はシドニーから1時間南のWollongongという町に住んでいます。 ベンジロさん：　都会ではないですか。　＝＞文法：　ではない ルイさん：　都会ではないです。 ベンジロさん：　郊外ですか？ ルイさん：　そうですね。郊外です。 ベンジロさん：　どうですか。 ルイさん：　海が目の前にあるので、すごい楽しいです毎日 ベンジロさん：　泳げますか。 ルイさん：　泳げます。 ベンジロさん：　私は泳げません ルイさん：　およげないんですか。 ベンジロさん：　泳げないんですね。トレーニングを受けてもなかなかできません。 ルイさん：　海は好きですか？見るのとか？ビーチに座るのは？ ベンジロさん：　あまり行かないですね。 ルイさん：　行かないですか。海と山だと山の方が好きですか？ ベンジロさん：　そうですね。山がいいです。 ルイさん：　うん、なるほど。 ベンジロさん：　違いますよね、オーストラリア人は？ ルイさん：　違いますね。そうですね。皆すごくはリラックスしてます ベンジロさん：　他のにはどこが違うと思いますか。 ルイさん：　それは日本人との違いですか。 ベンジロさん：　そうですね。 ルイさん：　皆は結構マイペースです。時間に性格じゃないです。三時に待ち合わせしても３時半に行きます ベンジロさん：　それはイライラしますか。 ルイさん：　そうですね。たまにちょっとイライラします。でも、皆は優しくて、とてもフレンドリーなので、プラスの面ポジティブな所もたくさんあります。 ベンジロさん：　ルイさんは日本人ですよね。 ルイさん：　私は日本人です。 ベンジロさん：　髪が黒いです。 ルイさん：　そうですね。髪の毛、高校生の時は茶色かったです。染めてました。 ベンジロさん：　高校生の時は？大丈夫ですか。学校の規制は？ ルイさん：　学校は私はそんなに頭のいい学校じゃなかったので、大丈夫でした。 ベンジロさん：　頭のいい学校と頭よくない学校があるんですか ルイさん：　そうですね。教育的にあまり何だろう成績に重点を置いてない学校でした。 ベンジロさん：　卒業できましたか。 ルイさん：　そうですね。何とかできました。 ベンジロさん：　分かったです。高卒？ ルイさん：　そうですね。でも、高校卒業してその後カレッジ専門学校に行きました。 ベンジロさん：　高校卒業してから働く人はいますか？ ルイさん：　はいます。私の友達でも3人ぐらいいます。 ベンジロさん：　その人たちは幸せそうですか。 ルイさん：　そうですね。皆その後すぐ仕事を見つけるので、今は仕事バリバリ働いています。 ベンジロさん：　働いていますか？ルイさんは？ ルイさん：　私はお休みをとってて、いつもはホリデーパークとかの清掃ぷりーにんぐの仕事をしてるんですけど 今は夏休みでお休みです。 ベンジロさん：　どっちが好きですか？働くのと休むのと ルイさん：　難しい質問ですね。でも、ずっと働かないのは嫌です。でも、ずっと働いてるだけも嫌です。働いて休んで働いて休んでが好きです。 ベンジロさん：　億万長者でしたら、それでも働きますか。 ルイさん：　そうですね。一日の働く時間を短くします。でも、働きたいです。 ベンジロさん：　そのほうが。有意義？ ルイさん：　そうですね。有意義に過ごせます ベンジロさん：　社長は何にか予定ありますか。 注意：長すぎるので、その後更新します

Thank you for these! They are very helpful.

This is right where I'm at. This is perfect, keep these going. Thanks

Whoa! I was really pleasantly surprised to get an update for this! So happy you’re back! Can you update us on your current situation and plans for the channel?

This is the best thing to replace my Japan abroad trip being cancelled :(((

この動画は面白くて情報量が多いでいっぱい勉強になった。

Your videos are so helpful! You are very good teacher! I am so happy to see them again!😃

A new upload?! Yeah yeah

I'm not sure if you will ever see these comments, but I have just found this channel, and instantly fell in love with watching/ listening to these videos. I'm sad they have been no uploads for 4 years now, however, I will enjoy watching all of the videos you have uploaded up to now. If one day you return, we will be here! (人''▽｀)ありがとう☆

I got so excited when I saw you made a new vid. These are very helpful! Thanks

Gracias por volver. Eres el mejor!

I’m loving those videos! I know almost nothing in japanese, but through this slow immersion we get familiar with the words and the context makes our brain to work hard to understand the meanings, the tones, the non-verbal communication. So I guess we can very effectively learn through observation. Thanks for your videos!! And please, consider making more content, those are amazing!!

You get better and better at this as you go along... Congratulations on such a great KZfaq channel.

So useful ive been looking for something like this for 3 years 👌thanks 😄😄😄

Mr. Benjiro more content please.. Your video.. Is really helped me a lot and I learned a lot of vocabulary

Welcome back! Your videos are so helpful!

Thank you for uploading a new video! I'm always listening to your conversation with native Japanese. Keep it up sir!

Benjiro-San, I am well aware that you receive these messages constantly, but I feel obligated to write my own. Your concept of language learning via listening to slow, smooth, and natural conversations is a potential gold mine. The comment you wrote in your channel description is 100% accurate; this kind of material is more than lacking, it borderlines on the non-existent. Of course I do not know your situation and am unaware of the simplicity or difficulty in making these videos, but I firmly believe that if more content is posted and is spread dispersed throughout different platforms (podcasts, etc.), this channel will explode. Even now I am confident that there are many people who will jump quickly onto a Patreon page to assist you financially in making these videos, and I am one of them. I currently live in Tokyo and am studying Japanese at Waseda, but I can say with a clear conscience that these videos have accelerated my progress beyond comprehension. Please reconsider making more of these. I and the rest of this little community will surely benefit and help if the opportunity arises. Thank you.

Glad that you're back! Looking forward to more videos!!

Thanks Benjiro and Rui. I'm from Australia too! It's really hard to find beginner listening practice, so thank you very much for helping with that. I need a lot of listening resources as my autism affects my ability to process what I hear, so it takes longer for me.

Thanks for the new video! This channel is helping so much with my Japanese listening skills.

I literally just discovered this channel yesterday and didn't realize it was inactive. Nice to see you're adding to it again.

Good grief, she is so lovely 😍

Nice video really helps me a lot when I was in japan

Let's give this guy some 💰 💰💰

This is so easy to follow and Rui is also very easy on the eye! 😍

Only found your videos a couple weeks ago, but they've a been great help. Welcome back and thank you for your great work. Cheers

You are awesome for doing this!! Thank you for taking the time to do this, greatly appreciated!!!

Yes, you're back! I thought you were gone forever. Your content really deserves a larger audience, it has definitely helped me.

Holy shit it's back. Thank you!!!

This is probably the best you can watch to learn vocabulary

Here's my attempt at transcribing/translating the first 2 minutes... please give me feedback (: B: Benjiro, R: Rui B: さあ、えー、るいさん、幸せですか？ (So, uh... Rui, are you happy?) R: そうですね、幸せですー私は。うん、幸せな方だとと思います (I see... am I happy? Yeah, in some ways, I think.) B: 辛い事ありません？ (Do you have any pains/worries?) R: 特にありません (Not in particular.) B: 良かったです。(That's good.) B: 今年二千十九年ですよね？(It's [the year] 2019, right?) R: はい、そうですね (Yeah, that's right.) B: 今年になって泣いた事ありますか？ (Have you cried about anything this year?) R: 今年になって泣いた事は未だないですけど、泣きそうになった事があります (I haven't cried about anything this year yet, but I almost did) B: 泣きそうになりました。(You almost cried...) R: うん。(Yeah.) B: 映画見てて？ ([From] watching a movie?) R: そうですね。ヒットドラッゴ。知ってますか？(That's right. How to Train Your Dragon. You know it?) B: 知りません。 (I don't know [that movie]). R: 多分英語だと、How to train your dragonの3。一番最近のHow to train your dragon. ヒットドラッゴを見て泣きそうにありました。(Maybe [you know it in] English: How to Train Your Dragon 3. It's the most recent How to Train Your Dragon. I watched How to Train Your Dragon and almost cried.) B: いい話ですか？ (It had a good story?) R: いい話です。うん。すごいいい話です。(It had a good story, yeah. A very good story.) B: 英語で見てるですか？([Did you] watch it in English?) R: そうですね。　オーストラリアの映画館は　英語しかない　ので　英語で見てます。(That's right. Australian movie theaters only have English, so I watched it in English.) B: オーソトラリアのどこですか？(Where in Australia [are you]?) R: オーソトラリアの　今は　シドニー　から　一時間　南　の　Wo-ruu-n-go 都ゆう　町　住んでます。(Now, I live in a town called Wollongong 1 hour south of Sydney.)

Hijikata eating his rice with mayonnaise makes so much more sense now. Thank you for this video. It was really useful and it wasn't hard to understand since the pace of talking was so slow

Been a long time! Happy to see you update newest one!

I subs. Glad i found this channel. Thank you for your work, arigatou!

This idea is awesome! I want more please 😢

Missed these! Thank you very much

Just wanted to say thank you for these videos, they are very helpful!

1 year ago I can't even understand this conversation, but after grinding everyday, I am surprised that I can now understand what they talk about, and their speed is kind of slow compared to casual conversations, it is perfect for practice but I recommend setting the speed to 1.25x or 1.5x

Thanks a lot Benjiro sensei for sharing.. u made my day :)

I hope you are doing good Benjiro ♡ your videos have helped me immensely, I only wish good for you

Thanks for all the fantastic videos man - these are so helpful and great!

This is wonderful... very good conversation for learners :) thank you !

I really like this format which shows the translations continually.

Whoooa, new videos! You made me very happy 🙏

Benjiro-San. Please do more. I keep returning hoping you will add more. What about asking Japanese about their experiences during the pandemic?

Omg she is so cute T-T

Benjamin san I am waiting for your video from long time, kindly update Ryoma San once more, its deleted.

An incredibly useful resource! Thank you Benjiro - You have a sub here. Learning a lot through Lingodeer and some by actually living here but seeing what I'm studying put into practice is great.

Yeah, you're back! It's nice to see you uploading content once again!

Benjirosan, this is really the best listening practice on youtube. Please consider posting more, eventually KZfaq will pay you. maybe, but you have our everlasting love and respect, ne;)

Thank you dude. Your videos are great help. Hope you make more.

thank you for this wonderful video i always repeat this to be familiar with the accent and vocabs!

Super! Now I can really ENJOY learning Japanese. This was the missing link in my Japanese understanding...Arigato !!!

I was so happy to receive the notification for this video 有難うございます

Hello Benjiro, i'm new here. Your Channel is a f****** good idea, it has been à loooong time since i look for this type of video, which are very instructives. So thanks for your videos and please go one. Regards from France!

Benjiro - Beginner Japanese , you given me hope learning japanese once again :) tkx alots for theses interesting video :)

so glad to see you back. pls keep uploading.

yes! these are awesome! i'm glad you're doing these again!

Very good format. Infographics great. Will subscribe and share.

yes been waiting for this =) new content, arigatou

ขอบคุณช่องนี้..ได้เรียนภาษาญี่ปุ่นเพิ่มขึ้นคะ

hisashiburi desu! You’re back your videos helps me a lot Thank you so much

wow sir thank you so much for your attempt...i love this too much

私は日本語の初心者じゃないのですが興味津々でこの面白いヴィデオを全文見てしまいました。ペースは遅かったですがなかなかいい勉強になりました。Ruiさんはまるで日本人の女神のようですね。