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Amazing.

I love you

Gotta save the video for later😊

Welcome back Chris

Ahtiis ku aattellee mite hyö atavoivat: "etse höperö iletä ku et kielt ees ponimaijjaa". Sitte häköläine härskyy vaik o mukamas rattiij.

Yea, I understand the idea of not letting foreigners in due to language barrier, but it gets strange when you realize they would not get that same treatment abroad

Not even hei or kiitos? I at least used them many times when I visited Finland.

Nobody speaks Finnish. You lot just made up those words to confuse the rest of Europe!

Very true! The Japanese people who say "I speak English when I go abroad, tourists should speak Japanese here!" annoy me. Yeah they speak English, but even in non English speaking countries. They seem to forget that most people also learn English as a second or third language, like they do. Why should we learn Japanese and not speak English but they are allowed to speak English wherever they go ?

I mean wouldn't you if you got to license a very popular song

All that he wanted was another baby a yer yerda da da da daaa

I enjoyed. Ace of Base reminds me of getting scammed into 12 CDs for 99 cents in the 90s. And loving every minute of that debt.

it's actually refreshing to hear that song, instead of the generic youtube free music every single creator uses in all their videos.

@@murry001 Ace of Base is the definition of generic 90s pop.

New Zealand is also my secondary goal if not Japan, so: good taste! Beautiful countries.😊

@@Orionhart Adern is a terrible leader.

You can go to any south east Asian country instead of NZ and live like a king NZ is only worth it if you are top 10% rich

​@diegosilang4823 and yet she's been out of power for a while now, and the three headed monster is ruining the country now.

Thailand is my second choice for... reasons.

よくできた！

Good job! I wish I can do that!

Congrats! I still remember the time I realised I'd been chatting with Natsuki in Japanese for half an hour without using English. Was the greatest feeling in the world (after a year of relentless study).

よくやった。練習を続けると、すぐに第二の天性になります。

That's seriously impressive! You must have had a great teacher and put in a ton of hard work. I just finished a semester myself and absolutely could not go for 10 minutes.

Money well spent!

First X-Men, and now Abroad in Japan. Ace of Base are back!

​@@AbroadinJapanit's going to be in my head for weeks

​@@AbroadinJapan the license pays for itself. *slaps video* you can fit so many riffs with this song clip.

So brilliant 🤣🤣🤣

That's freaking fantastic!!! I've studied Japanese for 2 years myself!

​@@princessthyemis Nice, how's your progress in those 2 years?

That's cool ! And how's the progress on watching/reading anime/manga in Japanese ? Can you fully comprehend them already ?

@@Exorion1er Completely? not even close. i can see general idea or theme of the conversation usually but it's hard to get full picture. especially if we go into different settings. since you will need for example all the magical terminology in fantasy. i can see the text, i can see the grammar and how words connect to each other, but i do not have enough confident vocab to read easily. So each page is constant dictionary browsing. Watching anime is kinda easier - but again depends on the setting. daily conversations are rather easy - but get into specific areas and its' suddenly full stop. anyways as i said - i am going into it hoping that i can read more or less by the year 3. So for now it is just full grind to get more vocab. Actually i was just taking a break from my JPDB deck as i noticed this ping =) so grind never stops.

bla-bla-bla. Espace privé, ils font ce qu ils veulent. Entre soi et isolation, c'est mal? flocon de neige😂

@@abfab2517oh god it’s a French person oh god oh my god oh my god 😰

@@chickfilaemployee6149 lol we also have some french vlogers whining about denied access in Japan. One was an overweighted young lady in a lycra dress with open underarm. On a summer day. LMAO 😂 h

The reason this is allowed is Japan has no anti discrimination laws for non Nationals. But it’s part of a broader xenophobia that both Japan and Korea seem comfortable with. China operates on this for entirely different reasons, ie to promote Han Chauvinism per CCP government propaganda. Japan has enjoyed treating migrant workers especially from the Philippines India etc…like subhuman garbage for years. Japan sadly enjoys erasing its war crimes and playing victim of WW2. Both Japan and Korea share military occupation from the USA (doesn’t have a great track record sadly) which becomes anecdotal proof to justify this behavior.

@@abfab2517remember if you complain about discrimination you are a snowflake according to this Americanized Frenchman

I’m so glad someone else noticed

THIS IS A…. PEN!!!!

I've been studying Japanese recently and I've been tormenting my girlfriend by writing it and saying far too many times. I had to pause and screenshot it's appearance here.

Duolingo tier of Japanese

Nah this is a phrase that's been used in Japanese textbooks since at least the 60s. It's more of a Japanese learning meme than it is a reference to some Japanese Covid propaganda.

Well what else would it be? How could it be “written” English considering katakana is a syllabary? That makes no sense

..... don't leave us hanging! What's a baagaa??

@@inspiteofshame I’d assume it means Burger, try saying it out loud

One of the worst things was in that tokyo olympic song where they use that kind of english. I am still haunted in my dreams by the word "Bareboru".

@@mark9294 They aren't suggesting it should be any other way. They're just trying to describe the moment in one's learning process when it becomes clear, when the expectation that loans words are easy becomes subverted. I genuinely don't know how you could have gleaned what you did from their comment. You just find an argument where you want there to be one, I guess.

I think people want to be super efficient, because learning a new language is kind of boring and sucks, at the start(though it gets a lot better when you can understand some things). So I think they sort of want to brute force their way in. it does lead to a lot of burn, but I can sort of understand why people try that.

I’ve really enjoyed adding Japanese study to my pre-existing anime hobby, and not stressing too hard about the pace. I’m still a few years away from my ultimate goals, but I’m pretty happy with what I’ve gained over the last year.

I’ve been learning Japanese at my own pace for half a year and I can barely remember all the basic hiragana and their pronunciations. It’s a marathon, not a sprint when learning a different language, especially if that language doesn’t use English letters in their words. Like Italian, Spanish, French, German, etc, all spell their words with the same letters as the english language but they have different accents on letters and pronunciations. Most Asian languages have a completely different written language which also makes it 100x harder

@@Lilitha11 it creates this shitty rat race attitude where people are highly competitive and elitist for some reason about something that should be broadly encouraged. I swear sometimes the Japanese learning community specifically enjoys talking about learning the language and shitting on people learning it wrong than they do sitting down and studying themselves. I truly think the online culture is a big contributing factor to the obsession with learning quickly, because people feel the pressure to prove themselves in the face of a hyper competitive community.

@@cronotriggered4314 I am not sure it is really the online community specifically. I agree, but I think it is a larger problem with people in general these days, always trying to power through everything.

I always found quite interesting how it works. When sufficient level of mastery is achieved, it's like a switch in your head that flips every time you change language. But before that, sometimes it was like a wall of text that I'm reading out loud that's visualized in my head, and sometimes when I think of a word, a picture or sort of a short video pops up in my head to help me contextualize what I'm thinking about. It makes me think that a certain amount of vocabulary must be attained before that happens, or maybe it's just how I process information in a language that's not mine. Well, either way, brains work in interesting ways, you know, like a tech, which you can still use even if you don't understand how it works.

Same with any language learning. English natives just dont know any other languages, so it seems new to them. Granted, Japanese is still the toughest language and probably not worth the effort to learn if you dont live there.

Yeah , I’m learning Japanese and it’s much more than just learning words and grammar . It’s learning a new thought process .

From my anecdotal experience I see native English speakers struggling the most with learning a language. Like they're so used to the world catering to them. lol Maybe it's because people will probably switch to (broken) English to be polite.

Been doing that for 20+ years and now i often switch 3 languages in my head mid-sentence because I just can't pick a word in my language to express what I need to express. Shit's wild. ^^^^^^^^^^^ Actually this is one of the phrases LOL

Connor and IronRat need to apologize for cheating against Anny and the Swarm.

who? and who?

Imagine a U.S. restaurant that had a sign “English Speakers Only”! It would make the National News!

@@astralclub5964that’s pretty sad

How much longer until catchy 90s songs are public domain? 😭

@@klappstuhl4370 if music label companies can help it, somewhere around never.

When ever I hear the song, I always think of that one episode of South Park

It’s actually a terrible song.

@@Mind-your-own-beeswax But life *is* demanding without understanding!

There are lots of high quality channels just like this one on YT. It’s just a matter of filtering out the dross.

Exactly. It’s like saying “ the best place to see the sun in Tokyo.” Ridiculous.

I think those are only trending among japanese which is hilarious. I doubt any foreigners (maybe chinese) are going there

It makes the actually good spots all the better lmao

Shizuoka city have some great views!

Most people are like sheep who have to be told what to do, how to act and what to think.

Yeah but Spanish is simple because they use so much English in their language and the roman alphabet. Japanese everything is different the only good thing it has going for it is its phonetic alphabets. 3-5 years is the average time to reach a decent level while Spanish is about a year

Ah yes, getting "Supengo Jozued" by your friends is also a good one lol.

@@southcoastinventors6583 reading Spanish is one thing…Speaking it full of tricks and niches that only native speakers will pick up on. As a native speaker myself, I too stumble on some elements of the language…particularly when chatting with people from the motherland. But hey, that’s what makes language learning fun.

@@Sodapopper100 This video is about learning a language to hold a conversation not mastery. So while Latin Spanish is different from Spain you can easily order from a menu or have a basic conversion with anyone regardless of regional differences. Same can be said for American versus British English

Just think about how much one has to learn about their native language

Very savage indeed, didn’t expect it from normally very polite Japanese.

@@hortehighwind8651 You should see 2ch sometime. Anonymity allows people to be their truest selves.

This absolutely sent me, there were tears. Imagine being so mad you go online and insult someone’s head 😂😂😂😂

@@hortehighwind8651 The internet is anonymous everywhere, which gives lots of freedom to be brutal! :)

Probably Natsuki...😅

But again, discipline comes from motivation. You actually have to want to do it. It is hard to keep the motivation when you know the skill will have no use for you or give you any joy. That is why I mostly end up going back to practicing skills that I enjoy or are useful to me.

@@orroz1 I agree 100%.

@@Deso4life To add to it, importance of motivation is that you get engagement from it, forcing yourself could lead to stress which only can hinder the learning

@@myblaonga Exactly. I was shit in school because, not only was I ostracized and treated awfully by my fellow students and the teachers (literally got in trouble for stuff I didn't do, and no one ever stepped in when my peers bullied me), but my own "parents" beat it into me from day one that nothing I did would matter. They weren't going to support or help me fulfill my dreams. I also hated being told what I had to learn, how I had to learn it, and when I had to learn it. My brain just isn't capable of learning in that manner, and instead of people working with me to help me find a learning method that worked, they treated me like I was stupid and a lost cause. I ended up skipping so much school because I hated it that I was failing every class (except the one I liked, English), and I ended up leaving at the end of my junior year. It took probably 10 years for me to finally get the chance to get my diploma, and when I started preparing for the test, I was far more successful at learning when I did it on my own time and in my own way, away from toxic people. I was literally the first person dismissed from having to take prep classes and I passed the test and got my diploma with no problem. It hasn't done me any good, as I got more job opportunities before I had my diploma, but at least I do have it. TLDR: I hated school and wasn't motivated to do it because I hated it and saw no point in it, but when I did it on my own time without the pressure and expectations of others, I was able to find the motivation to get my diploma.

Discipline is a bit of a psychological myth as well though. It's not about forcing yourself over and over; research often finds that the key factor is setting up well-designed and realistic habits so it becomes automatic. Designing a good habit consists of choosing the right context (time, place etc.), reducing friction (things that will stop you from doing it), repetition (but not any magical number like 28 consecutive days), and reward. Good Habits, Bad Habits by Wendy Wood is a great read.

It's fun to have a favorite word or a word of the week like that. I learned the word "oritatami" from the anime "Long Riders!" in reference to a folding bicycle. It stuck in my head because I ride them, and then the next day I used it with a Japanese person. They corrected me - I had forgotten the final "-mi" - then I applied it to a folding music stand. It's my new favorite word. If someone invents a folding tatami mat, would it be an "oritatami tatami"?

Imagine this to happen in. a German restaurant with our past....

It does happen much more often in European countries and Usa, but its more like someones ethnicity is wrong rather than using the wrong language, along with other things like gender identity and many other markers

It would be, but I give Japan a pass. People like the aspect of Japan they unconsciously want to change the most, which is how Japanese Japan is. The bar needs to be raised and we need to do better, respect the culture, and help preserve what they have, respectfully and with humility. The West is incredibly culturally diverse and people like us for it, but the last 50 years have degraded our shared culture to the point where pajamas in public are seen as commonplace as are kids that run around barefoot in places of business and the average IQ is room temperature.

Just shows what cattle slaves the corporate owners consider us peasants

I don't think it would be an issue if the US was homogenous

I started "learning" Japanese because I wanted to see how far I could go. I was learning (and still am) from just listening to music. It's surprisingly easy when you mold your brain into the right shape. Then I fell down the Vocaloid rabbit hole and found obscure songs that I'd listen to as a kid and be saddened to see that no one has translated them. I also fell in love with the language and people at one point. Now my motivation is a mix of all three

I started learning Japanese because...... My uni offered a free course for beginners ahahaha. I started about a month ago, so I'm just starting but it seems fun (and difficult) I don't study anything related to languages so studying another language is super cool and could open up a lot of possibilities. And maybe I can watch anime without subtitles in 5 years

what would you say is your current japanese level with 4/5 years of learning? and how consistent were you? Currently about to hit my 1 year mark, but I was only motivated for the first 2 months, and motivation came back for the last 2 months too in my case

​@@Twiddle_things that's an awesome journey.

Wait... I didn't know that the infamous Yoda way of speaking came from us Hungarians. o.o

@@tovarishcheleonora8542 Yeah I thought it was from German? It does a similar word order flip, with the verb going to the end (generally depending on the tense). That makes more sense too since Darth Vader is just "Dark Father". Note: Just Googled it and the name translates more smoothly from Dutch. So not too far off.

@@tovarishcheleonora8542 it is just a story. it might be true, and it might not be. Frank Oz said he came up with it himself I believe.

@@tovarishcheleonora8542 Hmmm... indeed... surprised we are, effect on the world a lot we have. :)

​​​@@StarSpliter ... German, Dutch, Italian, French and English are all branched off of Latin and are based off of regional philosophy after Rome stomped on them. If you base your education on Movies and what Google is willing to share, you will never understand why Hungarians resisted placing Man at the Center of the Universe, like the Christian Conquerors insisted. It is the influence of the Eastern Languages they were in contact with that kept their philosophy of Humans as PART of the universe. One of those philosophies allows people to exterminate any species they find a nuisance. One allows man to own parts of Earth. One calls more honorable species beasts and savage. Edited to Correct Autocorrect

I lived in several tourist towns in the US. Mexico, Japan or Scotland I found being the opposite of the tourists I hated (American not foreign) worked almost everywhere. And a Japanese friend told me many restaurants in Japan are not only "No foreigner" but even Japanese need a formal introduction by a regular and heaven help you if your etiquette is not up to snuff, your introducer will be mad at you.

@@angelachouinard4581 I have not lived in japan, but I have been there multiple times. From my experience the "no foreigner" restaurants are only in areas that are overrun by tourists like asakusa. And restaurants for which you need a regular to invite you are very rare. They are usually restaurants that are very renoun and very small at the same time. I know that they exists, but I have never personally seen such a restaurant and as a foreigner I never had problems finding restaurants in japan. Even in tourist areas 9/10 restaurants are open to foreigners, but also maybe 6/10 are tourist traps, so I try to find restaurants that are primarily visted by locals. Most will have an english menue or at least pictures on the menue, but I try to avoid restaurants that advertise with an english menue, because they are often tourist traps.

@@angelachouinard4581 And about etiquette: You should know the basics of japanese etiquette, but usually noone will be mad if you are respectful and try your best. I've had people come to me to show me how to eat something correctly, but I have never had someone beeing mad at me for doing it wrong.

I'd just recommend Wanikani honestly.

@@Freezorgium i just furiously kept speaking and writing to people i met at university who are native speakers until it stopped being borderline insulting to read or hear my japanese.

I'll leave a comment so I get notified when you return :D

​@@alexeyeliseev6322same

Enjoy it. Tokyo is amazing

Don't use cameras, ever, visit public landmarks that are overrun by day during the night for no crowds, remain polite and take home as many gashapons as you can fit in a trolley! Happy trails!

@@klappstuhl4370 Thank you very much! We are very much enjoying our trip here. The food is amazing here and I am enjoying using the public transportation.

​@@klappstuhl4370Not sure I really understand your first tip if I am being honest. What's wrong with taking pictures?

NAUGHTY TOURIST!! STOP TRYING TO STEAL MT FUJI SOUL BY LOOKING AT IT!

Thought they would buid it on the Lawson's roof.

@@mhx47 Probably couldn't cause code violations or something.

With any luck, someone will paint Mt. Fuji on it. xD

The wall that Trump could wish for 😂

Yeah, Chris is a pro. Demonetized, I'm sure for language, and no sponsers and he is honest about all our cultures- Japanese, UK, US, no bias from his love or hate of any culture. That's kind of rare.

folga wooga imoga womp

Agreed tbh, been watching for like 9 years lol, this feels a lot like an early vid

That's super fair honestly, entitled people need to be called out. I always ask people if they speak English and try to supplement with the local language, if I know any of it. Or I just do the good old "point at what I want and hold out fingers to show how many I want".

Your English is excellent as well.

@@DxxxLxxxxx-iw1ox Thank you very much!

Both tourists and TikTok (trends) can be awful. When combined.....

Lemmings.

I can imagine. I completely understand the decision. Japan's society functions by (mostly) everyone following (most of) the rules (most of the time). It doesn't seem like a big deal if one person crosses the street in the wrong place, but when hundreds of tourists are doing that every day it has an impact.

@@nerdygem8620 yeah, although i feel like a better solution would have been to just add a large curtain on top of lawson that could be raised and lowered so locals could still enjoy the view during quiet periods.

The good thing about 99.9 per cent of tourists is that they don't spread out. You often times literally just have to go one street over and all the tourists have dissappeared. That makes it easier to escape them when you're a tourist and find quite streets and restaurants.