How about an Umbrella? It is over the head. Is it 傘を刺す? or 傘を撐す, 傘を支す, 傘を差す, or what ? I google it and there are lot more. I say 傘を被る. Japanese is hard

The 45 year-old salaryman staring dead at me as I spit Japanese learned entirely from watching Inugami Korone: 🗿

The best way to learn Japanese is to listen to some guy in a room with nothing but their mic talk about random shit in Japanese

It’s insane they want to use this same law to mass arrest and mass deport Latino immigrants and even Latino Americans. History will unfortunately repeat itself

The secret true best way to learn is a combination of everything and to just let yourself get immersed.

There's definitely still the same type of racism nowadays, and it always happens when America has an "enemy" to fight. If the "enemy" is a Muslim terrorist organization, suddenly all Muslim Americans are "enemies".

Your goals with the language should factor into how you learn. If you only care about anime/manga, then a vocab deck based on newspaper word frequency isn't going to be efficient. Study what you're passionate about so you can keep motivated and enjoy it. Although you'll still have to spend time hitting the books. I know it's not unique advice, but motivation truly is key. Learning inefficiently is better than getting bored and giving up. For potential learners: I think a good start would be as follows: 1. Learn kana (at least hiragana). Duolingo or another app is fine. Optionally learn to write the characters, but only if you want to or if it helps you memorize better. 2. Vocab: Start a pre-made vocab flashcard deck based on your goals (word frequency for anime/manga, newspaper, Internet, etc.). You can learn kanji through vocab exposure or separately if that works better for you. 3. Grammar: Grammar is suffering, but necessary. Start with sentence structure, particles, and some basic conjugations. Textbooks (Genki, Tae Kim), videos (Cure Dolly), apps (Bunpro) are all options, whatever works best for you. You need a baseline to figure out what's happening in sentences, and to be able to at least recognize certain grammar patterns. 4. Immersion: The mystical, hotly-debated method of practice. It really just boils down to practicing with whatever material interests you most (and creating custom vocab flashcards as needed). Video games, anime, manga, Twitch streams, KZbin videos, TV shows, news broadcasts, novels, music, podcasts, conversations (Discord, VR Chat, real-life, etc.). There is, of course, more nuance to individual methods. Avoid pitfalls like using English subtitles. It's best if you can use something that either has furigana (small hiragana over kanji to show pronunciation) or copyable text so you can look up unknown words far more efficiently (OCR or kanji lookup tools are options too). Some tools I have tried and may be worth a shot if the use-case applies to you: Free: Anki (vocab decks) Duolingo (hiragana and katakana drills) Jisho.org or jpdb.io (dictionary websites) Yomitan/Yomichan (pop-up dictionary extension for browser) DeepL (generally better than Google Translate for when you need help parsing a sentence) Discord (language exchange servers) VR Chat (conversation practice) Free graded readers Paid: Bunpro (grammar spaced-repetition app, more vocab being added, some short stories using grammar points) Satori Reader (Narrated short stories with built-in pop-up dictionary and explanations) Migaku (parses subtitles by known/unknown/learning and optionally pitch accent, vocab card creator with Anki integration, displays the percent of words in the subtitles that are known. Asbplayer is a free alternative.) If you just want to jump in without too much fuss and don't mind paying, you can try Wanikani + Bunpro. Bunpro has Wanikani integration for known vocabulary and covers the grammar side of things. I haven't tried Wanikani myself, but it seems fairly popular.

There is no one right or wrong, good or evil when you fight a war, there are only losers by then. Both Axis and Allied forces were just losers at the end of war.

Americans think they're exempt from history

We Americans who forget or ignore our own bloody history are just opening the door for it to be repeated. Some people in this country are depending on that ignorance in order to get away with new atrocities, hoping nobody will see it coming. Thankfully people are paying attention, and hopefully we can reverse the damage that's already being done. I'm grateful for our shameful past behavior to be given the spotlight again, especially now.

群馬をオハイオとして紹介するの完璧やん。グンマー帝国ミームは面白い。

I’m going to northern sea circuit in 2 years

he did it, he figured out what to say to make everyone comment. He's a youtube genius. Anime bad, classes good. Don't come to Japan for more than a month. They will all secretly dislike you and adulting will be hard. He's become the jaded reddit user biomass.

Okay but why is Sora on the thumbnail?

5:51 This was the hardest part of the video to understand, I have no idea wtf is going on here.

I love the random (but somehow not random) bits of knowledge that you throw into these videos

So much info in a 6 minute video 😂

Japan is racist? I already know this because I watch anime and don’t see any black people. In one anime (Na Nare Hana Nare), they included a Brazilian character, but she is 😂😂😂😂 white, blonde, and has blue eyes, in other words, European. I’m white Brazilian, from a “small” city in São Paulo State, and I see black people all the time, the same for white people (and sometimes Chinese and Japanese too), both in real life and on the internet. Blonde people are usually women who have dyed their naturally black/dark brown/brown hair. A "true" white European woman, I only see on Instagram and social media, where the only thing that matters is if you fit the common beauty standards (in other words, European-like). And the family of this character is all white and one blac-orange guy.

I have yet to see a Japanese learner who "speaks like anime" because they learned from anime. There's literally no real evidence for that argument. On the contrary there are several examples of people learning very fluent japanese from anime.

2:55 BOSTIL MENTIONED?🗣🗣🇧🇷🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🚒

8:58 you what

Recently picked up the audiobook of learning Japanese with Paul Noble. He does a good job of building and reinforcing vocabulary and grammar at the same time and actually explains various aspects of grammar as he introduces them. By repeating varying sentences and regularly backtracking a bit to make sure you still remember a word or phrase it feels more like a tutoring session then most audio lessons that feel like a episode of Sesame Street.

Thanks for the useful insights. I wanted to add something regarding the class room setting. Due to my experience the learning experience kind of depends on what kind of course it is and what the goal of all people involved is. In a university setting there is probably a certain goal (like reaching N2 or something) but if you are doing an evening course in your free time it may be different. Motivations between participants may vary wildly so that the teacher has to find the lowest common denominator and lower the overall level of the course offered.

I’m not doing it inefficiently, I’m not doing it at all, there’s like at least five languages I have prioritized over Japanese, it’s just nice to take in any info I can so I can understand anime a little better

Matt vs Japan and Khatzumoto sound incredibly natural and fluent, despite having learned mostly from anime. The reality is unless your only source of immersion is listening to Goku speak, you're gonna end up picking up the average, more normal sounding speech (you're obviously not going to imitate a character that sounds rude and insults people). Matt and Khatzumoto reached fluency and then started listening to real speech, which they quickly adapted to because JAPANESE IS JAPANESE. Not to mention there's also slice of life anime, where they speak pretty normal. Props for putting variety shows up there though, very based. Only problem is if you care about getting your pitch and word usage messed up from listening to so much 関西弁

Gintama reference based

Maruhi, mate, are you Japanese?!

6:45 Internment Camps....MASSIVE Difference between Concentration Camps and Internment Camps!

俺が教えようか？日本語学習の真髄をな

I like that u state that it is an opinion but urs have lotta flaws. See ur statement shows that u think that there's a standard way of speaking which is kinda stupid to say the least. You know I'm not a native eng yet I learned all my eng thru yt, memes, translated jp stuff, games and literally one book of literature and some Wikipedia articles here n there, no textbook whatsoever I don't even know what are the tenses other than vaguely knowing them from encountering the name without really know how it is applied. At my level I can tell if what I say sounds off or not from the feeling that it gives and I'm kinda informal even in my native cuz I hate the labeling of speech. So all in all I'm good in English despite the fact that I aquired it mainly thru informal stuff. Yeah I might be still far from a native level and struggle in old form of English but I didn't care to be good at it anyway so no prob for me about. Also u might say that I write in somewhat strange way and I'm aware of that yet it's the way I talk in my native too sooo yeah. Going back to what we have, u'll say that u talked about the fluidity of the non-textbookedent-jp and you forgot that animish vraity is a form of the language that u'll encounter when consuming, and you can easily tell that it would be weird to speak like that in normal setting no one is so airheaded to think that it would be totally normal to scream in the middle of a conv. Also what is important more is to aquire what you need. Like y would I care of reality shows if I don't usually watch them? Y would I care to know how to speak when I'm not going to live in jp? Like my whole reason for learning the lang is an interest in the lang structure itself + being able to consume what I'm interested in without language barrier and lost meaning from the translation. Like I literally just want to read an eroge y would I need to learn the day to day spoken vraity instead of the erogish lang? No sense!

I know that people love to hate grammar books, but the hate is really unwarranted. You need to learn the grammar if you want to get far in the language. Grammar books are generally very well organized and often give clear explanations of each grammar point. Some examples can feel artificial and even unnatural, but that's fine if it teaches the fundamental grammar. The point is to teach you the grammar so that you understand how the language actually works, not have you mindlessly memorize the example phrases. Introductory grammar books will typically teach you things like how to count, how to conjugate verbs and adjectives, past, conditional, passive, causative, imperative etc forms of verbs, how to use some basic grammatical expressions and basic keigo. There's a lot more to Japanese grammar than what you'll find in introductory books like Genki 1 and 2, but they are enough to get you started to be able to more effectively read material for native speakers, which is where the real learning begins.

I like Satori Reader as the stories use more real life Japanese than manga and you get the native audio with it too.

Nobody who got any good through anime speaks like an anime character. I think you're spreading misinformation. People who say "temee" and shit are beginners who probably aren't gonna keep studying after a month. Anybody who immerses extensively with anime (or anything) will pick up on the actual common ways of speaking sooner or later, because pattern recognition is what makes you acquire language to begin with. That one guy in a battle shonen who says 俺様てめえを殺してやる is not enough to actually make you feel like saying 俺様 is natural, even if you only watched battle shonen, which is not most people anyway. But let's leave all theory aside and just look at the real world. Empirically, there are a lot of highly proficient, natural sounding western people who learned mainly through anime immersion.

Lots of people are hear to defend anime. I think the rankings here are based on how good these sources are out of the box. Watching action anime with eng subs the way everyone does regularly IS absolutely trash for learning. It's incredibly slow and you're probably prone to continue the anime rather than repeat the same episode tens of times Watching a laid back slice-of-life with Jpn subs, and using some sort feature rich browser extension or desktop application to help you decipher what's on the screen, is probably a thousand times better

Is Hiroshige blue on nhk a good way of learning Japanese? To supplement my existing learning?

Duolingo is straight F tier. You don’t learn anything you’re just memorizing patterns

My problem with TV program is 80% of them are food related and I'M F*CKING HUNGRY!!!😢

Best method ignores the toxic language community that glorifies Japanese as the most difficult language in the world as if it were an achievement when in fact it is not, nor is it the most difficult. They are people who just deliberately complicate their lives by using traditional and stupid methods. Like writing thousands of kanji by hand, learning readings without context and grammar explained as if it were calculus. Between Chinese, Korean and Japanese. Japanese is the hardest for beginners but the easiest as you progress. The other two start off easy but when you have to practise listening and dictation they make memorising 2000 kanji a pleasure.

I just want to say I learned JPN 90% through anime, and yes, I mean learned. I have passed the JLPT N2 and have worked in a JPN restaurant. I can have spontaneous conversations on most topics with no problem, and I can easily understand JPN podcasts and TV shows. I have never once been told my JPN was unnatural; in fact, quite the opposite. I am always told my accent is really good. I’m not trying to brag-I actually hate bragging-but I need to say this to defend my point. I don't think you should learn only from anime, but learning primarily through it is totally fine. Also, I want to mention that several other foreigners who have learned JPN almost entirely from anime are often regarded as having some of the best JPN of any foreigner. I am not saying this is the best way, as language learning is highly personal, but if you like watching anime, then it is a great way to learn a lot of JPN. If you don't like anime, then learn from another source. As someone who also studies linguistics and neuroplasticity, I can say that one of the most important factors in learning a language is the time you spend with it. If you love watching anime, then you will easily rack up a lot of time. I just want to say, stop hating on anime. Also, you mentioned it's "unrespectable." I completely disagree. In my experience of talking to literally thousands of JPN people-yes, thousands, I'm not exaggerating-I have been learning this language for almost 10 years and have many amazing friendships with JPN people. Nearly every time a JPN person hears me speak JPN, they ask how I learned, and I tell them, mostly from anime. They never say anything bad about that; quite the opposite, once again. Many JPN people say, "Thanks for your interest in anime." You see, Japan is an isolated country and has been for its entire existence. Many JPN people are aware of this and know that most people don't know much about it. The fact that someone from another country learns about Japan from anything, including anime, makes them happy, especially when someone from a large country knows about Japan. having said that, I do agree with you on the fact that a lot of people that learn through anime sound cringe. But here's the thing, most of those people are not serious about learning the language, and or only just started. And one could say that for beginners, any method would make them sound cringe, People that learn from school or textbooks often sound way to formal and in some cases that is often seen as cold and robotlike. The point is that they are noobies, it's irrelevant of learning style. Also you forgot my favorite method, learning from héntai. And also also I'm not hating, I'm just stating my experience and want to make it clear becuase many people might now be discouraged to learn, just becuase of your hating on anime.

didnt even mention anki... washed :(

best way to learn is get a japanese girl friend

Stop studying at home and pay for classes! Then add the extra studies After your firm foundation Language is a people-to-people Process! Anime on Eng Subs and Ankhi cards doesn't constitute as real language learning. If you are a mastered at things already, then why waste your time on beginner's steps over n' over again?

I really enjoyed that! I moved to Japan with my wife and three little ones in 1988. I taught in three international schools and a Japanese university. I moved back to the States in 1998 and immediately started forgetting all the Japanese I'd learned. I didn't intend to forget, but my life here was time-consuming, and there was no time or opportunity to speak Japanese. Two years ago, I decided to try to learn Japanese again. This is the Golden Age of Language Learning, so many resources, tools, and strategies. I liked everything you said. Of course, what you said about living in Japan was true for us too. After about 3 months, living in Japan wasn't fun anymore. I was weary of being stupid. I couldn't read, speak, or understand. You were so right! But about a year or two in, things started to turn around. By the time I had to return to the States (my parents were old and ill) I was sad and depressed about leaving Japan. I still am. Thanks for your contribution to Japanese study!

I learned enough that I passed N1, and speak/read fluently at native high school level. All the things you mentioned are great, but I would add textbooks for structure and grammar explanations, flashcards or spaced repetition apps for vocad and kanji, and dating a Japanese person who doesn't speak English. When you have to understand a partner who is angry at you you learn fast.

I started on Duolingo, but am now doing classes. According to the syllabus it's going to take 5 years to reach N1, costs $470 AUD per term (5 terms per year).

So my experience with learning Japanese has shown me that this tier list is quite accurate. Judging by myself, I started out by learning the grammar (Tae Kim's website), and thought that I could watch anime and learn how to listen and react to the language. Obviously it didn't work, so I picked up some actual Japanese novels (highly recommend Natsume Souseki and Osamu Dazai) and this was where the real progress started. Also the are plenty of apps where you can chat or video call native speakers like Tandem, which really helps. Lastly putting your phone and computer in Japanese is useful as well, so you have to struggle to install a programme or smth.

The author has collected all the most stupid arguments against the anime method of learning the language. Although this looks like trolling, it is a fairly common opinion among students of institutes where Japanese is taught. It is especially funny to hear about the unnaturalness of the language in anime from people who studied using textbooks. Don't listen to him, if you watch normal anime and use your head you will avoid all these problems.